February 4th, 2008
Sweet Relief!
Posted by Church Video Ideas under Churches, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Intros and Announcements, Media ministry, Random ThoughtsThe much anticipated and highly stressful “first Sunday” in the new worship center is behind me now. What a day it was! We had an amazing time of worship in both morning services and celebrated God’s faithfulness to us. It was the 32nd anniversary of our church (I’m 32, too) and my 1 year anniversary of being at Bent Tree.
We had 5 on hand from Clark ProMedia, including 2 of their executives that flew in on Sunday just to be there for our first service. Word is they are going to use our worship center as a “show room” to demo and show other churches that are building - pretty cool.
I know many of you have asked for pics, so I had our Visual Arts Coordinator take some so you could get a sense of what yesterday was like (keep in mind that this is not our “Grand Opening” - that will be in May).
Looking down on front of stage:
Side view of stage:
Video Control Room:
Closing Song - featuring real stories of lives changed:
* On another note: What a game last night! Wow.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:41 am
We are celebrating with you. What a great day! I lead out on the creative elements of our weekend services and I’d love to hear a bit more about your final feature w/ the changed lives. Could one of yours email me? Grateful, Heather
February 4th, 2008 at 10:19 am
So wonderful to hear you had a great day. I’m looking forward to coming over soon and seeing the place. Wish I could be there on a Sunday.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Do you use the 4 video monitors on the stage for lyrics?
February 4th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Hi, Josh. Yes, we used the 4 video monitors on the stage for lyrics. We are still working on what they will look like. We’re probably buying or building some type of cart for them to sit in (that will be black).
We’ll also probably have 2 larger ones on the floor for the pastor to glance down at. We just threw those up quickly to make it through this first Sunday.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
First off === congrats on the first Sunday in the new place! We’ve been following along with you and are excited to see the developments.
Second, my pastors LOVED the way your background is and we’re curious if you are using tapestry type hangings or projection for the leaf and red panels.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Wow, this is awesome. I’m way excited for you and your team. The look and feel is great. Interesting backdrop and Monitor placement. Attention to detail is obvious.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Greg, good hustle man. I know you and your staff have put in tons of work (uhhhh…understatement) - It’s been rewarding to check in on the progress and see the new setup. Thanks for your example and honesty through this process on churchvideoideas. It’s been fun to read and be a part of. I hope I can make it out sometime and check it out.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Congrats, brother man! Way to go. You and your team deserve a great big pat on the back, and a good long rest!
kdl
February 4th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
That last song and the cards, it was so moving. What was the song “Change…?” It was really khool.
Thanks!
Eric
February 4th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
The last song (with the cards) was “Everything Changes” by Kathyrn Scott.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Ok I thought WE had a nice video control room … that makes me sick
j/k that is super awesome for you and your team can’t wait to see how you use it for His glory.
Mark
February 6th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Greg,
Just wanted to say what a great time we had working with you on building your new HD video suite and television lighting system. What a great first Sunday! I really enjoyed the music and message. Here are two links to some pictures I took of the install, rehearsal, and 1st Sunday:
http://gallery.mac.com/bobditz/100015
http://gallery.mac.com/bobditz/100031
Bob Ditzler
bob.ditzler@comcast.net
February 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am
G-Money!
It’s great to see those pics of IgniterBacks in use! Thanks for sharing those!
Trent
February 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Yes - I forgot to mention. All the backgrounds we used the first 2 Sundays in our new worship center were from Igniter Backs Vol. 3.