Branded With Love

So I am guest blogging over at VinceAntonucci.com this week and I’ll be posting them here as well. Blogging is a beast to do multiple blogs so doublin’ up is fine with me. Call me lazy, but my old lady will kill me if I spend any extra time on the computer. So, much love people. Enjoy.

Well located below are some links to everything from church resources to photo editors (click here for a pdf version). I’ve also enclosed a link for you to check out some of the graphics we’ve used in our series as well as a link to some of our message intro videos/bumpers. Enjoy.

Forefront Series Stuff
Forefront Series Graphics: http://tinyurl.com/4ofghg
Forefront Series Videos: http://tinyurl.com/43d44w

Church Resource Websites
CreativeMYK http://www.creativemyk.com/
Open Resources http://www.openresources.org/
The Vine http://vineresources.com/
Muddy River Media http://www.muddyrivermedia.org/
Fourty One Twenty http://www.fortyonetwenty.com
Igniter Media http://www.ignitermedia.com
Eleven 72 http://www.eleven72.com
Lifechurch Resources http://open.lifechurch.tv
Newspring Resources http://www.newspringonline.com/
Granger Resources http://www.wiredchurches.com

Photo Websites
Flickr http://www.flickr.com
Stock Photo http://www.istockphoto.com/
Stock Photo Xchange http://www.sxc.hu
Corbis Photos http://www.corbis.com
Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com

Presentation Software
Pro Presenter http://www.propresenter.com
ProWorship (formerly iWorship) http://www.renovatiosw.com/
Media Shout http://www.mediashout.com
Easy Worship http://www.easyworship.com
Power Point http://office.microsoft.com/powerpoint
Keynote http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote

Blogs I Read for Creativity, Pop Culture, Media, Church Trends
MTV News http://www.mtv.com/news/
Spray Graphics http://spraygraphics.com/
Web Urbanist http://weburbanist.com/
Delicious Daily Photos http://picurls.com/
Ragamuffin Soul http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com
Collide Blog http://www.collidemagazine.com/blog
Relevant Blog http://relevantmagazine.com/releblog/
Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily
Churchy Media http://churchymedia.tumblr.com
Terry Storch http://www.terrystorch.com
Church Marketing Sucks http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com
Church 2.0 http://church20.blogspot.com
Church Video Ideas http://churchvideoideas.com

Free Video Hosting Websites
Ustream http://www.ustream.com
YouTube http://www.youtube.com
Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com
Viddler http://www.viddler.com
MySpaceTV http://vids.myspace.com
Jumpcut http://www.jumpcut.com
Vidilife http://vidilife.com

Photo Editing Software
Photoshop http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html
Gimp (free for Mac, free work around install for windows) http://www.gimp.org/
Live Quartz (free for Mac) http://www.rhapsoft.com/

Video Editing
Handbrake (free mac dvd ripping software) http://handbrake.fr/
Adobe Premiere Pro http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/
Final Cut Pro http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/
Final Cut Express http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/
Ulead Media Studio http://www.ulead.com/msp/runme.htm
Tooble (free Youtube capture for PC/Mac) http://tooble.tv/index.php?page=download
Replay AV 8 (youtube capture for PC) http://www.applian.com/replay-av/index.php
iMovie (comes with Mac OS) http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Windows Movie Maker (comes with Windows) http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

Countdown Creators for Pre-Service
Countdown Maker (Mac) http://trimonix.com/countdown-maker
Countdown Creator (PC) http://www.thecountdowncreator.com/

So I am guest blogging over at VinceAntonucci.com this week and I’ll be posting them here as well. Blogging is a beast to do multiple blogs so doublin’ up is fine with me. Call me lazy, but my old lady will kill me if I spend any extra time on the computer. So, much love people. Enjoy.

Video Blog: Part A


(so there are two videos due to a quick bathroom break before I exploded on camera… which would have been AWESOME for you guys, but not so much for me. maybe next time.)

Video Blog: Part B


*PDF Download of our Creative Planning Visual/Sheet

Joe’s Greatest Hits: Man Songs (Creative Element)
As I mentioned this was used during our series titled, “The Warrior.” We have discussed at Forefront that we will do anything other than sin to reach people who are far from God. So, that being said… laugh and enjoy.

So I am guest blogging over at VinceAntonucci.com this week and I’ll be posting them here as well. Blogging is a beast to do multiple blogs so doublin’ up is fine with me. Call me lazy, but my old lady will kill me if I spend any extra time on the computer. So, much love people. Enjoy.

So I figured I would give you all an idea of what we use at Forefront:
Our campuses always have a live alt-rock band, cover song from secular radio that ties back to the theme, 2 videos that pertain to the message/ theme, a commercial about our “big event” or ministry we highlight for the series. We meet in a school so we set-up a PCI sound system, projection (single screen), pro presenter presentation software on a macbook pro. We occasionally do live skits. Top 10′s and quirky moments tend to happen quite a bit as we plan for our services.

So what does your service look like?

So it seems as though there is quite a stir surrounding Forefront’s popular boy band, “Out of Sync.” With member changes, a hot to def cd that recently dropped and haters galore trying to bite our style… it’s no surprise they’re jealous. Check out the discussion:

It’s probably due to Boybandacitis. We started our Boy Band Fever series today and it was great. People really dig in when talking about relationships & dating. Here is message bumper we are using for the series.

Highlight video showing our Children’s Ministry to promote volunteer sign-ups.

Commercial we showed on Mother’s Day for a revolutionary new product. Check it out.

“Who all see the Leprechaun say, ‘Yeah!’” (YEAH!)

“I’m gonna rent a back ho’ and uproot dat tree. I wanna know where da’ gold at?! I want the gold.”

“Could be a crackhead who got a hold of the wrong stuff, and told him to get up in a tree a play a Leprechaun.”

So we decided to do a series based off of the whole Web 2.0 deal. People trying to find comminuty and connections in all the wrong places… instead of trying to find it in Christ and with people who share & do life together.

So the series is here and starts this week. A micro-site was created to go along with it.

Check it out here.