playing...

just playing with some ideas for for this weeks service (logo, invites, etc.)...

God in a box...

The series is entitled "Intentionally Left Blank".
This first Sunday was "God in a Box".

I love making people stop and think.
The stage was "intentionally" left black, with the band set up in he auditorium this week. We actually had a visitor that said "oh, no this church doesn't have music" when she walked into the auditorium. LOL

Hanging in the middle of the stage was a cardboard box. We drilled holes in it and painted it black.
Inside was a camping lantern suspended by fishing line.
Turned on the lamp and taped up the box.



It hit the mark of "confuzzling" people. Starting with several band members on Saturday and carrying through Sunday-up until the pastor started speaking. All they had to look at was the box in the middle of the stage.
Funny, how dirty the floor looked when nothing was on stage. I brought my Swiffer and cleaned up the stage on Sunday morning. oh, the things we do...

Stay tuned, next week we start suspending a crossword puzzle on stage.
Man, I LOVE what I do...

simple inspiration...

I frequently search flickr.com for inspiration. I feel bad, the first photo in the slideshow is the inspiration for our January stage designs and now I can't find who to give credit to.
This was our stage design at XC for 01/03/10 and 01/10/10.
Really simple-the material panels were safety pinned to the top rear border curtain.
Then we cinched them. The first week we tied knots in the cloth to cinch. The second week we accordion folded the material and safety pinned.

Christmas 1965...

44 years ago, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" first aired.

Let us not forget the timeless message...