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Freebie Friday: LifeChurch.tv OPEN

rfrank — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:11:53 +0000

Freebie Friday is a weekly feature here on my blog. Every Friday, I’ll post about a new freebie you can find online or near you!

This week in Freebie Friday:
LifeChurch.tv OPEN

LifeChurch.tv has always set the standard high for digital interaction in churches. They were one of the first churches to use the internet as a live broadcast medium for a church service. They’ve introduced fantastic tools such as YouVersion to the web for anyone to use at absolutely no charge. They’ve even got a service to resource churches- LifeChurch.tv OPEN.

A few weeks ago, Kendra Golden of the LifeChurch.tv Content Development Team introduced me to OPEN. OPEN was born out of a passion to see as many life changed as possible over as wide an area as possible. LifeChurch.tv makes some pretty sweet curriculum for their kids’ ministry, but in large part they were making it and then it was sitting “on the shelf”. So they’ve taken all of the children’s ministry curriculum and posted it on OPEN. Free.

Four years worth of preschool curriculum including videos, storybooks, lesson plans, and activity pages are available. For elementary kids, their weekend curriculum comes in 3-5 week series, and is a full hour of a video-driven program. They’ve also got KONNECT, a mid-week elementary discipleship program that is a two-hour program that goes through the stories of the Bible in a small group format with a game, a hands-on craft, and snack to reinforce the Bible story presented in a short video. Best yet, you can even visit lifekids.tv to provide follow up resources to kids and their parents.

And did I mention, it’s all free? You’ll probably want to mention it to your fellow staff members- the youth and adult programs from LifeChurch are up there too. Next time you need a change in your program, check out LifeChurch.tv OPEN to get a free series. You can’t beat that.

KONNECT, our mid-week elementary discipleship program (based on Eccl. 4:12) is a two-hour program that goes through the stories of the Bible in a small group format with a game, a hands-on craft, and snack to reinforce the Bible story presented in a short video

Freebie Friday: Igniter Media

rfrank — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:22:39 +0000

Freebie Friday is a weekly feature here on my blog. Every Friday, we’ll post about a new freebie you can find online or near you!

This week in Freebie Friday:
Igniter Media’s Free Downloads

Igniter Media is an awesome organization that produces media for the church. They have everything from motion backgrounds to animated songs to countdowns and more. The best part is, they feature a monthly free download. This month’s is a fun, kid-friendly loopable background for summer. I’ve picked up my copy, and I think you should too. Check it out on the homepage of IgniterMedia.com.

Freebie Friday: Bible Drills

edoyle — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:01:15 +0000

Freebie Friday is a weekly feature here on my blog. Every Friday, we’ll post about a new freebie you can find online or near you!

This week in Freebie Friday:
KidzMatter’s Bible Drills

Everybody loves Bible drills. You race to see who can find a book in the Bible the fastest. (Don’t try the 1st Hezekiah trick on me. I know it.) Now, there’s a way to bring it into the 21st century. Your Bible drills will now be powered 100% by pure technological wizardry! (And a little button pushing.) Just visit KidzMatter.com and look for the “Free Download” box in the bottom-left corner.