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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Church Update 2

Randy posted these pictures on his blog from our Grand Opening. Randy is an incredible Lighting Designer and Technical Director - the boy knows his stuff! I had this cool idea for using draping on the back wall. Randy took that idea and turned into these cool "flags" that he hung at different depths on stage and then up-lighted.

The effect was stunning... these pictures don't do it justice.

It was a great morning!




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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Church Update 1

Last Sunday night we had a pre-grand opening service. It was a really cool night. The mood of the core crowd in attendance was electric. When we walked out on stage to start worship everyone jumped to their feet and started clapping. It was a rock start moment. I'm glad that doesn't happen all the time... I'd get WAY to big a head!

Here are some pictures. More to come on the grand opening that we had on Sunday.




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Sunday, March 04, 2007

What Not to Wear

















She could have called the site Church Fashion Sucks. But Beauty Tips for Ministers works, too. Victoria Weinstein, a Unitarian Universalist minister who goes by the handle PeaceBang, launched the fashion blog to encourage the "defrumpification of the American clergy."

Weinstein makes it clear in a recent Boston Globe story that fashion isn't the greatest concern for clergy, but it still matters:

"Anyone who is in a position of leadership has to consider what image they're projecting, and that goes for clergy too," she said. "The problem with frumpiness isn't so much aesthetic as it is a problem of looking as though you are not paying attention to the world and that you are not part of today's world ... They will not be willing to hear us in the same way if we look like we walked out of 1972."

While I don't necessarily agree with Ms. Weinstein's doctrine, I do agree with her sensibilty regarding the need to look good.

HT: Church Marketing Sucks


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