Mindless Juices

Well, I count this morning as a win for God.  newhope Church was overflowing at it’s new location.  It was, from my point of view, the fruition of much labor of love.

The lights “went off” with only a couple of user errors.  My cues (the programming) ran flawlessly though.  Had I not ran the wrong thing at the wrong time or missed some timing, it would have been a perfect show.  The video was gorgeous!  I hope everyone out there realizes that IMAG is not an ego trip.  It’s to help maintain the small building feel… it’s the only way the people in the back still get to see the passion in Benji’s eye and the fervor of his face.  Meanwhile, it also can be just a part of worship… simply making something for the glory of God.  I wish I could comment on the sound, but the tech suite really hinders my ability to do so.  What I do know is that rehearsals sounded amazing, so I’m sure this morning was no different.

All in all, I’m feeling a general happiness from this morning and probably a great deal of relief.  We’ve definitely raised our personal bar at newhope and I hope we keep pushing it higher to better this world through changing hearts and inspiring people to be the kinds of disciples I think God calls us to be.

PS- The picture is actually from newhope’s stage/lighting.