I’ve been asked about resources for churches using PowerPoint. Here’s idea number one, Enhance.
Michael Jeffrey was youth worker with Wesley Mission Ipswich when he developed a multimedia experience for young people called “Simply Deep”. Out of that project came the idea of developing youth-friendly resources for churches using the revised common lectionary.
In 2002 Queensland was introduced to “Enhance: Year B”, with two animations for each Sunday in the lectionary. In 2003 we were given Enhance: Year C, and last year we were provided with Year A.
Over time the animations have got better and better. Visual imagery, text and original music are tied together to creative short inspiring flash animations that can be used as calls to worship, reflections, stories for children or as stimulus for prayer. The flash animations can be inserted into PowerPoint using SwiffPoint Player.
Enhance is produced by Digistry, a multimedia focused ministry of the Queensland Synod of the Uniting church in Australia. Digistry is accountable directly to Wesley Mission Ipswich and has partnerships with the Youth and Children�s Ministry Unit and the Bremer Brisbane Presbytery. Digistry seeks to create Christian Multimedia Resources that touch lives globally and develop project based resources and services grounded in the needs of the local community.