Host a Live Mystery Trip Event!

Dumb Ox Productions has prepared several educational packages for showing Mystery Trip to your Youth Group.

Dumb Ox Productions is a national leader in Catholic youth ministry. Their team has prepared multidimensional packages to make your group’s experience of Mystery Trip the most powerful one possible. Package levels depend on date availability, anticipated group size, and budget allowances. Some scholarships are available.

Top Notch Speakers

Each speaker from our team has years of experience speaking at retreats, conferences, schools and youth groups around the country. To make an evening of maximum impact, let us provide a keynote speaker who will lead the teens seamlessly into the film experience with a message of hope and trust in God.

Brian Butler

is co-founder and president of Dumb Ox Productions, with more than 13 years of youth ministry experience. A popular speaker around the country, Brian is the producer and director of "Mystery Trip" and co-author of Theology of the Body for Teens and The Bible Thumper (vols 1&2).

Colin Maclver

currently serves as religion department chair and associate campus minister at St. Scholastica Academy and as youth minister at St. Anselm Parish in Madisonville, La. Colin holds a master's in theology and brings a wealth of theological knowledge and ministerial experience to any event. He is co-author of a new curriculum for pre-teens on friendship and chastity to be released in 2010.

Live Music Performances:
The Soundtrack Literally Comes to Life

With a mix of established and up-and coming artists, the Mystery Trip soundtrack moves to the rhythm of life: from raw energy to mysterious adventure to gentle moments of reflection. This soundtrack can come LIVE to your area… From the worship of Matt Maher to the raw energy of Mike Mangione. Blending the hip-hop of Righteous B to the folk tunes of David Thies and the Cajun style of L’Angelus. Add the honesty of Greg Boudreaux, Cooper Ray, Thomas Schneidau and more! Consider bringing in a Mystery Trip LIVE package that includes musical performances that will help bring your teens to an even deeper encounter with Christ and His call with their lives.

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Mike Mangione

is a touring folk-rock musician who combines soulful vocals with deep faith in a sacred-secular blend that contributes a unique energy to the soundtrack of "Mystery Trip". Mike Mangione and His Band average 150 shows per year throughout the country, sharing the stage with acts like Buddy Guy, Lifehouse, and more. In 2008, the band was invited to perform at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia and his music has been heard on NPR, Sirius, WGN, Comcast, NBC stations, MTV, Lifetime and Oxygen networks.

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David Theis

is a dreamer and an artist. His honest, feel-good folk-rock adds a real life musical sense to the docu-reality sountrack of "Mystery Trip". After playing in the secular music industry for years, David recently turned his attention to building up the Church as a traveling musical missionary. When not in class, David is on the road preaching the Good News through story telling, music, and comedy at conferences, youth groups, and other venues.

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Greg Boudreaux

has a pure passion for music and for god. From parish retreats to national conferences, including Life Teen summer camps, various festivals, and Steubenville Conferences, Greg has worshipped with thousands of teens and young adults over the last four years as a music missionary. Greg's presence adds a powerful worship component to invite teens deeper into prayer at the "Mystery Trip" screening event.

Thomas Schneidau

is an accomplished guitarist, vocalist, and worship leader. He ministers extensively throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans and beyond at youth conferences, retreats, and Masses. He has shared the stage with top catholic artists like Steve Angrisano, Danielle Rose, and Tony Melendez. After spending years as a youth minister, Thomas is currently in law school. He is also collaborating with Jesus (via prayer) and others (via practices) on several new music projects and hopes to one day own his own clothing line for K-Mart.

How it Works

You might be wondering, “How would this work in my community?” While some aspects of Mystery Trip LIVE will be the same everywhere, we want each event to be unique. A typical Mystery Trip LIVE event includes a viewing of the film, a brief keynote address, a time of Eucharistic Adoration and worship, and a Q&A session about the film and Adoration.

Here’s what a sample schedule might look like in a few different environments:

1. High School Assembly

8:00 a.m Welcome Address
8:05 a.m. Mystery Trip Screening 
9:25 a.m.  Brief Keynote
9:35 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Worship
10:05 a.m. Open Q&A Forum
10:15 a.m. Closing prayer/Song of Worship
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2. Youth Group/Youth Rally

6:30 p.m Live Concert
6:55 p.m. Welcome Address
7:00 p.m. Mystery Trip Screening
8:20 p.m. Brief Instructions for Eucharistic Adoration
8:25 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Worship
Priest or Deacon Delivers Brief Meditation within Adoration
9:00 p.m. Open Q&A forum
9:30 p.m. Closing Prayer/Songs of Worship
Distribution of Take-Home Booklet as Teens Leave

3. Vocations Event

5:45 p.m. Gathering Songs of Worship
6:00 p.m. Welcome Address by a Priest, Religious or Seminarian
6:20 p.m. Mystery Trip Screening
7:40 p.m. Brief Instructions for Eucharistic Adoration
7:45 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Worship Eucharistic Procession with Priests, Deacons and Seminarians
8:15 p.m. Q&A with Panel of Ordained, Religious, Married and Singles
8:45 p.m. Closing prayer/Song of Worship/Goodnight Distribution of Take-Home Booklets as Teens Leave
Resources from Vocations Office with Priests and Religious Available to Answer Questions