Video Shoot

Yesterday, myself, a church planter, and a film guy and his son went out and shot the city of Beverly in preparation for a service where we will be showing a video of our filming to a song. We got to meet a ton of people. We actually were blessed with a great day for filming since the city of Beverly teamed up with Salem to have a parade. So we blended right in with our camera. Residents and visitors probably thought we were from a TV channel or something. We got to interview people who helped us find data about Beverly. We asked what is one need a church can meet? We got answers like children's and teenagers programs, soup kitchens, homeless ministry, etc. You can't beat first hand knowledge from actual residents who know the community better then any research or statistics you find in a book or on the Internet. The people of Beverly were extremely friendly. The city is known for being on the ocean coast, one person said. When the video is finished, I will try to post a link. Stay tuned for it.

One thing I learned is that starting a new church does not begin by implementing some program another church might have had success with, but it begins with building relationships with people. If people can't trust you, they won't trust your program. A church is started by building bridges of trust to the churches programs and services, not vice versa. Can't wait to get back out there to meet more people.