wireless weekend

Midway through Sunday's sermon, we lost power. I was manning the sound booth. We had zero audio reinforcement, no PowerPoint slides for sermon notes or for the words to the songs, and the videographer could not record the rest of the day's service for (local cable) television.

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Smoothly, the pastor said, "Well, I'll just have to project." The side doors were propped wide open and provided sufficient light to see each other. We had communion without a glitch, and for the closing song, they switched up to a familiar hymn, that most people know by heart.

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How nice that in a day when barely anything can be done without computers or at least electricity, that we were able to worship "unplugged."

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Just for fun, after church I recommended that if this ever happens again, we use our wireless microphones.

sing to the Lord

These beauties are right outside my church's front doors. I was there late last night, running sound for the worship team. We serve a mighty God who is worthy of praise and adoration. Running sound is a pleasure for people who are earnestly striving to give 100% and when they appreciate each others' efforts and talents. Personally, I find it is a tricky thing to be in a state of worship while paying critical attention to sound details, but there were a few times that I just had to rejoice in the Lord, regardless of where I was and what I was doing. I can't wait for Sunday, when we get to do it over again, except that I will be worshiping together with brothers and sisters.