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TeamWork?
Some video tidbits are too rich not to include. Most of us know we have moved past the solo acts in ministry. We are called to collaborate, even more, we are called to value our partners. Paul made the point even more emphatically. He said we wouldn’t ever achieve unity until each part of Jesus’ body did its work and we all grew up into the presence of Jesus (Ephesians 4:12-16). So, here’s a humorous example of the importance of teamwork from one of my favorite church consultant teams!
Hot Line?
There are so many ways we talk ourselves out of sharing Jesus with our friends. Take a look at this video, called “Win a Friend to Jesus Hotline,” is humorous, but if you are like me, it is also pretty convicting!
Sorry, this one couldn’t be embedded, but it’s worth a peak!
Love to know what you think!
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This feature is tied to the following Heartlight.org article:
Collision Listening!
Okay, so the great gender collision is about to unfold over the next two weekends. You know what I’m talking about, right?
Weekend #1: SuperBowl
Weekend #2: Valentines Day
So ladies, rather than breaking into cold sweats and trying to find new Househunters and BakeOff and Chopped times for this Sunday night, take a moment and chill, because …
So dudes, rather than hyperventilating and putting off that Valentines’ Day purchase another 3 days, take a chill pill, put on the queso, and reflect on …
… the greatest advice confined to a video. (And rejoice, it doesn’t come from Oprah, Dr. Laura, or Dr. Phil!)
Pass it On
Here’s the precious video we used recently to emphasize 2 Corinthians 1:3-4:
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God (2 Corinthians 1:3-4 TNIV).
Check the following videos for more blessings and a touch of humor:
Stethoscope — Christ in You the Hope of Glory (3 million views on YouTube)
Groups — What Makes up a Group?
Super First Impressions Lady – How do we welcome guests?
Super First Impressions Lady II — Somebody Needs Me!
These are done by my teammates I call Corbett and Company — Stephen Corbett and his video team at Sotuhern Hills Church of Christ..
Continuing the Discussion
Today has been wild.
First, the local newspaper, The Abilene Reporter News, picked up the story about the “Stethoscope” video hitting the 2 million mark on YouTube — Stephen Corbett and Rob Marcelain had put the video together and acted it out on some original ideas several of us had on illustrating the point, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” It made for lively discussion around town today.
Second, most of the day, I was in a meeting with our ministry team on the idea of Groups — something we are launching in a few weeks. We were making sure we were all on the same page before a “townhall meeting” with our congregation on Sunday night. I shared the clever communication video we used for to explain groups this piece earlier in the week. This video was also done by “Corbett and Crew!”
Third, I ran by the hospital to say “Good bye!” to a precious lady named Lamearl Jacobs who is ready to go home and be with the Lord. She is precious and her family — both physical and spiritual — miss her greatly.
Fourth, after finishing more meetings on Groups, met with a friend about some worship matters and noticed a fire on the north horizon. It looked like it was behind my folks place so I called them to make sure they were safe. They were … for now!
Fifth, I took Donna out to dinner and we had a great visit and saw friends from church. Right before we left for dinner, got an email that MSNBC is sending a reported by on Monday to do a national story on the “Stethoscope” video. Unbelievable. Just thankful that it is touching hearts.
Sixth, got a call from a young man who was trying to reach one of our members from church who was out trying to save his cattle from the out of control brush fire I had seen north of town. We both tried to call him for about an hour before he got to a place he could get a phone signal. Looks like the fire stopped short of his ranch, at least for the moment. But then I realized another friend had a ranch in the area. His place was burned to the ground and he waiting to see if the cattle had escaped to the river bed and survived — most ranchers in this area lost everything! I was exhausted after a couple of hours on the phone checking with everyone.
Seventh, watched the news and weather to check on the fire situation and get caught up on what was happening. Got around to finishing up the follow up post on our blog and Heartlight.org community on helping those who are homebound connect to community. Hope you will read the post and keep adding to the blog discussion: great ideas from you guys out in blogdom.
Whew! Ready to crash. I am wiped out and tomorrow looks to be a bit rugged, too. But not nearly so tough for me as for those who have lost everything to the fire and to the families who have lost loved ones recently. What a tough day for a lot of precious people.
Is It In You?
The Gatorade commercials lately have a tag line, “Is it in you?” It goes with high profile athletes who have accomplished much in their sport shown in action in black in white. However, their sweat is the color of Gatorade — thus the tag line!
Recently, a friend shared the following video that builds off the Colossians 1:27, Christ in you, the hope of glory. I love it. You take a look and see what you think! (Links for download of the video at the bottom of this post!)
What’s so powerful to me is that I’m sure something like Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” must be sung by Heaven’s angels when we come to Christ and are born into God’s family. So the real question for us today is pretty simple: if someone could really hear your spiritual heart, what would they be able to hear?
Is He in you?
Special thanks to Stephen Corbett who shot and produced this video and to Rob Marcelain who did the actiing!
Other videos from Corbett and Crew can be found on the church website.
Please Note:
Due to the crushing download volume of the video, we can’t offer the movie files for download, We are looking for a way to make this available in other ways. We apologize, but simply can’t afford the bandwidth increase for download. But the video will remain available on YouTube.