A Creative Twist

Recently we asked to hear about creative ways that you are using our resources in your churches.  Check out this amazing story from Kevin Green, Senior Pastor of The Living Room Church in Martinsburg, West Virginia, who put his own cool spin on a CreativePastors video:

My wife and I had the opportunity to attend Total Access with the Fellowship staff.  Our church is only a year and a half old and we have never been away on a Sunday. Our creative team talked over what we should do and decided to take the church with us to Texas via video.

We started out the service with the band and other abnormal stuff.  Then we went to video for the greeting (prerecorded by my wife and I).  We did the shoot with a private jet on display in a building.  We were careful on the angles not to show where the jet was. Included in the shoot was some B roll of worship and speaking at Fellowship.  Beth and I talked briefly about the influence Fellowship has had on our church.  We grabbed our bags from the above cargo and invited everyone to enjoy a Fellowship experience with us in Texas.  Until playing this video our people didn't know we weren't in the service.  We then rolled into one of Ed's messages from Retro that fit in with a series I was in the middle of.  Our people laughed at the jokes and interacted with Ed on the screen as if he was there. At first we had no idea how effective it would be, but the people thought they were in the same service we were.  We never did tell them the difference.  Our people now have a greater appreciation for our Fellowship Connection.

You should try it sometime.  Ed is a great guest speaker and super on video so you should plan a vacation soon.  Your people will enjoy it and may want to send you away more often.  Ha!      

Note: One thing I will do to make it better next time is rent out a center projector and screen to place Ed at center stage.  (We currently have screens left and right of the stage.)

There is no limit when it comes to creativity!  If you have an innovative or artistic story of how you have used one of our products in your church, let us hear about it!

Comments

[Garrett Carter]

Fantastic! Kevin and Beth always manage to do something creative for our services, and this one was definitely no exception. I'm thrilled to be a part of a church that's making such an impact for Jesus in eastern West Virginia.