Video Evangelism...Episco-Style

A few months ago, a friend of mine (hat tip to Dr. KNS) happened across a few video treasures on You Tube. The Reverend Matthew Moretz, a priest in the Diocese of New York has produced, edited and posted his work on You Tube. These videos cover a wide range of subjects with a sincerity, curiosity and sense of humor that is classic in its understated Anglican fashion. He began producing these videos as a means of outreach to assist him in a "church replant"...

Unfortunately, the replant did not take root and Fr. Matthew has since moved on to become the Curate at Christ Episcopal Church in Rye, NY. But he has (thankfully) continued to produce these 3 minute vignettes and has now gained a bit of a following out here in cyberland.

I spoke with him by phone yesterday to get an idea about how he got started, the process he uses to produce his videos (he does it all himself!) and what this effort had meant for him in his ministry. Fr. Matthew has been ordained for two years after graduating from the General Theological Seminary in New York. He's a fellow Southerner (Diocese of Georgia)...and it took us all of about 5 minutes to discover a person that we know in common -- both the joy and the scariness of the Episcopal Church as a denomination!

Anyway, while I continue to think about whether or not I'm ready to make the leap into the world of video, I invite anyone who happens to come by this blog to check out Fr. Matthew's work at http://www.ccrye.org .

You may be particularly interested in his "sacraments series"...but be sure to catch the one in which he plays the Mario Brothers theme song on a carillon!