advent - new 9 lessons animations and a bundle of other ideas and resources from proost

9 Lessons is a wonderful new flash animation from jon birch of asbojesus fame. it is incredibly simple an idea. run the flash file (in a browser or flash player) and there are 9 animating loops corresponding to each of the nine lessons and carols from the traditional christmas service. but here's the brilliant part - each one loops for as long as you like while you do the reading and whatever else. then you simply click on the play button in the corner to move on to the next image. it's only £2.99 and is this year's offering from proost into the ever expanding creative melee of ideas as the worldwide body of christ goes crazy to celebrate the coming of jesus the god/human into the world.

proost actually now have an amazing selection of advent ideas and resources. if you've not come across them have a look at the following:

nine - nine artists interpret the traditional nine readings with 6 movies and 3 songs - see here for info

25 - si smith's amazing cutout and make nativity characters and advent calendar and comic
- see here for more info

wait - vaux's simple but powerful movie and liturgy on waiting in advent - see here

silent night - a movie that's ideal for pretty much any christmas service - see here

then of course lots of liturgies and songs on the advent theme elsewhere in the books and audio sections...

it's probably obvious but these resources are as useable round a meal table or in your lounge with a family and friends as they are in a worship service. use with creativity and imagination!

did i ever mention that if you subscribe to proost you get access to all the back content and the coming year whenever you like for the equivalent of five pounds a month?! ;-)

anyway hope your own creative juices are flowing and that of your communities. i'll be blogging other ideas and stuff that's out there as the weeks go by.

i am making 9 lessons a worship trick - no 75 in the third series - as i love it so much.

[update: jon has added it to youtube if you want to take a look]

Comments

[tim walker]

thanks for the links jonny, since being in south africa for over a year now i have been struggling to gain ideas, especially for advent, we are 'trying' to promote a 'faith works community' on the village of hope, the AIDS project we run with the help of international volunteers, and whilst we have had some amazing people join us for some of the journey we are still in need of resources to help us.....if you know of anyone who is 'doing the stuff' over here i would love to hear from you.....thanks and blessings to all tim (and maz) walker

[jonny]

tim hi - great to hear from you. hope things are going well there. long time no see. i did get sent a creatiuve cd from s africa - see http://soutproject.net/ or http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/ but i don't know of a lot but then i have never been to africa!