Seminary Soccer
The Seminary students like to spend their down time playing soccer. Today was the championship between the freshman and sophomores and the juniors. The seniors were all studying for finals, I think.
Generation YouTube
A while ago, I published a free ebook about how to use online video for ministry, especially youth ministry. I never really announced it much, but I wanted to post it here on the site so it could be useful for others.
It’s got ideas on how to put video on the web and how to use web video in youth ministry. My favorite part, and I think the part that is the most useful, is the part on ways to use online video for youth ministry.
You can download it here: Generation Youtube
VIDEO: Wii Boxing
We had a yard sale yesterday at the home of one of the other missionaries. She has a Nintendo Wii, and in order to keep Nathan occupied, we had to let him play it. He’s good at boxing.
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Click here to watch the video on Vimeo. This is my first video for Videoblogging Week 2008, so check out the rest on Mexico Movies.
Videoblogging Week 2008
Just so you know, tomorrow starts Videoblogging Week for this year. Over on Mexico Movies, our videoblog, we’ll be posting one video every day for the week.
I might, if I can find the time, post a video a day over on my youth ministry site, too. I might post a video there every day talking about various issues in youth ministry. We’ll see how much time I’ve got this week.
Anyway, keep an eye out for lots of videos this week, and if you want, grab a camera and upload a video to the web everyday this week.
Long Portraits in Youth Ministry
With the addition of flickr video, there’s a new idea floating around called “long portraits. I posted about it on my twitter account yesterday, and since then I’ve been thinking about it and what we could do with it in youth ministry.
A long portrait is basically a video snapshot that lasts less than a minute (or around 30 seconds) where you capture a single moment of a person in that time and place. It’s like a photo that can talk, where the person answers a simple question (click here for some great sample questions.) Photojojo has a great post on what it is and how to do it.
Here are some suggestions I have for using long portraits in youth ministry:
- High School Seniors – Could talk about their last year in the youth ministry and what they learned, etc.
- Small groups/classes – Could use long portraits to capture a key idea from the series (or year, or however long the small groups meet). Students could also talk about the one thing they remembered the most about the group.
- Commitments or memories from camps/mission trips – Record students talking about their commitments. Have them send themselves a message to be watched again in 1 year or more. Have them tell stories about the impact the camp or trip had on their life.
- Recruitment of volunteers – Use this idea to record students talking about how their small group leader or other volunteer in your ministry has had an impact on their life. Then show it to appreciate volunteers or recruit new volunteers.
What other ideas do you have for using long portraits in youth ministry?
Oh, and here’s an example of what it is:
Philip’s favorite relative from Photojojo on Vimeo.
(image by: angelinawb on flickr)
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