HUMAN VIDEO

[hyoo-muhn  vid-ee-oh]

noun:
-non-verbal performance set to music that tells a story

-a wordless live drama performance set to Christian music that is performed at churches, outreach events, or on missions trips and tells the story of Jesus or of Jesus intervening in a modern day situation to save someone from his/her sin

-a live drama performance set to music that often occurs immediately before an altar call

Let's use it in a sentence!
The annual fall festival will end with a presentation of the drama team's latest human video.

Secular Synonyms:
skit, drama, performance

Find it in the Bible:
This phrase does not appear in the Bible.

Fun Facts:
-This term originated in the 1980s and seems to be unique to the Assemblies of God denomination

-NPR recently did a story about human videos.

-There are official human video competitions at the Assemblies of God's National Fine Arts Festival. The human video categories include ensemble (large & small), solo, and Spanish. (Other festival categories include vocal and instrumental music, puppetry, graphic design, photography, children's literature, dance, and short sermon.) At the competition, human videos are judged on a number of criteria including Christian message, composition, originality, facial expressions, stage presence, character development, blocking, presentation of storyline, and understandable concept. Here is a video of last year's large ensemble merit winner: