"The Moment"

Our Pastor has been in a series the past 2 months, taking us through and teaching on the Ten Commandments. Its been awesome, but the Bible brings a lot of truth that some people don't want to hear.

Week 7 in the series brought about commandment 7...

"Do not commit adultery"

Not everyones favorite topic of discussion nor is it my favorite topic to plan a service around. Our incredible arts team landed on the idea that we would create an element surrounding the idea of "the moment". Some of the most common excuses you'll hear from someone who's committed adultery is that they don't even know how it happened. Or that they didn't even really have a choice.

There are a lot of boundaries that people will so easily cross over without even realizing it and those are "the moments" we're referring to. Adultery doesn't happen when the physical act is committed. It happens the second you allow yourself to pass a line you shouldn't. The second you confide in someone other than your spouse. Lying to your spouse about the random lunch you had with your coworker the other day. When you hop in the car with anyone of the opposite sex. When you have a private conversation with someone of the opposite sex, whether it be in person, via email or even facebook (we actually did another video about 3 years ago titled "Facebook Fidelity". You can watch that here.) These decision may seem harmless, but are deadly weapons in the hands of "the moment".

So I began to brainstorm with Mark (our video guru) on possibilities for this video. We knew we wanted to create lots of tension in the video and we wanted to sort of create this separation between the couple. An emptiness to fill the screen. So we storyboarded and knew specific shots that we'd want to help conveys this message and these emotions.

notice this shot where you can see the wife in the window & the husband at the door.

the empty hallway the couple had just seconds ago parted ways through.

the final shot with the husband watching tv while his wife cleans dishes in the background, soon to turn off the lights and black out the scene.

Although not my favorite topic, I think our team did an awesome job in setting the stage for our Pastor to preach on and for God to work through.

Watch the video in full below. And be sure to watch the song we did immediately after the video. They paired perfect together.

Video Script:

It happens in a moment…. There's always a moment.

"I can give in to this" or "I can resist".

Some people choose their moment and sometimes the moment chooses them, but, ironically it’s the people outside the moment who usually experience the most misery.

And for most people the moment happens when the seed is planted. Not when the roots have deepened.

One thing we know. The outcome is your decision and the moment will take everything you’re willing to give it.