http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/tags/calendar Orange Leaders Forum en-US Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:19:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/search.php http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-235 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:51:48 +0000 movementkids 235@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I used pony beads and was able to purchase them in packs of 1000 from my local craft store for about $3 a bag. I then bought some jars from Crate and Barrel and it turned out great and didn't take up a lot of room. We are a new church and didn't have a lot of $ to spend and we are in a very small space. I also wanted it to sit out on our check-in table to remind our parents and teachers every Sunday. Here is the finished result<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirstenschueler/4694068758/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirstenschueler/4694068758/</a><br /> it cost me only about $20! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-161 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:20:18 +0000 Angela McCann 161@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>It is now 4 months since we did the illustration and we still have sooooo many gumballs left! We give them out at each Family Experience night and it surprises me that everyone - kids and parents and staff - are still so excited to get a gumball. </p> <p>The illustration worked well too and I think I will do something similar just before Kick off Sunday every September. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-145 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:05:44 +0000 NickBlevins 145@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We designed a large calendar that has all the 2010 months/days on it, and we put 40 yellow dots on Sundays and 3000 dots on all the other days. We're going to print it large (almost 8'x8') and use it as a stage backdrop. Here are the files in case you can use them:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nickblevins.com/CalendarLarge.zip" rel="nofollow">http://www.nickblevins.com/CalendarLarge.zip</a><br /> <a href="http://www.nickblevins.com/CalendarMedium.zip" rel="nofollow">http://www.nickblevins.com/CalendarMedium.zip</a></p> <p>I have the original Photoshop (old version) files if anybody needs them. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-129 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:06 +0000 paulluna 129@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Will this video be any help? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuxkZ2KLDds" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuxkZ2KLDds</a> </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-110 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:17:18 +0000 ginapdd 110@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I've also used the gumball illustration in a church where I had been the children's director. It wasn't too expensive because I purchased the gumballs online through a wholesale company that provides the large gumballs to candy vendors. I think it was OK Manufacturing. Their website is: <a href="http://www.gumballs.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gumballs.net/</a> We got 3000 red ones and bought the minimum number of yellow ones, since we really only needed the 40 (those extra yellow ones were also available to munch on, so none of our 3000 red ones would go missing). We did the similar illustration having our pastor talk about the 40 hours and hold up the small candy jar with the just the 40 yellow gumballs, and then we had some strong guys carry in large glass candy jars filled with the 3000 red ones and they placed them on stage on a table when we discussed the 3000 hours that parents have. Also, we had an extra jar of orange gumballs to show how impactful the red and yellow combined makes. So at the end when we talked about how the red &#38; yellow create orange, another volunteer brought in a large jar with only orange gumballs. After the Sunday morning illustration, to store them, we put them all on the top shelves of our pastor's office, where we also had staff meetings. They were out of reach of little ones, but in view of everyone on staff during each of our staff meetings.</p> <p>Another church I've been apart of used red and yellow M&#38;Ms as a way to illustrate this, and it was just as effective and maybe even less expensive than the gumballs. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-106 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:56:01 +0000 gdwhnow 106@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We also needed an inexpensive way (and quick) to demonstrate it so we used Red Hots &#38; Lemon Heads. But everyone thought they were marbles...the candy choice has limited the number of thefts </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-97 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:24:44 +0000 jsolomon 97@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Our church needed a VERY inexpensive way to illustrate the 40/3000. So, we used Goldfish Crackers in a fishbowl. We put 40 in a small glass and the 3000 in a giant fishbowl. It was a very effective way to talk to our volunteers and we tied it into the scriptures that talk about being "fishers of men". It wasn't very elaborate but it still communicated the message well. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-95 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:45:42 +0000 fomchurch 95@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We used the traditional red/yellow gumballs as part of a tag-teamed sermon with me and the pastor. We are trying to figure out a way to display them permanently, but 3,000 gumballs is heavy and they need to be out of reach.</p> <p>FYI - it has been on display in my office over the last few months, and I decided to count the yellow gumballs...I thought it was looking a little anemic...sure enough, there were only 23 gumballs...now I don't know who's been sneaking gumballs out, but I dread having to count the red ones to verify there are still 3,000! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-fit-a-family-experience-fx-into-our-schedule#post-93 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:33:46 +0000 fomchurch 93@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>I am about to enter a dream world...lots of pressure to do it well too...we are doing a monthly FX beginning this month. We are doing it the last Sunday of each month to kick off the next month. Here's the kicker - we are replacing our adult services with the family production! The entire church will be involved and are very excited. We have a coffee shop that will make special kids' drinks on those Sundays...greeters will all be wearing KidStuf t-shirts, etc. Coolest thing is that doing it this way was the pastor's idea! We did a preview on August 16th on a Sunday night to give people a glimpse of it and introduce our new cast...we had 230 people show up (at a church that does not do Sunday nights). The max seating in our worship center is 280! </p> <p>The original reason that led to doing it on Sunday mornings like this was a space issue - the worship center/gym is the only room big enough to do the production - also cuts some costs since some of the tech equipment was already in place. However, I believe the better reason is that the whole church takes ownership and puts families at the center of it's mission every month! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-90 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:23:02 +0000 lancescar 90@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Do any of you have pics of your display or even the event you showed the colored balls/gumballs?</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-89 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:22:10 +0000 mjeffries 89@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>We recently used tennis balls (during a tennis-themed series)......one of our prop guys poured them out and they flowed down the stage.</p> <p>We also love the ping-pong ball effect....with the right crowd, you can drop them from the rafters. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-85 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:48:39 +0000 Angela McCann 85@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Love that gumball idea!!! </p> <p>Loved the orange ping pong ball illustration at Orange too. Loved it so much we came back and used to illustrate a need for summer volunteers. Added up the # of volunteers we needed for summer (we give our regulars the summer off); had one jar filled with that # of ping pong balls and then an empty container. Told everyone that each ping pong ball represented a slot we needed to fill and asked them to take one for everytime they could volunteer, write their name on it, and drop it in the other container. Our summer was fully staffed! Praise God! </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-80 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:36:29 +0000 Margie 80@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>At our church we used large gumballs of different colors in large glass jars to represent the 3000 and had one small jar of orange gumballs to represent the 40... our children's pastor held the jar of 40 while he talked about the 5 Things Every Kid Needs in his sermon on Sunday. Then he talked about the importance of the family's role and unveiled the cart behind him with lots and lots of huge jars filled with the same size gumballs. There was an audible gasp from the audience as they realized the significance of those numbers. We kept the jars on display for years... kids have stopped asking for gumballs from the jars now since they have been there so long that they are not only stale but rock hard! ;o) </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/403000-illustration#post-79 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:35:18 +0000 lancescar 79@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>How have you illustrated the 40/3000 in messages, talks, etc... </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-fit-a-family-experience-fx-into-our-schedule#post-13 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:06:46 +0000 Beth Nelson 13@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>First, decide as a team what you want the goal of your FX to be - do you want to strengthen your current families, or do you want to reach out to new families? Also, perform a realistic assessment of the culture in your community. For example, is Wednesday night still known as a "church night" in your city? If so, maybe Wednesday night is good. If not, and if families have sports, lessons, and other programs going on Wednesday night, maybe you need to stick with a time on Sunday. For example, if high school football is huge in your community, it is not likely that families would forego the football game to come to your FX, so take Friday night off the table as an option. You might also pick a time when there is no other competing activity in your church (in other words, don't try to do FX during your adult Sunday school hour; it will be almost impossible to get parents to attend, much less<br /> participate as actors, tech directors, etc.) If you have to move into what might be considered the lunch hour, bring in pizza or<br /> sandwiches and allow families to enjoy a time of fellowship along with the program. Just try to start somewhere, even if it's once a quarter or a couple of times a year (around Christmas or Easter, for example).</p> <p>In the first year: Use FX to launch the ministry season (it could take the place of an adult service or be held as a special event), then another at Christmas, and another at Easter.</p> <p>In the second year, or if you have more resources: Hold your FX the first week of the month as a Family Night on Wednesday or a weekend evening. </p> <p>As a final step: Hold a weekly FX at a regular time. </p>