The past couple of months, the CDD has seem some pretty hefty expansions. Of course, from the front of the bus, you normally never see all the commotion in the back but it has been busy! New ministries have been birthed and expanding. People have come into the department energized by a passion to serve. And we are continuing to pursue the desire of God for this department. Now we come to yet another introduction! With our budding Productions Department getting their feet wet, we will soon be producing videos of the services initially of just Sunday morning for mainly our military brothers. In the future, we hope to add, Sunday, Saturday, and Wednesday Night services as well. This is priority number one for this new ministry. Yet if we simply stopped at this fork in the road, we would be selling God short for what I believe He wishes from CRH. We are now looking for any interested laypersons that have a desire for scriptwriting/screenwriter. This position allows you to create scripts that will be the backbone of future productions for use within the walls of CRH for the purpose of spreading the Gospel! A screenwriter is a writer who either adapts an existing work for production as a movie (initially 5 minute spots similar to Mythbusters and JUNK - to view samples, go to richmondhill.org), or creates a new screenplay. For this to happen, we as church leadership have developed a system for anyone who wishes to participate in this ministry to begin immediately! Online at richmondhill.org, under the Sermon Ministry Department, our CD ministry has already uploaded future manuscripts of sermons. Pastor Keith develops his manuscripts well in advance of the Sunday they are used. The main purpose these manuscripts are online would be for anyone wishing to download and study them below the Sunday they are preached. But we also use the manuscripts as a springboard for everything within the CDD. That includes screenwriting. If you have a desire to serve within the Productions Department as a screenwriter, download a manuscript and study the sermon. See if you can develop a small 5 minute script that would be a future production! For more information, go to richmondhill.org and check out the CDD today!

The other day, I downloaded a new software program I have known about for years but have now taken the plunge into learning. The world of design and multimedia is so grand, no one person knows it all so there is always something new to learn, or upgrade! Unfortunately, the "beginners" manual for this new program is over 750 pages! If you don't believe me, visit my office and I will show you the six binders it took to hold it. This seems daunting but at the same time, should I be so surprised? We each face this same type of task every day of our lives. Granted, it might not be a 750 page beginners manual. But each day, we wake up, and if you are like me, you are immediately hit with a burden that is on today's agenda. Some of these burdens are big! They can seem rather overwhelming. But didn't our God say he would provide for us? (Matt 6: 25-33) Our objective in life is clearly stated, "Seek first the Kingdom..." God's calling for us is a continual one. So no wonder Satan will send distractions along the way. Not a one of these distractions are more important than, "Seek first the Kingdom". Many of you have come forward recently excited about different opportunities we are now offering here in the CDD. And the opportunities are continuing to expand! Whether it be in print, web content, video productions, drama, or Sermon Media, to name a few, we have positions waiting for you! Technology is ever changing and we must stay with the curve. Our motto here at the CDD is, "Communicating Christ Creatively". To do this, we must continue changing and developing skills to stay with our culture. Yesterday it was e-mail, today, text messaging. Tomorrow, who knows? But for now, I need to get back to reading my "beginners" manual. I am almost to page 100!