Prot_ChristmasCat09_FINAL2.qxd 9/15/09 11:31 AM Page 3 Christmas 2009 Hundreds of great gift ideas! Christian DVDs for Advent & Christmas from Vision Video See page 14 See page 10 PO Box 540 • Worcester, PA 19490 1-800-523-0226 Order online and SAVE! See pagewww.visionvideo.com 9 Prot_ChristmasCat09_FINAL2.qxd 9/15/09 11:31 AM Page 4 New Releases ABOUT VISION VIDEO INDEX American History . 48-49 We rejoice in being in our fourth decade of bringing you a wide range of Christian and family DVDs. Today we offer Apologetics . 67 more than 1600 titles with ample selections for all age groups. Best Sellers . 78 Selections include drama, documentary, curriculum, and rare Bible Resources . 34-38, 40-43 historical footage among the many genres. Biographies . 56-57 Children. 16-23 Our calling is to provide DVD resources that help families Christmas. .. 7-11, 16-17 and churches to have an historic awareness of how God has Classics . 70-72 worked among His people over the centuries. The programs Comedy . 12 we offer have won close to four hundred film festival awards, some of which you will find indicated by this Contemporary Issues . 30-32 symbol throughout this catalog. Curriculum . 62-63 Discussion Starters. 68 It’s our pleasure to serve you, Dramas 10-15, 39, 54-55, 66, 69-78 Bill Curtis Evangelistic. 62, 66-67 General Manager Family Concerns . 27-29 Family Favorites. 73-75 Perpetua: Early Church Martyr NEW! Forgiveness . 61 A documentary journey to ancient Carthage to Gift Ideas. 12-15 uncover the fascinating true story of a coura- Health and Wellness . 28-29 geous young woman of the early church who History/ World Religion . 43-55 dared to claim Jesus as her Lord in the face of Inspirational. 33, 68 Roman opposition. Faced with the possible pun- Life of Christ. 40-41 ishment of death, Perpetua gave up wealth, Middle Ages. 44 freedom, and even life itself, rather than renounce Missions . 59 her faith in Christ. 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Torchlighters childrens’ animation NEW! series: In the days of the Early Our People Church, this young mother and This is the story of how one cou- new believer is imprisoned for ple took God’s love to the poor. converting to Christianity. In Walking the poverty-stricken order to gain her freedom, all streets of Whitechapel late one Perpetua has to do is offer a pinch night in the summer of 1865, past of incense to honor the Roman neglected, ragged children, drunk- gods, just like every good citizen. en women, unemployed men, As her father pleads with her to prostitutes plying their trade, think of her baby and the reputation of their family, William Booth decided, ‘These will be our people.’ Perpetua rises to face the Roman pro-counsel. She What followed makes an enthralling story of spiri- has made her choice and there is no turning back. tual passion, courage and faith, leading to the birth Perpetua’s resolve is tested repeatedly by those of The Salvation Army. Young people, often as opposed to her and the rest of the small group young as 18, opened the Army’s evangelistic work known as “Christians.” In a day of increasing perse- in mining towns or even new nations. The Army cution of Christian believers worldwide, this is a expanded globally. And compelled by love, it powerful story for young people about the meaning reached out to prisoners and the downtrodden, and of faithfulness and sacrifice. 36 minutes (EST, S, SST). the Army’s social work was born. Teaming up with T DVD - #501301D, $14.99 journalist WT Stead, the Army tackled the sexual See the entire Torchlighters series on page 23. trafficking business which entrapped hundreds of young girls. This DVD features 11 historians and story-tellers, voice artists, period music, over 500 images, rare archival footage, and recordings of two Booth grandchildren. 74 minutes (EST). 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