Worship Films: Easter Presentations: Mixing It Up

Easter Presentations:  Mixing It Up

Easter is probably the biggest Sunday on the church calendar, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Typically, our services on Easter Sunday are something out of the ordinary - either a live drama, a cantata, or special video presentations.

When we attempt to tell the Easter story, many churches take an either/or approach to video and live drama.  But have you ever considered combining these two effective tools?  Here's a couple possibilities to get your creative juices flowing:

• Alternate between the Biblical story of Easter and a current life story.  For example, you could do a live drama of the Easter story, and at certain points (set changes for instance) you could show pieces of a powerful testimony video.
• If you are doing a live drama version of the Easter story, you could use video to show certain events that are difficult to portray on a live stage (e.g. the tomb opening). You could also videotape certain scenes with your actors in remote locations that provide the appropriate scenery - scenery that would be difficult and/or expensive to create.
• Use video to pre-record the narrator of your drama.
• Use stock footage of areas such as the Judean hillside between set changes to provide a larger location context for your drama.

The point is to take a risk - try something different and out of the box.  God has given us our creative giftings not so we can maintain the status quo, but because He expects us to engage those giftings for the advancement of His kingdom and to His glory.