I try to be really regular in my posting. Every night at 8:00 I try to have a new post hitting here and whoever is in the RSS feed. I failed this time. It’s the old “Life Happens” thing. And Wednesday was truly one of those days. I’ll not bore you with the details, but as I laid in bed last night (for about a minute or two) my thoughts went to this post. I decided then what I would write about, but wasn’t about to get out of bed to do it.
Over the past 6-8 months or so, our media has gone nuts. After working so smoothly for 6-9 months, it suddenly decided to go spastic on us. The nature of our worship room requires 2 fairly large TV screens mounted in corners and a big screen mounted straight ahead then lowered for viewing. (I hope that makes sense). One Sunday they began to randomly cut out on us. It has become more frequent AND ANNOYING as time has passed. Ryan (techgeek) has worked and researched diligently trying to find out what is the culprit. After countless hours there was still no answer. Everything he tried seemed to say, “I am the answer” until result-time, then FAIL (unless you take Thomas Edison’s view of “that is one more experiment we know doesn’t work.”). Again, I won’t bore you with all he tried (I’m not even sure I know), but suffice it to say nothing worked. Others were involved in trying to solve the “challenge” but we came up empty. Finally, after another Sunday of getting flash burns, one of our guys brought his lift in and with Ryan’s advice ran a separate VGA cable (yeah I know…say what?) to the projector. It stayed on. More cable is being ordered for the TVs. It hampers us doing some things smoothly, but at least it solves the flash burn issue.
All I want to say is Thanks Ryan. Thanks David. Thanks Scott. Thanks Mark. You guys deserve humongous words of gratitude for going above and beyond. Someone asked me last night in my “66” class how I felt about being here. It is guys like these who make it THE BEST church I have ever had the privilege of pastoring.
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I would like to leave you with something to think about:
“God is not trying to keep you safe, He is trying to keep you from a meaningless life.” (Seen in Surrendered and Untamed by Jason Clark-p.72)
Any thanks you would like to share today?
It sounds like some audibles had to be called when you lost tech. Hopefully you guys are on the right path now.
The flash burns were so random we had to go with the flow.
I’m just glad I’m not in charge of media at our church.
Me too. I am lost when they start talking about things let alone do.
Our tech guys are terrific too! Not only are they great keeping us up & running, they are tremendous Christians & awesome friends. (Does it matter that my husband is one of them?) Anyway, I totally get what you’re saying with the appreciation for your tech team.
I sense no prejudice there Kari. 🙂 Our tech team does a phenomenal job. The maker of two of the pieces of equipment took 1/2 hours to take Ryan through every step he has already taken over the past 6 months.
Just happy you’re “wired’ bro’!
I’m wired alright. Just not sure how or if it right. 🙂 Good to hear from you Jay.
What a blessing to be surrounded by those types of people… it’s not coincidence.
What do we not have to be thankful for? The very air we breathe is the first gift of the day.
It is a blessing Floyd. I am constantly amazed by the selfless attitude many here express. Oh, and on that last statement: no doubt whatsoever.
I hate it when I have a problem like that and I can’t figure it out but I just love the feeling when I finally get the right answer.
There’s a proverb in Russian that goes something like this, “If you think your life is bad then just buy a goat and have it live with you in your apartment for a few months, then get rid of it and you’ll be amazed at how wonderful your life will become!”
In the heat of things I sometimes think God doesn’t really pay much attention to me. But your last statement really hit home. God doesn’t want us to have a meaningless life which is why He allows us to go through the things He does.