The Hope Chronicles is the name of a series we put together. The project title and overall concept for this series was my ‘brain child’. We had never done a series that spans out over 4 months, with each month acting as it’s own mini-series (4 weeks long); each having it’s own bumper video and individualized graphics, while keeping the over-arching theme of HOPE. It was so much fun to see this entire series through from its birth to its completion, and to direct all the creative pieces within it. Out of all the sermon series I have directed creatively, this is the one I am most proud of. The whole project fit together like a glove and all the pieces came together so cohesively, creating a very unified, thoughtful, engaging, and memorable sermon series.

Below are the title slides and bumper video for each individual mini series. The artwork was done by Karien Breidenkamp, a volunteer from our church who specializes in line art and graphic design. The videos were written and directed by me, and shot and edited by Sam Senser. They both did a beautiful job capturing the concepts and keeping the feel cohesive.

This first mini-series is titled Beyond Me. The series is about learning to live beyond our own small bubble and perspective, and to realize our place in a much more hopeful, amazing, true and ancient story. My oldest son and his best friend are the talent in this bumper video! I absolutely love the way it turned out.

 

This next mini-series is titled, End Game. It is a study on the book of Revelation. The two talents in the video are a couple of our church member’s kids. They are so adorable and did a fantastic job!

 

This mini-series is titled, The Things That I’m Afraid Of. This one is a really heavy, really important series that addresses mental health awareness. The talent in this video is my daughter, Annie.

 

This last mini series is titled, Joy. It was presented in the month of December and turned out to be a very fitting and joyful series to end out The Hope Chronicles! The talent in this video is my best friend’s daughter and her family (in the background at the beginning).

 

We also made door hangers to disperse around our neighborhoods and promote the upcoming series! Each mini-series had it’s own door hanger. Here’s an example of one of  them! The graphic and pertinent information changed when each new mini-series began. The door hangers were dispersed two weeks prior to each mini-series.

Finally, as the icing on the cake, we designed booklets that our members could take notes in and hold onto as a keepsake. They turned out amazing and many of our members used them diligently. The first image is the front cover. The next three images are an example of what each mini-series provided in the booklet.

I know I said, ‘Finally’ already, but there is one more thing… our stage design! We had banners made for each week of the series and proudly displayed those on stage. They created a really neat backdrop for the band and others presenting on stage. One of our volunteers, Keith West, built the vertical lights out of PVC! It was a fun project!