Great fiction often carries great truth, and a story told in film can make those truths come alive in powerful ways.
In the soon-to-be released major motion picture, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, churches and church leaders will discover an extraordinary opportunity to bring the truths of the Gospel into their community!
This beloved C.S. Lewis adventure story has been a treasure to children and adults, secular and Christian audiences for more than 50 years. Now a major motion picture by Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media, the classic tale with powerful messages will have its worldwide film debut on December 9, 2005.
In the CCN broadcast, Narnia Outreach Event, you and your leadership teams will learn how you can use this film as an outreach opportunity and invite your community to explore its messages of reconciliation and forgiveness, love and grace.
Join the film's visionaries in an exclusive experience for leaders in the faith community, and equip your ministry leaders to transform the excitement surrounding the film into life-changing spiritual discussions.
- View exclusive clips of the movie!
- Find out how churches, schools and organizations across the country are using the film.
- Learn about the Narnia resources and materials available FREE of charge!
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The Chronicles of Narnia offers you a rare opportunity to reach today's culture. Don’t miss the chance to hear what's at the heart of this remarkable film!
Douglas Gresham is the son of Joy Davidman who later married C.S. Lewis. As a boy, Gresham lived at “The Kilns”, the Oxfordshire home that C.S. Lewis shared with his brother, Warnie and then Davidman. He is author of Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis, the true story that inspired the film, Shadowlands.
Micheal Flaherty is President and co-founder of Walden Media (www.walden.com). Walden Media is rooted in the expertise and values of its two founders: Cary Granat, a seasoned film executive, and Michael Flaherty, passionate education reformer. The two longtime friends always shared a belief in the potential power of meaningful entertainment. Before Walden Media, Micheal developed and taught an innovative program to help students from underserved school districts gain acceptance into Boston ’s elite exam schools. His work has been praised in such national publications as The Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe hailed him as “an entrepreneur in education.” Micheal received his B.A. from Tufts University.
Paul Lauer, founder of Motive Entertainment, pioneering the development, production, sales, marketing, and distribution of teen and family-oriented media and entertainment worldwide for the last 20 years. Lauer is an entrepreneur bringing faith-based and family-friendly films to the market, having most recently designed and executed the highly-successful marketing campaign for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ for Icon Productions. Lauer managed grass roots outreach campaigns for the Tom Hanks/Robert Zemeckis film, The Polar Express, as well as the upcoming Walden Media/Disney epic series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Lauer is also author of four books, founder and publisher of the award-winning YOU! magazine, as well as Youth Beat. In 1999 he was the Executive Producer of Eternal City, an IMAX-format film on Rome.
The views expressed herein do not represent those of the Walt Disney Company, Walden Media, The C.S. Lewis Estate, or the filmmakers, but are rather the views of various organizations who have created this event specifically for leaders in the faith and family community.
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, NARNIA, and all book titles, characters and locales original thereto are trademarks of C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd. and are used with permission. Images and movie trailer © Disney/Walden.
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