Recently I had the chance to spend a little time serving the Leading Smart Network of Executive Pastors on behalf of PlainJoe-A Storyland Studio where I help churches and non-profits tell their story. In addition joining the invite only XP network call, Tim and I did an interview that can be shared more widely. You’ll find the short video below. Check out Tim’s Leading Smart Cohort and the rest of his blog HERE.
For the last couple of years, I’ve had the privilege of working with PlainJoe-A Storyland Studio. We’ve helped a ton of churches and non-profits tell their story well through branding, new church buildings or updating existing buildings. This spring we decided to give away 200 hours of design time to one deserving church or non-profit. No strings attached. No catch! A church or non-profit will be able to utilize this for just about anything that we do. For example, if a non-profit really wanted to update it’s branding and website, that would be a great use of this. Or let’s say a church really needs to update it’s lobby and kids space and wants to raise money to do the work, they could utilize this to get blue sky design work done and then use the imagery that emerges from that time to raise the needed funds to implement the designs. If you want to enter, you’ll need to do so by July 3rd. It’s not hard, just upload a video. It could even be on your phone. You’ll find everything you need on www.plainjoestudios.com !
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There were ferns and moss growing in between the tiles that had long since come detached from the concrete floor. Sunlight streamed through the leaking roof creating interesting shadows in this massive 78,000 sq. foot space. The smell of mold was overpowering even with the required mask. It was quiet, desolate even—the calm before the storm. Exactly one year later, on December 10th 2017, 3800 people piled into this building for the grand opening of our new church home.
Recently, I was on a coaching call with a great Executive Pastor that I have the privilege of coaching. He’s working on a building project for his church and as such, he’s moving a lot of money around. 300K almost got moved into a hackers account!
At the end of our coaching call, I said “Hey, can we take 5 minutes and record this story? I want to share it with others so they can learn from you.” I hit record on Zoom. Please forgive the bad lighting and productions skills. This is just meant to be a quick thing to help you out.
Mosaic Church just opened it’s new Winter Garden facility. It was a crazy day with nearly 4,000 in attendance (blowing away our usual 2500). I asked one of our story team to capture the day for me and put together a quick video. Here is that video. We posted it quickly on Facebook, etc. within a day of opening so that people could celebrate with us online. Enjoy!
A few days ago, Mosaic Church opened it’s new Winter Garden Campus. This time lapse video of the construction served as a countdown video to start the service. It was also a part of a larger vision for what the whole weekend would feel like. As you watch it, imagine it on a 10×30 LED wall. It was pretty awesome.
Yesterday, Mosaic Church opened it’s new building with nearly 4,000 in attendance. We’ve been working on it for more than a year. And in some ways, we’ve been working on this video for just as long. We created this video to share the story of the construction and the key people involved in it’s creation. And we used it on our opening Sunday. Enjoy!
Ok, I know, it’s just a building. But a lot of lives were changed there. People met spouses, dedicated children, got baptized, got saved, etc. While it may be just brick and mortar, these spaces take on an important role in our lives. So when we have to say goodbye to one building and move to another, even if that change is due to growth, it’s important to take a minute to acknowledge all that happened in that old space. This video is an example of that effort. We used this video on our last Sunday in the old building.
This year, my life has been all about the new building. And as often happens, we hit a snag. Rather than have it be a downer, we decided to make it a fun announcement that the opening date was delayed. We created a time lapse video and had some fun showing the slowdown. Watch it to see what I mean.
You’ll notice that most of my posts this year have been about the new building that our church is constructing. I have not had much time for anything else. Once our building was relatively safe, and all the asbestos glue and green mold had been removed, we began offering tours every few months. The first one was when the building was just a big empty shell. The goal was
Do you like to watch the special features from your favorite movies? I know I do. As Mosaic Church continues onward towards completion of it’s new building, we thought it would be fun to do a super indepth video tour of the building for those who want the details. I also selfishly wanted to capture this moment in my life without a ton of editing. So rather than the highly produced videos we typically do, this one was low budget, and one take. At 45 minutes, it’s long, but if you like this sort of thing, you’ll love it.
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Phil Taylor
My name is Phil. I spent 20 years pastoring (mostly executive pastoring) and now I serve churches all over through consulting on buildings and brands at Plain Joe Studios and coaching Executive Pastors. My wife and I have three kids and one grandchild. I’m into running and kayaking.