We've Gone Wireless!!

It's true, Blue Valley Christian Church is now offering FREE WiFi service throughout the building! This will give guests and members easy access to the Internet while visiting BVCC.  It's our vision that this could be used to enhance Adult Formation Classes, expand upon the capabilities and uses of handheld devices, and add to our hospitality when we have guests using our building.  The signal strength is strong throughout the main level of the building so it should be very useful to guests and visitors.  For those "techies" out there we are broadcasting 802.11g (2.4 GHz) as well as the older 802.11b so people should have no problem connecting.  We hope that  guests, visitors, and members alike will enjoy this new offering.  So tell all your friends, BVCC is the latest WiFi Hotspot!

Sneak Peek of Projection System

On October 28th we finally got our video projection system installed at Blue Valley Christian Church.  Here are a couple pictures of me testing it out.....

This has been a long road of planning and talking with several audio/video professionals.  Our hope is that the system will enhance our current worship service and help us find new ways of experiencing God.  We plan to unveil the projection system on Sunday, October 24th during our regular morning worship.  

Other upcoming technology projects for BVCC will be a website upgrade, guest Wifi network, and video recording system among others.  I will be posting more information on these projects in the coming weeks.

BVCC Video Projection System Installation

Late last month we announced that a video projection system for Blue Valley Christian Church had been ordered. This follows our vision for Church transformed and will be used to enhance our worship services and experience of God at BVCC. There are many potential uses of this technology so we are very excited about this step forward.

We have been working with our installer, Stark Raving Solutions, on the details of the installation. The screen was already delivered this morning to the church and the installation of the system is scheduled for September 28th. The installation should take about 6 hrs and SRS will provide training at the end on how to use the new technology.

The projector we ended up with is the Mitsubishi WD-3300U. It is a DLP WXGA (1280x800) projector with a brightness of 4000 Lumens. We are fitting it with a special Navatar lens to project the image across the sanctuary. The screen is a Da-Lite Contour Electrol 54” x 96” (110" diagonal) 16:9 format screen. Computer and video connections along with screen controls will be installed in the sanctuary back wall adjacent to the visuals room. This will be the future location for all our audio/visual equipment for the sanctuary.

We are currently preparing for the installation by working with electrical contractors on installing the needed electrical outlets for the projector and screen. We will also be working on acquiring a media desk that we can use to securely house the audio/video equipment as well as purchasing a new computer to run the presentation software for the visuals. I am certainly excited about all the new possibilities this technology will give us and how God might use it to reach us in new ways.