Sunday was great. No major bumps, but a ton of new stuff…which means that my team did a freaking awesome job. Just a quick run down:
We have always ran image mag…ever since I came here. However, we were running it with one camera in the back center of the room. This week we brought in two brand new camera angles and left a wide shot in the center. The new camera angles were great, but what that means for our Producer instead of running two switchers, now he runs 3 switcher (one for the middle Screen, one for the side screens, and now one for the different camera angles). However, Chris Wise came in ready to tackle it and did.
Also, we opened with Trans Siberian Orchestra’s Carol of the Bells. Which starts with Piano and bass (the way we did it) and then jumps into some 80’s metal guitar. So we figured why not rig some wireless instrument packs and have Erik Alford and I walk in from the back of the church screaming some 80’s leads. It worked GREAT! from there we did a funny bumper intro and Ralph Yoder came up to give another new thing. This week we started having everyone fill out a card so that as we grow no one will fall through the cracks. The sermon was great and even though we started a new way to pass the bucket and it was a little rocky it still came off pretty well.
Music Summary:
Opener:
Carol of the Bells by: Trans Siberian Orchestra
INSTRUMENTAL (while people filled out their cards we played and sort of reggae type thing that Erik wrote)
Worship:
Joy to the World - Jingle Jams
Gloria – Jingle Jams……This song is incredible. More to come on this song later.
To get a rundown of the Talk check out Ralph’s Blog.
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This past week 7/6/08 was a great Sunday morning.
Thursday the 3rd was our July 3rd event so…the first element of the service was the July 3rd Volunteer video. The band played “God of this City” behind the video and it went off great. No lights on stage at all. It was a great mood setter.
After Paul’s welcome the band kicked into worship:
All Because of Jesus
You Never Let Go
The bottom line was: My devotion to God is founded on WHO HE IS not WHAT HE DOES.
The coolest part of the entire service was after the bumper video we had a video testimony of a lady who had a moment were the bottom line came vividly true in her life, but we only showed the first part of the video prior to the message. She did a great job of painting her life as the life of her dreams. Then Paul jumped into the message and after the tension was built we went into Part II of the video (where she explains about her husband getting cancer and everything in her life turning upside down.
The service became very emotional from that point and Paul just landed the plane. Second service was much harder personally on Paul because the lady who gave the testimony was in service and he was pretty close to her family.
So as Paul landed the plane, the band did a closer “Through the fire” that came off great and ended the service as it should have been ended…proclaiming hope in the Father.
“Through the fire” by the way was our own ROCKED up version of a Crabb Family song. I was worried about it at rehearsal, but by building stops and hits into it, some distorted “answer back” electric, and some steady drums it became a whole new song.
The band was great this week and kudos to Adam McCullen for producing a great service.
Auditions are tonight. Hopefully we get some great stuff.
