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Use this 5-minute countdown timer to help signal the start of service.
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Genres: Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary
Five Minute Countdown - Forest Background
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional, Progressive
Five Minute Countdown - Bridge Background
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Enhance your church's Advent season with our comprehensive Advent Elements Pack. This collection offers customizable graphics and motion backgrounds to create a cohesive atmosphere of anticipation and hope across your services and online presence.
Tags: grace, hope, advent, god, salvation, light, world, grace, christmas (view more) (view less)
Genres: Powerful, Uplifting
Service Styles: Contemporary, Progressive
A captivating five-minute countdown motion background featuring a glowing cross silhouette against a tranquil starry sky. Gentle animations of twinkling stars and a subtle timer overlay guide your congregation toward the start of service. Perfect for building anticipation and setting a worshipful atmosphere before the gathering begins.
Scripture: Psalm 27:14, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:25, Psalm 130:5, Romans 12:12, Hebrews 10:37, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Psalm 62:5, James 5:8, Romans 8:25, Habakkuk 2:3, Psalm 37:7, Isaiah 30:18, Micah 7:7, Psalm 31:24, Proverbs 20:22, Proverbs 13:12, 1 Corinthians 9:24, Philippians 3:14 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective, Bible History
Five Minute Countdown - Mountains at Sunset
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Five Minute Countdown - Snowy Winter Aerial
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A great countdown video for a variety of uses. Could be used before church services, as well as other events.
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Prepare for worship with this calming 5-minute church countdown, featuring a serene lake background. Perfect for setting a reflective and peaceful atmosphere before your service begins.
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Names of God Countdown presents some of the remarkable names of God found in Scripture. In His final prayer for the disciples before Calvary, Jesus says in John 17:26, "I have made Your name known to them, and I will make it known so that the love You have for me will be in them and I will be in them.” God's Spirit leads us into an ever fuller knowledge of Christ as we delve into His amazing nature as described in His many names.
Scripture: Genesis 1:1, John 17:26, Isaiah 40:10, Exodus 3:14, Matthew 27:46, 1 Kings 22:19, Psalm 82:8 (view more) (view less)
Tags: jehovah jirah, el qanna, yahweh sabaoth, abir, yahweh rapha, qedosh yisrael, el chuwl, el deah, yahweh melek, attiyq youm, yahweh shammah, yahweh shaphat, yahweh shalom, yahweh rohi, elohay marom, el sali, el yeshuati, yahweh tz'vaot, el chanun, elohay selichot, ma'on, el emeth, el rachum, el roi, el olam, elohim, el elyon, yahweh, adonai, names of god, abba, el shaddai, logos, immanuel (view more) (view less)
Genres: Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional
A 5 minute countdown featuring bible verses about the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:34, Psalm 95:2, Colossians 3:17, Philippians 4:6, Psalm 107:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Psalm 100:4, 2 Corinthians 9:15, Psalm 118:1, Ephesians 5:20, Psalm 136:26, Romans 14:6, Jonah 2:9, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Timothy 4:4-5, 1 Peter 2:9, James 1:17, Nehemiah 12:8, Psalm 103:2, Revelation 7:12, Psalm 50:14, 2 Corinthians 2:14, Psalm 69:30, Psalm 30:12, Psalm 28:7, Jeremiah 30:19, 1 Chronicles 29:13, 1 Timothy 2:1, Psalm 7:17, Psalm 116:17, Psalm 63:3, Psalm 136:3, Psalm 107:8, Psalm 66:20, Psalm 56:12, Luke 17:15, Leviticus 22:29, Romans 1:21, Matthew 15:36, Psalm 34:1, Luke 2:38, Luke 22:17, 2 Corinthians 1:11, 2 Samuel 22:50, Psalm 75:1, Psalm 28:7, Romans 7:25, Psalm 140:13, Psalm 26:7, Psalm 92:1 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Uplifting, Reflective, Bible History
Service Styles: Traditional, Progressive
Five Minute Countdown - Sunset over Water
Tags: beauty, creation, water, heaven, worship, praise, scenery, hope, nature, inspiration, devotion, quiet, sunset, sky, calm, renewal, reflection, faith, grace, spiritual, meditation, awe, divine, majesty, peaceful, tranquility, stillness, praise and worship, lake, evening, clouds, grace, horizon, twilight, serene, sunset glow, sunset worship, peaceful moment, sunset prayer, warm tones, god’s creation, nature worship, golden hour (view more) (view less)
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A great animated background for a variety of uses. Could be used before, during, and/or after church services, as well as other events.
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