Scenes from Capt Paul Hammer, Lt. Stu Dent,
and Shelbot the Overly Brainy Robot's
"Great Commission Adventure" to teach the Gospel
on the newly discovered PLANT VET
in Sunday Software's Jesus in Space CD

Three complete adventure lessons:

1. The Baptism of Jesus
2. The Last Supper & Foot Washing
3. The Road to Emmaus

Each interactive software lesson brings you to a new planet and new aliens who need to learn the story. Lt Stu must translate the lesson into a message they can understand. And he gets plenty of help from Shelbot and Capt Paul, as well as the aliens.

Highlights:

On the underwater Planet Vet you'll meet Minister Gil Filtafish and use the BABEL 4000 translator to figure out how to explain "baptism" to aliens who live underwater. (What would John the Baptist wear underwater? What does the symbol of water mean? ...and what other symbol might these aliens better respond to that would mean the same thing?) The BABEL 4000 allows your students to re-tell the story of Jesus' Baptism in a very memorable, albeit, "underwater" way by selecting from new Vetian words, constructing the scenes, re-outfitting John the Baptist for underwater ministry, and then playing it back to great effect!

Back aboard the Tarsus, Capt Paul explains Baptism to Stu in a presentation, and then quizzes him (your students). There's also a fun Baptism "Pipes" puzzle-like game that gives you info about Baptism -which are in fact the answers to a fun quiz which appears at the end of the Pipes game --if you were paying attention.

On the Planet Whammo Stu plays a story game with Chief Wackimac and his tribe of alien Robots. You'll find out why the planet is called "Whammo" when the robots begin to make a lot of mistakes in their retelling of the story. Your students will need to pay attention and maybe even consult their Bibles to be sure they are helping the Whambots tell the story correctly.

After the story, Stu can play a Whammo game about the meaning of the Passover-Seder meal and its connection to the Lord's Supper. He can also learn more about the Passover-Communion connection by playing a game in the Whammo Labs "robot recycling plant."  A final (ecumenical) presentation about the practice of communion takes place back aboard the ship.

On Ice Moon Alpha, Lt Stu encounters strange snow creatures ready to learn the story of Jesus on the Road to Emmaus. At first, Stu is mis-identified as a danger by "Flinger" -a snowball-throwing Snoballian. After a snowball game, Teacher Snobob appears to settle things down and invites Stu to help them dramatize their Emmaus play. Shelbot downloads the "Stagecraft 4000" to help Stu dramatize the story with the Snoballians as the actors. The Stagecraft 4000 allows your student to design the actors, place them in the scenes, -and add scenery, sound effects and music to dramatize the script. Then they play it back. (It's very creative and your kids will want to make several versions -each time relearning the story). Jesus is portrayed by one of the snoballians with an ice halo :-) 

To cap off the visit to Ice Moon Alpha, Captain Paul leads the snoballians (your students) through a very special INTERACTIVE reflection activity about "how we see Jesus today."

More learning surprises and activities in each story!

The Opening...

Jesus in Space opens like a Sci-Fi movie "somewhere in the Alpha Omega System." After meeting Stu, Paul and Shelbot, suddenly an asteroid field appears and students must blast them to escape. Then a message comes in from Commander Grossman, the one-eyed alien leader of Great Commission Control. The three missions are then presented for you to select from. That said, Jesus in Space has an exceptional navigational menu, allowing you to jump forward or to any activity in the CD. Each lesson could last up to 30 minutes, or you could jump to certain activities if you have less time or age-specific needs.

Stu with Chief Wackamac on the planet Whammo

Jesus at the Last Supper
-as re-enacted on the planet Whammo

Jesus in Space CD is fun interactive lesson software for ages 5-15.

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for Jesus in Space CD

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Printable student handouts for each story on the CD.

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to the Program

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from the program

Read about the theology/presentation of Jesus as an alien

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Great Commission Control has sent the Tarsus to explain Baptism to Minister Gil on the Planet Vet.

The BABEL 4000 is used by your students with Shelbot's help to retell the story of John and Jesus to a bunch of aliens who live under water.

John the Baptist (as designed by your students) meets up with
the Vetian version of Jesus.

Stu meets up with Teacher Snobob and "Flinger"
on Ice Moon Alpha to help them learn the story of Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.

The Tarsus in action against careening asteroids...

Jesus in Space features many many games, most of which teach the content, but some of which are simply REQUIRED to save the ship.

Games on the CD include:

Asteroids Blasting
Descent through Electric Eel Ocean
Baptism Water Pipes
Ice Moon Alpha Snowball throwing game
Whammo Labs Seder game

In addition....the BABEL 4000 and Stagecraft 4000 storytelling devices feel like games to the kids because they get to add their own effects and props to the stories.
 

Shelbot is the brains of the mission. She narrates several optional instructional pieces about key subjects, including presentations about the meaning and practice of Baptism and Communion. Content about baptism and communion is ecumenical. Shelbot wouldn't have it any other way!

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