2007's Gone...

Well, this is it:  the last day of 2007.  I remember being a kid and thinking about the "Year 2000" and all I thought would happen. Shouldn't we have our flying cars by now?

Here's a brief summary of the things my department helped accomplish at Crossroads this year:

Installed our new digital PA console, a Yamaha LS9.

Stepped up our Easter and Christmas services, integrating video, dance, and music.

Fully changed over my ENTIRE department (editor, graphic artist, & admin. assistant).

Launched Crossroads Creative, our resource ministry.

Created, from scratch, all content for the church's stewardship campaign, DRIVE.

This is in addition to our 52 closed-captioned TV shows, 15 sermon series (with customized artwork, video support, and DVD production, several pieces for NTENSE, our youth ministry, Christmas and Easter post-mixing/editing, and "all other duties as assigned."

I've got an amazing staff of incredibly talented creative professionals, who work tirelessly to pull it all together.  Special thanks go out to:

 

Adam Hofmann, Video Editor

Tiffany Wyatt, Graphic Designer

Daphne Gaspard, Administrative and Production Assistant

We also employ a great team of camera operators, grips, audio engineers, and transcriptionists who faithfully serve each week, and I'm grateful to each and every one of them.

I have several goals for 2008, and in the coming weeks, I'll line them out. Have a great one!

The Stupidest Thing I've Ever Seen...

Did anyone catch "Clash of the Choirs" tonight?  OK, ok, I know...they're competing for charities in their own respective home towns, but I BEGGED my wife not to leave it on that channel. When we saw the Jersey group (directed by Michael Bolton) sing "Living on a Prayer" she had to concede and agree that this is truly the stupidest (yes, I know it's not a word) thing ever.  Is the network brass really that out of ideas? They should call me. I have a few.

And they don't include amateur choirs competing for charity cash.

To Blog or Not to Blog...

Well, you haven't heard from me in a while, because I've just been pretty darn busy. I'm getting ready for Crossroads Church's annual Christmas production, plus three new sermon series, plus trying to keep a little family time alive during the Christmas Season. Sometimes it's hard to keep all of the balls in the air.

So, let me hear from you guys. Have you been reading my blog? Are you getting anything out of it? Should I keep this up? If no one is reading my blog, I'll probably stop.

Show me some love.