Like free church resources? Church on the Move (Tulsa, OK) is now offering free creative resources to download from their new site, Seeds.

The church resources include artwork, motion graphics, background music, promo videos, opener videos, mini-movies, drama scripts, slides, banners, worship guides, sermon series kits, and more. There’s something for kid’s ministry, student ministry, and plenty for regular worship services, too!

Best of all, the production quality is outstanding. Church on the Move has been winning ADDY Awards and producing mainstream quality content for years. Now you can have that same quality for free! Samples include:

FREE SLIDES & ARTWORK

Please Turn Off Your Phone - Slide

Communion Instructions - Slide

FREE VIDEOS (RSS readers must visit post to see videos)

Dad Life - Father’s Day Video

Why Worry - Drama Skit

Mommy Rhapsody - Mother’s Day Performance

FREE SERMON SERIES (RSS readers must visit post to see videos)

Kidnapped - Sermon Series Opener

Why Worry - Sermon Series Opener

This or That - Student Ministries Sermon Series Artwork

I Love My Bible - Kidmin Sermon Series Artwork

To start downloading free church resources, visit Seeds.ChurchontheMove.com

Church on the Move (Tulsa, OK) has a reputation for experimenting with creative arts to tell the story of Christ. I like the simple execution but powerful imagery of the backdrop for their Easter weekend worship.

As worship leaders led the congregation in song, three painters began writing bright red-pixeled letters in the background.

It spelled “Amazing Grace.”

At this point, they began singing the song Amazing Grace, and the red letters became a crown of thorns as an image of Christ on the cross appeared behind the letters.

To see the complete opening performance, watch this video:

For Discussion:
- Did your church do something creative for Easter? Share the video link or tell the story in the comments.

Not everyone attends church, but people are more likely to attend church during Christmas and Easter. For an extra nudge of motivation, many churches plan special Christmas services. Here are two of 2009’s creative church Christmas promos:

CHURCH ON THE MOVE (Tulsa, OK)

LIFECHURCH.TV (Edmond, OK)

For Discussion:
- What are some other creative church Christmas promos from 2009 (links to YouTube clips are welcome)?

Church on the Move (Tulsa, OK) is currently renovating their facilities. In a recent building campaign update, Hank Spieker of Selser Schaefer Architects explains an interesting design decision to make a cozier feeling auditorium by randomly varying chair colors with gold (66%), scarlet (11%), purple (11%), and black fabrics (11%).

The idea is that whenever you are in the auditorium that it will always feel full. It will never appear like there are a bunch of empty seats anywhere.

Varying chair colors is a great design theory for large churches with multiple service times. For most of these churches, popular service times are packed while less attended service times can leave the auditorium looking sparse.

For more thoughts from Hank Spieker, go to the 4:55 mark on the following video:

For Discussion:
- What are some of your favorite architectural design tricks?