» art http://www.partoftheglue.com because the ingredients are changing Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:18:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Avoiding stock art by implementing photo shoots http://www.partoftheglue.com/2009/07/04/avoiding-stock-art-by-implementing-photo-shoots/ http://www.partoftheglue.com/2009/07/04/avoiding-stock-art-by-implementing-photo-shoots/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:43:31 +0000 radiantfirst http://www.partoftheglue.com/?p=287 Part of creating media in a youth ministry means creating materials such as web, print and video pieces that advertise the ministry.  In doing this one of the things we are always in need of is pictures of students.  Often the choice is between buying an image from istockphoto.com or using one of our own.  We try as hard as possible to avoid using istock or sites like that when possible because it just feels unnatural. Using photos of students in our ministry feels more authentic and original and really gives students ownership in the organization. The problem with using photos within your ministry is that you may not have time to do this when you are trying to create something for a pressing deadline.  One solution to this predicament is to have a gallery of photos that are waiting to be used for future projects.  Consider having a photo shoot with some of your key students two or three times a year to allow for a quality photo gallery for you to pull from when creating all kinds of media materials.

Recently we held a student photo shoot in our studio and had 10 students show up for about 2 hours. All the photographs were taken by one of my student volunteers who really loves photography. Below is one of the concepts he came up with taking the name of our ministry and using scrabble pieces to spell it out on some-one’s face.

LYF

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]]> http://www.partoftheglue.com/2009/07/04/avoiding-stock-art-by-implementing-photo-shoots/feed/ 0 Creating Sacred Space http://www.partoftheglue.com/2009/05/16/creating-sacred-space/ http://www.partoftheglue.com/2009/05/16/creating-sacred-space/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 20:50:12 +0000 radiantfirst http://www.partoftheglue.com/?p=204 Recently I had the chance to sit in on a breakout session with Lilly Lewin at the Shift conference. Lewin co-authored a book with Dan Kimball called Creating Sacred Space A Hands-On Guide to Creating Multisensory Worship Experiences for Youth Ministry. Lewin shared with us one of the problems we face in today’s societies especially amoung teeanagers is the difficulty to be still and quiet before God. We preach about this all the time, however we rarely give students an opportunity to actually do this.  Lewin suggested creating opportunities maybe quarterly where you would setup prayer stations in your youth center. These “prayer stations” are described more in detail in her book with pictures and instructions, however the overall premise is to connect with God through multiple senses.  One example is a prayer station where you would read about the cup in the bible and then proceed to actually washing a cup both the inside and outside with soap and water.  Another station you might eat some goldfish or swedish fish and read about the feeding of the five thousand.  Lewin also suggested displaying art or even student art from photography to video to paintings.

This does get pretty complicated the larget the audience, however after experiencing the prayer stations myself I was really intrigued on what an impact something like this could really have when used on an occasional basis.

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