Introducing Sunday Software's      
 Elijah & Jonah CD
v1.2

What is a prophet? Will you pick up the prophet's mantle? What does a prophet do?
How does God speak to us? What does God want from us? What's our mission?
Who does God care about? How far should you go to carry the message? How do you hear God?

These are important questions, ...and now you know why we are very pleased to bring you our Elijah & Jonah CD.

Elijah and Jonah CD is a wonderful set of interactive multimedia lessons and content-oriented games for children ages K through teen set in an "interactive comicbook interface"... the first of its kind.

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All the story content is narrated --making it usable by even the youngest students. Yet, the artwork, study content, and humor is sophisticated enough for teens. The story text/narration is 97% straight from scripture, with only minor modifications for clarity.

Elijah's 3 stories -each an individual lesson:

  1. Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath 
     

  2. Elijah, Ahab & Jezebel
                the Prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel,
                       and the Still Small Voice
     

  3. Elijah passes his mantle to Elisha and leaves on a chariot of fire

Elijah's 3 stories include mini-games that reinforce content.

Jonah's story  is an engaging interactive lesson that covers the entire story. It teaches....

-How compassionate IS God?

-Who deserves God's goodness and forgiveness?

-How DO we reach out to those who are different?

-How much should we forgive?

-What's our mission?

Other older Jonah CDs got stuck on "the whale." Ours does not. While we certainly do have a whale (and even a whale spittin' game), we look at the entire story, including the conduct of the sailors and the Ninevites. We contrast them to Jonah's GRUMBLING self-righteousness. We explore the argument between God and Jonah over the plant and city.

Our Jonah story is 98% word for word from the scripture, wonderfully drawn animated graphics backed with great music and strong character voices. Jonah's story also features several games. Read on!

Win/Mac*  Ages 6-Teen
Read system requirements carefully below

Read Customer Reviews!

View the Elijah-Jonah Outline & Teaching Tips

View several large screenshots
 

  

 

 

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More about Elijah & Jonah CD's unique "interactive comicbook interface"

This CD's animation, illustrations and navigational are unlike anything we've ever produced. Student and Teachers have tremendous navigational control --flipping pages and interacting with individual panel in the comic book-like layout. Each scene is narrated and musically scored. Animations and pop-up study notes abound, including mini-quizzes, and narrated discussion questions. Mini-games within each story engage the kids, and games and quizzes at the end of each story reinforce content.

 

 

Both these stories are filled with humorous animations, interactivity and content-related GAMES.

In Smoochie the Whale's "Spittin' Game, for example, students blast Jonah from the whale's mouth and try to land him in the right places. They learn about the people, situations and places where God wants us to go and share his message.

JONAH has two content-oriented games built into it: Smoochie's Spittin' Game (about "how you can be a prophet in your daily life"), and Wormie's Game (about taking away Jonah's comfort zone)

ELIJAH has four games built into it.  Including "Baal Invaders" and "Catch me if you can."

Each story also has several "mini-games" throughout the story. And there's a two player quiz game "all about Elijah's stories" on the CD. It's sort of like an onscreen board game.

In addition to the games and main storytelling, each story has a variety of activities, study notes and quiz questions which appear throughout each story. Our navigational style allows you EASY access to all the content and activities.

Our free outline details every part of the story, content and games.
 

PREVIEW Elements of this CD:

Hear Jonah argue with God

Hear the Widow of Zarephath respond to Elijah

Watch a videoclip of Elijah & the Widow

Watch a videoclip of Elijah, Ahab, and the Still Small Voice

Watch a videoclip of Jonah
(1 to 2mb streaming files)

View several large screenshots

CD's Age Range:
Age Range: K through Teen.

View the Recently UPDATED Elijah-Jonah Outline & Teaching Guide

Print the Student Handout for Elijah & Widow of Zarephath

Print the Student Handout for Elijah & Still Small Voice

Print the Student Handout for Elijah & Elisha

Print a Color Poster of Elijah & Jonah CD!

See a complete lesson plan for Jonah's Story

How can it be Kindergarten through Teen?
When I design a CD for Sunday Schools, it makes good sense to make sure it "stretches" across a wide age range. The secret is to make it sophisticated enough for the older kids, without putting in barriers to the younger ones ~who will have teachers helping them. I make sure we don't put in anything that older kids might think is "baby-ish". I put in some 'extra' content specifically for older students (4th and up) which teachers can zero in on. In the Elijah-Jonah CD, the humor, some of the games, and many of the content pop ups are especially for older students. <>< Neil

 

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We have released version 1.2 updating Elijah and Jonah for the newest Windows Vista/7 and Mac OS 10.4+ operating systems. If you already own version 1.1, and it isn't working on your new operating system, download the free 1.2 update.

 
For more information about this CD, email Neil MacQueen at Sunday Software


 

 

Reviews!

Hi Neil,   I wanted to tell you how delighted I am with the Elijah and Jonah software. It's a really great combination of fun and discussion points. I shared it with my fifth grade class on Sunday and they didn't want to leave when class time was over. My 12 year old daughter wandered in while I was going through the software at home and she kept working with it when I had to go off and do laundry!
~Teisha W., Poland Pres. Poland Ohio

I’ve just previewed the “Jonah” portion of the disk, and it’s great.  I’m going to use it in Bible study with the kids at our summer music camp, who will be producing a Jonah musical. Thanks again for helping to make our kids’ Bible exploration more exciting!
~Julie W., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA

Elijah and Jonah is awesome! The content is straight from the Bible; the application questions are right on target, and the games have "kid-appeal". 
~Susan W. Central UMC, Fayetteville Arkansas

Software was a huge hit ! Thanks so much!
~Lynn M. Church at Libertysquare, Cartersville GA

Neil, we just wrapped up a month with the theme of “A Runaway Prophet & aBig Fish” and your Elijah & Jonah software was the PERFECT way to end our month. This is your best software yet! Not only did our younger kids enjoy it, the youth Sunday School class invaded our computer lab when they heard the fun and took turns playing “Wormie.” 
~Andy B. Bethlehem Pres. Monroe, NC

See a lesson plan for Elijah & the Widow of Zarephath that uses our Elijah-Jonah CD

View the Recently UPDATED Elijah-Jonah Outline & Teaching Guide

See a complete lesson plan for use with Jonah's Story

 Print the Student Handout for Elijah & Widow of Zarephath

Print the Student Handout for Elijah & Still Small Voice

Print the Student Handout for Elijah & Elisha

Print a Color Poster of Elijah & Jonah CD!

Elijah Jonah CD tech support

 

Update!  We have released version 1.2 of E&J. This update makes it fully compatible with Vista, Windows 7, and OS 10.4+.Check your CD's label for version info. Version 1.0 and 1.1 owners can download the free update here.  The onscreen content of version 1.2 is identical to 1.1, so if your 1.1 works, you do not need the 1.2 update.