Spring 2010: First person videos
The Spring 2010 issue of The Equipment featured an idea for sharing the work of BMS personnel around the world using video interviews that a few people may have seen at Baptist Assemblies around the UK.
Below are links to download videos (right-click and save the files to your computer, then copy files from inside the zip folders into a new folder).
Click here to download an interview with Huw and Alex Anderson in Sicily.
Click here to download an interview with Scott and Anjanette Williamson in Peru.
Click here to download an interview with Dan Pratt in South Africa.
Click here to download an interview with Emily chalke in Thailand.
Autumn 2009: Service at your service
The Autumn 2009 issue of The Equipment featured an idea for a quiz to be used in your church service. The quiz, which aims to engage people with what it's like to be a mission worker overseas. can be downloaded here or by clicking it in the right-hand column of this page (It is called Service Quiz - The Equipment, Autum 2009).
Spring 2008
This issue of The Equipment featured an exercise using audio clips. Its aim is to help your church or small group to use their imaginations and sense of hearing to motivate prayer for BMS work and world mission generally.
How to use these files
Download all the mp3 audio files to your computer and burn them to CD using a player like iTunes or Windows Media Player. Be sure to keep the tracks in order on the CD. Ask your church or small group to close their eyes and listen to each sound. Ask them what they thought it might have been and then play the next, explanatory track. Give people the opportunity to pray for the issues raised.
Audio Downloads
1. Bangladesh sound
2. Bangladesh explanation
3. India sound
4. India explanation
5. Lebanon sound
6. Lebanon explanation
7. Bangladesh sound 2
8. Bangladesh explanation 2
9. France sound
10. France explanation
11. Congo sound
12. Congo explanation
13. India sound 2
14. India explanation 2
How to download these files
Click the file (eg: Bangladesh sound) and it will open in an audio playing programme (eg: iTunes or Windows Media Player). In that programme, choose either to save the file to your hard drive (usually done through the File menu) or create a playlist to write to disc.
If clicking the file doesn't work, right-click it. Then select the option to "save link", "save as" or "save target" to your hard drive. From there you should be able to play the file and burn it to disc.