Justice NOW

This past Friday, Justice NOW was broadcast to the world and the world rocked. London, Bangkok, Mexico City, LA and others all ROCKED with us as we brought awareness of Human Trafficking globally as well as locally.

It was great to see that even though they were miles apart, they were able to participate with us.

Facebook and Baby Sophie

Recently my wife and I had a baby. And through Facebook, I was able to keep our love ones in the look. It was really exciting to see the energy built from simple updates I called "BABY WATCH 2008".

This experience really confirms that an intimate community can occur in a virtual world. Twitter is another tool that is simply a status update of 140 characters or less. You can follow The Venue on twitter.

Staff Meeting

Today, we broadcasted Newsong Irvine's staff meeting today. Again, another great time to feel inspired and to really develop as leaders.

Here are the notes from it from Tony Kim, who lead the meeting.

Thanks for those of you that joined our staff meeting through www.newsong.net/thevenue
You are welcome to join us each week- same time same channel. I enjoyed our time today- especially about hearing everyone’s ‘otaku’ interests. Here are some highlights to remember:

Otaku- what are you fanatical about?
Are we being remarkable? - That is ‘worth remarking about’
Ideas that spread win
We are all in the fashion business- trends, fads, change
1. Design Rules Now
2. Safe is Risky
3. Very good is boring.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread.html

Video on Demand

We now have Video on Demand Feature. Here you will be able to watch archived content. Currently, we have three services from Sex and Chocolate series at Newsong Irvine. You can access them by clicking on the "On-Demand" button on the player itself.

2nd Broadcast

What a powerful Sunday! Today, we broadcasted from Newsong Irvine, where David Trotter and Keith Page from Rock Bottom ministries came to share about their journey as fallen leaders. Newsong really created a place to come and meet God.

Thanks to those who joined us this Sunday. It was great to see those from Houston join us. 

We will be broadcasting again this Sunday from Newsong Irvine. Dave Gibbons will be sharing about being single. Also, just announced, we will be broadcasting the Justice NOW event on 10/24/08 @ 7:30 pm PST. Make sure you mark it on your calendars!

The Venue - 24/7

We now have content on 24 hours a day! Check it out. You will be able to see archived content from the past. 

Clips to watch for:

(1) Sinergry - Informercial of a Sin Stopping Headgear

(2) This is How we Praise! - Slum Peasants performance at NSI

(3) Oh Happy Day! - Tim Hughes leads worship at NSI

First Broadcast of The Venue

Thanks for visiting the official blog of The Venue and invite you to follow us on this journey in creating a whole new concept of church.

Today, we launched The Venue BETA. Thanks to those who participated in our first broadcast. Mike Foster, from Deadly Vipers shared with Newsong Irvine.

We have exciting events to come. Next week, 10/5/08 @ 10:30 am PST, we will again broadcast from Newsong Irvine. Look forward to seeing you then!