Sunday Review
Pastor Dale, as his last day serving as the Lead Pastor of ECC, gave insights from our past and wisdom for our future. Following the services we had a sendoff for the Oquist family to celebrate their ministry here at ECC and prayed for their future ministry endeavors at People’s Church in Fresno, California.
Video
The video team did a good job, especially Iain in the second Bridge gathering. The slides were all very early which is a great help for the vocalists on the stage as well as for the people in the congregation for staying connected in their worship engagement. A few things we’ll be working on:
- We need to make sure that at the end of day we are turning off all of the projectors (don’t forget the confidence monitors) and clearing the computers of all of the stuff we’ve downloaded to the desktop. We shouldn’t be storing items on the computers from week to week since this slows them down. All things should be stored on the server. If you have problems accessing the server please let us know so we can work on this throughout the week.
- It’s time to update our backgrounds. We’ll be going through each computer and putting a folder on each desktop for backgrounds we want to use. Please use only these backgrounds and try to match them with the message of the song to help people engage in the worship experience.
Audio
Everything seemed to go really well on Sunday. We need to make sure that we’re ready for the changeover from the 9a to the 10:45a gatherings. Audio techs, please reference the diagrams in the audio booth, especially to where the monitors are and where they will be changing. We have a very limited time for this changeover and sound check so we need to be as efficient as possible. If there are other tools or new ideas how to implement this change better please let us know.
Camera
Nate did an outstanding job jumping in at the last-minute and doing the camera work. McCleary feedback was great. The volume to the camera was a bit hot so we turned it down for the recording of the Farewell Gathering but I have yet to check and see how it was. We’ll keep working on this to dial it in. We will also be reworking the camera platform and putting a chair on it since it’s quite uncomfortable to stand the entire service. It would be great for us to record both of the Bridge worship parts of the service for review purposes. This will be on a separate tape that we can switch out when the scripture is being read. We need to use the on-camera mic for the worship portion and then switch to the feed off of the main FOH mixer for the teaching portion.
Band
Things seem to be going well for the new format for the bands for the Bridge and Uplink gatherings. I would encourage everyone to take a few moments throughout the week to listen to the music (planning center) and go over your music. Please make detailed notes on the music which will help you remember what we rehearse as well as prepare you for rehearsal, especially the limited time in the 9a and Uplink. Vocalists, please remember to hold your microphone at a two finger space away from your mouth at ALL TIMES. When you pull the microphone back and forth it is a nightmare for the audio techs to control. This is another reason why all arts volunteers should be familiar with the music.
The better everyone knows the music for Sunday the better you’ll be prepared to run the video slides on time, mix the audio (who’s vocal leading or instrumental soloing & what is the dynamic shape of each song), and actually lead people out of confidence into a corporate worship environment.
Thanks everyone for all your efforts. Looking forward to our continued progress and effectiveness for the Gospel.
P.Seth
