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20 Christmas videos for church services

November 16, 2011 in Christmas

I’m currently running a giveaway with 3 Christmas video packs up for grabs – find out more here.

In recent years, I’ve collected videos suitable for Christmas church services, and this year is no exception. Below are 5 videos I’ve discovered this year, along with some links to videos shared in previous years. All up, there’s 20 Christmas videos for your perusal – I’ll add some more here as I come across them.

Here’s videos featured in previous years:

Video: Social Media Christmas
5 Christmas Videos 2009
5 Christmas Videos 2010 – Part 1 and Part 2

Giveaway: 3 Christmas video packs for churches

November 15, 2011 in Christmas

I’ve been a long-term fan of the videos by Dan Stevers (check out this interview and his videos on Vimeo).

I’m excited to team up with Dan to offer a special Christmas giveaway! Up for grabs are three Christmas cheer video packs – these include two videos valued at $35. Thanks Dan!

A very Christian Christmas card

November 11, 2011 in Christmas

Christmas is about Jesus. However, finding a Christmas card that makes any mention of Jesus can be difficult.

Here’s one card that doesn’t muck around:

Interested in ordering some? Contact admin@outreachmedia.org.au or visit the Outreach Media website.

4 years of promoting Christmas at St Michael’s Cathedral

November 10, 2011 in Christmas

Thanks to Sandy for sharing the concepts St Michael’s Cathedral have used to promote their Christmas services since 2008. The graphic designer who executed these campaigns is Dominic Kipps. Click to enlarge each image.

How’s your church promoting its services this Christmas?

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Video: Stop Accepting Nonsense

November 9, 2011 in Outreach

My brother-in-law, Carlos sent me this video. It’s a campaign running in Canada to promote the bank ‘Ally‘.

I think this video is clever in that it addresses a commonly held understanding – a ‘fact of life’ – and then offers an alternative. Take a look:

You can see other videos in the series on the bank’s YouTube channel. Interestingly, the website for Ally makes no reference to the ad campaign – if you’d seen the ads and then visited their website, you might wonder if you’d arrived at the right place.

Here’s the question for today: Could there be scope for churches to do something similar – perhaps addressing some of the commonly held (mis)understandings about church or Christianity?

This reminds me of the video ‘Reasons why people don’t come to church‘: