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Trust Me, It Won't Return Empty

by Celina Worley

You probably have friends and family that don't give one wit about God. My family did--me. Okay, I did give a wit, a prayer and a few thoughts, too. But the majority of my time was spent running from what I perceived as unloving, hypocritical people who called themselves Christ-followers. I successfully avoided church, but not without prodding, pleading and questioning from my family.

The result of my family's questioning was predictable--I started to avoid them, too. Almost before someone would start to plead or persuade, I would eyeball the closest exit. The greatest reason was because I felt bad about disappointing them and guilty for not caring about doing those things that I'd been taught were important.

Then one day the questions stopped. I remember, in particular, my sister. It was as if she didn't care if I ever went to church again. When she called on the telephone she would talk about everything but my obvious spiritual struggles. She began to just love me exactly how I was. I couldn't believe it. What made the change?

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      With the release of Volume 11 we got a chance to create some of the graphic sets you have been asking for the most. Due to great suggestions from pastors and church media staff, this volume is loaded with powerful images that will powerfully illustrate many different topics. Volume 11’s outstanding collection includes the Tower of Babel, Jesus teaching, many new worship images, communion images and much more. As always all 450 slides are pre-built into PowerPoint, and designed for worship software. We hope you enjoy this collection of biblical images as much as we enjoyed making them. May God use them to soften the hearts of your congregations and increase the effectiveness of your sermons.

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        Effective Slide Design for Church Media

        Designing slides for a sermon can be very different from most PowerPoint® projects. Rules for slides used in large screen presentations are different than the rules for building presentations for your laptop. We also need to keep in mind that we are trying to build visuals that enhance--and not hinder--the sermon message. Here are a few tips that will help when designing slides for sermons

        Tip 1: Fonts for Your Sermon

      • For most slides, use an easy-to-read, bold, sans-serif font (like Arial or one of the Helveticas). White text on a dark background and black text on a light background are the easiest to read.

      • Use a maximum of two fonts throughout the presentation.

      • Don't use all capital letters: We recognize words by their ascenders and descenders. When you capitalize, it produces a straight line across the top and bottom of the letters, so there is no variation in the words. Balance out your text and don't cram it all onto one slide. Feel free to add more slides to the presentation to accommodate all of your text.

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        Until next month, go with God and be powerful for His Kingdom,

        The Oxygen Team




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