Part of the Glue

Accomplish something BIG

I lead a drama/media team of teenagers at my church. Every once in a while I feel a need to accomplish something BIG together. We find projects that our bigger than ourselves and take up an entire weekend or numerous saturdays…but everyone rallies together and we accomplish it. I like the story in the gospels [...]

Drag and drop websites for your ministry

Pagelines is by far my favorite wordpress theme. I have used this drag and drop framework to build more than 7 websites in the last year. Recently pagelines has updated their system to 2.0, which means better customization and a new store with specialized plugins coming soon.

Creating simple promo videos for your events

Recently we started creating a series of videos that would help promote a program in our youth ministry called FUZE. We shot the below video on a green screen and did one simple take. Students loved the video and it didn’t take a long time to produce because it depended mostly on the characters improv [...]

Using fairy tails to communicate truth

We recently created a video called "the tale of Johnny Rattleweed". The premise behind the film was to create a fairy tale that would explain the concept of skeletons in your closet in a fun and creative way. We bought a bunch of skeletons from a local haloween store and shot with the new sony [...]

Promoting small groups with media:

We recently launched our small group ministry in our student ministry. We call them D_Group or Discipleship Groups and run from August to May. We decided to create a series of promotional videos to encourage students to give them a try.

New vimeo gallery plugin for wordpress

I was doing some research today and was trying to find a youtube/vimeo gallery plugin for wordpress I ran into this really cool looking one that only cost $15. You can check it out HERE. I love how this plugin is iphone/ipad friendly. This plugin has been out since February, however its still new in [...]

Using MTV as inspiration

I know often times when you hear MTV….you think bad…..you think negative and anything offensive. Truth is you would probably think right, but one thing that MTV does understand very very well is youth culture. While doing some research for some upcoming programs I watched some clips from the UK series SKINS, which is now [...]

Group Texting service for your ministry

Our student ministry recently switched from tatango.com to txtsignal.com because of increasing prices and difficulties with their interface. We love txtsignal.com and have only been using it for a little more than a week. Here are the things we love about txtsignal.com 1. ability to create multiple groups 2. ability to create multiple teams within [...]

Creating a movie trailer for your summer events

This year we decided to create a movie trailer for our two summer events. We hired a voice from voices.com and downloaded some after effects templates from revostock.com to aid in the creation process. We had great response from the video that encouraged students to sign up sooner than later.

Figure out your creative process

I get frustrated from time to time during the creative process. Most of the frustration comes from not having a finely tuned process. The difficult thing is that sometimes the creative process is messy and sometimes messy does not lend well to a process or system. Systems are great for assembly lines and standardized products, [...]