Facelift

like the new look? feel free to comment. props to Anna for the header image. It was taken at the Georgia World Congress Center during Passion '07.

Design

Ever been working on a graphic and wondered how you can improve the overall design?  Fear not, the Church Marketing Lab exists to help you.  Upload your images and get constructive feedback.

BCM Valentine’s Vid

At the request of my fellow classmates, I finally got around to putting this video up. This is probably one of those things where it's only funny if you know the people involved.... even still, i give you the Facebook Tragedy.

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This was just a small vid i did for BCM back in Feb. Everyone here uses Facebook obsessively.

A little something from the motion graphics realm due next week, stay tuned.

Series on Innovative Churches

This week, the guys at Church Marketing Sucks wrapped up a series on the characteristics of innovative churches. Some of the topics include:

Definition & Is It Biblical?
Ingredients
Opportunities & Influence
Obstacles & Dangers

You can view the full article here (or via Church Marketing Stinks if the word ’sucks’ offends you, however I would suggest reading this article as well )

Immeasurably More

As some of you know, I am the media/sound technician for BCM, a campus ministry for Anderson University. It is my responsibility to make sure we have an 'all systems go' every Thursday night (mediashout lyrics, setup, sound, etc.) Honestly, I've been a little complacent with it lately, just taking whatever comes and not trying to improve it. I basically been giving myself a break between school, work, and Beyond. Of course it was totally unintentional, I'm a firm believer in giving it all I've got.Usually I like to get lyrics taken care of ahead of time and how many mics we're gonna need. Well it wasn't until Wednesday that I found out we were to have live drums. (FYI- BCM meets in Hunt Chapel of the Sullivan building on Thursday nights. It is a very small space and she doesn't handle drums very nicely, I've tried.) So Thurday rolls around and at 5pm I still have no songlist, nor band (4 hours to go). I called up Terri, our coordinator, to see what's up. I could tell that she was very stressed as she explained that the band was doing a show in Spartanburg that wouldn't be over until 7. I managed to get the songlist and encourage Terri that it wasn't her fault.

I must admit, keeping my cool was a challenge. Honestly, what could I have done? nothing, it was entirely out of my hands. All I could do is get the words ready, run a few mic lines, pray, and wait. I estimated that the band would be there at 8, but they don't roll in until 8:30. We frantically start loading in their equipment, and the rest is a blur. Next thing I know it's 8:45 and everything's set up. Not sure if God slowed down time there or what.. but it's true. I head up to the soundbooth to get a level on the guys, and to my amazement all of my EQ's were already set! (with the exception of the kick drum and bass guitar) it was flawless! To top it all off, it was one of THE best worship experiences we've had this year.

So what does this mean for media ministries? that we can sit around waiting for God to do all of the work? NO. We need to do all we can to create experiences that glorify Him. More importantly, He deserves excellence. If we do all of those things, we are allowing God to take it and do more with it.

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

Ephesians 3:20-21

I'd like to say upfront that I know this post sounds negative, but it's not intended to be. I simply wanted to use it to illustrate how, despite uncontrollable circumstances, God is constantly at work within us. To all of my BCM pals thanks for being there to help setup, it means so much. Special thanks to Terri for your concern. Also, I'd like to give a huge shout out to the Mel Washington Band. These guys were truly amazing, you should see 'em April 14 @ the Carpenter's Cellar.  Show starts at 8pm.

the geekiest office setup ever

ive been called a computer geek a time or two but this is a bit much.... if i ever get this bad please please please force me to go outside.

Church Logo Design

More and more I find myself diving into Photoshop and Illustrator for graphic and logo design. To help fuel my creativity, I've found a few sites that provide general guidelines to make sure your logo is clean, effective, distraction-free, and versatile. Church Marketing Sucks [article here] and Johnny Flash [article here].

Firefox Updated

Mozilla realeased a Firefox update today: version 2.0.0.2.

Get it here