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Rich color and a great Christmas look make this 5 minute countdown a great fit for your next service.
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Genres: Uplifting
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional, Progressive
Elegant titles and beautiful Christmas colors make this 5 minute countdown a great fit for your next service.
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Use this countdown to Immerse yourself in a spiritual journey of gratitude and faith as we present a heartfelt video countdown featuring powerful verses from the Bible, reminding us to give thanks and find peace in God’s everlasting love. Let these timeless words inspire and uplift your church this thanksgiving season.
Tags: powerful, uplifting, everlasting, timeless, heartfelt, countdown, god, season, gratitude, journey, scripture, love, thanksgiving, spiritual, faith (view more) (view less)
Service Styles: Contemporary
Use this colorful, fun and upbeat countdown at the start of your next youth event. Infuse your youth services with urban flair using the "Colorful Graffiti: Volume One Theme Pack" - an eye-catching collection that combines vibrant graffiti art elements with dynamic animations. This distinctive theme pack delivers a fresh, street-inspired aesthetic that will resonate with students and inject an energetic, artistic vibe into your creative content.
Tags: text, screens, countdown, event, student ministry, service opener, worship service, students, number, youth ministry, graffiti (view more) (view less)
Illuminate your Christmas Kids worship experiences with this radiant countdown that captures the wonder of Jesus as the Light of the World. Perfect for December services and holiday events, this countdown is a part of a larger Theme Pack that brings the story of Christ's birth to life. It accomplishes this with warm, engaging visuals that help kids understand how Jesus' light continues to shine through them during the Christmas season and beyond.
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Genres: Powerful
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional
Dive into Daniel's captivating stories with our Kids Countdown, featuring interactive quiz questions! This engaging resource will challenge young minds to recall key details from the life of this remarkable biblical hero, strengthening their knowledge of Scripture. This countdown is sure to delight and educate your church's children.
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Countdowns are a great way to welcome believers into worship. This countdown features a vibrant mix of layered imagery, textures, and contemporary design elements that speak to today's youth.
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Progressive
A beautiful Easter five minute countdown for church services.
Scripture: 1 John 5:11, John 11:25-26, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Corinthians 15:21, Philippians 3:10, Acts 4:33, Luke 24:6-7, Romans 8:34, Philippians 2:8, 1 Corinthians 6:14, Romans 6:9, Romans 8:34, Romans 6:8-11, Luke 24:6-7, Romans 6:8-11, Acts 3:15, John 3:16, Romans 10:9, Matthew 28:5-6 (view more) (view less)
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Advent of Hope - Scripture Countdown is an elegant and Byzantine-style collection of scriptures declaring the coming of the Messiah. The Medieval sounds of lutes and drums accompany a luminescent night sky filled with motion under a stained-glass Advent image. The verses are taken from the prophecies concerning the coming Messiah.
Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:18, Isaiah 9:2, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 42:1, Psalm 2:7-8, Micah 5:2, Isaiah 28:16, Isaiah 9:6 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective, Bible History
Elevate your worship services with “Flow: Volume One Theme Pack,” a visually stunning and thematically cohesive collection of media elements. This comprehensive pack seamlessly blends captivating motion graphics, vivid imagery, and powerful flow concepts to create an immersive and engaging experience for your congregation.
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Five minute countdown to open up a church service.
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Sunrise, Sunset Summer Countdown visualizes the beautiful truth from Scripture that God is to be praised from the rising of the sun to its setting. Lovely views of dawn and dusk are accompanied by a soft, acoustic music track. See the related 'Sunrise, Sunset Scripture Countdown' for a scripture version, as well as accompanying motion loops.
Scripture: Psalm 113:3, Matthew 5:45, John 12:35, Psalm 104:19, Habakkuk 3:11, Malachi 1:11, Ephesians 4:26-27, Genesis 8:22, Psalm 50:1, Psalm 65:8 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Uplifting, Reflective
Five Minute Countdown - Thanksgiving Prayer
Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:34, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Colossians 3:17, Psalm 100:4, Psalm 95:2, Ephesians 5:20, Psalm 107:1, Psalm 118:1, Psalm 136:26, 2 Corinthians 9:15, Philippians 4:6, 1 Chronicles 29:13, 1 Timothy 4:4, Hebrews 13:15, Colossians 4:2, Romans 14:6, Colossians 2:7, Psalm 34:1, Psalm 69:30, Daniel 2:23, 1 Timothy 2:1, Psalm 50:14, James 1:17, Psalm 147:7, Luke 17:16, Revelation 7:12, Jonah 2:9, Leviticus 22:29, Psalm 30:12, Psalm 50:23 (view more) (view less)
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Five Minute Countdown - Aerial over Nature
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Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Reflective
A 5 minute countdown with a watercolor landscape and flying birds in slow motion.
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Genres: Emotional, Reflective
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