Have a great video online that you want to use in your ministry? Maybe someone sent you a video that you want to convert to a different format.
The best online solution I have found for these purposes is Movavi. It is easy to use and not very finicky. I’ve used a variety of different sites that do the same things, but they always seem to have a few quirks.
If you are not familiar with Skype, it is a free computer to computer/phone line calling software. Computer phone systems have not quite taken the country by storm, but at this point they do have some special abilities, and yes, for the sake of my site, Skype is free (for the basic features and computer to computer calling).
This Sunday, I will be calling a family from our church who is serving in East Asia during both children’s worship services. I’ll project their video call on the screen and the computer will emit sound through the sound system so that all the kids in the worship can take part. We will hear them share their heart for missions and using a web cam in the worship room, we will allow some children to ask the missionary children questions.
We have done this once before and it was a success. You do have to beware that the video and sound could be choppy and it may take a few tries when the other person is in a country with poor internet infrastructure. But overall, it’s a good way to expose kids to missions work.
Muddy River Media is a nice little site for countdowns, looping effects, a few videos, and some sermon theme packages. It’s definitely not a gold mine, but the work they have done is quality and it is a well designed site. I hope that others will catch onto what they are doing and support Mark Fogarty’s work. Something like this has great potential in the market of highly priced media material.
Eyejot is super cool. You log into their site, record a video from a webcamera, and email it out. I have used it for some personal messages, but I had some ideas about how to use it in ministry:
What about you? Have you used this tool for ministry? What creative ways can you think of to use Eyejot?
Today I want you all to know about a very well done video from Max 7. Max 7 is a great website full of downloadable videos, curriculum, music, and ministry forms.
You MUST have the Aim Lower video. If you can get your pastor to let you play this in the service, you deserve a raise!
If you have an exciting event coming up (Family Worship Night, Kids Outreach, Children’s Music Performance), then you have to get the Pump Up the Crowd countdown from FreeCountdowns.Net. It is visually stunning and has music and words that will get your crowd ready for the action!
Recently I posted about the resources available at John Piper’s website for Desiring God. In that post, I made mention of the Advance ‘09 Conference which was held in my backyard of Durham, NC. There were some heavy hitters at the conference including Ed Stetzer, John Piper, and Danny Aiken.
As I have been listening through some of the messages from this conference on the Church, I could not withhold sharing with you two messages from Mark Driscoll. One will really challenge your thinking of the church as well as your ministry’s role within Christ’s bride. The other is called Ministry Idolotry. This message will lead you to rethink how spiritual you really perceive yourself to be. I commend both messages to you. Go to the links below to listen or download or watch the embedded videos of these messages. The are two of the best messages on a theology of the church that I have ever heard.
Mark Driscoll–What is the Church? (mp3 download)
Mark Driscoll–Ministry Idolotry (mp3 download)
What is the Church by Mark Driscoll from Vintage21 Church on Vimeo.
If you are like me, you are in the absolute HEAT of recruiting for the fall. I mean there is no other ministry in the church that recruits 100 people at a time right?
I’ve found a great video on Vimeo that is a handy recruitment tool. If you are not familiar with Vimeo, it is a site much like You Tube, but filled with videos from much more competent videographers. You can also download straight from the Vimeo site. Many churches have found Vimeo a useful site for sharing their work.
You can view the video below or see it directly from the site here.
When I Grow Up… from Marty Taylor on Vimeo.
Did you know that Eleven 72, a worship media company, offers a free monthly download? It is always some sort of video or background they have produced. I’m not extremely familiar with the company so I will not commentate elaborately.
This month, they are giving away a nice video full of Scritpture that is all about Jesus called “I Am.” It would be good to show as kids are coming in to a worship service, but at over five minutes is too lengthy (in my opinion) to be used as a teaching resource.
Know any other places to get free media? Let the CM world know in the comment box below!
If you have not stumbled upon Max 7 yet, you are really missing out. They have forms, curriculum, audio and videos. You must take a look at the video: Aim Lower. If your pastor would let you show it in “Big Church” during recruitment time, you should take him up on it!
