Media Arts

Media is the language of our culture and it is very much a part of the worship experience at Community. You can serve in the Media Arts ministry and use your skills in media, technology, and art to enhance the worship experience at every location.

Production: Run camera to help create the teaching video
Editing: Shoot and edit videos to communicate the Big Idea
Graphics: Create graphics and animations that leave an impression
Photography: use your SLR to get some killer shots of our people and places

For more information, email Tom Greever

A Thousand Words: Using Icons Instead of Photos

Written by Tom Greever Friday, June 27, 2008

A picture is worth a thousand words, but if you’re going to use one with your own words, it better be the right picture. Now that using imagery with preaching has become fairly common, it’s important for churches to really think about what they’re projecting on-screen during a talk.

"Serving Back" wins Best in Show

Written by Tom Greever Monday, June 16, 2008

Last week at the Willow Creek Film Festival, our parody music video Serving Back won the award for Best Music Video, as well as winning the overall award for Best in Show. Also, Eat This Book won Best Comedy.

The film festival is part of the Willow Arts Conference and took place on Thursday night. Last year, Reconcilosec won the award for best comedy.

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Photography Team Launches

Written by Tom Greever Thursday, June 05, 2008

Community's new Photography Team has officially launched with team members receiving their first assignment starting this weekend. So far, 11 people have signed up to help us photograph our locations. Some are professionals, some are hobbyists, but all of us share a passion to communicate with images. Each campus has at least one member, but we could really use 2-3 photographers at each campus. If you are interested in joining the team, contact Tom Greever to be a part of this exciting new way to contribute to the mission of Jesus.

Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

Written by Tom Greever Friday, May 30, 2008

The art of not overdoing it when it comes to media in the church. I wrote this article on the overuse of effects in media in the church originally for FaithVisuals, but I thought it might be good for some of you media-savvy volunteers to read too.

Newly Formed Photography Team

Written by Tom Greever Thursday, May 08, 2008

We are officially organizing a team of photographers from every campus to take on monthly assignments. By joining this team, you will be added to an email list and receive a monthly assignment via email to take photos. On the due date, you'll upload your 10 best shots and share them with the rest of the team. The best pics will go on the web and in promotional materials.

Mac/PC Parody - Interview

Written by Tom Greever Thursday, May 08, 2008

We've been interviewed dozens of times for creating the Mac/PC parody videos for our series Christian No More: Christian/Christ-follower. This was one of the first interviews I did, with Bill Seaver at MicroExplosion and I thought it would be fun to share.