Multimedia in the New Year

On Sunday Jan 20, I would like to do a demo with Powerpoint 2007. This is an upgrade for this year that will allow us to have better control over what we do. If we could spend about 15 minutes trying it out right after the service that would give me a better idea on weather it is worth the expense.

Another change to keep in mind for this year is we will be doing more formatting of songs before the service on Sunday morning. This is to give a themeatic view to the songs for each Sunday. We are trying to rework the songs into a black and white format that you can then add the background to. Please make sure when reformatting songs that the words remain in the top 2/3's of the screen so they can be seen from the back. We will remain using the font "Veranda 32 pt" for visual clarity, with a shadow or bolded when needed. When adding the images it is better to set them as a background so they don't move on you as an image placement would.

As multimedia techs you are an important part of leading worship, making the songs easy to read, staying one or two words ahead of the people singing gives life to what the band is doing on stage.

Last thing for a little more visual appeal in the messages, please add the medium fade transition to all slides. This is not necessary in the song slides.

Thanks giving your time and talents to this ministry,
Keith