The Day After
Yesterday was the official launch of Four Points Church.
Yes, this weekend was hectic.
We paid to get into Pickett’s Mill Elementary a day early, so Saturday night we set everything up and let the band rehearse. That’s when problem numero uno presented itself: apparently one of our VGA cables decided it wanted that projector to be in sepia tone. Considering it was after 8:00 at night and no store carries 150′ VGA cables anyways (we had to special order both of ours), we were pretty much screwed. I won’t go into details, but we ran with one projector in sepia. But thanks to everyone who helped me in trying to find a solution.
So, Sunday morning came and things were going well; except of course for the projector. At 9:55 the band started into Depravity (John Mayer’s Gravity rewritten). And they sounded great – until about halfway through the song when we tripped a breaker. Luckily, the amps were still running, so the guitars could still be heard. They stalled long enough to get the breaker fixed. Then, what I consider the most awesome part of service; the band went into Jesus Paid It All and even above our volume levels I could hear the audience singing and worshipping. I’ve heard that at conferences and megachurches, but never at a church I’ve been a part of. That was awesome.
We followed up with a video history of Four Points that I shot and edited. Pretty sweet considering I was working with a handycam and iMovie.
Brent started part one of Losing My Religion. Pretty cool message. I’m gonna post what I have on iTunes; for some reason there was interference for the first half of the message, but it’s still good.
All in all, great launch service. Last count I heard was 140 people, which is double our usual attendance. That’s awesome.
J
