Advent Calendar








Advent Calendar
Hip, hip, hooray! The SALT Team has teamed up with Penelope Dullaghan (an award-winning illustrator who has worked with Crate & Barrel, the New York Times, Starbucks, Oprah Magazine, Target, Vegetarian Times, Panera Bread, etc.) to create SALT's latest customizable short film!
We're confident this little gem will bring more people into your church this Christmas season; give you social media content you can be proud of; and also provide congregations with a tender, home-based, faith formation activity that your church folks will love!
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a “sliding scale” model: $75 for churches with up to 100 members; $125 for churches with 100-500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film, a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!), and a zip-file with seven pdfs of the Advent Calendar for church use.
Lent is a 40-day journey into the wilderness, a pilgrimage filled with wild beasts – and at the same time, filled with hope and color, beauty and grace.
“Lent: Into the Wild” is a Customizable Short Film that evokes this Lenten journey with the beautiful art of Henri Matisse, creating an invitation into the mysteries of vulnerability, adventure, joy, and delight.
Custom-tailored with your church name and worship times, “Lent: Into the Wild” is perfect for church websites and social media channels alike. It’s the kind of invitation people in your community will love to receive, and just as important, it’s the kind of invitation they’ll love to share with others.
What’s more, each purchase of this film comes with SALT’s “Matisse Lenten Clip Art Collection,” perfect for worship bulletins, email newsletters, screens, social media posts, etc. Use this film and clip art on their own, or pair them with one (or both) of SALT’s Lenten devotionals inspired by Matisse’s art: “Into the Wild: A Family-Friendly Devotional on Henri Matisse and the Season of Lent,” or the version design for grown-ups, “Henri Matisse and the Colors of Lent.”
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a "sliding scale" model: $75 for churches with less than 100 members; $125 for churches with 100–500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!), and a zip-file with pdfs of the Matisse-inspired Lenten clip art.
“Picturing Resurrection” is all about how spring is the time when the world comes back to life – and how the 40 days of Lent are a season for us to do the same.
Customized with your congregation’s name, website, and worship times (Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter morning), this film will brighten up your website and social media, and serve as an easy, engaging way for people to invite their friends to worship.
And what’s more, every purchase of this film comes with a companion devotional designed for families of all shapes and sizes: “Coming Back to Life: Devotions and Activities for Lent.” This film + devotional package provides for a seamless, cohesive approach to the Lenten season.
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a "sliding scale" model: $75 for churches with less than 100 members; $125 for churches with 100–500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film, a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!), and a folder with SALT’s “Coming Back to Life” devotional.
Lent is a season of transformation - and transformation is messy.
Lent is a time of facing the truth, taking responsibility, and making something beautiful together. “Bless This Mess” is a Customizable Short Film focusing on the season’s transformative potential, God’s blessings, and the wonder of a simple cup of tea. Ordinary things can create extraordinary surprises - as when common types of tea bring beautiful colors to Easter eggs (and yes, you can try this at home!).
Custom-tailored with your church name and worship times, “Bless This Mess” is perfect for church websites and social media channels alike: it’s the kind of invitation people in your community will love to receive, and just as important, it’s the kind of invitation they’ll love to share with others.
And here’s the kicker: every purchase of this delightful film includes its equally delightful companion, an illustrated and printable “Bless This Mess: DIY Lenten Calendar” for congregations, families, and individuals, the same calendar featured in the film. Combine the two for an integrated approach to the season.
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a "sliding scale" model: $75 for churches with less than 100 members; $125 for churches with 100–500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!), and a zip-file with pdfs of the “Bless This Mess” Lenten Calendar.
The season of Lent is 40 days long - which is good, because we have a lot of praying and mending to do. SALT’s Customizable Short Film, “Rise and Mend” is a simple, evocative portrait of the season as a time of training and repair, keeping sabbath and strengthening our spiritual muscles for the healing ahead - and the 50 days of Easter joy to come.
Custom-tailored with your church name and worship times, “Rise and Mend” is perfect for church websites and social media platforms alike: it’s the kind of invitation people in your community will love to receive, and just as important, it’s the kind of invitation they’ll love to share with others in their networks and beyond.
“Rise and Mend” stands alone as a visual invitation - but it can also be paired with SALT’s Lenten devotionals, including “40-Day “Love Builds Up” Lenten Family Challenge,” and “Wendell Berry and the Sabbath Poetry of Lent: A Lenten Devotional.”
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a "sliding scale" model: $75 for churches with less than 100 members; $125 for churches with 100–500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!).
Here’s a lovely, earthy, free-range Customizable Short Film presenting Lent as a time of creativity and reconnecting with the natural world. Featuring a fresh twist on the time-honored tradition of dying Easter eggs, this film lifts up the technicolored beauty of God’s promises, God's resurrection, and all God’s creatures, great and small.
Custom-tailored with your church name and worship times, “Lent in Full Color” is perfect for church websites and social media platforms alike: it’s the kind of invitation people in your community will love to receive, and just as important, it’s the kind of invitation they’ll love to share with others.
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a "sliding scale" model: $75 for churches with less than 100 members; $125 for churches with 100–500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!).
The 40 days of Lent are a time of longing for justice and peace and poetry to overwhelm the world, and at the same time a season of making ourselves ready for God’s masterpiece of resurrection, amazement, and joy. Featuring beautiful language from both Scripture and Mary Oliver, this Customizable Short Film will extend your congregation’s hand this Lent to new and old friends, warmly inviting them to come along on the journey to the cross - and to the joy of Easter morning.
Custom-tailored with your church name and worship times, “The Poetry of Lent” is perfect for church websites and social media platforms alike: it’s the kind of invitation people in your community will love to receive, and just as important, it’s the kind of invitation they’ll love to share with others.
What's more, when you purchase this Customizable Short Film, you’ll also receive SALT’s Lent Mary Oliver Collection of Clip Art at no additional charge. This collection includes 1) a scriptural passage and 2) beautiful poetic language for each of these Lenten milestones: Ash Wednesday, the Sundays in Lent, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Perfect for bulletins, worship screens, social media posts, and with the same art that appears in both the film and printable devotional, this collection will give your church a seamlessly integrated approach to the Lenten season.
“The Poetry of Lent” stands alone as a visual invitation - but it can also be paired with SALT’s Lenten Devotional, “The Poetry of Lent: A Lenten Companion to Mary Oliver’s ‘Devotions’.”
For customizable short films, SALT works on a “sliding scale” model: $75 for churches with up to 100 members; $125 for churches with 100-500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!).
This Customizable Short Film emphasizes how the 40 days of Lent can function as a life-changing invitation to fasting and feasting, to confession and praise, and ultimately to a community journeying together in love and hope. Inspiring, whimsical, and poignant photographs and portraits punctuate the key message: You Are Invited!
Custom-tailored with your church name and worship times, “Lent: An Invitation” is perfect for church websites and social media platforms alike: it’s the kind of invitation people in your community will love to receive, and just as important, it’s the kind of invitation they’ll love to share with others.
For customizable short films, SALT works on a “sliding scale” model: $75 for churches with up to 100 members; $125 for churches with 100-500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!).
*Please note: the second last photograph on the second last frame is fully customizable!
Our classic Customizable Short Film on Lent as 40 days of walking together through the great mysteries of faith: creation, redemption, and the sweet renewal of the Holy Spirit. This one’s blooming with radiant theological ideas, as accessible and evocative as one, two, three!
Custom-tailored with your church name and worship times, “Lent 123” is perfect for church websites and social media platforms alike: it’s the kind of invitation people in your community will love to receive, and just as important, it’s the kind of invitation they’ll love to share with others.
For customizable short films, SALT works on a “sliding scale” model: $75 for churches with up to 100 members; $125 for churches with 100-500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!).
Church peeps: here's a bright, colorful, lovely little customizable short film created for your church's website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Vimeo page! Can you even imagine how much fun this short film would be to share with others?
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a “sliding scale” model: $75 for churches with up to 100 members; $125 for churches with 100-500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and stills from the shoot (perfect for customizing and using on social media!).
Peace, rainbows, and thank you for sharing God’s wide open welcome!
“Lent: A Season of Circles” is a Customizable Short Film devoted to how the Lenten season involves circling into spring, circling into community, and creating circles of quiet and reflection, 40 days of preparing for the joy and new life of Easter morning.
Customized with your congregation’s name, website, and worship times, this film will brighten up your website and social media, and serve as an easy, wondrous way for people to invite their friends to worship.
And what’s more, this film pairs beautifully with SALT’s “Life Stories: A 40-Day Devotional on Madeleine L’Engle’s A Circle of Quiet.” Combine them for a seamless, cohesive approach to the Lenten season.
For Customizable Short Films, SALT works on a "sliding scale" model: $75 for churches with less than 100 members; $125 for churches with 100–500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film, a folder of stills from the shoot (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media!).