Over the course of my twelve year tenure at Community Christian, I've been reminded every now and then about the success (in moderation) of reruns. This weekend was no exception, as we focused on generosity, and tried to knock down defenses through comedy.
We often will pursue new ideas and push ourselves to try and create something "truly unique" (nothing new under the sun...), and sometimes we'll reminisce about "back in the day" when we did something special. And sometimes we'll choose not to "Rerun" something simply because we're convinced that others have seen it. And in seeing it again, they will be disgusted with our general lack of creativity.
The reality is that most attenders, even the regular ones, might miss one or two weekends a month. That's just life. And the video in question (that we ended up remaking for this weekend) was shown ONCE, in October of 2002.
What were you doing in October of 2002? Even though I feel like it was yesterday, the reality is, if the idea can work again, you should at least consider it. It would have been a miss to show the original version from 2002, because so many people have come and gone and it just would have looked old. So, we re-made it. Don't be afraid to at least consider dusting an old idea off and see if it has some shelf life. Judging by the reactions I've already received from attenders, I would have to say that this one had some shelf life in it, even a parody from a song written in 1985.
And here it is: We Are the Church. Parody lyrics by Elic Bramlett (one of his earliest contributions to our staff), lead vocals by Dave Ferguson, myself and Elic (the two of us playing 11 different celebrities) and chorus by your 2009 All-staff at Community Christian. Enjoy the madness.
