Canadian Mennonite
Abbotsford Assembly Special Report
July 4-7, 2007
BikeMovement releases DVD at MC Canada and U.S.A. assemblies
Abbotsford, B.C./San Jose, Calif.
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BikeMovement the Documentary: A young adult perspective on church was simultaneously released on DVD at the Mennonite Church Canada and MC U.S.A. assemblies earlier this month. The documentary follows BikeMovement, a group of young adults who rode bicycles across the U.S. for two months last summer as an initiative to engage in open conversation about the church. It summarizes conversations that took place both within the BikeMovement group and with more than 20 church communities the cyclists visited along the way.
A common question asked in many of these church conversations was, "Why are many young adults who grew up in the church not returning?" The BikeMovement group discovered that there is no single answer to this question, but the documentary attempts to identify common threads and offer suggestions to create safe places where generations can come together and better understand each other.
Topics covered in the documentary include: examining what it means to live in a tight-knit community while inviting people in, and exploring ways to create intergenerational dialogue despite language and generational differences. The documentary also includes a study guide with activities and questions to help groups work through the various issues together.
To order, e-mail order@bikemovement.org.
To help continue this conversation on a global level, all proceeds from the sale of the documentary will go to Amigos, the Mennonite World Conference’s Global Community of Young Anabaptists, in assisting young adults from all over the world attend the next Mennonite World Conference assembly in Paraguay in 2009.