This post is part of Creative Chaos with Carlos Whittaker.

This past Sunday we kicked off our summer message series, God on Film. For the first time ever, we decided to play with risers for the keys. We also did some cool filmstrips made from coroplast strips with diecut vinyl stuck on them. Alex Rodriguez, our lead set up crew guy, own a sign shop and has the machinery to cut the vinyl using a good digital process.

In the years past, I’ve always thought God on Film looked a little too much like prom. Of course, at that time we met in a school and it was tough to pull off anything great. But this year we turned a corner with the set design. We still have a long way to go, but it has been awesome to see a creative team join together and pull something off. In the past the set design and buildout was almost always done by me. That is a horrible plan. God is growing the team and bringing more talent to the table and I am loving it! I am learning that it doesn’t necessarily take more money to build a great set…it takes a bigger team. More creative peeps!

We also built a website specifically for the God on Film series (click to view.) Then, we advertised that website and the message series with 22,500 direct mailers and several newspaper ads.

Check out the pics from God on Film 2008 week one: