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Five Minute Countdown - Water on the Beach at Sunset
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional, Progressive
Five Minute Countdown - Mountain Beauty Drone Aerial Background
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The pristine waters of a Rocky Mountain stream bring a sense of joy and refreshing to this beautiful five minute countdown. A laid back track featuring acoustic instruments perfectly complements the scenic footage of a Colorado trail. Water sounds are included for maximum effect.
Scripture: Psalm 47:2
Tags: mountains, refreshing, waterfalls, water
Genres: Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional
Five Minute Countdown - Aerial Mountainous Landscape
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Beautiful In Its Time Countdown features spring pastel flowers, geometric motion and a lilting audio track under the hope-filled words of Solomon. Amid a world full of wars and natural disasters, we have the promise that God will restore beauty in His time. This is ideal for spring services, Mother's Day, and women's ministry events.
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11
Tags: floral, beautiful, time, spring, beauty, mom, women, mothers, eternity, beginning and end (view more) (view less)
Time lapsed clouds over a majestic mountain remind us of God's greatness in this upbeat, joyful countdown.
Scripture: Isaiah 54:10, Micah 1:4, Matthew 21:21, Nahum 1:15, Psalm 90:2 (view more) (view less)
Tags: uplifting, creator god, sunshine, mountain, beautiful, sun, inspirational, clouds, nature, god, creation, beauty, majestic (view more) (view less)
Genres: Emotional, Uplifting, Reflective
Use this 5 minute countdown featuring beautiful waterfalls before your church services.
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Use this 5 minute countdown featuring a beautiful country paradise before your church services.
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Use this 5 minute countdown featuring a beautiful country paradise before your Online church services.
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Use this 5-minute countdown timer to mark the start of your service. **This timer doesn't have any sound or music associated with it.**
Tags: forest, timer, countdown, mountains, beautiful (view more) (view less)
Genres: Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary
Use this countdown featuring a beautiful mountainous landscape to let your congregation know when your service will be starting.
Tags: welcome, nature, motion, mountains, countdown, welcome to church (view more) (view less)
Beautiful winter scenes and subtle movement make this five minute countdown a great fit for your next service.
Tags: christmas eve, worship, winter, motion, christmas, snow, countdown, five minute (view more) (view less)
Autumn Beauty Countdown is ideal for any Fall services, and features Psalm 50:2 - "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth." Beautiful fall colors featuring various autumn landscapes are on display over a joyful audio track.
Scripture: Psalm 50:2
Tags: fall colors, fall leaves, autumn, beauty, seasons, zion (view more) (view less)
Genres: Powerful, Uplifting
Use this colorful, nature inspired countdown to welcome people to your morning worship services.
Tags: motion, welcome, nature, color, 5 minute, aerial, countdown (view more) (view less)
Use this 5 minute countdown to enhance the environment of your morning worship service.
Tags: countdown, 5 minute, beautiful, cross, motion, welcome, nature, easter, creation, sunrise (view more) (view less)
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