Oscar Night 2012 Opener & Winner

Oscar Night 2012 was pure LEGITness!!! It was so fun seeing the creativity and talent embedded in our Life Groups rise to the surface. All the videos are on our You Tube page, but I posted this year's opener and winner below.

Here's the opener:


Here's the winner:

HSM Oscar Night 2012

Oscar Night 2012 is approaching! And we wanna make sure you HSMers have everything you need in order to make a world class video this year!!

As you know, every year there is a theme for the videos we make. Well, the theme for this year's Oscar Night is "Urban Legends."

Not sure what an urban legend is? That's OK! Everything you need to know is right here! The videos will help you get the creative juices flowing and also explain the theme.The Producer's Guide contains all the info that you need for this year's Oscar Night, plus some resources to help you go about making a legit video!

Just WATCH the promo videos below, DOWNLOAD the Producer's Guide, and you'll be good to go!!!


Urban Legends Promo:

An interview with an Urbanlegendtologist:

 

Download the Producers Guide HERE. (Be sure to look at the submission dates)

Now, go get some of your friends together and start making history! Lookin forward to seeing what you come up with!!!

 

Any Questions? Call or email Matt.

Religion and the Gospel

One of the biggest distinctions that needs to be made in the church today is between "Religion" and "the Gospel."

One pastor puts it this way: "As missionaries, we must not forget that if the gospel is ever going to reach people in our day it’s going to have to be distinguished from religion because “religion” is what most people outside the church think Christianity is all about—rules and standards and behavior and cleaning yourself up and politics and social causes and ascetic appeasement and self-salvation and climbing the “ladder”, and a whole host of other things."

In order to make proper distinctions, we need to define our terms. What do we mean when we say religion or gospel?

Here's a helpful comparison chart:

Download the poster HERE