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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.
Tags: immersive, graphics, concepts, vivid, one, engaging, imagery, volume, flow (view more) (view less)
Genres: Uplifting
Service Styles: Contemporary
Elevate your church’s wedding ceremonies with “Church Wedding: Volume Two,” a meticulously curated collection of inspirational media resources. From captivating video backgrounds to beautifully crafted motion graphics, this pack provides a comprehensive suite of tools to create a truly meaningful and unforgettable experience for the newlyweds and their guests.
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Five Minute Countdown - Coastal Beauty
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective, Bible History
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional, Progressive
Five Minute Countdown - Forest Bird's Eye View
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Five Minute Seasonal Countdown - Winter Sunset
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Five Minute Countdown - Cross on Beach
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Five minute countdown to open up a church service.
Scripture: John 3:16, Zechariah 9:9, Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:26-35, Matthew 1:18-25, Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 2:8-14, Matthew 2:10-12 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, 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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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)
Tags: evening, dusk, seasons, light of the world, dawn, darkness, sunset, light, morning, sunrise (view more) (view less)
Genres: Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional
Mirage Modern Countdown is ideal for any service or event for which you need a 5 minute countdown. It features wispy, mirrored motion graphics, a big & bold welcome and a 5 minute timer. The gently pulsing audio track can be replaced by your own Worship mix if you prefer.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12, Proverbs 27:19, Job 37:18
Tags: countdown, mirage, mirror, welcome
Elevate your church’s baptism celebrations with the “Baptism Waters Pack,” a comprehensive collection of visual resources that beautifully capture the sacred symbolism and profound spiritual significance of this sacrament. This versatile pack offers a range of powerful imagery, graphics, and motion backgrounds to create a truly immersive and meaningful baptism experience for your congregation.
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Ignite your worship experience with this powerful 5-minute countdown video featuring a vivid, red fiery cross set against a dramatic backdrop. Perfect for setting the tone before your church service or special event, this timer creates a sense of anticipation and reverence as your congregation prepares their hearts for worship. Ideal for contemporary and traditional services alike.
Scripture: John 3:16, Galatians 2:20, Romans 5:8, Luke 9:23, Hebrews 12:2, 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5, Colossians 2:14, Philippians 2:8, Matthew 16:24, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Revelation 1:18, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 6:6, Mark 8:34, Ephesians 2:13, John 12:32, Revelation 5:9, Isaiah 6:7, Hebrews 9:14 (view more) (view less)
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A beautiful five minute countdown for Palm Sunday.
Scripture: John 12:13, John 12:12-19, Zechariah 9:9, Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:9-19 (view more) (view less)
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Five minute countdown to open up a Christmas church service.
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Eternity - Ecclesiastes Scripture Countdown is a reflective, peaceful meditation on the words of Ecclesiastes 3:1-11. Eternity - Ecclesiastes Scripture Countdown is part of our Morningstar series, which includes 2 countdowns and 8 motion backgrounds, Credit to NASA's never-before-seen images which look deep into our amazing universe.
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Tags: morningstar, universe, creation, eternity, countdown, stars, time, nasa (view more) (view less)
Genres: Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
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