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God's Big v:Blog - Journey & Promise

For the last couple of weeks I have been preparing for a video piece to be played at Church's 'Digestion' evening service last night.

It went well!

The theme was 'JOURNEY & PROMISE', the second part in the series called "God's Big Story".

God's Big Story is a way of teaching the Bible, dividing it into Creation, Journey & Promise, Power & Justice (?), Songs & Sayings, Jesus & the Gospels, and Letters of Love.

A great thing that we do is read a 'hot text' - scripture plus a reflection - and then split the audience into 6 sections where they all try to relate the text to each part of the Bible. It's quite neat, providing a sense of the flow & interconnectedness of Scripture (perichoresis! *geeky snort*).

It was fun making the video. I got to apply myself creatively, I got to interview some people about their own stories, and I got to reflect a little myself.

As I have done at other times, I helped with the music team, last night led by cuz-in-law & good friend Anne.
I especially enjoyed being able to help Steve by contributing to the teaching component; Steve's sermon, my video, and Amy's hot text meshed well together on the night.

Note: The song in my video keeps playing - intentionally - after the visual component finishes. This time was used for a period of contemplation & reflection on Steve's message and my video where people were also invited to take communion.


The Church's new Mac computer held it all together well (thanks, Andy!) and there were no computer glitches on the night. I will be making another video for two weeks time on 'Songs & Sayings', with my particular focus being on Psalms.

Labels: internationals, opawa baptist church, theology, videos

posted by Iain @ 12:09 pm