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Calendar Girls
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Inspired by a true story, ‘Calendar Girls’ is the
story of the women from Napely, a village in Yorkshire Co., England. Life is
fairly uneventful for the "WI" (Women’s Institute) until the husband of one of
their members dies of leukemia. The women want to do something to help support
their friend and honor her husband. They come up the idea to raise money to buy
a new sofa for the hospital by doing their yearly calendar with a bit of a
twist!
This is a fun, heartwarming, enjoyable movie to
watch. Running time is "approximately 108 minutes" so if your PW group is going
to watch the movie together and then discuss it you will need at least a 2 hour
block of time together.
Some options for using this movie with your group:
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Have a "Girls Night Out" - pop the popcorn, show
the movie, & enjoy |
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Invite your PW group to view the movie on their
own & then come together to discuss it |
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Watch the movie together & discuss what, if
anything, it has to say to Presbyterian Women |
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Use it to begin an all-day or weekend retreat for
women |
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If your Coordinating Team has a
‘planning/dreaming’ day each year to establish what you are going to do during
the year, consider beginning with this movie |
BEFORE USING ANY VIDEO WITH A GROUP, ALWAYS
WATCH THE MOVIE FIRST TO BE SURE THAT IT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT YOUR GROUP TO SEE
& THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Begin by talking about the WI
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what is the WI? |
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what does the WI do?
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what was your favorite monthly program? |
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what is the "point" of the WI?
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(Chris asked Annie that when she was asking
John to do a program for them) |
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why do women "join" the WI? |
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what do you think of the leadership of the WI? |
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what’s the deal with the "competition" between
the "guilds" (the town festival)? |
Talk a bit about the interactions/relationships in
the movie
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How would you describe Chris?
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talk a bit about how Chris gets "caught
up" & it becomes about her |
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What is the relationship between Chris & Annie?
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With the other women? |
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How do they talk each other into doing the
calendar?
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Why are they willing to "bare"
themselves? |
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What does being a part of the calendar do for the
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Compare the WI to Presbyterian Women
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What is the "point" of PW?
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look at the PW Purpose, are we living
into this? |
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What does your PW do? |
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What does PW provide you with?
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What do we offer others? |
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It appears that the WI "is" because of tradition,
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How much does tradition shape your PW? |
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What does your PW always do because you’ve always
done it?
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Why? |
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How does it lift up what our purpose says
we are? |
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How does what we do glorify God? |
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What are the lessons we can learn from this story?
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What does this movie have to say to Presbyterian
Women?
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What would it take to shake up your PW?
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What do you "bare" for PW? |
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| What are you willing to risk for the Gospel of Jesus Christ? |
Submitted by
Chris Wolf, PWSOC Moderator, 810-378-4955,
wolfgang@greatlakes.net
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