Friday, September 2, 2011

"Wake Up Italy" Video

Ever since our vision trip to Italy in the spring of 2010, it has been on our hearts to produce a short video to tell the story about the need for evangelism and church planting in Italy.

We know many people have never been to Italy. Others have visited and seen it through the eyes of a tourist. But we wanted to expose the irony of Italy - in spite of a deep religious heritage, many Italians are detached from the church and immersed in secularism and materialism.

Thanks to our friend and ministry partner, Darius Dunson, we are nearing the completion of our video. Darius is using his talent for video production to express the great need in Italy in a very compelling way. Also, thanks to Herman Jones, another great friend and ministry partner, who is adding his vocal talent for the voiceover that accompanies the video.
 
The video should be available later this week so be on the lookout! We are excited to have this new tool to communicate the spiritual state of Italy to churches, small groups, and future supporters! Once it has been published we encourage you to share it with friends who also have a heart for missions.
 
Stephen and Darius talking about the video
Herman recording the voiceover
 

2 comments:

rebeccca said...

Hey! I want to meet u guys! where are u guys based?? i'm going to rome next semester (I lived in pesaro) for a year! but Totes KEEEN TO get involved in what JESUS is gonna do in ITALY!!

Brandy Verner said...

Hi, Rebecca! We currently live near Atlanta, GA, but will probably be in the Chicago area during the summer and/or fall before heading to Italy. Are you near either of those areas? Feel free to send me an email at brandy@theverners.org and we'll try to connect!