4 Practices in Preparing Videos for Your Youth Ministry

Have you ever wanted to have a video that would drive a point home with your teenagers, but could not find it anywhere.  Well there is hope.  Here are 4 practices in preparing your own videos for your youth ministry

1.  The first thing you want to do is create a story on how you want your video to flow.  With in that story you want to find all the sources (google, yahoo, etc…) that will help you drive the point of your video. 
2. Once you have your story, then you need to figure out if you want your story to acted out by others or if you want to tape people answering questions.  You can go to a park or mall and interview kids talking about your subject (you need to ask permission to video in a mall)  
3. Now that you have with all this content on it then you need to edit it down to a short film that will drive this point.  You can use programs like iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Elements and Final Cut Express
4. When editing the film just remember these key point in prep

• Begin and end your video with a black screen
• Don’t go Long with it
• Maintain continuity 
• Start with the end in mind
• Use Transitions wisely

With these practices and a little practice you can produce a video that will reach the youth of your church.  If you have any questions please email me.  Scott 

Teaching to Word to Teenagers

Over the past few days I have been thinking about How to teach the Word of God to the teenagers in my youth group.  Today’s teens have no knowledge of who did what or how to find it in the Bible.  Somewhere we have let down teens by not teaching them the basics of the Bible and who did what.The first thing I need to do is teach them the stories about who did what and then use application to apply it to today’s life.  The Students don’t see a connection to then and now.  Start with who, what, when, then why.  Once they see it God will do the rest.  The Word is God breathed and so If we communicate it God will do the rest.  My Goal in the next few weeks is to put a plan to teach the stories and applications and watch God do His thing. Scott 

Great Youth Ministry Resources

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