Television Budgets TV Commercial: $500K Network TV Commercial: $1M To air a commercial on TV: $100-$300K (depending on time of day) TV Show (CSI): $1-3M TV Show (1 Episode of ER) $13M Webisode online: From $1,500 - $8,000 per minute Professional Set: $50-300K Professional Lighting: $10-150K Script Writer: $1-6K per episode. Sources: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1005111000065 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/28/what-does-it-cost-to-make-a-webisode/ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/869035/how_much_do_television_shows_cost_to.html?cat=31 <!– /* Font...

This week a young guy came over to my apartment to talk. Storming in the door he demanded, “Let me use your internet”, obviously a new modern greeting used in place of “Hi, how are you?”. I corrected him and then allowed him access to the internet. His fingers typed away and soon he was on YouTube and looking up a song. “Check this video out!” he declared. “This song is the most awesome new song out and everybody loves it. It’s the perfect song to dedicate to that girl that you love so much”. I waited to see what song it was. Then it came on. “Under the Boardwalk”...

Television is a scary thing. Watching your favorite shows is one thing, but being on them is another. We have found 5 primary purposes for being on local cable networks: 1. We can communicate with thousands of young people we cannot see. 2. We can preach and teach freely, training leaders and teaching Bible to young people we may never meet. 3. TV shows will serve as publicity for our youth groups and youth Church. 4. The TV shows will once again let our community know what we are doing and what we are teaching this Department’s young people. (We are often asked what we teach). 5. Through...

May we spend some time together in August? I’ve been invited to share in a few churches in North Carolina in August. As I always am, I am willing to share in other churches or groups as well. I am currently about to confirm a number of opportunities for the middle to end of August. As I do this, I will gladly take into account your church or group. My purposes for traveling and sharing are: 1. To share about missions and how God is at work around the world. 2. To invite each listener to become even more involved in God’s working. 3. To share about the work we and other ministries...

From www.time.com In Guatemala, a Village that Cocaine Built By Jill Replogle / La Reforma Thursday, Apr. 16, 2009 Jeffrey L. Rotman / Corbis The village of La Reforma in eastern Guatemala doesn’t seem like the kind of place that would have a first-rate hospital and a handful of mansions. There’s no bank, no grocery store and more than 70% of the inhabitants of the municipality that includes La Reforma, called Huite, are poor. But officials tell TIME they suspect a few locals are making a handsome profit by assuring that Colombian cocaine makes it safely through Guatemala to Mexico...

A Video From the Grave Shakes Guatemala From www.time.com Eliot Fieser – Guatemala City When Rodrigo Rosenberg turned up dead on Mother’s Day in an upscale neighborhood in Guatemala City, his murder was seen as little more than another execution-style shooting in one of Latin America’s most dangerous countries. Now, after a video emerged in which Rosenberg accused Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom of orchestrating the murder, the killing has sparked civic unrest that threatens to topple the President of this fledgling democracy. Thousands of protesters have demonstrated daily in...

Muchas personas me preguntan acerca del ministerio Zona Juvenil en Huehuetenango, Guatemala.  Y pues, en esta oportunidad les queria informar acerca de que es ZJ como tambien como trabajamos este proyecto. 1.  ZJ es un una organizacion Cristiana de apoyo, motivacion y educacion para la juventud en Guatemala. 2.  ZJ no pertenece a una iglesia especifica.  Los lideres asisten a diferentes iglesias y la mayoria de nuestros jovenes no asisten a una Iglesia Cristiana. 3.  Somos una asociacion no-lucrativa, y contamos con menos de $600USD / Q5,000 cada mes para hacer el tabajo que hacemos. 4. ...

So, let me pose a question.  If you only had $100 and 10 days, and maybe two friends who might help you out, what would you do to impact the world?  How would you spend or invest the money?  What do you think you could accomplish in those 10 days?  Would you be motivated to work and strive towards some goal, or would you be too limited in your resources?  With only two half-committed friends, could you motivate them to help you out, or would you dive out and try to do something on your own?  Would you dream big, or focus on one or two people you might be able to help? Ministry is always a...