#Relgious videos on VT?
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I've run into a kind of "video block". I'd like to move my video business into
some kind of ministry with my church, but I can't think of any ways to use
Video Toaster in ministry situations.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
-Dave
Well, I've seen Pastor's up here in Canada putting their sermons on audio
cassette and videotape. You might try that route. The sermons are kept in
libraries they make available to everyone.
Some also offer service such as videotaping weddings and the like.
-= Vance =- Image Master
Flying high on Black Belt Systems' Imagemaster R/t!
My church uses the Video Toaster regularly. Our services are broadcast on
the religious channel, and the Toaster is used for all titling, etc. It
is used for other purposes, as well. From time to time, various groups
make videos that are shown in Sunday School departments or other meetings.
For those who want it, they will videotape weddings. The broadcast
services are also available on video tapes for those who want them. I
don't work with this committee, so I don't know all they do, but I do know
that they are busy a great deal of the time.
—Betty
Is there a way I can get a copy of one of the sermons or something using the
Video Toaster? Is there some kind of mail order that the church runs?
I'm coming up with ideas, but none are money making. Basically I'd like to be
able to pay off a toaster in under 1 year.
-Dave
Nothing the church does is designed to make money. It's just a service of
our church to its members and to the community. I really don't have any
suggestions for making money from religious videos – sorry.
The church is the First Baptist Church, 300 South Center Street,
Arlington, TX 76010.
—Betty
Here's an idea that's popular locally.
There's a local PC user who makes 3D animations of houses and buildings
for real estate clients who want to show their customers what a house of
other project looks like before it's even built.
-= Vance =- Image Master
Flying high on Black Belt Systems' Imagemaster R/t!
David,
Willow Creek Community Church, in South Barrington, Illinois, uses the VT in a
variety of ways. Their whole ministry is "seeker" oriented, focussing on
people who are presently "unchurched". So the services are very
visitor-friendly, and rely on multimedia, music, drama etc. to get the message
across to people who are wary or suspicious of more ritualistic practices in
some traditional churches.
The results are impressive. 15,000-some people attend the services on
weekends. It's the 1st or 2nd largest church in North America today, even
though it began with just a few dozen people in a rented theater in the 1970s.
A project I worked on recently involved a short video of interviews of grade
school age kids regarding the meaning of the words in some Christmas carols.
Their answers, which were sometimes touching, sometimes humorous (remember Art
Linkletter's book "Kids Say the Darndest Things"?), were interspersed among
live singing of carols during one of the Sundays preceding Christmas.
The kids' attention was riveted to the screen, and I think they learned a lot
more about the meaning of Christmas than they might otherwise have.
Michael Freeborn
(new guy here)
Thanks for the info on Willow Creek. We're in Lafayette, Indiana and
I think we actually have a video of WC's in our library. I'll have
to look at it. I'm starting to get some ideas from many people. I'd
like to do something as a service, but make a little bit of money so
I can pay off some of the equipment. We'll see…