The film GODSPEED ends where I pray your local pilgrimage begins. It is a pilgrimage not only to recover where you live and discover what God is already doing in your neighborhood, but also to learn to live there as God’s child.
Living at Godspeed is not first about a pace of life, as though simply going slower will solve everything.
This is a second birth into the childhood you never had, or once had but lost. Paul Ricoeur speaks of our need, as Christians, for a “second naiveté.” May the next forty days slow you down enough to discover what it means to be God’s child again.
This guided pilgrimage follows two paths: one biblical, one local . . .
The BIBLE PATH is already charted – 40 verses from Genesis to John’s Gospel following the story of God’s first question to Adam & Eve, “Where are you?” to Jesus Christ’s answer on our behalf: “Here I am for you, in places you’d never expect.”
The PARISH PATH is a particular route each pilgrim chooses, and commits to walking 15 minutes a day for forty days. Churches or small groups can also chose to gather one night a week to ask questions about the Bible Path verses, and to share stories from their local parish walks.
Where are You?
PILGRIMAGE MAP
Seven Places to be Found
WEEK 1 - WHAT KIND OF PARENT IS GOD?
Here I AM . . . PREPARING THE NURSERY
WEEK 2 - WHAT MAKES KIDS FLOURISH?
Here i am . . . GOD’S DELIGHT
WEEK 3 - WHAT DO FEARFUL CHILDREN DO?
Here i am . . . GETTING LOST
WEEK 4 - WHO BEGAN TO RISK BEING FOUND?
Here i am . . . NOT HIDING
WEEK 5 - WHERE WAS JESUS FOUND FOR US?
Here I AM . . . IN YOUR SHOES
WEEK 6 - WHAT HAS JESUS DONE FOR US?
Here I AM . . . MAKING YOU CHILDREN AGAIN
TWILIGHT - WHAT IS JESUS DOING FOR US NOW?
Here I AM . . . FINDING LOST CHILDREN
Godspeed Pilgrim: 40 Days Replanting in the Trinity
This guided pilgrimage follows two paths: one biblical, one local . . .
The BIBLE PATH is already charted – 40 verses from Genesis to John’s Gospel following the story of God’s first question to Adam & Eve, “Where are you?” to Jesus Christ’s answer on our behalf: “Here I am for you, in places you’d never expect.”
The PARISH PATH is a particular route each pilgrim chooses, and commits to walking 15 minutes a day for forty days. Churches or small groups can also chose to gather one night a week to ask questions about the Bible Path verses, and to share stories from their local parish walks.
Journey with your small group through new content and new footage:
Session 1 GODSPEED - Watch in Community
Session 2 Place: Where are you?
Session 3 Presence: Here I am!
Session 4 Pace: God's Speed
Session 5 Identity: Loved by God
Session 6 Stability: Being Here
Session 7 Names: Face to Face
Session 8 Mission: Unearthing Holiness
Your purchase includes the book Godspeed: An Eight-Week Video & Study Guide, as well as access to stream the study videos online.* Each session lasts 1.5 to 2 hours and begins with an introductory 10-minute video, followed by directed conversation, Scripture meditation, and real life application. Each member of your small group will need a personal copy of the study guide, which includes space for personal reflection, meditative activities, prayer, and instructions for facilitators. Watch a preview of the Study Videos Here.
*Information on how to access the videos is printed in the front of each study guide.
DVDs are also available for purchase here.
Feel free to contact connect@livegodspeed.org with any questions.
$19 each (discount available on bulk orders)
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Godspeed: An Eight-week Video & Study Guide
The Godspeed Study Guide is the long-awaited companion to the documentary film. Go face to face with the Godspeed characters in 7 ten-minute videos, who speak frankly on new content such as stability, parish, and slowing down. Through Bible Study, video, and directed conversation, your small group can further explore the pace of being known. Watch a preview of the Study Videos Here.
Pricing based on venue size. Purchase of the screening fee grants permission to show the GODSPEED documentary or clips of the film in public settings. Includes links to download high-resolution files for projection.
You may also be interested in the Godspeed Eight-week Video & Study Guide which includes helpful ideas for leading a discussion about the GODSPEED film. The Guide also develops Godspeed themes with new video footage and participant books for small groups and includes a Facilitator’s Guide.
For Your Church - Screening Fee
For pastors and churches looking to use the GODSPEED film in a sermon, staff training, or event. The screening fee gives permission to use the film for public showings.
$28.00/each
For those who prefer a hard copy of the film and Study Guide videos, this DVD includes both the GODSPEED documentary (35 min) and the 7 videos that accompany the Study Guide (around 10 minutes each).
DVD: GODSPEED Film & Study Guide Videos
For those who prefer a hard copy of the film and Study Guide videos, this DVD includes both the GODSPEED documentary (35 min) and the 7 videos that accompany the Study Guide (around 10 minutes each).
* CC and Spanish subtitles available
Looking to go deeper on your own? What originally brought Matt to Scotland was his wife Julie’s pursuit of a PhD in Theology. After winning awards for her thesis, she settled into raising four kids in Methlick and dove into the ordinary “school of the parish.” The joys and challenges of living an ordinary life in the presence of God gave rise to this little book, and is the lived theology behind what Godspeed is about.
With an easy, conversational style, she writes about
- The blessing of the Father on ordinary life and creation
- The inhabitation of the Son in ordinary life as the rule, not exception, for redemption
- The ways the Spirit works in our ordinary lives to bring us into the new creation
With each section, she also examines a 'cultural temptation' that threatens to undermine our ability to offer God our ordinary lives. The questions at the end of each chapter make this an appropriate book for small groups and book groups alike.
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Theology of the Ordinary
Upon returning home to America, Julie Canlis was struck by the emphasis within Christian circles on being 'extraordinary' or 'radical' or 'passionate' for God. But what about the goodness (and challenge) of living our 'normal' lives for God? The joys and challenges of living an ordinary life in the presence of God gave rise to this little book, and is the lived theology behind what Godspeed is about.