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OCTOBER 11, 2001
Video producer targets
Sunday worship audience
By Shun Morris
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
Giving the community
‘church’ at home plays a vital
part in Mustard Seed Video’s
status asaprofitable business.
Mustard Seed is a video pro
duction company that is ca
pable of making videos and
films. Commercials and pre
sentations can also be ar
ranged. Lester Lowry, founder
and owner, says his business
has come a long way.
“It’s been a long process,
and it wasn’t easy starting
out; we’re getting to a position
towherewe’restartingtomake
a little money,” Lowry noted,
While still working for Chan
nel 6 News in broadcasting,
Lester decided tostart hisown
businessin October of 1995. In
1998, he chose to quit his job
and make a full commitment
to Mustard Seed.
Currently‘ he primary source
ofthebusiness’incomeis tele
vision broadcast for area
churches. The company has
seven clients that they pro
duce a show for each week,
including Faith Outreach,
Beulah Grove Baptist Church,
and Tabernacle Baptist
Church.
Ashow can air for as little as
$l5O a week. This price can
advance depending on what
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the client wants in the actual
show. Mustard Seed also of
fers seminars and consulta
tion on how to possibly im
prove a show.
Wheredid Lowry get sucha
unique name for hisbusiness?
Matthew 17:20 states, “If ye
have faith as a grain of mus
tard seed, ye shall say unto
thismountain, ‘Remove hence
to yonder place,” and it shall
remove; and nothing shall be
impossible to you.”
Thisscripture keeps Lester
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“It’s a favorite scripture of
mine. I kept thinking that it
only takesalittle bit of faith to
do what you believe in. So
every time I mention thename
or people call and I say ‘Mus
tard Seed,’ it’sjust areminder
that I can do it,” says Lowry.
With over 15 years experi
ence in broadcasting, Lowry
says the uniqueness of Mus
tard Seed is doing things in
excellence.
“Wetrytokeepin mind that
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and based on that budget, we
can get them on the air be
cause we're knowledgeable
about what’s out there and
we’re knowledgeable about
what we do.”
Mustard Seed Video is lo
cated on 3140 Augusta Tech
nical Drive in the Small Busi
ness Incubator and can be
reached at (706) 724-0114 or
by visiting the web site
www.mustardseedvideo.com.
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