Sunday 6/22 debrief

Keep your shorts on... its not that kind of de-brief.



Kenny and Jennifer did a really great job while getting yanked out of their comfort zones and praying the prayers from Luke 18:9-14. When I asked where the congregation was in their prayers, I could see that many people had taken in the message and had been moved by the willingness of Kenny and Jennifer.



I was gratified by the teamwork done by the Ushers/Stage Hands, technical team, and others who worked together to make things happen. Even when Kenny's mic was down, Dion and Sam worked together to get him the working wireless. So which leads me to the question, are those other wireless mic's even functional? Do they need to be replaced?



Christine and I talked about the stage lights and their sudden bump and it is her impression that the faders kind of are almost all the way off or most of the way on, very little middle ground. So with that information, we can be fore-armed.



Did you see Kristen's Gaardien blog post in last Sunday's handout? I have seen her post for this week, and it is really good. Check out her work on Sunday Morning or back here next week.



Musically, things were good. But we always need to know where we are going, within a song, anticipating a song, etc. And listen to each other... if you can't hear someone, then check your own volume. Like last night, I was blowing Sam out of the water but the board had been reset for a youth band on Sunday night and we did not take the time to reset the sliders. But that particular issue will not be a problem on Sunday because Ron will be on the board and will be able to balance us back out (yay).



The new song, We Cry Out, was good and the congregation really took to it. The rough parts were ironed out last night in rehearsal. Just remember 4 bars of Am in the beginning with Dion cuing us to start the 4 bar repeat.

We will have a bit more flow this week as we have been learning about the new paradigm regarding our worship celebrations and how we integrate the ITP's (illustrated teaching points).

Well, that is all because it is lunch time.

pray practice prepare

Grace and peace, y'all

Lod