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THE NEXT

2009-11-13T21:08:00.000-08:00

A little late, but we have entered that world of video announcements.

The Next Announcement Video 11-14-09 from South Hills Media on Vimeo.

Why I Work For Church

2009-09-12T15:35:00.000-07:00

There are many reasons why I work at a church. This is one of them:

My School, My Testimony Video from Remnant Ministries on Vimeo.

Chris Harrell and his crew @Remnant are building the future of the church.

Two New Videos

2009-09-03T21:44:00.000-07:00

Here are two videos we showed last week at South Hills.

South Hills NexGen Promo from South Hills Media on Vimeo.

South Hills Church ONE Promo from South Hills Media on Vimeo.

Christmas In July @ South Hills

2009-07-13T17:01:00.000-07:00

Bryon and the band performed this @ Main St this weekend as we kicked off our new series "Unexpected Jesus"

The Mute-A-Later

2009-06-23T23:40:00.000-07:00

Mute-A-Later from South Hills Media on Vimeo.

The South Hills Church Drama team. Shown the weekend of 6-20-09 during our "Where's My Bailout?" series. "Bailout My Disappointing Relationship"

Live To Be Remembered

2009-05-31T15:27:00.001-07:00

This weekend at South Hills, we shared the story of the Nabua family. Their son, E.J., 14, was hit by a truck and killed. Their story is heart wrenching but hopeful.

South Hills Nabua Family from South Hills Media on Vimeo.

The interview was 45 minutes long and I watched it 3 times to story board it for editing. To be honest, I dont know if I could have the compassion and strength of this father and mother. They are really heroes of the faith.

Balance

2009-05-15T21:51:00.000-07:00

Jason Widney has a great post about balancing the life of a tech director at his blog.

He was part of a panel today at WFX in Long Beach, CA along with MJ Maltbie, Dennis Choy, Aaron Asay, and Jill Gille.

You can also follow him on twitter.

Inside Out @ South Hills

2009-05-14T00:31:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we did Hillsong United's "From The Inside Out" in a creative way during our "Scars" series.

Tech Staff Education

2009-05-06T22:03:00.000-07:00

Thanks to a Twitter by Anthony Coppedge (shameless social networking plug), a great post on training your tech arts staff and volunteers is over at CHURCH PRODUCTION MAGAZINE.

You can follow Anthony's Twitter feed here.

The Amazing Troy

2009-04-19T18:17:00.000-07:00

My friend Troy Kennedy, worship pastor at Westside Family Church in Lenexa, KS, is apparently quite the magician. Watch the trick he does with this microphone....

Thanks to Jared Wells (TD @ Westside) for sharing.

SouthHillsTech.com

2009-04-17T00:01:00.000-07:00

Today we launch SouthHillsTech.com This site has been a dream of mine since I came to South Hills almost 2 years ago. SouthHillsTech.com is a place for our tech team to come and get information, comment on the experiences they are having, and be updated on schedules etc. It will definatley be evolving as the church grows, campuses expand, and we find out what works. John Edwards, one of our volunteer video switchers, is using his expertise to make the site happen. His talent and creativity has really brought the site to life. Thanks John. Check out the site and tell me what you think.

SCARS

2009-04-12T12:15:00.000-07:00

Easter kicked off our new series "Scars". I will let our Communications Director, Jan Lynn explain the concept:

"In our new series, “Scars” which started this weekend, we talked about the scars each one of us carries - both visible and invisible. The message clearly explained the meaning of Jesus’ death and resurrection, and how His scars can heal our deepest wounds, “once and for all.” To create an interactive/participatory moment in the message, we included cut-out hands in everyone’s program. We created a moment where we had everyone write their own personal scar on the paper hand.

Then we had them get up and physically take them (hundreds of people at every service) and pin them on a board at the front of the auditorium. To literally give them to Jesus. It was a powerful moment, and a beautiful start to the series."

You can also follow Jan on Twitter.

Playlist

2009-04-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

OK Tech Directors and FOH Engineers: Time to send me your current walkin music playlist. You can leave a comment here or send me an email here.

Did You Know?!

2009-03-23T17:40:00.000-07:00

Did You Know? from Amybeth on Vimeo.

Hat Tip Kretzu

South Hills Main Street Campus

2009-03-15T08:55:00.000-07:00

Some pictures of South Hills Main Street stage during our "Stupid People" series.

Fabulous Failure

2009-03-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Great article about how priceless failure is by Mike Foster over at RELEVANTmagazine.COM.javascript:void(0)

The Sound Guy Neck Crane

2009-03-12T14:21:00.000-07:00

Classic wisdom from Stuff Christians Like.

Hat Tip: Kretzu

Mr Impossible Promo Guy

2009-03-10T22:46:00.000-07:00

If you work in a church production environment,... or really any kind of production. This will be all to real.

Hat tip: Pete Bishop

Yamaha M7CL Training Now Online

2009-03-09T21:18:00.000-07:00

My friend Mike Sessler and I have talked about producing video tutorials on the Yamaha M7CL mixer. Well Yamaha has started down that road them selves.

Check them out here:

The Videos

Pt 1: M7CL Basics [77min.]

Pt 2: M7CL Functions [46min.]

Pt 3: Controlling an M7CL from a PC [18min.]

Appendix: Updating & Initializing the Console [6min.]

Puppet Show

2009-03-06T08:58:00.000-08:00

I don't think I even have to comment on how creative this is.

South Hills Pics

2009-03-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

The first week of "Obsession"

Furnace's Night of Worship

Main Street's first experience as a video venue

Paralyzed- Matthew Paul Turner

2009-02-21T09:09:00.000-08:00

Some will say I like this because I am dark, emotional, and creative.
I think I like it because fear is something I deal with daily.

To read other musings by Matthew click here.

Hat Tip Loswhit

SOUTH HILLS Church and RISK

2009-01-25T12:10:00.000-08:00

This weekend South Hills Church took a huge step in the process of changing the DNA of how we serve God and others. During the third and final week of our Dangerous Church series, Lead Pastor Chris Sonksen laid out our RISK plan. You can read more about it over at our Communications Director, Jan Lynn's blog.

Here is what our Main St Campus auditorium looked like before the services started.

Dangerous Church @ Main St.

2009-01-22T13:31:00.000-08:00

Some pictures of South Hills Church Main St Campus. Dangerous Church series and our Leadership Connection.

Penn Jillette Scratches @ My Hypocrisy

2009-01-13T23:50:00.000-08:00

Hat tip Phillip Cox