Chic Boutique, located in Manhattan, Kansas, is a new retail company centrally located in a college town. The assignment was to create a two-paged, full-page flyer. One side of the flyer would market the second-hand retail store; the second side would encourage readers to recycle their new or slightly-used clothing.
A new retail company in Manhattan, Kansas needed a 2-sided postcard to mail out to potential customers letting them know that Chic Boutique offers private, special themed birthday parties for little girls on the weekends. The copy was creative, fresh and fun. I love how the postcard turned out.
I was asked to create four edgy and sort of sarcstic trailers to promote the Revolutionary sermons. In the end due to lack of production time, the four scripts were condensed and only one video was created. This was a fun project!
REVOLUTIONARY CHRIST It’s a fact that the little baby born in a manger is the same boy who grew up to revolutionize (impact or shake up) the world.
If your perception of Jesus is the gentle and meek man always holding a fuzzy little lamb, you’re wrong (you’ve got the wrong dude).
According to the Bible, Jesus was anything but meek and mild, he was created to change hearts, refocus minds, and restore a fallen society no matter the cost.
He’s the head honcho who does what he says. You can’t find another man in history with a better track record.
Jesus is calling you to be a revolutionary. Are you ready?
REVOLUTIONARY CHRISTIAN So your idea of a typical churchgoer looks like this: dressed to the hilt with a suit and tie, clean shaven, no tattoos and definitely no body piercings. Joe “the churchgoer” is irrelevant, boring, and a modern-day goody two-shoes. It appears that Joe has it all together…that he’s almost perfect.
But Jesus isn’t about seeking out perfect people. He wants the rough and tumble AND the clean and sophisticated. He wants them all!
Jesus hung out with the outcasts, healed diseases, and cast out demons…all in a day’s work. This guy knew how to be bold and thought-provoking, he knew when to be quiet or when to speak up, and he led by example all the time. And guess what, he wants you to do the same!
Jesus is calling you to be a revolutionary. Are you ready?
REVOLUTIONARY CHURCH So odds are you are part of the 15% who faithfully attend church every weekend in America. It’s just a part of life. No ifs, ands or buts about it.
Lately, the church as a whole has been given a bad rap. Maybe we deserve it, maybe we don’t. One thing for sure is that the time has come to break away from the traditional ways of doing things in order to attract the missing 85%.
The un-churched are eager to let their voices be heard, so why don’t you?
You can no longer be a bench warmer. Now is the time to speak up and lead with a vengeance.
Jesus is calling you to be a revolutionary. Are you ready?
REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNITY So your neighbor down the street with the annoying dog just lost his job. You feel for him and even offer up a prayer or two on his behalf.
Suddenly you remember a verse about bearing one another’s burdens. You decide to not just pray, but to bring over a warm meal for your neighbor and his family. In fact, you even go out on a limb and invite him to church. Now that’s community!
Next thing you know, your neighbor with the annoying dog is helping out the old lady across the street with her yardwork. See how the momentum keeps going?
It takes one man to step up and make an impact…A few men to band together to impact a neighborhood…And one neighborhood to impact a community.
Are you ready to man up?
Jesus is calling you to be a revolutionary. Get ready!
I was asked to write a 200+ sidebar for an upcoming issue of Church Solutions magazine. The article was to feature how CCV's design elements focused on the male audience, rather than the female. Here is the sidebar text:
Reaching the Men While many men feel uncomfortable attending a traditional church in America, Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV), located in Peoria, Arizona, recognized this trend and decided to shake things up a bit when designing their new campus. During the design stage, architects deliberately created an environment where men would feel comfortable attending church on any given weekend.
“Most men are intimidated by stained glass. We try to make our campus look friendly so they don’t feel out of place,” stated CCV’s Pastor Don Wilson. The elimination of traditional stained glass, uncomfortable wooden bench pews, and feminine color schemes are just a few examples of design elements that were taken into consideration when planning the Auditorium that was completed in 2004. Since then, a new Children’s and Youth building have been built to reflect a modern style while incorporating state-of-the art technology.
The CCV campus, including the main Auditorium, closely resembles a business center or resort. “We try to make our campus look friendly and familiar,” Wilson explains. “We always strive to provide an environment where a man can feel at home and be himself.” In addition, the hiking-style prayer hill, sports dome, and athletic fields add to the male-oriented ambiance all located on the church campus. CCV wants to show men that they can be challenged and changed through an adventure with Christ and that they can feel comfortable while doing it.
Since making these deliberate design changes, the church has grown with considerable measure. More than 13,000 people attend CCV every weekend and call this church home. And while the gender balance is off scale in most churches today, it is almost even at CCV.
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR VISITS LOCAL CHURCH TO REVEAL THE REASONS WHY MEN HATE GOING TO CHURCH
Peoria, AZ –Women comprise more than 60% of the adults in the typical worship service. Volunteer ranks are heavily female. It's often impossible to get church-going men to do anything other than attend services. No other religion suffers the enormous gender gaps that plague Christianity.
In his book, Why Men Hate Going to Church, David Murrow focuses on this very topic. Using 100 sources from the Bible to Gallup polls, Murrow challenges the thinking of today’s church. Why Men Hate Going to Church does not call men back to church…it calls the church back to men.
Murrow is encouraging the church to change and will discuss how American churches can revolutionize the world. Pastors, members and church skeptics alike will learn something new when Murrow speaks live at Christ's Church of the Valley on the weekend of August 29-30.
David Murrow is the author of two books, Why Men Hate Going to Church, published in 2004, and How Women Help Men Find God, published last year. Murrow has produced and written award-winning television documentaries, commercials and specials, including material for the Discovery Channel, Food Network, NBC, ABC, Dr. Phil, and the Travel Channel. Most recently, Murrow became Sarah Palin’s Director of Communications. As an elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he lives in Anchorage, Alaska, with his wife and three children.
CCV holds four identical services every weekend at 7007 W. Happy Valley Road: Saturdays at 4:30 and 6:15 pm and Sunday mornings at 9:30 and 11:15 am. Members of the media wishing to cover this event should contact Crystal Van Dyke at CCV at 623.298.2991.
Peoria, AZ – Summer isn’t over yet! Hundreds of high schoolers will kick off the new school year with an unforgettable glow-in-the-dark, techno party just for teens.
CCV will host AfterParty Underground on Sunday, August 16 from 5:00-8:00 pm in Bldg 4000. It all starts with live music, followed by an engaging, relevant talk about living a life of adventure and purpose.
The event is free. However drinks, food and glow-in-the-dark accessories will be available for purchase.
This event will take place at 7007 W. Happy Valley Road in the Youth Building located in the middle of the campus. More information is available at ccvgarage.com. Members of the media wishing to cover the AfterParty Underground event should contact CCV, Crystal Van Dyke, at 623.298.2991.
I was asked to create text for a video voiceover that would inform church attendees about the basic history, religious movements, and specific crisis facing the continents of North, Middle and South America as well as Europe, Asia and Africa. The total length of the entire video was approximately ten minutes and included the most important information affecting these specific locations. I also included the ways in which CCV is making an impact in these targeted areas. The video is included below.
