…dangerous. I’ve spent much of my life living by the following assumption: “The methods may change, but the message never will.” Unfortunately, this is false. No technology is neutral. Every technology will change you, no matter what you use it to say. Too often we presume to know what a technology will do to use in the church, and too often we accept technology without proper thought. Technology can be leveraged to great heights, but never without change in our message…and never without change in us.
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So if you’ve ever noticed on my site, when I modified the template for my uses I’m unable to click the header to load the homepage anymore. I’m really new to PHP so I can’t figure out how to get that to work.

Here’s the code I’m using in the header to display the image (and the search box):

<div class=”logohead”><?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/searchform.php’); ?>

Here’s the code for class logohead:

.logohead{

margin: 0px 0 0 0;

padding: 5px 0 0 20px;

width:978px;

height:100px;

background: url(images/logoHEADER3.png)no-repeat;

border:1px solid #fff; }

So that’s it guys. How can I take that code and make it a link to the homepage of my site?

For anyone looking to watch Full Episodes of your favorite TV shows online, here’s a couple of good options (with varying quality and selection):

1. Download the TV.COM app. It’s from CBS and the content options are slim, but growing.
2. Fire up Safari and visit m.nbc.com. Click on Video…Full Epiodes. Mobile Office? Yes please.
3. Another Safari link. Visit iphone.cwtv.com for CW content. You’re only allowed to use this if you’re 12 or under. Sorry, that’s the law.

For best results, use WiFi.

I’ve been asked several times in the last week what I do. And while the complete description would bore even my wife, one of the most important things I do is manage the volunteers and equipment that make multiple venues (and multiple locations) possible.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Rock Bridge has two venues (of equal importance) in Dalton (edit: The Wink Theatre and Stage 123) and one venue (of equal importance) in Calhoun. While there will be posts that follow dealing with service planning and the vision of multiple sites, this will start a series of posts on the personnel and equipment involved in being multi-site and multi-venue. We’ll start with the Wink Theatre.

The Wink Theatre is a restored WWII era theatre house complete with neon marquee. The first venue, this is where Matt Evans typically preaches live. We are currently running a two-camera IMAG system with an iMac on ProPresenter and a Panasonic AG-MX70 video switcher. In addition, there is a JVC HD250 in the rear of the room for Stage 123 (but we’ll get to that.) Front of house audio is a Yamaha M7CL48. Lights are controlled by a Jands Vista I3 (mostly ETC source 4′s, ellipsoidals, and color scrollers although we do have 6 Coemar Prospot 250′s). We are currently using two primary projectors (@ 15k lumens) for IMAG and a secondary projector (@ 6.5k lumens) for set support. This is the venue that drives the video for all other venues as it’s the only one with permanent cameras. Up in the booth there is a MacPro running Windows and Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder for our live broadcast (available at www.rockbridge.cc). There’s also a Doremi MCS-HD and a bunch of Ensemble Brighteye equipment for Stage 123 among other random equipment.

To keep the show running smoothly, we have a Floor Director specific to this venue. Following his lead is the Video Director, Technical Director (on switcher), Computer Operator, Sound engineer, lighting operator and two camera operators.

Here are some pictures of the Wink Theatre in action.

Stay tuned for more details on our other venues.

(Originally published in Collide Magazine – Jan. 2009)

In church production, we have the great opportunity of using the gift of the arts to glorify God and connect people in worship. Through the use of video, drama, lights, and sound we can powerfully support and enhance the message of Jesus Christ. In order to do this we hire, train, and develop media producers, technical and production directors, sound engineers, and graphic designers. All of these artists give their life and passion toward enhancing the worship experience. The question we must ask and the balance we must find is this: Which is more important, the product or the producer?

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