Sight & Sound Technology
in Worship Conference
November 20, 1999 10 am – 2 pm
Cornerstone
UMC – 3135 Summit Bridge Rd. (896) Bear, DE
Conference
inquiries to boandvic@dol.net
Sight & Sound Technology
in Worship Conference
November 20, 1999 10 am – 2 pmCornerstone
UMC – 3135 Summit Bridge Rd. (896) Bear, DE
Conference
inquiries to boandvic@dol.net |
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September 3, 1999
Peninsula-Delaware Conference Saints and Equippers have labored to harness the power of media technology to glorify God in worship.
We need to share what we’re learning.
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THE AGENDA
Images & Icons
Digital Photography & Scanners
PowerPoint: More than (Song) Words
Moving Pictures
Digital Video & Analog Conversion Cards
Non-linear Video Editing
Video parables
Music Making
Exploiting the power of MIDI
Wiring for Sound
Media Reformation?
The fine line between message & medium
Please complete and return the embedded survey to boandvic@dol.net as soon as possible. You'll find conference information and a collection of resources online at http://www.gbgm-umc.org/skyline/Tech%20Conference.htm, allowing us all to browse through our collected wisdom before we meet together.
Thanks for the trailblazing work you’ve already done. Thanks in advance for your willingness to share with our sisters and brothers, for the glory of God.
Yours in Christ,
Bo Gordy-Stith, Co-Pastor Skyline UMC – http://www.skylinechurch.net
(302) 737-9069 e-mail: boandvic@dol.net
Jack
Abel (Port Deposit-Hopewell)
410-658-2684 abel1850@dpnet.net
Glen Catley
(Salisbury: Asbury)
410-749-2131 aumc@shore.intercom.net
Virginia Catley (Salisbury:
Asbury)
410-749-2131
gcatley@shore.intercom.net
Patti Collett (Wilmington: St. Paul’s)
302-478-3135 PatCol97@aol.com
Wes Davis (Salisbury:
Asbury)
410-749-2131 openheartcom@juno.com
Bo Gordy-Stith (Wilmington:
Skyline)
302-737-9069
boandvic@dol.net
Monnie Givens (Bear: Cornerstone)
302-831-2434
mgivens@UDel.Edu
David Humphrey (Seaford: St. John’s)
302-629-9466 stjohns@dmv.com
Larry Jameson (Wilmington: Aldersgate)
302-478-2575
Larry.Jameson@dol.net
Grant Johnson
(Wilmington:
Ezion-Mt. Carmel) 302-654-3103
grantpearl@email.msn.com
Keri Jones
(Seaford: St. John’s)
302-629-9466 stjohns@dmv.com
Stan Leonard (Church Hill-Price)
410-556-6457
sleonard@dmv.com
Ken Mahan
beachworship@dol.net
Angel Marrero (Nueva Vida Mission)
302-836-0440 marreran@aol.com
John Mitchell (Salisbury: Trinity)
410-749-5562 trinity@dmv.com
Bryan Mullins (Impact Video)
impact@ezy.net
Paul Owens (Bear: Cornerstone)
302-836-2862
paulowens@juno.com
John Poole (Chesapeake City)
410-885-5641 john.poole@dol.net
Renie Poole (Chesapeake City)
410-885-5641 renie.poole@dol.net
Paul Sherwood (Pittsville-Willards)
410-835-8314 revpaul@mailexcite.com
Jack Shitama (Chesapeake City)
410-885-5641
john.ky@dol.net
George T. Simpson (Trappe-Bruceville)
410-476-3384 simpson@goeaston.net
Jim Sipes (Royal Oak: Community)
410-745-2902
pastorjim@toad.net
Tammy Ward (Conference Media)
302-674-2626
tdward@dca.net
1.
Personal & Contact Information:
a.
Name:
b.
Address, home/day phone number (e-mail address, if different from the one
above):
2.
Congregation Information:
a.
Name, address & phone number:
b.
Web site address and or e-mail address (if applicable):
c.
Regular worship service that integrates sight & sound technology
(day/time/location/name of the service):
d.
When did you start this service(s)?
e.
Average attendance at this service(s):
1.
What is the attendance trend since you began the service?
f.
What kind of people attend this service?
1.
When you first envisioned the service, did you “target” this group?
(What I’m after here is your comments on what surprised and what didn’t
surprise you about how your people have responded to the service.)
g.
Besides worship, where else in your congregation have you employed sight
& sound technology?
3.
Please indicate the area(s) where you have some experience:
a.
Graphic Editing & Presentation
b.
Video Editing & Presentation
c.
MIDI & Sound Reinforcement
(Please note, if you do not plan to participate in this conference but would be interested in the spring conference, please let me know and skip the rest of the survey =)
4.
Do you plan to attend the November 20, 1999 Sight & Sound
Technology in Worship Conference
at Cornerstone?
a.
What do you plan to share with others at the conference?
b.
What do you hope to receive?
5. As you look over the above list of invitees, can you think of anyone else in our conference (saint or equipper) I should invite?
6. What kind of equipment/software have you purchased (or has your church purchased) as part of this experiment? (Please list all model numbers, manufacturers, configurations, prices, and dealers/suppliers. I know this is a lot of work, but compiling an annotated list of products not only leverages the lessons we’ve learned, it takes some of the sting out of getting burned.)
7. For each piece of equipment or software title mentioned above, briefly evaluate the product (Special features? Limitations? Would you recommend the product to another church?)
8. Who else in your church has been involved in planning, preparing, and presenting/operating sight and sound technology in worship?
9. Please estimate the time you and/or your media team members have invested in sight & sound technology. (I know this will be a ballpark figure. How much time each week do you and/or other media team members spend designing the material & operating the equipment?)
10. What sight & sound technology resources have you found helpful? (Here, I’m looking for good books, churches where media technology is working, catalogues, web sites, companies, professional magazines, etc.)
11.
Now for the harder questions:
a.
How has your integration of media technology into worship affected
worship in your congregation?
b.
How have members of your congregation responded to your use of sight
& sound technology in worship?
c.
How have guests (first-time visitors) in your worship services responded
to your use of sight & sound
technology in worship?
d.
What advice would you give to any pastor or saint considering a foray
into the media “reformation”?
e.
How do you evaluate whether the medium (PowerPoint, Projected Video,
MIDI, etc.) enhances the message of the Gospel or compromises the Good News?
f.
What Scriptural promise/foundation (if any) encourages you as you blaze
this trail in dark and lonely places?
g.
What encouragement have you received from the Holy Spirit in your work
with media technology in worship? (Care to share a story?)
h.
Media technology comes with a high price (in terms of both time and
money). How do you justify the
cost?
