Comments on: 5 Tools Church Designers Need: Introduction

By: ChristineB

ChristineB — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:37:12 +0000

Funny, you had me at “NPR”… :-)

By: chris brice

chris brice — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:06:35 +0000

@ David.. I’m a graphic designer at a church. I’ve been doing it for about 5 years. Doing a series that poeple can relate to I think is good. You can spawn your own ideas and illustrations out of the bourne series. As far as the covers go Your designers should make their own versions of the bourne titles. But keep with the look. A good graphic designer reviews lots of different ideas to get inspiration flowing. Then there are those times where the pastor says I want it to look just like this. When that happens kindly suggest other options along with what he wants. Sometimes he/she may go for what you think. but unfortunately sometimes that doesn’t happen. But that’s your pastor/boss gotta do what they ask of you :) but hopefully you are hired or hire somebody who you trust their graphical judgment.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:40:34 +0000

@Kevin: stay tuned for the next 5 parts, I hope to answer some of those questions.

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:41:38 +0000

While surfing this morning I slammed head first into a church homepage advertising the latest sermon series: “The Born Series.” There was a rifle sight overlay and dark espionage background. Jason Bourne is the daddy!…I’ve seen all three movies multiple times, but is this a good use of creativity, or is it a tired method? I mean no disrespect, but as a former pastor I wonder if in the marketing of the message the scriptural integrity is confused or lost altogether.
Are we letting scripture push the preaching, or is the marketing potential or ability to commodify a message which dictates the direction?

By: David

David — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:42:57 +0000

at “NPR” I stop reading

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:27:57 +0000

I am really looking forward to the rest of these posts. Our creative department is always struggling with this.

By: Clint

Clint — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:28:03 +0000

Can’t wait to read, comment, encourage and empower.
First bit of help, “Good fences make good neighbors.”

By: adam

adam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:48:14 +0000

Having just been told that the worship pastor didn’t ‘feel’ something I had worked really hard on and instead wanted a stock photo of a drop of water with a single word on it, I am encouraged to know that it’s not uncommon.
The bot-tripping word below is particularly fitting, today.

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:31:43 +0000

I too am looking forward to seeing this series unfold. Thank you Kevin for the first laugh of the day….”Blood Atonement”. LOL

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:26:03 +0000

Monday morning, my cup of coffee is in hand but I’ve got Pandora on instead of NPR, and I am already looking forward to this series.
The church is in a unique time, but then again she always has been…pounding out the Creeds, the Crusades(yikes!), Reformation, Enlightment, Modernity, Post modernity(huh?), and here we are now – such a wonderful time to embrace our past, repenting from some of it, and looking toward the future. I am excited to consider the next generation of web presence for the Kingdom. In many respects we have already become a caricature of ourselves where “edgy” and “extreme” have not become either, but rather somewhat predicatable on the web.
What in the world are we going to do in ten weeks when the series finale of “Lost” is a wrap? At the very least, it will mean we won’t have to see the now proverbial “Lost” sermon series advertised on church websites anymore. Maybe ABC will develop a replacement series called “Blood Atonement.” Just think what we could do with that…