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Five Minute Seasonal Countdown - Winter Sunset
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Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional, Progressive
This Star Light Volume One Countdown is a part of a dynamic collection perfect for your worship services. Useful as worship backgrounds and content for your whole service to match everything together.
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting
Service Styles: Contemporary, Progressive
This Summer Camp – Volume Two Pack is a fun-themed Service pack full of fun summer-themed backgrounds and graphics. Lean in the brightness of summer with orange and greens.
Tags: summer camp, camp, countdown, colors, service opener, high energy, screens, videos (view more) (view less)
Genres: Uplifting
Service Styles: Contemporary
Simplicity and elegance come together in this beautiful Mother’s Day countdown featuring stunning time lapsed footage of vibrant flowers. It coordinates with out Flowers for Mom video illustration and backgrounds.
Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31, Proverbs 1:8-9, Ephesians 6:1-3, Isaiah 66:13, Isaiah 49:15, 1 Peter 3:4 (view more) (view less)
Tags: colorful, vibrant, motherhood, mothers, mother's day, mom, flowers (view more) (view less)
Genres: Emotional, Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional
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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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
Five minute countdown to open up a Christmas 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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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 Winter Countdown Video
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God is bigger than any challenge, fear, or circumstance your children or students face. This countdown video matches the God is Bigger elements (game, social media, mini movie, worship backgrounds, and more).
Tags: fear, challenge, omnipotent, powerful god
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Experience the Christmas story like never before with this 5-minute countdown. Featuring eight Bible verses presented in chronological order, this video tells the story of Christ's birth, from prophecy to fulfillment. Set against a peaceful background of a manger and a twinkling star, it's a perfect way to prepare hearts for worship during the Christmas season.
Scripture: Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:30-31, Matthew 1:20-21, Micah 5:2, Luke 2:6-7, Luke 2:8-9, Luke 2:10-11, Matthew 2:1-2 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Powerful, Uplifting
Service Styles: Progressive
Colorful, falling leaves and upbeat dreamy music make this countdown perfect for the entire fall season. It coordinates with our Vibrant Fall backgrounds as well as our It's Fall Ya'll Countdown.
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 3:1
Tags: fall, red, gold, autumn, brown, orange, leaf, rust, leaves, vibrant, falling leaves, colors, colorful, vivid, fall colors (view more) (view less)
Genres: Reflective
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: christmas, grace, world, light, salvation, god, advent, hope, grace (view more) (view less)
This upbeat 5 minute countdown will get your congregation ready for worship as they watch volume waves move to the beat of techno music with a cityscape background. Perfect for youth groups, church countdowns, and party countdowns.
Scripture: John 3:16
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Capture the essence of autumn with this charming Fall-themed media collection. From rustic backgrounds to cozy graphics, this pack offers a variety of elements to infuse your church's presentations with the warmth and wonder of the harvest season.
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