Film & Design
Create Compelling Visuals That Inspire & Engage
Elevate your visual storytelling and creative impact with our Film & Design track. Gain hands-on experience in video production, graphic design, and motion graphics to create compelling content for your church. From pre-production planning to post-production editing, this track equips you with the skills to craft engaging visuals that captivate your congregation. Learn practical techniques for enhancing your church’s visual identity and telling stories that inspire and connect with your community.
Mastering Video Production
Learn essential filming, editing, and storytelling techniques to produce high-quality church videos.
Graphic & Motion Design for Churches
Create eye-catching graphics and motion visuals that align with your church’s branding and message.
Effective Visual Storytelling
Discover how to craft narratives through film and design that emotionally connect with your audience.
Masterclasses
From Tune-Out to Lean-In: Building Announcements People Don’t Ignore
Makenzie Merrifield
If announcements feel like background noise, it’s time to rethink the strategy behind them. This workshop will help you create a simple, intentional system for communication that keeps people engaged and paying attention. You’ll learn how to decide what gets stage time, what goes digital, and how to make every message count.
Key Takeaways
Build a system that prioritizes what matters most
Increase engagement without increasing volume
Place announcements where they will be seen and heard
Create a flow that supports your overall service
Crafting Documentaries That Inspire Change
Patrick Clark
Many ministry films are forgotten within minutes. The stories that stay with people are the ones that make them feel something real.
In this workshop, you will learn how to craft documentaries that move beyond information and create genuine emotional connection, clarity, and action. Through a real-world case study of an award-winning documentary created inside our church, we will break down the entire storytelling process from discovering the right story to building tension, capturing authentic moments, shaping emotional impact, and guiding viewers toward meaningful response.
This is not just theory. Throughout the session, you will both hear the strategy behind effective documentary storytelling and see it in action through film clips, visual breakdowns, and behind-the-scenes examples woven directly into the teaching.
Whether you are creating films for generosity initiatives, vision campaigns, testimonies, outreach, or ministry storytelling, this workshop will give you a practical framework for creating honest, compelling documentaries that resonate deeply and inspire change.
Key Takeaways
Learn the Story Framework Behind Films That Move People to Action: Discover a simple but powerful documentary structure you can use in any ministry setting to turn real stories into meaningful films that inspire response, generosity, and transformation.
Find Stories Hiding in Plain Sight: Learn how to identify the people, moments, and breakthroughs already happening inside your church or ministry that have the potential to deeply connect with your audience and reflect the work that God is doing.
Create Emotion Without Hollywood Equipment: See how intentional interviews, purposeful b-roll, sound, pacing, and small moments can create cinematic and emotionally compelling films even with limited gear and small teams.
Learn the Anatomy of an Effective Call to Action: Not all calls to action are created equal. Today’s audiences are smart and can quickly sense when something feels forced or manufactured. Learn how to strategically guide viewers from emotion to response through aggressive authenticity, clear storytelling, and intentional next steps that inspire people to give, serve, volunteer, pray, advocate, or immediately engage with the mission after the film ends.
More masterclasses to be announced!
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