Producer: Ryan Miller
Set-up:
Speaker: Colter Bloxom
Worship Leader:
Description:
Every commercial and ad that we see is designed to create dissatisfaction in our lives. The things that we own aren’t the newest or best and our culture tells us that if we could just purchase the bright, shiny My Life Is Perfect 3000 we would be content. That is, until the My Life Is Perfect 4000 comes out and the cycle starts all over again. How much stuff is enough? Can accumulating possessions provide satisfaction in life? We’ll explore what Jesus had to say about the difference between what we want and what we need and how to find contentment.
Music
Money That’s What I Want – Barrett Strong/Flaming Lizards
Money – Pink Floyd
Satisfied – Jeff Buckley
Too Much is Never Enough – Firewater
Satisfy – Vedera
Rockstar – Nickelback
Girls & Boys – Good Charlotte
Rich Young Ruler – Derek Webb
Too Much – Dave Matthews Band
Never is Enough – BNL
If I had a Million Dollars – BNL
Your Rock and Roll Lifestyle – Cake
You Part the Waters – Cake
ShopVac – Jonathan Colton
Gold, Guns, Girls – Metric
Material Girl - Madonna
Gold Digger – Kanye
When I Grow Up – Pussycat Dolls
All About the Benjamins – Puff Daddy
New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
Man Who Sold the World
Mo Money, Mo Problems – Biggie, Puffy & Mase
For the Love of Money – The Ojays
Money, Money, Money – Abba
Big Casino – Jimmy Eat World
Video
Fight Club
Mad Men
Wall-E
Idiocracy
What Would Jesus Buy
South Park Margarittaville
Team America: World Police
Envy
SNL – don’t Buy What You Can’t Afford
Citizen Kane
The Jerk
Wedding / Sweet 16 shows
A Christmas Story
Second-hand Lions
Hoarders – A&E
Funny People
Capitalism – A Love Story
Seinfeld – Elaine’s Business Charges
Kickball
Montage of useful to useless products through advertisers
Drama
Girls Shopping
College Kids as Elementary kids –> I’m faster than you because I have new shoes – you’re jealous, right?
Other concepts
On Earth as it is in advertising – Doug Van Pelt
Blue Like Jazz – Scene where he talks about wanting to buy an extension
The Story of King Midas
Candide – Voltaire
This American Life – Lewis & Clark
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Ownership: Who Really Owns My Stuff? (January 17)
Speaker: Josh Schaa
Producers: Ryan Miller
Set-up: TBA
Worship Leader: TBA
Description:
One of the first words that children learn is “mine”. They may not understand the concept of ownership yet but they certainly have a desire to own things. With kids it’s often everything. We like to think that we grow out of that mentality but if we’re honest we’re still not very good at sharing or giving – which are parents try to teach us as soon as we start saying “mine”. How can we overcome our obsession with ownership and begin to view our possessions as gifts from God who owns everything? Finding financial freedom is hopeless until we begin to change our minds about what is really ours.
Music
What You Own – RENT
Say – One Republic
Green Disease – Pearl Jam
If I Had it All – Dave Matthews Band
Vultures – Five Iron Frenzy
Beautiful America – Five Iron Frenzy
Worship
Enough
Everything
Video
Fight Club – Your stuff
Finding Nemo – Seagulls “Mine, mine, mine!”
Family Guy – any time that Lois has to be the adult to Peter acting like a kid
Fun with Dick and Jane
HIMYM – Lilly’s class learns a lesson that the gang learns it too
Wall Street – “Greed is good!”
Mr. Deeds
Scrooge McDuck
Envy
SpongeBob – Mr Crabbs always wanting to hold onto his money
Pirates of the Caribbean – Talking to Elizabeth on Black Pearl Barbosa says they were first compelled by their greed then consumed by it.
Don’t buy things You can’t afford – SNL skit
Oppressive Government theme:
City of Ember – The governor
Equilibrium – when they’re breaking all that art stuff?
V for Vendetta – News Director’s treasures
Drama
2 Adults – one gets something new and is showing it to the other and they get more and more infantile
Other concepts
Repo – the Genetic Opera
Stats about ownership versus possession (I posses this car, but the bank actually owns it)
Take home
Chocolate coins
Great Big Green Dollars that say “In God We Trust”
Tag Cars
Property of DR
Property of Jesus
Producers: Ryan Miller
Set-up: TBA
Worship Leader: TBA
Description:
One of the first words that children learn is “mine”. They may not understand the concept of ownership yet but they certainly have a desire to own things. With kids it’s often everything. We like to think that we grow out of that mentality but if we’re honest we’re still not very good at sharing or giving – which are parents try to teach us as soon as we start saying “mine”. How can we overcome our obsession with ownership and begin to view our possessions as gifts from God who owns everything? Finding financial freedom is hopeless until we begin to change our minds about what is really ours.
Music
What You Own – RENT
Say – One Republic
Green Disease – Pearl Jam
If I Had it All – Dave Matthews Band
Vultures – Five Iron Frenzy
Beautiful America – Five Iron Frenzy
Worship
Enough
Everything
Video
Fight Club – Your stuff
Finding Nemo – Seagulls “Mine, mine, mine!”
Family Guy – any time that Lois has to be the adult to Peter acting like a kid
Fun with Dick and Jane
HIMYM – Lilly’s class learns a lesson that the gang learns it too
Wall Street – “Greed is good!”
Mr. Deeds
Scrooge McDuck
Envy
SpongeBob – Mr Crabbs always wanting to hold onto his money
Pirates of the Caribbean – Talking to Elizabeth on Black Pearl Barbosa says they were first compelled by their greed then consumed by it.
Don’t buy things You can’t afford – SNL skit
Oppressive Government theme:
City of Ember – The governor
Equilibrium – when they’re breaking all that art stuff?
V for Vendetta – News Director’s treasures
Drama
2 Adults – one gets something new and is showing it to the other and they get more and more infantile
Other concepts
Repo – the Genetic Opera
Stats about ownership versus possession (I posses this car, but the bank actually owns it)
Take home
Chocolate coins
Great Big Green Dollars that say “In God We Trust”
Tag Cars
Property of DR
Property of Jesus
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Relational Gift (December 15)
Speaker: Ryan Miller
Producers: Ryan & Mitch
Worship Leaders: Aaron & Renay
Description:
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Video
Shawshank Redemption
LIFE
How I met your mother - Cupcake gift package
Jewelry Commercials
The Office – White Elephant
Family Guy – 3 Wise Men
It’s a Wonderful Life
TV Funhouse – Charlie Brown
Island of Misfit Toys
Bill Engvall Show
Modern Family – Bad gift
The Simpsons – Bowling Ball gift
Gladiator
Finding Nemo
House – Mos Def
Schiendler’s List
Worship
You Are Here – Need To Breathe
Song of Hope
Freedom 96 – Robbie Williams
One Small Child
O Holy Night
I Wonder as I Wander
Drama
Reenact Family Guy 3 Wise Men Skit
Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Other ideas
Gift of the Magi
Article – Comatose Man who was really paralyzed
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Brainstorming Ideas for the Dec 6 Service
MUSIC
I Would Walk 500 Miles – The Proclaimers
Aint no mountain high enough
12 Days of Christmas
Goo Goo Dolls – Better Days
I Celebrate The Day – Relient K
We Three Kings
WORSHIP SONGS
Here I am to Worship
DRAMA
Parent Talking about a child
Going off to college
VIDEO
Family Guy – Three Kings Walking
People Talking about why they do what they do
A Time To Kill
Man on Fire
Flight of the Conchords – Bret song for Coco scene
Rat Race
Indiana Jones
The Patriot
Legends of the Fall
Lord of the Rings
Seven Pounds
Star Trek
Superman Movies – Brando Monologue
Family Guy – Peter does everything better than Chris
Modern Family – Couple race, she lets him win
Scrubs – Private Dancer
The Nativity Story
California Raisins
OTHER
Special Offering Video
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Worship Brainstorming Ideas for the Nov 29 service
Advent Conspiracy 1 (Colter)
MUSIC
Under the Tree – Until Tomorrow
Derek Webb
If I had a Million Dollars - BNL
You can’t always get what you want
Better Days – Goo Goo Dolls
Golddigger – Kanye West
Succexy - Metric
DRAMA
Calls up bank (overspending)
Sky Mall Commercial
Stupid Gifts
VIDEO
Scrooge
Charlie Brown Xmas
Statistics video
Pay It Forward
Parks & Rec – Leslie Knope calls credit card company
The Office – I Declare Bankruptcy
Veggie Tales – Maddam Blueberry
What Would Jesus Buy?
Biblical Literalism
Home Alone 2
Jingle All The Way
Jim Gaffigan – Gift giving
South Park – Margaritaville
SNL – Don’t buy things you can’t afford
MISC
Spending statistics
Give as a church (Hiefer Int)
Top Selling Gifts past 10 years
Buy Nothing Day
WORSHIP
I will not forget you
Lead me to the cross
You are so good to me
I cannot hide m love
Everything
MUSIC
Under the Tree – Until Tomorrow
Derek Webb
If I had a Million Dollars - BNL
You can’t always get what you want
Better Days – Goo Goo Dolls
Golddigger – Kanye West
Succexy - Metric
DRAMA
Calls up bank (overspending)
Sky Mall Commercial
Stupid Gifts
VIDEO
Scrooge
Charlie Brown Xmas
Statistics video
Pay It Forward
Parks & Rec – Leslie Knope calls credit card company
The Office – I Declare Bankruptcy
Veggie Tales – Maddam Blueberry
What Would Jesus Buy?
Biblical Literalism
Home Alone 2
Jingle All The Way
Jim Gaffigan – Gift giving
South Park – Margaritaville
SNL – Don’t buy things you can’t afford
MISC
Spending statistics
Give as a church (Hiefer Int)
Top Selling Gifts past 10 years
Buy Nothing Day
WORSHIP
I will not forget you
Lead me to the cross
You are so good to me
I cannot hide m love
Everything
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Practicing Spiritual Life: Slowing - Ideas for November 22
Producers: Caty Berry and Kris Shermer
Description:
In today’s speeded-up ways of working and living, slowing down is an important spiritual discipline. In the modern world we are conditioned to live faster and faster with no time for inner reflection or sensitivity to others. Jesus was often busy but he was never hurried. Being busy is an outer condition; being hurried is a sickness of the soul. Jesus never went about the busyness of his ministry in a way that severed the life-giving connection between himself and his Father. He never did it in a way that interfered with his ability to give love when that was what was called for. Through slowing the sacrament of the present moment is tasted to the full.
The Deal:
We'll have a handful of stations to help people practice the art of slowing. Ideas for stations are helpful as are any ideas to flesh out or modify station ideas already listed.
Station Ideas
Taking a section from Passion of the Christ or something similar and slowing down the visual element (perhaps in conjunction with communion)
Journal station – things that incite you to go faster instead of slowing down.
A Focus on how to take a Sabbath
Relevant article on how the Sabbath is actually a very important thing
A video where it pops up a single word at a time as you consider something (communion elements)
Walking around the mall with a narrated tour.
Boom Box with a recorded “guided tour” in a slow voice
Informational stuff about slowing
Tai Chi or Yoga stretching exercises – diagrams hung up on wall and a mental direction to slow them down (ex. Singing twinkle, twinkle, little start twice before finishing)
A breathing pattern station that makes people feel panicky and not slowed down
Hang butcher paper and give people space to respond creatively
Build something in a very tedious way that will allow them to focus on God (a physical manifestation of the mental practice)
An acoustic set of songs – not worship, but instrumental, slow music to allow people to focus on God.
Planning station – what will I do this week (maybe picking from a longer list)
Setting up a metronome on a particularly slow setting.
Time lapse photography of a flower blooming or something similar.
Napping station
Take Home
Slow music as a download from the website or as a take-home CDs
Little Beach balls
Music
Unknown Caller – U2
In A Hurry – Alabama
Busy Man – Steven Curtis Chapman
Description:
In today’s speeded-up ways of working and living, slowing down is an important spiritual discipline. In the modern world we are conditioned to live faster and faster with no time for inner reflection or sensitivity to others. Jesus was often busy but he was never hurried. Being busy is an outer condition; being hurried is a sickness of the soul. Jesus never went about the busyness of his ministry in a way that severed the life-giving connection between himself and his Father. He never did it in a way that interfered with his ability to give love when that was what was called for. Through slowing the sacrament of the present moment is tasted to the full.
The Deal:
We'll have a handful of stations to help people practice the art of slowing. Ideas for stations are helpful as are any ideas to flesh out or modify station ideas already listed.
Station Ideas
Taking a section from Passion of the Christ or something similar and slowing down the visual element (perhaps in conjunction with communion)
Journal station – things that incite you to go faster instead of slowing down.
A Focus on how to take a Sabbath
Relevant article on how the Sabbath is actually a very important thing
A video where it pops up a single word at a time as you consider something (communion elements)
Walking around the mall with a narrated tour.
Boom Box with a recorded “guided tour” in a slow voice
Informational stuff about slowing
Tai Chi or Yoga stretching exercises – diagrams hung up on wall and a mental direction to slow them down (ex. Singing twinkle, twinkle, little start twice before finishing)
A breathing pattern station that makes people feel panicky and not slowed down
Hang butcher paper and give people space to respond creatively
Build something in a very tedious way that will allow them to focus on God (a physical manifestation of the mental practice)
An acoustic set of songs – not worship, but instrumental, slow music to allow people to focus on God.
Planning station – what will I do this week (maybe picking from a longer list)
Setting up a metronome on a particularly slow setting.
Time lapse photography of a flower blooming or something similar.
Napping station
Take Home
Slow music as a download from the website or as a take-home CDs
Little Beach balls
Music
Unknown Caller – U2
In A Hurry – Alabama
Busy Man – Steven Curtis Chapman
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
That Looks Weird (Ideas for November 15)
Speaker: Josh Schaa
Producers: Ryan & Mitch
Worship Leaders: Joshua Nedrud
Description:
We expect that if God is going to move among us, his voice will sound reasonable and the wind of his Spirit will blow in conventional directions. That is a decidedly unbiblical assumption. It seems that God doesn’t always honor our sense of dignity or our rigorous education. He doesn’t mind those attributes in someone with enough maturity to realize how much he or she doesn’t need them. “Weird” is not a valid test of whether something is Godly or not, it’s often God’s preferred mode of conversation.
Video
Signs – conversations about faith and
Fight Club – when they’re standing outside the house and the guy yells at them, but they stay there
LOST – Locke being willing to talk with Jack’s Dad
LOST – when they decide to take over the pushing the button
LOST – Locke-centric episode when the creepy orderly (don’t tell me what I can’t do)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – only a leap from the lion’s head will prove your worth
V (new one) – Aliens claim to be awesome, but they are not awesome
Firefly – When River is “correcting” the Bible and the shepherd character explains the idea of faith
Dollhouse – A character that they thought was crazy, but really isn’t.
Castle – A character that they thought was crazy, but really isn’t.
Burn Notice – A character that they thought was crazy, but really isn’t.
Eli Stone – All the crazy crap he is expected to do.
Friends – Mr. Heckles not believing in evolution and Ross freaking out
Evan Almighty
A Few Good Men – They believe their supervisor is telling them the right thing to do.
Grey’s Anatomy – one of the voice-overs that talks about faith
Psych – everyone believes him, but he’s lying to them
Video Idea where we have people doing trust falls and a background song (Fall Back Down – Rancid)
Video idea where we find crazy things people did in the Bible and recreate them on campus somewhere.
Other Music
Faith, Hope, Love - Starsailor
Faith – George Michael/Limp Bizkit
Faith Enough – Jars of Clay
Carry On My Wayward Son – Kansas
By Your Side – Tenth Avenue North
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
Turn it Off – Paramore
Unknown Caller – U2
Moment of Surrender – U2
Back to the Middle – Verdera
Move Forward – Verdera
Worship
Jesus, I Lift My Eyes – Jars of Clay
Abandon – Jason Morant
Drama
Ideas from the book
Other ideas
Hebrews 11 – Hall of Faith
Someone being Ezekiel and just laying on their side
Trust Falls – Hearing one person close and then move away
Producers: Ryan & Mitch
Worship Leaders: Joshua Nedrud
Description:
We expect that if God is going to move among us, his voice will sound reasonable and the wind of his Spirit will blow in conventional directions. That is a decidedly unbiblical assumption. It seems that God doesn’t always honor our sense of dignity or our rigorous education. He doesn’t mind those attributes in someone with enough maturity to realize how much he or she doesn’t need them. “Weird” is not a valid test of whether something is Godly or not, it’s often God’s preferred mode of conversation.
Video
Signs – conversations about faith and
Fight Club – when they’re standing outside the house and the guy yells at them, but they stay there
LOST – Locke being willing to talk with Jack’s Dad
LOST – when they decide to take over the pushing the button
LOST – Locke-centric episode when the creepy orderly (don’t tell me what I can’t do)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – only a leap from the lion’s head will prove your worth
V (new one) – Aliens claim to be awesome, but they are not awesome
Firefly – When River is “correcting” the Bible and the shepherd character explains the idea of faith
Dollhouse – A character that they thought was crazy, but really isn’t.
Castle – A character that they thought was crazy, but really isn’t.
Burn Notice – A character that they thought was crazy, but really isn’t.
Eli Stone – All the crazy crap he is expected to do.
Friends – Mr. Heckles not believing in evolution and Ross freaking out
Evan Almighty
A Few Good Men – They believe their supervisor is telling them the right thing to do.
Grey’s Anatomy – one of the voice-overs that talks about faith
Psych – everyone believes him, but he’s lying to them
Video Idea where we have people doing trust falls and a background song (Fall Back Down – Rancid)
Video idea where we find crazy things people did in the Bible and recreate them on campus somewhere.
Other Music
Faith, Hope, Love - Starsailor
Faith – George Michael/Limp Bizkit
Faith Enough – Jars of Clay
Carry On My Wayward Son – Kansas
By Your Side – Tenth Avenue North
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
Turn it Off – Paramore
Unknown Caller – U2
Moment of Surrender – U2
Back to the Middle – Verdera
Move Forward – Verdera
Worship
Jesus, I Lift My Eyes – Jars of Clay
Abandon – Jason Morant
Drama
Ideas from the book
Other ideas
Hebrews 11 – Hall of Faith
Someone being Ezekiel and just laying on their side
Trust Falls – Hearing one person close and then move away
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
That Smells Fishy - Ideas for November 8
Speaker: Kris
Producers: Ken & Tim
Worship Leaders: Aaron & Renay
We'll decide art for this service on October 28th at Arts and Production.
Description:
It should be profoundly comforting that the heroes of scripture were perceived as weird, flawed, incompetent, foolish, and even less than pure. That makes any of us eminently qualified to fulfill God’s purposes. The amazing thing about their lives was what God did in them, not what they did themselves. Sometimes humility, honesty, and desperate faith were all they had to offer, but those are priceless commodities in the economy of God. We don’t treasure them as much as he does, but we should. He has proven again and again that he wants us to come to him on those very simple but uncomfortable terms.
Video
Joan of Arcadia
TMNT – Raphael gets kidnapped & it seems fishy (seems like something they aren’t)
LOST – Mr Ecko
American History X – trying to help rehabilitate people
Forest Gump – He does all of these great things while being
Avatar – Zuko
Les Mis – Showing the second chance the priest gives him and what becomes of him (what he does with it) later in life
Alias – roommate suspects boyfriend of cheating, but he’s practicing to be a singer
Veronica Mars – A client suspects her fiancé of just marrying her for her money, but it turns out that he is loaded and trying to hide it.
Music
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
Jars of Clay Songs
Broken – Evanescence feat Seether
Whatever You Want (Something Heavenly) – Sanctus Real
I’m Not Alright – Santucs
Somewhere in the Middle – Casting Crowns
Playing God - Paramore
Drama
Awesome Drama – Church staff meeting, modernized version of Paul.
Someone sees a Christian coming out of a weird place and makes assumptions
Other ideas
SonicFlood embezzlement
Amy Grant’s Divorce
Dr. Dobson’s conversation with Jeffery Dahmer
Displays of several psalms around the room for people to consider what the psalms actually say.
This American Life – “I’ve Got You Pegged” – Cop story from the Moth
Chuck Colson – Jailed because of Watergate, he founded a successful prison ministry
Oscar Wilde and Jesus book
My Story – Josh McInnes talking about his Dad
College Friend of Ryan’s who lead 3 people to Jesus
Junior High Ministers & Child Predators – Same steps to contact work
Producers: Ken & Tim
Worship Leaders: Aaron & Renay
We'll decide art for this service on October 28th at Arts and Production.
Description:
It should be profoundly comforting that the heroes of scripture were perceived as weird, flawed, incompetent, foolish, and even less than pure. That makes any of us eminently qualified to fulfill God’s purposes. The amazing thing about their lives was what God did in them, not what they did themselves. Sometimes humility, honesty, and desperate faith were all they had to offer, but those are priceless commodities in the economy of God. We don’t treasure them as much as he does, but we should. He has proven again and again that he wants us to come to him on those very simple but uncomfortable terms.
Video
Joan of Arcadia
TMNT – Raphael gets kidnapped & it seems fishy (seems like something they aren’t)
LOST – Mr Ecko
American History X – trying to help rehabilitate people
Forest Gump – He does all of these great things while being
Avatar – Zuko
Les Mis – Showing the second chance the priest gives him and what becomes of him (what he does with it) later in life
Alias – roommate suspects boyfriend of cheating, but he’s practicing to be a singer
Veronica Mars – A client suspects her fiancé of just marrying her for her money, but it turns out that he is loaded and trying to hide it.
Music
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
Jars of Clay Songs
Broken – Evanescence feat Seether
Whatever You Want (Something Heavenly) – Sanctus Real
I’m Not Alright – Santucs
Somewhere in the Middle – Casting Crowns
Playing God - Paramore
Drama
Awesome Drama – Church staff meeting, modernized version of Paul.
Someone sees a Christian coming out of a weird place and makes assumptions
Other ideas
SonicFlood embezzlement
Amy Grant’s Divorce
Dr. Dobson’s conversation with Jeffery Dahmer
Displays of several psalms around the room for people to consider what the psalms actually say.
This American Life – “I’ve Got You Pegged” – Cop story from the Moth
Chuck Colson – Jailed because of Watergate, he founded a successful prison ministry
Oscar Wilde and Jesus book
My Story – Josh McInnes talking about his Dad
College Friend of Ryan’s who lead 3 people to Jesus
Junior High Ministers & Child Predators – Same steps to contact work
That Seems Sinful - Ideas for November 1
Speaker: Tim
Producers: Kris & Caty
Worship Leaders: David & Colter
We'll decide art for this service on October 21st at Arts & Production.
Description:
One of the primary reasons the scribes and priests of Jesus’ day rejected his teachings and claims was that they were in the context of what looked like sin. He seemed disobedient, he ignored a lot of the rules -- he preferred the company of sinners to the most upstanding members of society. And because of the lenses through which they viewed the bible, they were completely blinded to the righteousness of the Son of God. He was the only human being ever to live a sinless life, and they called him a sinner (John 9:24). Do we do the same thing? What looks sinful to our “righteous” eyes can be the work of God. That may sound like an offensive charge, but the Pharisees were offended too, and their offense was no indicator that they were right. God’s ways aren’t always palatable to religious minds.
The Deal:
The service will be divided into different sections based on each of the following Bible characters and will be thematically put together in a dramatic/MC'd presentation.
Abraham
Video: Year One – scene with Abraham
Video: BSG – always talking about whether or not something is a test from God
Music: The Rake Song – Decembersists (Dad killing his children)
Video: Ryan Gosling Movies – United States of Leland?
Video: Air Bud – being mean to make him go away
Video: Harry and the Hendersons – being mean to make him go away
Music: Faith My Eyes – Caedmon’s Call ( about the idea of following God and leaving home to do it.)
Hosea
Reading: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Music: Baby Please Come Home – Anberlin
Music: Wedding Dress – Derek Webb
Music: The Bird and The Worm – Owl City
Ruth
Video: Saved! – Girl thinks that God needs her to sleep with her boyfriend to “ungay-i-fy
Music: She-Wolf – Shakira
Music: Hoping & Praying – Oldies Song
Video: Forrest Gump – Momma sleeps with the principle to get him into school.
Video: Erin Brokovich
Mary
Video: Picket Fences – claims immaculate conception.
Music: Mary Did You Know
Reading: Max Lucado Book
Video: Law & Order Episodes where someone is wrongfully accused
Reading: News stories about prisoners who are released years later when DNA evidence clears them
Video: Shawshank redemption – He didn’t do it
Jesus
Video: Big Lebowski – “The Jesus”
Music: Secret Ambition – Michael W. Smith
Video: The Life of Brian – Monty Python
Music: My Jesus – Todd Agnew
Music: Resistance – Muse
Other ideas
Video: Joan of Arcadia
Video: Saving Grace
Music: The Cost – The Frames
Video: Kingdom of Heaven (People saying “God wills it”)
Music: Playing God – Paramore
Music: Reach – Collective Soul
Producers: Kris & Caty
Worship Leaders: David & Colter
We'll decide art for this service on October 21st at Arts & Production.
Description:
One of the primary reasons the scribes and priests of Jesus’ day rejected his teachings and claims was that they were in the context of what looked like sin. He seemed disobedient, he ignored a lot of the rules -- he preferred the company of sinners to the most upstanding members of society. And because of the lenses through which they viewed the bible, they were completely blinded to the righteousness of the Son of God. He was the only human being ever to live a sinless life, and they called him a sinner (John 9:24). Do we do the same thing? What looks sinful to our “righteous” eyes can be the work of God. That may sound like an offensive charge, but the Pharisees were offended too, and their offense was no indicator that they were right. God’s ways aren’t always palatable to religious minds.
The Deal:
The service will be divided into different sections based on each of the following Bible characters and will be thematically put together in a dramatic/MC'd presentation.
Abraham
Video: Year One – scene with Abraham
Video: BSG – always talking about whether or not something is a test from God
Music: The Rake Song – Decembersists (Dad killing his children)
Video: Ryan Gosling Movies – United States of Leland?
Video: Air Bud – being mean to make him go away
Video: Harry and the Hendersons – being mean to make him go away
Music: Faith My Eyes – Caedmon’s Call ( about the idea of following God and leaving home to do it.)
Hosea
Reading: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Music: Baby Please Come Home – Anberlin
Music: Wedding Dress – Derek Webb
Music: The Bird and The Worm – Owl City
Ruth
Video: Saved! – Girl thinks that God needs her to sleep with her boyfriend to “ungay-i-fy
Music: She-Wolf – Shakira
Music: Hoping & Praying – Oldies Song
Video: Forrest Gump – Momma sleeps with the principle to get him into school.
Video: Erin Brokovich
Mary
Video: Picket Fences – claims immaculate conception.
Music: Mary Did You Know
Reading: Max Lucado Book
Video: Law & Order Episodes where someone is wrongfully accused
Reading: News stories about prisoners who are released years later when DNA evidence clears them
Video: Shawshank redemption – He didn’t do it
Jesus
Video: Big Lebowski – “The Jesus”
Music: Secret Ambition – Michael W. Smith
Video: The Life of Brian – Monty Python
Music: My Jesus – Todd Agnew
Music: Resistance – Muse
Other ideas
Video: Joan of Arcadia
Video: Saving Grace
Music: The Cost – The Frames
Video: Kingdom of Heaven (People saying “God wills it”)
Music: Playing God – Paramore
Music: Reach – Collective Soul
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
That Sounds Deceptive - Ideas for October 25
Speaker: Rachael
Producer: Rachael
Worship Leaders: Ryan and Mitch
We'll decide art for this service on October 14th at Arts and Production.
Description
Discernment is a vital aspect of being a Christian, but what if our discernment is based on the wrong criteria? What if our zeal for the details of scripture causes us to miss the big picture? What if our theological arguments have become the very kind of deceptive talk we’re trying to avoid? That can happen when a relationship with God turns into a religion about God. The standards of our discernment don’t always line up with the standards God applied to the people in the Bible – and they aren’t the product of living in his presence. The result is that God’s voice sometimes sounds deceptive to our ears.
Music
We Are Not As Strong As We Think We Are – Rich Mullens
Unpredictable (?) – Nicole Nordeman
To Know You – Nicole Nordeman
All the Plans – Starsailor
Word of God Speak – Mercy Me
Epic – By Some Worship Guy up in Phoenix
Abandon – By Some Guy Nedrud would know
Video
Bruce Almighty or Evan Almighty
Louie Giglio – The Massiveness of God
Rob Bell – Everything is Spiritual
What Dreams May Come
Life or Something Like it – crazy homeless guy
Star Wars – Obi Wan struck down & Luke freaks out
Shaun of the Dead – Comes up with a plan, implements the plan, and the plan doesn’t come through
Grey’s Anatomy – Dealing with tragedy
The Office – Michael’s plans go array
LOST – Locke is so obsessed with his “destiny” he’s willing to let someone die or the scene where he’s beating on the hatch talking about his destiny and then the light comes on or something with Mr. Ekco
Drama
Erwin McManus (Barbarian Way) – If God really loves me, it’ll snow. And other stories like that told as if they were our own
Play – Waiting for Godot – 2 dudes waiting for God
Someone who follows the rules to the letter, but misses the intent. (Maybe we’ll have the rules up on Keynote so people can see what they are)
Other concepts
5 crosses made out of different items to use as reflection
Descent book – find original artwork
Ryan & Liz’s crucifix & wooden cross
One made out of large nails
One made out of the tiles
Origami boxes
Communion Songs
The plan is to have an extended communion time with worship through music along with it. Specifically we’re looking for music with strong lyrics that is not usually heard at Damascus Road.
Lead Me to The Cross – Hillsong – Brooke Fraiser
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
Holy Communion – Cliff and Danielle Young
Restore to Me – Glory Revealed CD
You Are Here – Need To Breathe
Beautiful, Scandalous Night
Revelation Song – Hillsong
Producer: Rachael
Worship Leaders: Ryan and Mitch
We'll decide art for this service on October 14th at Arts and Production.
Description
Discernment is a vital aspect of being a Christian, but what if our discernment is based on the wrong criteria? What if our zeal for the details of scripture causes us to miss the big picture? What if our theological arguments have become the very kind of deceptive talk we’re trying to avoid? That can happen when a relationship with God turns into a religion about God. The standards of our discernment don’t always line up with the standards God applied to the people in the Bible – and they aren’t the product of living in his presence. The result is that God’s voice sometimes sounds deceptive to our ears.
Music
We Are Not As Strong As We Think We Are – Rich Mullens
Unpredictable (?) – Nicole Nordeman
To Know You – Nicole Nordeman
All the Plans – Starsailor
Word of God Speak – Mercy Me
Epic – By Some Worship Guy up in Phoenix
Abandon – By Some Guy Nedrud would know
Video
Bruce Almighty or Evan Almighty
Louie Giglio – The Massiveness of God
Rob Bell – Everything is Spiritual
What Dreams May Come
Life or Something Like it – crazy homeless guy
Star Wars – Obi Wan struck down & Luke freaks out
Shaun of the Dead – Comes up with a plan, implements the plan, and the plan doesn’t come through
Grey’s Anatomy – Dealing with tragedy
The Office – Michael’s plans go array
LOST – Locke is so obsessed with his “destiny” he’s willing to let someone die or the scene where he’s beating on the hatch talking about his destiny and then the light comes on or something with Mr. Ekco
Drama
Erwin McManus (Barbarian Way) – If God really loves me, it’ll snow. And other stories like that told as if they were our own
Play – Waiting for Godot – 2 dudes waiting for God
Someone who follows the rules to the letter, but misses the intent. (Maybe we’ll have the rules up on Keynote so people can see what they are)
Other concepts
5 crosses made out of different items to use as reflection
Descent book – find original artwork
Ryan & Liz’s crucifix & wooden cross
One made out of large nails
One made out of the tiles
Origami boxes
Communion Songs
The plan is to have an extended communion time with worship through music along with it. Specifically we’re looking for music with strong lyrics that is not usually heard at Damascus Road.
Lead Me to The Cross – Hillsong – Brooke Fraiser
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
Holy Communion – Cliff and Danielle Young
Restore to Me – Glory Revealed CD
You Are Here – Need To Breathe
Beautiful, Scandalous Night
Revelation Song – Hillsong
Friday, February 06, 2009
God at the Box Office: ONCE (March 8)
Ryan will be producing and speaking. This will be a slightly different service than the norm as we will try to convey the major points and themes through the art with short message transitions to help when needed as we move from one art piece to the next. 
As part of our occasional God at the Box Office Series, this week's focus will be on relationships as seen through the lens of the independent film Once. We want to communicate these ideas through art and experience: 
Other Music from the Movie:
Loneliness
As part of our occasional God at the Box Office Series, this week's focus will be on relationships as seen through the lens of the independent film Once. We want to communicate these ideas through art and experience: - Everyone feels lonely
- We are designed for community
- God exists in community
- Jesus' teachings on love
Other Music from the Movie: - Falling Slowly
- When your Mind’s Made Up
- If You Want Me
Loneliness
- Slides: Don Astronaut
- Scripture: Not good for man to be alone
- Video: Adaptation – Opening scene Monologue
- Video: American Beauty – The bag-floating scene
- Video: Grey’s Anatomy – Opening Monologue
- Video: The Office – Michael Scott’s wish on TV show as a child
- Video: The Office – Michael’s Dinner party
- Video: The Office – Michael Scott – Blues
- Reading: Soul Cravings by Erwin McManus
- Song: Oil and Water - Incubus
- Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12-13
- The Shack – God in community with himself
- Drama: Blue Like Jazz Scene – Husband Monologue
- Serving and Taking Communion together or serving people and taking together
- Your Love is Amazing
- Love Is Here
- Your Love Oh Lord
- Before there Was Time
- Your Love is Extravagant
- Our Love is Loud
- Amazing Love
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