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The producers of the prayer video series, “The Waiting Word” have just completed a new edition, and are making it available to readers of Brigada Today. This edition of the series contains six 7-9 minute videos showcasing the 10/40 Window, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Animism/Tribalism. There is also a bonus music video set to Israel [...]

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Whoo-hoooo! I no longer have to use those dated Urbana videos (and precede them with an apology that I have nothing new to show!). Enter “The Waiting World, Special Edition.” The producers of the prayer video series, “The Waiting Word” have just completed a new edition, and are making it available to readers of Brigada [...]

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When I grow up, I want to make videos like this one, promoting the idea and the opportunity of “Scripture Servants.” You’ll see what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs8LpG3Eksk See? So what would I need in order to become that good? :-) And by the way, you can experience 5 days of Bible storying in beautiful Orlando, [...]

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The name of the company is RenewTradingCompoany and they do a little device called the Papyrus, spun off from FCBH’s Portable solar projector, Solar Audio/Video player, and a solar audio player. Check them out at… http://renewtradingcompany.com/ (Thanks to my new friend, Brian, with the Church of the Nazarene, for the tip.)

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Only at Lausanne…. http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/schedule.html Maybe you knew about videos, but maybe you hadn’t realized they’ve now done study questions, transcriptions, and they’re in the process of doing machine translations into the major languages of Lausanne. This is the conference that keeps on conferring. And the more you make use of these resources, the happier they [...]

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Now you can. As long as you’ve got Android or iPhone, that is. And Tango. http://www.tango.me/ This came from active Brigada participant, Caleb. They’ve apparently found a way to squeeze a Skype-like video call into an iPhone or Android smartphone. Alas, I’ll never know (I’m on Windows Mobile). The launch was evidently so successful, within [...]

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Remember that cool missions video documentary on steroids about the short-term missions trip to climb Everest? Well now they’ve set up a deal by which you can get the movie for free if you show it to your church or group on July 11. You can also use it as a fundraiser for your own [...]

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We evidently weren’t the only one trying to figure out how to save YouTube videos for offline use. An anonymous user wrote this past week, thanking us, and also pointing us to four great Jesus videos worthy of downloading offline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZUTt8XINPY&feature=related (Revelation Song – Kari Jobe) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbx8ua1B1p4&feature=related (Revelation Song – Phillips,Craig,&Dean) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqTFNfeDnE&feature=related (That’s My King [...]

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Did you ever face that dilemma? You wanted to show a video to an upcoming Perspectives class or to a Sunday School class… but you just weren’t sure you’d have access to the Internet in that environment. So ideally, you’d like to “harvest” the video off YouTube to some format that would play on your [...]

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How many of us have made videos from our mission trips? (Hands raise all over the room.) How many of us, while on a mission trip, have been bumped from a flight? (Almost as many hands go up.) How many of us have witnessed those flights (that bumped us) going down and killing every passenger [...]

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[Note: We originally included this item without having previewed this free video (using our policy, "We can't screen 'em all," as is stated in "Closing Stuff" of each Brigada mailing). However, please remember that the content in this video is that of the producer, not of Brigada -- and we're not asserting that we believe [...]

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Check out Create International’s cool new DVD resources at their online store: http://www.createinternational.com/store They have finished the first ever Contextual Home Gathering video for people from a Thai Buddhist background. Indigenous instruments, dance, symbols and appropriate word choices all came together for a lively presentation that will reach millions of Thais. Other new resources include [...]

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Here’s a network for all those involved in video production, story telling, or mobile ministry. Check for example the growing range of postings relating to mobile outreach in the non-Western world (you need to join to be able to click the posted links): http://www.visualstorynetwork.com/group/mobile/forum

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