Easter – Welcome To Our Church

We just released an Easter version of the best-selling “Welcome To Our Church” video. It’s actually been freshly written and edited, so it won’t feel like a repeat to your congregation. We’ve intentionally kept the music and the narrator’s voice the same, but everything else is fresh and new. If you’ve already planned your Easter services, we’re not suggesting that you scrap your plans. Instead, we’d suggest that you add 90 seconds to the “welcoming” part of your Easter services. Easy. Easy. Easy. Please check it out here.

Kings

What would a modern-day, North American, big-city monarchy look like? And how would that storyline take shape if it were loosely based on the classic biblical story of David and Goliath? Michael Green (NBC’s “Heroes”) is attempting to answer that question with his new series “Kings”.

I have admired actor Ian McShane for years (HBO’s “Deadwood”), and was very pleased to see that he is playing the lead role of King Silas. I don’t feel like actors get any better than McShane. He’s one actor who literally changes the way writers craft their lines. He is believable, mysterious, and riveting.

There is David (actor Chris Egan) who will challenge King Silas’ claim to the throne. There is the King’s other son (the Jonathan figure), whose character was a little light for me, and actually felt more like the prodigal son, than the Jonathan of Scripture.

Interestingly, when I watched “Kings”, I had no idea that it was supposed to be biblically-based. The entire two hours, I kept thinking, “That kinda happened in the Bible”, or “That guy reminds me of the prophet Nathan.” It was a day later when a Facebook friend told me that it’s based on the story of David and Goliath.

Finally, I feel like there needs to be a conversation that discusses the role Michael Green is playing in presenting God to the modern culture, using media to do so. You can’t possibly miss the overtures to Christ and redemption in “Heroes”, and it looks like “Kings” will be very similar.

But that’s for another post.

Check out “Kings” for yourself, Sunday nights on NBC.

THE FLOODGATE EASTER STORE

We’re excited to offer you a new Easter short film for 2009. There’s so many different directions that churches go when it comes to an Easter theme. But no matter which direction you choose, it always comes back to the same core message. That message is LIFE. So we created a video that brings us around to that most basic of Easter themes.

The theme of Life.

Please preview the video here. We’ve also paired the look and theme of this video with a Series Logo package here.

* For all Easter mini-movies, go here.
* For all Easter Still Backgrounds, go here.
* For all Easter Motion Backgrounds, go here.
* For our NEW Easter Series Logo Packs, go here.
* For everything Easter on a disk, shipped to you, go here.

AN EASTER MEDIA STRATEGY FOR YOUR CHURCH
Because Easter is not simply one Sunday but a season, we’re offering you video options not only for Easter weekend, but also for the weekends BEFORE and AFTER Easter as well. Here’s what we’re suggesting:

Easter 82 – Show this video the week BEFORE Easter. Check it out here.

The Week After Easter – As the title implies, show this video the week AFTER Easter. Check it out here.

We’ve also got a series of other great Easter media resources here, including the top-selling “Cross of Christ“.

Our prayers are with you during this Easter season. For everyone who serves in the local church, we know the tremendous potential we have during this season. So our prayer for you is that lives change. Lives in your community. Lives in your church. Lives in your own home.

Easter Series Logos

We’re very excited to offer you a brand new product. We’ve created Easter Series Logos for you to use in your church. We’ve intentionally created these to feel custom and unique for your church, but also to be very general so that you can fill in all the pieces.

In each download, you actually receive 18 different files: Color, grayscale, for print, for screen. You receive files at 300DPI, pre-formatted for a half-sheet postcard. Not only that, but you’ll also receive stills for presentation on the big screen during your worship services. You even get a couple of background slides to use for your Powerpoint/Keynote presentation.

Our initial price is only $15 for all of this stuff, and our prayer is that you’ll be blessed and equipped with professional artwork during these difficult financial times. Because at the end of the day, beauty can still change a life.

What’s In the Download?

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