Weekend Wrap Up - 7/8 & 7/9
God Is Good!
What an awesome weekend - if you weren't there, you missed something pretty special. Be sure to get the CD or listen to the Podcast. As I looked around the 10:00 AM service, I had to keep reminding myself that this was the summer, and folks are supposed to be away. When we get back to the Fall, and attendance goes up, we REALLY need to have Double Vision.
Thanks to Bruce and Dolly for all their help this weekend. We were able to 'borrow' Bruce for the weekend, and it was a pleasure! His intimate knowledge of the songs and how they are played by the musicians brought out some extra special nuances in the mix, and the result was fabulous. Bruce is a natural at mixing - the only thing I've seen him do better is play bass. Dolly was rock-solid the whole weekend - as always.
Thanks also to Ralph, Kurt and all who offered observations. Feedback is essential to our ministry.
What We Did Different
With Chris speaking and Matt out of town, we gave Chris the second Countryman and Pastor's body pack. The problem we had is that Chris speaks in a lower register than Matt, so we were getting a very low-end rumble. I finally took to muting the subs during the sermon, and brought them back to about +4 during the response song. For the rest of the service, they were at their normal +8. The only comment about this was that his voice sounded a little thin in the first couple of rows. The further back you came, the better it sounded. Except, of course, in the booth - we work in the middle of a bass trap.
I didn't want to mess with the EQ on Chris' channel too much, since we have it set for Matt. During the 11:30 I had to tweak it a little, since he sounded muddy at the start. There was no change between the end of the 10:00 service and the start of the 11:30, yet his voice sounded different. I could understand him sounding weaker, but not muddier. Go figure.
Reminder
We need to mute the two hand held wireless during the sermon - they produce a low intensity hiss that is a little distracting in the first few rows. I forgot this Saturday night. There's a note on the board to remind us now.
Planning Ahead
Chris announced this weekend that the groundbreaking for the new sanctuary will be on the weekend of September 9/10. We will be having an outdoor tent service on the grounds of the new sanctuary. Be prepared for a great weekend, but also be prepared for a lot of work to make it happen. This will likely be one of those 'all hands on deck' occasions. Be in prayer so that we can be prepared.
Saturday night I met briefly with Gregory Bryant who is interested in joining the team. I will talk with him more during rehearsal tomorrow night, and see how he can fit in. Please pray that God will bring us the right people to expand the team to level we need - I don't want anyone getting burnt out. We need more passionate, talented people with a heart to serve. If you think you know someone like that - ask them. Have them talk to me. We need more people on all of the Tech teams.
This is today's verse from Gospelcom.net, and I think it is appropriate:
Phillipians 1:6 (woo hoo):
"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
I know that God has begun a good work in each of you, and my prayer is that you will finish that work He has for you until the day He returns.
What an awesome weekend - if you weren't there, you missed something pretty special. Be sure to get the CD or listen to the Podcast. As I looked around the 10:00 AM service, I had to keep reminding myself that this was the summer, and folks are supposed to be away. When we get back to the Fall, and attendance goes up, we REALLY need to have Double Vision.
Thanks to Bruce and Dolly for all their help this weekend. We were able to 'borrow' Bruce for the weekend, and it was a pleasure! His intimate knowledge of the songs and how they are played by the musicians brought out some extra special nuances in the mix, and the result was fabulous. Bruce is a natural at mixing - the only thing I've seen him do better is play bass. Dolly was rock-solid the whole weekend - as always.
Thanks also to Ralph, Kurt and all who offered observations. Feedback is essential to our ministry.
What We Did Different
With Chris speaking and Matt out of town, we gave Chris the second Countryman and Pastor's body pack. The problem we had is that Chris speaks in a lower register than Matt, so we were getting a very low-end rumble. I finally took to muting the subs during the sermon, and brought them back to about +4 during the response song. For the rest of the service, they were at their normal +8. The only comment about this was that his voice sounded a little thin in the first couple of rows. The further back you came, the better it sounded. Except, of course, in the booth - we work in the middle of a bass trap.
I didn't want to mess with the EQ on Chris' channel too much, since we have it set for Matt. During the 11:30 I had to tweak it a little, since he sounded muddy at the start. There was no change between the end of the 10:00 service and the start of the 11:30, yet his voice sounded different. I could understand him sounding weaker, but not muddier. Go figure.
Reminder
We need to mute the two hand held wireless during the sermon - they produce a low intensity hiss that is a little distracting in the first few rows. I forgot this Saturday night. There's a note on the board to remind us now.
Planning Ahead
Chris announced this weekend that the groundbreaking for the new sanctuary will be on the weekend of September 9/10. We will be having an outdoor tent service on the grounds of the new sanctuary. Be prepared for a great weekend, but also be prepared for a lot of work to make it happen. This will likely be one of those 'all hands on deck' occasions. Be in prayer so that we can be prepared.
Saturday night I met briefly with Gregory Bryant who is interested in joining the team. I will talk with him more during rehearsal tomorrow night, and see how he can fit in. Please pray that God will bring us the right people to expand the team to level we need - I don't want anyone getting burnt out. We need more passionate, talented people with a heart to serve. If you think you know someone like that - ask them. Have them talk to me. We need more people on all of the Tech teams.
This is today's verse from Gospelcom.net, and I think it is appropriate:
Phillipians 1:6 (woo hoo):
"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
I know that God has begun a good work in each of you, and my prayer is that you will finish that work He has for you until the day He returns.
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