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The Towel · The Words

Staged · Nothing posted v2 · July 11, 2026

Every caption, title, and post for the campaign, paired to its piece on the review page. Nothing here posts until it is approved.

How the copy works: one call to action per piece. Instagram points to the bio. YouTube points to the full message. In the Fam Group the ask lives in the post and the link rides in the first comment. Hashtags are three to five, for categorization only.

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FILM · The Towel micro film

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Twelve men. One towel. Nobody moved.
They were not blind to the need. The need was beneath them. Then the King got on the floor. You don't get to say what love is. He already did.
The full message is called "Why Your Best Love Still Leaves Them Empty." Details in our bio.
#CitizenChurch #PoolerGA #John13 #Savannah

YouTube Short

Title: The towel nobody reached for
Description: The Last Supper. Twelve men in eyesight of the towel, and only the King touched it. From "Why Your Best Love Still Leaves Them Empty" (John 13), preached at Citizen Church in Pooler, Georgia.
Watch the full message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSABQ-maltI

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CLIP-01 · The towel

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You can see the need and still not move.
The Last Supper. Twelve men, every one of them in eyesight of the towel, every one able to smell the need right next to them. Not one reached for it. Then the King got on the floor.
Come sit with us Sunday. 10 AM in Pooler. Everything you need is in our bio.
#CitizenChurch #PoolerGA #John13 #Savannah

YouTube Short

Title: Why nobody reached for the towel
Description: Twelve men were in eyesight of the towel at the Last Supper. Not one of them moved. From the message "Why Your Best Love Still Leaves Them Empty" (John 13).
Watch the full message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSABQ-maltI

Fam Group post · Daniel posts this personally

Fam, this moment from Sunday has not let go of me. Twelve men in eyesight of the towel and nobody moved. Watch this one all the way through, then be honest with me: which is harder for you, washing somebody's feet or letting them wash yours?
(first comment: Full message here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSABQ-maltI)

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CLIP-02 · Am I good at loving

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Am I actually good at loving the people closest to me?
Not everybody. The few you would take a bullet for. That is the question that started this whole message, and it is harder to answer than it sounds.
We sit with questions like this every Sunday. 10 AM in Pooler. Details in our bio.
#CitizenChurch #PoolerGA #Savannah

YouTube Short

Title: Do the people closest to you feel loved?
Description: You would take a bullet for them. But are they running on empty? From "Why Your Best Love Still Leaves Them Empty" (John 13).
Watch the full message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSABQ-maltI

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CLIP-03 · A God who goes first

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Imagine Jesus showed up acting like a CEO.
He rolls up to the table, sits at the head, and starts barking orders. That is not the King we serve. Before he asked anything of the twelve, he got on the floor and went first.
Come meet him with us Sunday. 10 AM in Pooler. Details in our bio.
#CitizenChurch #PoolerGA #John13

YouTube Short

Title: What if Jesus acted like a CEO?
Description: He had every right to give orders. He grabbed a towel instead. From "Why Your Best Love Still Leaves Them Empty" (John 13).
Watch the full message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSABQ-maltI

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CLIP-04 · The dirty part

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Why is it so hard to let someone love you?
Getting washed means somebody else is handling the dirty part of you. That is why receiving love is harder than giving it, and why most of us would rather stay the strong one.
If that hit, come sit with us Sunday. 10 AM in Pooler. Details in our bio.
#CitizenChurch #PoolerGA #Savannah

YouTube Short

Title: Why receiving love feels so hard
Description: Getting washed means somebody else handles the dirty part of you. From "Why Your Best Love Still Leaves Them Empty" (John 13).
Watch the full message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSABQ-maltI

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CLIP-05 · Even Judas

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He washed the feet of the man about to betray him.
Jesus knew exactly what Judas would do that night. He got low and washed his feet anyway. To the end. Even for Judas. Especially for Judas.
Come sit with us Sunday. 10 AM in Pooler. Details in our bio.
#CitizenChurch #PoolerGA #John13

YouTube Short

Title: Jesus washed Judas' feet too
Description: He knew about the betrayal and reached for the towel anyway. From "Why Your Best Love Still Leaves Them Empty" (John 13).
Watch the full message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSABQ-maltI

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The Fam Group Challenge

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Post · Daniel posts this personally

Fam. One question from Sunday and then I will leave you alone.
Who is your one? The person closest to you that you keep loving on your own terms.
This week, two moves, in order. First, get in the chair: let Jesus love you before you try to pour anything out. Then take the towel to your one. The first move, the low place, the costly thing you have been waiting for them to start. Whether or not it ever comes back.
Drop their first name below if you are claiming one this week. If the name is private, just drop a 🙋 so I can pray for you both.
(attach the lock screen with the line "save this as your lock screen this week")

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The Talking-Head · optional

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Purpose

The challenge, direct to camera. The campaign is complete without it; if it is not recorded this week it rides to the next run.

Prompter draft · Daniel's edit is the final word

"Hey Fam. Sunday I told you about the towel. Twelve men at that table. Every one of them could see it. Not one of them reached for it.
Here is my challenge for us this week. One person. The one closest to you. You know exactly who came to mind just now.
Get in the chair first. Let Jesus love you before you try to pour anything out. Then take the towel to your one. Make the first move. Take the low place. Do the costly thing you have been waiting for them to start.
It does not matter if it ever comes back. That is the point. That is platinum love.
Who is your one? Go."