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50 [bad] Celebrity Impersonations

Posted 17. May, 2013 in Creativity, Fun, illustrations, Sweet Videos, Youth Ministry

I’m willing to do dumb stuff to help teach a point; especially if it makes it enjoyable and memorable. This might take the cake. We just finished a teaching series called “Copycat,” in which we talked about what it looks like to imitate Christ. We talked pretty explicitly about how imitating Christ isn’t the same [...]

“12 Days” Christmas Challenge

Posted 16. Dec, 2012 in Creativity, Family, Fun, Leadership, Resources

This year, our church is doing something I’m pretty proud of. We put a challenge out in front of our people to love on people throughout the month of December. I actually got the idea from those stupid Instagram ‘photo-a-day’ things (Did I mention that I think they’re stupid?). The idea here is not to [...]

BATMAN Part Three: “The Dark Knight Rises From The Dark Like The Night”

Posted 25. Oct, 2012 in Creativity, Fun, Random, Sweet Videos, Youth Ministry

Unnecessarily long title. I know. But it fits with the absurdity of the series. This is the finale to the Ten10 Batman Trilogy. Here goes nothin’.

BATMAN Part One: “A Bat Man Begins”

Posted 11. Oct, 2012 in Creativity, Fun, illustrations, Random, Sweet Videos, Youth Ministry

This is the first installment of a three-part series of Batman films. They’re even better than Nolan’s (I know, right?!). OK. Maybe not. Seriously, though, these films go along with our new series, “The Masks We Wear.” We had fun making them and our students cracked up, so it’s a huge win for us! Huge [...]

The Masks We Wear // Batman Promo

Posted 04. Oct, 2012 in Creativity, Fun, illustrations, Story, Sweet Videos, Youth Ministry

Next week, we kick off a series called, “The Masks We Wear.” I’ve been pretty pumped about this because…well…it meant we got to make this. A three-part adventure is to follow!

Fearless Teaser (2012)

Posted 26. Sep, 2012 in Communication, Creativity, Fun, Sweet Videos, Youth Ministry

Every year, our student ministry takes a trip together in the fall. It’s not based on scary stuff, but we always use a “horror film” type approach to promo it (it’s not a great idea, but it is REALLY fun to watch the kids scream when they see it!). Here’s this year’s promo.

Sex Undressed: Set Design

Posted 21. Sep, 2012 in Creativity, Fun, Resources, Youth Ministry

We had fun with this one. Our creative/construction team sketched out some ideas of a dressing room for our sex series called, “Sex Undressed.” We really enjoyed putting this together. Here are a couple shots of what we came up with.

And Baby #2 Is A…

Posted 15. Apr, 2012 in Family, Fun, Life

You’ve been waiting, I know. It’s so stressful. But before I fill you in on the news, I have to show you a couple pictures of Kipton’s Birthday Party. Oh, yeah…the icing is blue, which means… We’re having a boy! Everything looks good for a boy to be born on September 1! We’re excited!