From Sunday Magazine Issue #10 For the last 28 years, most of my worship experiences have been from behind an audio console or a director’s station; standing on a camera platform, or from some other technical position. One of my primary pathways to connect with God has always been through serving the Church through technical […]
Published in Let’s Worship Magazine – Fall 2013 Form AND Function For years, the entire purpose of a light fixture was to do the obvious: light up a dark area. But I want to challenge your church to explore expanding the purpose of the light fixture beyond it’s basic function and begin to look at […]
ASES – Airplane Single Engine Sea In July, while on a family flying vacation to Alaska, I took the opportunity to get a float plane rating. Alaska has thousands of float planes to take you into the many beautiful but secluded lakes they have. I located an instructor who was willing to help me get […]
Here is one more song that is a Christmas Eve tradition at Lake Pointe Church called Heavenly Child. Enjoy! WES
One of my favorite parts of my job is getting to direct video for our services. This video shows what it was like last Christmas Eve in our video control room. A little about this video: All but 2 of the camera operators are volunteers. I am actually the only paid staff member in the […]
I shot and edited this video promoting the work of Lake Pointe Church in Ghana. Transform Ghana is a holistic ministry that helps meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of several villages in Ghana, West Africa.
If your church is anything like mine, Christmas is a wild and crazy time of the year. It seems that every day of December has an event of some sort that demands your presence or attention. Plus, Christmas Eve services are coming… For our congregation, Christmas Eve services have eclipsed Easter as our highest attended […]
One of the most difficult tasks for a leader is getting a new media volunteer (and even staff) trained, up to speed on your systems, and ready to go solo. Here are 3 Secrets that we have found to be extremely helpful in this process. Secret #1: Have a long on-ramp When merging into traffic […]
In any given year, I typically travel overseas to shoot video 4 to 6 times. For 2015 my location list so far is Alaska, Ghana, Haiti, Mexico, Egypt and Asia. Shooting video on the road, and especially in a foreign country, is very different than shooting around town or around your church. The stakes are […]
I edited this piece and shot the majority of the footage in Egypt and Ghana. WES
