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Video for Your Church?

How You Can Use Video

• Missionaries' Stories
• Sermon Illustrations
• Anniversary Celebrations
• Baptisms
• Dedications
• Church Profile for Search Committee's Use
• Shutin Ministry
• Personalize Your Church's Web Page
  • Embed or link a video on your web site (your web host)
  • Embed the code on your site to play a video that is posted on YouTube or similar site.
• Much more. . .

 

"Clips" and More

• Use Clips from Tapes, CDs and DVDs (Remember, acquire permission to do so.)
• Project live happenings such as child dedications and baptisms so that all persons in worship can better see.
• Record services, ministries, and mission trips for presentation to the whole congregation.

 

What You Need

Minimum - To Show Other's Presentations such as ABC and GRR Mission Videos, Training Videos, VBS and Sunday School Curricula, etc

• A willing, capable, and available person (other than pastor) who is willing to prepare and run this at the needed time.
• VCR, DVD Player, and/or access to a computer
• Projector (for congregation) or large screen television for a small meeting room.
• The DVD or VHS tape or clip that is to be presented

 

To Grow through Intentional Use of this Tool:

A discipleship tech team to collaborate with the worship team and pastor which uses video and other media to enhance worship and teaching experiences for the congregation.

• Access to, if not purchase of, a video camera.
• Range of price: $300 - $30,000; this range includes the cameras a family might buy - which is enough for most churches to those a person might buy to "moonlight" for recording weddings as a parttime job to fully professional, even "studio" (these are more expensive, still) cameras.


• Access to, if not purchase of, a projector. See the Projection Technologies section of this Site.

• Bare white wall or screen on which to project.

• Video Editing Software for composing and editing the clips to be used for projection in worship, classes, and the web.

Resources for Exploring this Ministry Tool

• http://www.midnightoilproductions.com/
  • Two who have and are using their giftedness to enhance worship in local churches have partnered to help the greater Kingdom to better understand and perhaps begin or better use this tool. One is an award winning videographer and the other an award winning graphic artist. You can get on their mailing list, be kept aware of upcoming seminars they present, or even shop through their productions online.
  
  
  • Digital Storytellers: The Art of Communicating the Gospel in Worship This is the book by the two who bring us Midnight Oil Productions: Len Wilson and Jason Moore

• GRR Churches:
  • Use of Video Presentation in Children's Ministries: Larry Crane at Cherry Hlls Baptist Church of Springfield IL
  
  
  • Use of Video with Choir and Congregational Singing: Tony Goss at Ridgeview Baptist Church of Danville
  
  
  • Use of Video in Congregational Worship: Brad Donoho at Upper Alton Baptist Church

• Inquire about other churches' use of this tool as you talk with pastors and members of churches in your community.

 

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