Effective Church Communications
Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and Biblical Inspiration to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission
Church Communicators work so hard all year long, but the Easter season seems to have more responsibilities and work than any other time of year. To encourage church communicators and remind them of the eternal value of their work, I created this short video--enjoy!
note: I did this when I was first learning how to use animoto (www.animoto.com) a number of years ago and didn't have much access to images. But I think you'll still be encouraged watching it.
Not only in big areas and sins that take us away from God and family, but in little ways, every day we run away from our Father. And we fear His reaction.
This video will help you see how He is waiting for you with arms of love.
If you want more information on how this was created, CLICK HERE.
This is a different kind of free image site. They have both illustrations and photos. They are different than other sites of free images that are mostly individual, unrelated images, in that they are in sets of images intended to be used as sets for Bible teaching.
As a Bible teacher, I really this because in the past I've had to search through many sites and images to get ones to go together to teach a topic. With this site they are already collected and ready to use. If anything, I've found they have more than enough needed.
In addition, though the pictures and images are historically and geographically accurate, they do not have any text or scripts other than the Bible reference so that there is no cultural or language bias.
Below is a video review of the site and after that a link to a short video I created using the images.
How to use the images to create Bible teaching videos CLICK HERE to go to the video and instructions on how to create them.
Free Bible Images is a very interesting company that provides quality photos and images for teaching Bible stories. One way to use them is through animoto, which gives you a way to create videos.
I really enjoy using animoto to create short teaching and thought-provoking videos. Below is the video I created about the topic of if God cares when we mess up, using one of their photo sets about the prodigal son. This video took me much less time than similar ones I created in the past because all the images were available instead of me having to find them, modify them and put them in order.
1. I downloaded the images as a PowerPoint Presentation.
2. I deleted some images--you don't want to many in a short video presentation.
3. I saved the images as jpgs. Note: I am new at using the site and when I did this video didn't realize I could have just downloaded the set as a jpg file and deleted what I didn't want from that. I'm really looking forward to creating more using the site as a source for video Bible lessons.
4. I opened up www.animoto.com
5. Put in the files, created the text
6. Selected music, edited text, and edited text and re-edited text and pictures--This takes me the longest time because I want the words, music, pacing to be just right. This is one of the most important parts--you want to say the right words, include thoughtful messages, biblical challenges without being too wordy or vague. You want to spend time praying about the message and impact of your video. The video is under two minutes in length, but to make it powerful, you also need to make it shorter.
7. When done, hit the produce button, download and share.
Again, please check out FreeBibleImages.com for an ever-growing collection of wonderful material to help you teach Bible Lessons.
From our Great Ideas & Samples Swap this brief video shows some of the Image and Training Resources sent in. The video gives you a preview of the sites and some tips on how to make the most of them. The video links, plus additional tips and resources can be accessed by CLICKING HERE.
