religion sucketh

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I hate to sound like a broken record, but man! When it comes to camera work, editing, etc., North Point Community Church
and her satellites just have everyone else schooled.

I know, North Point didn’t get there overnight; but I’ve seen churches with the same or more resources to pull from and they still look like something I would see on the local Christian TV station at 2am. In addition, a lot of the techniques used at North Point aren’t rocket surgery – it’s just letting talented people do their thing and use the gifts God has given them.

But the real reason I admire North Point is they put it all out there for everyone to see. Successes, failures, etc., doesn’t matter. If other churches can learn from them, then it’s available, and usually for free.

Anyways, here is the video that is the finished product; for the full story behind the production of this spot (which was used in their 10B4 video announcements), click here.

North Point LIVE Interview from North Point Media on Vimeo.

LifeChurch.tv and Ragamuffin Soul have joined together for LifeShare: a 7 day online challenge.
I could explain it all here, but the links above sum it up best.
Here’s the schedule:
9/18 @ 9 pm EST
9/20 @ 12 noon EST
9/21 @ 9 pm EST
9/22 @ 12 noon EST
9/24 @ 9 pm EST

Join the community!

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

I’m a geek, especially when it comes to music. And while there are several companies that make some pretty good mixing consoles, I tend to lean towards a select few. So this teaser kind of intrigues me. Midas introduced their first digital console, the XL8, two years ago. To the best of my knowledge it has gotten rave reviews from all who have used it.

Act II Teaser

J