ChurchKreatives – A Community For Creative Christ Followers -

I’m gonna be frank here…the Holy Bible (and by holy I mean the KJV of course…or any other version) doesn’t say a word about stage design, lighting, audio being to loud or church having a certain look.

Imagine how great church marketing could be when left in the hands of those who know Jesus personally, and have a passion for using their creativity..

It’s not about who your church says they are…it’s about who your church is.

Every body is uniquely gifted in some form of creative aspect. Whether you’re the analytical creative who is able to code his brains out to some significantly controlled creative beauty or you’re the type of person who is happier with a paint brush or piece of charcoal in hand doing you’re darndest to create the next big piece of artwork.

I hate drawing. Not only do I hate drawing I hate writing with a pen. Any chance I have to avoid using a pen I will definitely take and type it out my handwriting is just that bad. So for me storyboarding my shots before a shoot can look pretty sorry when I attempt to draw elaborate stick figures. This is why I storyboard with pictures.

God wants to use us as his instruments and for his glory, but he doesn’t need us or our excellence.

Self-evaluation is a difficult thing.  Taking a critical look at the effectiveness of your position, your ministry and the environment in which you operate can be next to impossible because of your insider information.  After all, you know all of the reasons why you can’t create.  From the outside looking in, making the simple changes [...]

Your local hardware store. No seriously.

You only have one chance to make a first impression.

You can do a lot of things on your stage to give it some presence but if you don’t have it lit right or well you can ruin the look. Color evokes emotion and so you must pay particular attention to how you color your stage.