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Screen projections

Discussion in 'Music Ministry' started by Alcott, Feb 4, 2009.

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Which of these does your church use projections for? Check all that apply.

  1. All musical lyrics—although we do have hymnals

    12 vote(s)
    48.0%

  2. All musical lyrics—and we do not have hymnals

    7 vote(s)
    28.0%

  3. Of musical lyrics, only for songs not in the hymnals

    1 vote(s)
    4.0%

  4. Scripture texts

    16 vote(s)
    64.0%

  5. Any scripture quoted or referenced

    9 vote(s)
    36.0%

  6. Responsive readings

    7 vote(s)
    28.0%

  7. Major announcements

    20 vote(s)
    80.0%

  8. Names of new members

    2 vote(s)
    8.0%

  9. Names and photos of new members

    2 vote(s)
    8.0%

  10. We do not use projections for anything

    4 vote(s)
    16.0%
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  1. Alcott

    Alcott Well-Known Member
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    There is a thread in this section going about this topic, but it is without a poll. Which of these does your church use projections for? Check all that apply.
     
    #1 Alcott, Feb 4, 2009
  2. SBCPreacher

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    We use our projector in the PM service. I have to use a portable screen and it is in front of the choir loft.
     
    #2 SBCPreacher, Feb 4, 2009
  3. FriendofSpurgeon

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    We have two large multi-media screens that are high above the choir. See below from a concert.


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  4. Alcott

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    That's very much like our setup, except the screens are further apart and our ceiling isn't so V-shaped, though it looks that way from the outside.
     
    #4 Alcott, Feb 4, 2009
  5. Jim1999

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    Do you sell popcorn and crackerjacks to boot?

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #5 Jim1999, Feb 4, 2009
  6. annsni

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    I answer this poll as I am sitting on the sanctuary projection computer scanning pictures for a funeral tomorrow night. :D

    We use it for all of the things in the service - songs (with backgrounds), special music (usually just a background but if there's a verse that is appropriate, I'll put that in too), for all announcements and sometimes for the sermon notes when it's a more complicated sermon note thing (like if there are diagrams Pastor wants to show).

    For the funeral service, I'll have 2 songs, a "in memory of..." with a nice picture behind it and then also a slide show showing the deceased's life. It's very nice.
     
    #6 annsni, Feb 4, 2009
  7. Alcott

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    It's probably already happened somewhere that the deceased preached his own funeral.
     
    #7 Alcott, Feb 4, 2009
  8. Jim1999

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    Good one, Alcott...I wonder how he or she gets paid for preaching the funeral?

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #8 Jim1999, Feb 4, 2009
  9. Alcott

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    I just looked it up, and one site offers a To Preach Your Own Funeral cassette tape from 1979. So maybe the idea is not so novel; just the video part of it.
     
    #9 Alcott, Feb 4, 2009
  10. FriendofSpurgeon

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    Cute.

    The picture above was taken during a concert one Saturday evening. During worship services, the screens are normally filled with either worship songs or Scripture readings. Our call to worship each Sunday morning is usually a responsive reading of one of the Psalms, so the screens work very well.
     
    #10 FriendofSpurgeon, Feb 4, 2009
  11. Jim1999

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    Not for me. I can't read them, but that is my problem. I can. however, read a hymnal and my Bible for scripture readings.

    Thankfully the offering plate is brass with green felt inside. I can feel my way around it.

    At least the local pictures don't pass a collection plate,,,,,,,,,,,yet!

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #11 Jim1999, Feb 4, 2009
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    Our set up is very much like FriendOfSpurgeon's - our baptistery is in the middle and the stained glass is rectangular above that - otherwise, pretty close.

    We also have a screen that comes down over the baptistery for the words. Two on the sides have pix of what's going on - like the preacher.

    In chapels, we only use the ones on the sides.

    I have a hard time reading the words from the balcony or sides - even with my glasses on I frequently still have to squint. color combinations are really important for something like this. Words need to be crisp.
     
    #12 mcdirector, Feb 5, 2009
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    Age, sis???
     
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    We have a single screen. Being a non-denominational church plant we didn't have any traditions to follow and the freedom to start a few of our own. Anytime there is a Bible passage projected we all read it aloud in unison. Everybody, young and old alike. :thumbs:

    Poor Bitsy! Do you need to get some binoculars? How about some opera glasses? We actually tested a series of slides with the congregation. We ran permutations of colors and fonts to find what worked best in the auditorium. We ended up with a plain black background and Times New Roman font in white. For our room it works best. There are so many variable starting with the screen, projector, ambient light, etc.
     
    #14 padredurand, Feb 5, 2009
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    I hear Bitsy also has a rolling pin. You guys are walking on thin ice. :eek:
     
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    You mock everyone don't you.
     
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    That's what takes me so long sometimes. I'll find a great background for a song but then I can't make the words clear enough to see in a bright sanctuary so I have to find another song. I always make sure the words are large and easy to read.
     
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    Humpf! I am old enough to remember when those wire-rimmed glasses that you are wearing (or it appears so in your avatar) were sin!:smilewinkgrin:
     
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  19. FriendofSpurgeon

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    We do something similar -- show close ups of the pastor & the person being baptized. Otherwise (especially if you are in the back or balcony), you can't see a thing.

    For communion, we also use the screens. Various Scriptures are run on the screens while the elements are being distributed.
     
    #19 FriendofSpurgeon, Feb 5, 2009
  20. SBCPreacher

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