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.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
A New Direction
I’ve decided to take my blog in a new direction. I’ve retitled it “The Way with Technology” and am going to post about how I’m leveraging technology to enhance my experience of God. The phrase “The Way” is an early Christian phrase referencing the way Jesus lived and the way He instructs us to live. This blog will also be a journal of how we will be using technology at my church, Blue Valley Christian Church, to enhance worship, to better reach out to people in our community (particularly tech savvy young adults), and to better serve our church members. So in the coming weeks and months you can expect to see our vision of how technology can be used to transform church along with how I am implementing it in my own spiritual journey.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Cutting the Chains
I got a couple funny looks recently when I walked into my Bible study group with a pair of bolt cutters in my hand. I quietly set them against the wall though without any explanation. You see that day was going to be the day I finally cut the chains that had been holding back my faith. My past prejudices would finally be broken and my heart would be free at last!
About four years ago my wife and I were very involved in a mission project with our church. Blue Valley Christian Church would periodically house homeless families through an organization called Interfaith Hospitality Network. Our role was to turn the church’s classrooms into temporary bedrooms and otherwise make the church a hospitable and welcoming place of rest for the families. During one of our volunteer group meetings someone presented the idea of putting a picnic table and/or chairs out on the church’s lawn so that our guests could enjoy the beautiful evenings outside during their stay. I thought this was a great idea and knew that Costco was currently selling folding picnic tables so I offered to pick one up for our next host week. It was a really nice table and cost us a couple hundred dollars so at the time I felt some apprehension about leaving it outside unsecured. Even though the church is in a community with a fairly low crime rate and there was no history of theft I thought the picnic table would be easy pickings for a would be thief. I discussed this with my pastor who tried to reason with me saying, “I guess if someone steals it then they must need it worse than we do.” Seeing the troubled look on my face after saying this he quickly receded and offered to secure it to a tree or something that same day. I was glad he came to his senses and protected our new purchase.
About four years ago my wife and I were very involved in a mission project with our church. Blue Valley Christian Church would periodically house homeless families through an organization called Interfaith Hospitality Network. Our role was to turn the church’s classrooms into temporary bedrooms and otherwise make the church a hospitable and welcoming place of rest for the families. During one of our volunteer group meetings someone presented the idea of putting a picnic table and/or chairs out on the church’s lawn so that our guests could enjoy the beautiful evenings outside during their stay. I thought this was a great idea and knew that Costco was currently selling folding picnic tables so I offered to pick one up for our next host week. It was a really nice table and cost us a couple hundred dollars so at the time I felt some apprehension about leaving it outside unsecured. Even though the church is in a community with a fairly low crime rate and there was no history of theft I thought the picnic table would be easy pickings for a would be thief. I discussed this with my pastor who tried to reason with me saying, “I guess if someone steals it then they must need it worse than we do.” Seeing the troubled look on my face after saying this he quickly receded and offered to secure it to a tree or something that same day. I was glad he came to his senses and protected our new purchase.
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