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| tgodby | SermonSpice & WorshipSpice | 0 | Dec 28 2007, 5:02 PM EST by tgodby | ||||
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I have found some really great clips at Sermonspice. I've noticed there is a new section called Worshipspice. Does anyone else use these and other sites like them?
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| mike[ritter] | Podcasts | 1 | Dec 20 2007, 6:22 PM EST by mike[ritter] | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 20 2007, 6:12 PM EST
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Okay, I think most of us have our favorite Podcasts. I'm not talking (well, not necessarily) about the funny ones. These are the Podcasts we're grateful for, enriched by, and are driven to share with the world.
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| shameonyoko | On the Lot | 1 | Dec 20 2007, 5:42 PM EST by mike[ritter] | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 25 2007, 10:21 AM EDT
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If you haven't been following "On the Lot" you are missing out on some great creative energy and ideas for films for your church. Check out the website http://www.thelot.com/ . Read the blogs, watch the films, learn about the process and the technology used, submit your own films, chat with other film makers, etc. Great fun, good resource.
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| smokeandmirrors | the emerging conversation | 0 | Nov 14 2007, 10:32 AM EST by smokeandmirrors | ||||
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I know some of you guys are in ministry to the "emerging" generation. My initial question is this. Do you consider yourselves as an emergent ministry or more of a ministry to emergents? In other words, are you more of a church that has a facet of ministry dedicated to that group, or is the whole of your church's ministry geared to minister to that group? If you are the former, what problems or difficulties has that created for you. If you are the latter, was that an intentional philosophy choice "in spite of" or "because of" your immediate cultural enviroment?
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| mike[ritter] | Taking the Web | 0 | Nov 13 2007, 11:39 AM EST by mike[ritter] | ||||
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Remember when you went online, visited a dozen sites hoping something new was up, then an hour later wondered how you ended up surfing for lyrics to the latest Cranberries song? With *web 2.0* those wasteful days are (well, can be) behind us. We'll discuss how to use subscription services for our personal growth and reach our audience online.
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| randyelrod | REN GEN | 0 | Nov 8 2007, 5:50 PM EST by randyelrod | ||||
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Great new book with vital info:
Renaissance Generation (The rise of the cultural consumer-and what it means to your business) by Patricia Martin |
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| randyelrod | Great new Magazine for Worship/Arts Leaders | 0 | Nov 7 2007, 9:11 AM EST by randyelrod | ||||
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"Collide" is the best magazine I've seen to date for us. It is lively, well-organized and full og GREAT, up-to date info. Check it out at: www.collidemagazine.com
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| btriplett | Communion and reflection | 6 | Sep 17 2007, 4:15 PM EDT by btriplett | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 7 2007, 2:44 PM EDT
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So we just finished an incredible series entitled "Miracles", and my team and i were brainstorming as to how we could knock home that the same God who does these miracles is still pursuing them.
We came to the conclusion of an intercative and reflective communion service, where we constructed one table for each miracle spoken about (6 in all) they were scattered throughout the auditorium, and were designed with imagry, a few icons, and origianl art, we added paper an pen. The idea was if someone needed the God who heals lepers to show up in the same way for them, that they would write their prayers or needs on a peice of paper and ask him to show of for them. I was blow away to the response of each station, and how beautiful the communion moment was when we celebrated the greatest miracle together... if any one has thoughts, comments, snide remarks... i would love to hear.
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| shameonyoko | Interactive Worship | 7 | Aug 22 2007, 5:54 AM EDT by shameonyoko | ||||
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If your church uses "interactives" as part of your regular worship program, you know it can become increasingly hard to be creative and unique in the experiences you offer.
Most of the interactives I have seen and/or heard about in the last few years include some kind of writing component. Whether we are encouraging people to sign something, write down prayers, draw, etc. . . . it seems that writing is usually a component of interactive worship. Not that I think this is a bad idea by any means but I would love to talk with one another about what interactives we are offering that don't include writing--we have done our fair share. Interactive worship is a regular part of what we do at Westwinds and creative, unique interactives are a value to us. What interactives are you all doing in your churches that don't include writing? How are we encouraging people to get out of their seats and participate? I would love to start a conversation where we spit out ideas for interactives that don't include writing.
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| randyelrod | Art and Propaganda | 1 | Aug 7 2007, 5:24 PM EDT by cynthiacullen | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 28 2007, 2:31 PM EDT
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This essay by Philip Yancey is awesome.
Here is the link: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1300 Here are the first two paragraphs: f someone were to tell me that it lay in my power to write a novel explaining every social question from a particular viewpoint that I believed to be the correct one, I still wouldn’t spend two hours on it. But if I were told that what I am writing will be read in twenty years time by the children of today, and that those children will laugh, weep, and learn to love life as they read, why then I would devote the whole of my life and energy to it. The man who wrote those words, Leo Tolstoy, vacillated continually between art and propaganda. People are still laughing, weeping and learning to love life as they read his books, but others are also reflecting on, arguing with and reacting to his particular viewpoint on social, moral and religious questions. Although in this statement Tolstoy claims to come down firmly on the side of art, veins of “propaganda” run throughout his novels, inspiring some readers and infuriating others. In nonfiction works like What Is Art? the great novelist leans toward propaganda -- even, as some conclude, at the expense of true art.
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| shameonyoko | Connecting Flights | 0 | Aug 2 2007, 12:31 PM EDT by shameonyoko | ||||
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"Robert Lepage is one of the geniuses of the international stage. He and his collaborators have thrilled and moved audiences with elegant scripts, incomparable acting and stunning visual effects in such personal works as Tectonic Plates, The Dragon's Trilogy, Needles and Opium and The Seven Streams of the River Ota; versions of world classics like Strindberg's A Dream Play and Shakespeare's The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Hamlet; his films Polygraph and The Confessional which won two Genies and was a hit at Cannes; and for the astonishing operatic version of Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle." He is the mastermind behind Cirque's "Ka." Recently I watched Peter Gabriel's "Growing Up Live" concert/movie and it was a spiritual experience for me. Of course, Robert Lepage designed/directed the whole presentation. Read this book. Watch "Growing up Live." Mastermind.
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| cynthiacullen | Beauty without Regret | 2 | Jul 29 2007, 9:47 PM EDT by cynthiacullen | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 24 2007, 4:20 PM EDT
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This essay by Mako inspires me to see beauty in the mess of life...
http://www.makotofujimura.com
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| shameonyoko | Westwinds | 0 | Jul 27 2007, 9:40 AM EDT by shameonyoko | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 27 2007, 9:40 AM EDT
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Westwinds Church is located in Jackson, MI. Our weekend gathering is called Fusion. Fusion has been described as a place that is energetic, engaging, interactive, high touch, high tech, artsy, creative, sometimes loud, contemplative, stretching, challenging, open, music rich, full of good teaching, casual, edgy, unpredictable, and vibey. Our philosophy of ministry is attached below (see "Attachments" below the "Comments" section).
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| cynthiacullen | The Impoverishment of American Culture | 0 | Jul 24 2007, 4:24 PM EDT by cynthiacullen | ||||
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I blogged about this excerpt from Dana Gioia today...this is generational work that we MUST face as artists!
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110010352 |
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| shameonyoko | Forgotten Photo | 0 | Jul 24 2007, 3:57 PM EDT by shameonyoko | ||||
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There is also a photo of some faux-stained-glass we made by spray painting over a cheap wall hanging from TJ Max onto 6mil plastic pieces. We backlit the plastic for great effect.
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| shameonyoko | Posted Photos | 0 | Jul 24 2007, 3:54 PM EDT by shameonyoko | ||||
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I placed a few photos in the Aesthetic Gallery. The first is a view of a Theological Plotline I painted last week comparing and contrasting OT and NT images. People signed the wall in chalk pen to mark where God is meeting them. There is a color palette we created by color photocopying paint swatches and using Mod Podge to attach them to 4x8 sheets of foam core which we hung all over the auditorium. There is a photo of the Last Supper we created by making "disciples" bodies out of lumber and foam and making their "heads" out of mac computers that all ran 30 second loops of the disciples' martyrdom stories--for people to listen to on headphones while taking communion. There is a photo of a prayer/communion wall from two weeks ago constructed with mirrors and hanging plastic chargers for the communion elements. There is also a picture of some faux trees we created by stuffing dead branches into metal towers and uplighting them. Every one of these aesthetic pieces cost under $200. What have you done recently? Share the wealth!
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| randyelrod | Popnovella | 0 | Jul 24 2007, 1:13 PM EDT by randyelrod | ||||
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Another great video resource for the church is Popnovella. Great innovative and short videos for your worship service. Give it a look at:
www.popnovella.com |
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| randyelrod | Teaching Videos | 1 | Jul 24 2007, 10:04 AM EDT by shameonyoko | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 23 2007, 4:20 PM EDT
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Erwin McManus has a "Rob Bell'esque" but different short teaching video series called crave that is like a short movie with teaching.
Find out more at: www.soulcravings.com
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| shameonyoko | Helpful Books | 0 | Jul 24 2007, 7:29 AM EDT by shameonyoko | ||||
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I recently picked up the book, "Spoken Worship" by Gerard Kelly. It is subtitled, "Living Words for Personal and Public Prayer." Since I got it, we have used cuttings from the book twice in Fusion (I got it three weeks ago). Run, don't walk to pick up this treasure. He quotes Walter Brueggemann in the intro and that sets the pace for the book. "We have only the word, but the word will do. It will do do because it is true that the poem shakes the empire, that the poem heals and transforms and rescues, that the poem enters like a theif in the night and gives new life, fresh from the word and from nowhere else. There are many pressures to quiet the text, to silence this deposit of dangerous speech, to halt this outrageous practice of speaking alternative possibility. The poems, however, refuse such silence. They will sound. They sound through preachers who risk beyond prose. In the act of such risk, power is released, newness is evoked, God is praised."
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| randyelrod | Art Video | 0 | Jul 23 2007, 4:21 PM EDT by randyelrod | ||||
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Mike Lewis "The Jesus Painter" has a beautiful series of 4-5 minute videos featuring a live multi-camera film shoot as he paints in Times Square. You can have audio with scripture or turn audio off and use.
www.jesuspainter.com |
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