I first met Randy Frazee when he was the senior pastor at Pantego Bible Church in Texas and discovered our shared desire to see connection and community in the Body of Christ. We stayed in touch over the years and when he joined the staff at Oak Hills Church, we reconnected on the idea of creating a sermon-based video curriculum and church-wide campaign.
Summer is an unusual time to launch such an initiative, but the topic was based on a series called “Make Room for Neighbors” that focused on spending relaxed time together and sharing your story in a casual way—perfect for the lazy days of summer.
You can view the project gallery below
We shot the series in living rooms. Max and Randy co-taught the sessions, often joined by their wives for part of the teaching time. In each session we captured a unique testimony that aligned with that week’s focus. We also gathered in one home where Randy was able to cast the vision for his neighborhood strategy and lead a Bible study that modeled it.
The Oak Hills staff did leadership training and opened and closed each session. We also interviewed Max and Randy separately on each session for those small group members who wanted to go deeper with that week’s theme and shot a series of promotional videos that could be played on the weekend and sent out throughout the week.
You can watch the first session below.
Of course, both Max and Randy had published books and materials for the broader church world, but this was the first campaign they did specifically for their church. Needless to say, publishers were interested in it after it was finished, and we’ve found that to be true for many of the leaders we work with.
Few months ago, I got a phone call from their team and flew back out to strategize about some of the breakthrough strategies we are doing in churches with small venue Multisites and new kind of church service called a Conversation Service which is the best of our Town Hall production with a weekend service. Oak Hills is exploring these kinds of strategies and our conversations were “over the top” exciting. Love those guys!!!!
Watch the video below to go behind-the-scenes with Max Lucado and Randy Frazee in our series “Make Room for Neighbors”.