Breathing life into your preaching and worship

November 2005       















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A Life that is Truly Life

by Renee Harms

It's that happy time of year again! The time when our minds turn more directly to the blessings of life, and appreciating the people around us. A few days from now most of us will be making lists of the things we are thankful for, including a table overflowing with more delicious food than our tummies can handle. And in the month following, we'll be finding ways and objects to express our affection for the people we love, and singing reminders of God's gift of love to us in Jesus.

And somewhere in there, maybe we'll provide meals and gifts for the families less fortunate, and our churches will put on food and coat drives for the homeless in the community. Maybe already there are boxes in your church lobby overflowing with canned goods, and you are preparing to provide a Thanksgiving meal for families in need.

It is wonderful to see families and churches finding special ways to be generous during the holidays, and to care for their fellow man. But is it just me, or is there something slightly uncomfortable about this picture? Is it possible that we have allowed Thanksgiving to become an "event"? Paul challenged the early Christians to "Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Eph. 5:19-20) Wow, can you imagine what would happen if we really took Paul's words to heart and made thanksgiving an attitude instead of a yearly holiday?

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        The holiday seasons are here again! We are so thankful for so many blessings over the past year. We are especially thankful and humbled to have the opportunity to play a small part in helping so many churches and ministries further God’s Kingdom. The Lord has truly blessed us and we hope that you have been blessed by the work that He has enabled us to do.

        This year in response to so many of your requests we have created the Oxygen Christmas CD-ROM. Some of you have already taken advantage of the ‘Premier Exclusive’ offer of free shipping in addition to the incredibly low price of $49.95. If you haven’t ordered yet, there’s still time. Just enter PREMCHR in the coupon code box during checkout and you will receive Free Fedex Ground shipping. You must be logged in as a Premier Member for the coupon to work.

        As always, make sure to check the ‘Premier Members’ section of our website each week for your free downloads. Watch for more in the ‘Books of the Bible’ series as well as ‘Premier Exclusive’ seasonal graphics.

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        Make sure to watch for the December newsletter where we will reveal some of the new products and opportunities for 2006!

        Have a great Thanksgiving!

        Debbie Pierce
        Member Services Director


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        Using compositions for clean transitions

        This month's Lesson lab helps you get the most out of Oxygen's 5 composition system. Each composition is created in both a .jpg format for worship software connoisseurs and pre-built into PowerPoint.

        What are compositions:

        Compositions are slides with different patterns of three basic elements; graphic, background, and text. Each composition offers a different combination of elements with a different purpose for creating a powerful consistent transition throughout your sermon graphics. If you take the time to learn each composition and its uses, you will be able to create entire series within no time at all. Lets take a look at each composition and its design.

        Composition A: This is a standard PowerPoint style composition. This design offers room for a heading and bullet points. This composition will have the artwork placed on one side of the slide across from the bullets. This composition is best used with Bible text references and quotations with a title.

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

        The Oxygen Team




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