Christian video production, from a pastor behind the camera.
Ministry stories, sermon series, weekly clips and full documentaries for churches and ministries. I've spent nearly ten years as a pastor and a decade making films, so I don't need your world explained to me. I just need to hear your story.
Why ministries want a pastor holding the camera
A crew that doesn't know church makes church look like an event. Lights, crowd shots, a worship band, a logo. It looks nice and it moves nobody.
What moves people is a story told honestly: the family that almost didn't make it, the volunteer who never misses a week, the moment someone decided to stay. Getting people to share that on camera takes trust, and trust is most of what pastoring is.
When I walk into your church or your mission field, I'm not a vendor learning your world from scratch. I already live in it. That's why the people in our films open up, and why the films move the people who watch them.
Priced for ministries. The price is the price.
Two one-time packages and two monthly plans. Every price is the real number.
- Series trailer for the weeks before it starts
- Title bumper in your branding for every service
- 8 clips cut from your existing sermon footage
- Trailer and bumper delivered before week one
- 3 to 5 minute documentary piece
- Two filming days: interviews and the ministry at work
- 6 short cuts and a 60-second version for the offering
- Delivered within 21 business days, two revision rounds
- 8 clips a month cut from your sermon and service footage
- One visit a month, about 2 hours, for what your cameras can't get
- 10 photos a month
- Posted for you on your accounts
- 8 clips a month from your footage
- 1 story piece a month, 2 to 3 minutes: a ministry, a testimony, an invitation
- About 4 hours of filming, one session
- Posted for you, plus 20 photos a month
12 months, billed monthly by auto-pay. Either of us can end it on 30 days' notice. If you leave before the sixth payment there is a one month fee.
Documentaries, campaigns and conferences.
These get a written quote. Here is where they start.
Documentary
A full documentary for a ministry, a mission, or a movement, filmed wherever the story happens.
Capital campaign film
The vision, the people it serves, and the ask, for the campaign launch and every meeting after it.
Conference or multi-day event
Sessions, worship, recap film and clips for next year's promotion.
The 3-Video Shoot
One hour on a Sunday or with a ministry. Three edits: the pastor, a ministry at work, an invitation.
Starting points, not quotes. Every church price is on the church and ministry pricing page.
Stories that outlive the sermon.
The Invisible Mission Field is a feature documentary I made with OneFamily Florida. A well-told ministry story raises money, recruits volunteers and outlives the sermon it ran before.
And it isn't only the big films. A short podcast clip I cut for Alive Christian Church was the most viewed video they posted all year.
What clients say.
“Nathan does an excellent job of creating a variety of promotional videos with little to no input from the client. He has excellent judgement on what will work with the target audience and one of his videos he created for us has had over 500K views on Facebook.”
Michelle Wyatt · Google review
“I got exactly what I needed. I needed a professional video made and I needed it turned around in 24 hours. Nathan scheduled me in immediately. I traveled up to Deltona to shoot at his studio and had the video in hand the next day. Amazing.”
Jon Cobb · Google review
Rated 5.0 on Google. Read every review
A pastor and a filmmaker.
I'm Nathan LaValley. I've spent nearly ten years as a pastor and a decade behind the camera, and I've made more than 1,000 videos along the way.
I speak both languages: the language of ministry and the language of film. You'll never have to explain to me why a testimony matters, or why the altar call isn't b-roll.
Tell me the story you want told.
A sentence or two is plenty: the ministry, the people, and where the film needs to go. I'll call you back, ask a few questions, and send a written quote, usually within a day.
Tell me what you have in mind.
- Tell me what you need in a sentence or two
- I call you back and ask a few questions
- You get a written quote, usually within a day
Rather talk now? Call or text (321) 578-8477.
Questions people ask
Can you work from the footage our volunteers already shoot?+
Yes. The Clips plan is built on it. Send me the service recording and I cut the eight moments that will actually get watched. If your cameras can't get something, that's what the monthly visit is for.
Is there a nonprofit or ministry rate?+
These are the ministry rates. I keep them where they are because the work is the same, and because a ministry that pays a fair price gets the same priority as every other client. If a project is beyond the budget, tell me on the call and we'll scope it down rather than water it down.
Do you travel for mission work?+
Yes, nationwide and internationally. Many of the most powerful ministry stories happen far from home, and production gets planned around the realities of missions work and travel.
What does a church video cost?+
Three short videos from a Sunday or a ministry are $999. A sermon series package is $1,999. A ministry story is $4,999. Monthly clips start at $1,499 a month. Documentaries start at $10,000.
How long am I committing to on a monthly plan?+
Plans run 12 months, billed monthly by auto-pay. Either of us can end it on 30 days' notice, and if you leave before the sixth payment there is a one month fee. The term exists because consistency is the whole point.
Got it. Talk soon.
I'll call you back to go over it. Heads up: the call will come from a 321 number. If you miss me, I'll text you. If you'd rather not wait, call or text (321) 578-8477.