Our current series...

The High School ministry is wrapping up a great series called "Broadcast You".

The theme is that our lives all broadcast a message...so after this weekend we'll have spent 3 weeks unpacking what it looks like to send one clear, loud message with our lives.

Because of the "Broadcast" theme, we've tried some new elements that we will plug into normal weekend programming from time to time. Here are two subtle but cool/fun things we did for the series.

1. We used old school, archaic tv's to display what we usually would put on a banner for the series around the room. It was a cool effect. We powered multiple tv's at a time with single macbooks attached...plenty of power and the image on the screen was clear. Thanks to the guys who let us use their macs!

2. We did some live broadcasting during our service. Last week, we did our announcements from the home where we were doing a tag on event after the Saturday night service. Live broadcasting needs some tweaks, but went pretty well. This weekend we plan to do a segment of the message from a local hospital. (our topic is about pain) It was a unique aspect of the service.

The live broadcasting was easier than we expected. We plugged in a video camera and a mic to a macbook pro and utilized iChat to the mac in our High School room. It will work via any wifi network...or a wireless card. No extra cost at all to do it. Big thanks to JReed for the tech support!

Our Christmas series, "Presence", starts in two weeks. I'm excited about some of the practical ways we'll share this message.