Category Archives: Ginghamsburg Worship
Resurrection Hope: Easter stage design
“nothing happens but first a dream…” and in our case this entire stage design came about as a result of dreaming together as a team – using what we had (30+ white paper globes) and one of our artists insisting that we depict the full spectrum of sunrise colors. taking our inspiration from our Easter...
“Why Jesus?” Lenten series stage design
if this stage design seems reminiscent of the last “Right Here, Right Now” set it’s because we basically repurposed the framework from the last series into a more serious, deeper-for-Lent kind of look. we covered the window panes with “wallpaper” we designed and printed ourselves from the main series graphic – then adhered that wallpaper...
ash wednesday worship: face to face
and so lent begins. we designed an ash wednesday worship that focused on our human brokenness with a call to confession …for christianity has nothing to offer us until we come face to face with our need for a savior. moving into our lenten message series we are sensing the need to accelerate the participation...
Right Here Right NOW: stage design
right here right NOW is our 2011 opening series out of the gospel of matthew chapter 13… where jesus talks about weeds, seeds and the “secrets” of the kingdom of God. our worship design team wanted to make this chapter accessible and fresh to our church family. makeover team artist-builder chad oler came up with...
Christmas Eve ’10
A quick side shot of our stage… including string section from the Dayton Philharmonic.
NO COMPROMISE
an acoustic worship with a full-on message this past weekend we experimented with an acoustic style of worship/music. guitars, xylophone, melodica (?) accordian and vocals. mixed reactions (some people said they missed standing up to sing with high energy) but we’re going to keep working on more of a “fusion” approach to the worship music....
Change the World: teaching edition
This morning we hosted nearly 40 church leaders to experience Mike teaching a preview session of content from his new book Change the World – recovering the message and mission of Jesus. We video recorded the session, with the pastors as our studio audience, to supplement a leadership training curriculum on Change the World to...
Change the World
How can designing spaces change the world? one room at a time. check out pp. 98-100 in Mike’s hot-off-the-press book… Exciting news…this past week Pastor Mike’s newest book, Change the World: Recovering the Message and Mission of Jesus, was released nationally. This book truly could change the future of the church. Encourage friends to order...
cloudy with a chance of meatballs
family flick night is a once-a-year event our children’s ministry puts on for kids and their parents/caregivers. such a huge, fun, pull-out-all-the-stops kind of affair, what kid wouldn’t LOVE to watch a movie this way? amazing set design, come in your pjs (including the band), pizza and popcorn “meatballs”, a 600+ meatball/balloon drop, meteorologist jamie...
ginghamsburg BRINGS IT
ginghamsburg is closing a 5-week message series on servanthood. we called it CHURCH IS A VERB and had some really memorable worship weekends. speakers brian brown, kevin applegate, dave hood and nick cunningham spoke passionately to bring the message home. since ginghamsburg is a mission-driven church community the idea of church being a verb –...