Not sure if this would hold any interest for anyone, but we are having different lengths for our two Sunday morning campuses (one is routinely 10 - 15 minutes longer) so this morning someone timed each element of the service at each campus to see what's up.
So, I don't typically have this, but here's the breakdown of our V.B. Campus service this morning:
- Opening Song: 3:49
- Welcome/Hungry Hippo Twinkee Eating Contest/Prayer: 4:19
- Worship Set (4 songs): 17:19
- Communion Introduction + Communion w/ 1 more Worship Song: 6:28
- Video ("Kris in Counseling II"): 1:59
- Offering Introduction: :45
- Message Intro Video ("Stripper II") (while offering collected): :40
- Message: 35:30
- Closing Prayer/See ya next week: 1:40
- Total: 70.29
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3 comments:
Thanks for posting this....is this a typical structure?
Could you elaborate a bit more on the twinkie eating contest? (And people say they're not being fed???)
Also, what is the "Stripper II" video?
Typical Structure?: Yes. We try not to have a "typical" - but this is pretty typical.
Twinkee Eating Contest: We try to "uncross arms" / break stereotypes by having fun. We love to get people up on stage if possible. So, this Sunday the theme of the message was "hunger" (being intensely hungry for God) so we brought two people up, split the audience up as to who to root for, cranked music for 60 seconds, and had them eat as many twinkees as they could in that amount of time.
Stripper II Video: The series is about taking off the t-shirt (which stands for an adventure we're missing out on) so we made short (about 40 second) message intro videos (bumpers) that show a guy who looks totally frustrated, start stripping off his shoes, socks, pants (he has boxers on) and then we see that he's wearing a shirt that says, "I became a Christian and all i got was this lousy t-shirt" - he rips that off, revealing that underneath he has a shirt on that says the name of that week's sermon. - These are the videos that were "disallowed" by my publisher, so they won't be available on the web site they're putting together. However, I can get them to churches who want them...
Vince,
I'm a little slow responding to this...it kinda slipped through the cracks of my schedule. :)
I'd love the videos...can you tell me how to get them?
Thanks!!
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