Sunnybrook In the News

The local news ran a great story about Sunnybrook and our video venue last week. Watch for my brief camera appearance where I look like I’ve had at least 15 cups of coffee (I’d only had 1…I swear!)

When Technology Fails Miserably

It was another Sunday morning at Vale. The line up was set, the media was loaded, the band was rehearsed, the singers were warmed up, the click tracks were rolling and the in ear monitors were snug in our ear canals. Song number one (“Majestic” by Lincoln Brewster) went off just like we’d practiced it. Then [...]

No…I Didn’t Wait in Line

I thought about getting up and heading to the local AT&T store to score my new iPhone this morning, but decided to pass. According to this post, I may have made a wise decision. Here’s my thought process. Stand in line for an hour and half or sleep in, have a nice breakfast, then head [...]

The Projector of the Future

Coming soon to a worship service near you…

Why This Way?

Anytime you work in an innovative church environment, the question of “why” comes up a lot. Why do you use animated lights? Why do you play a “Foo Fighters” song on a Sunday morning? Why do you teach on a topic instead of reading 30 bible verses at a time? Why do you have 5 screens [...]

The Consumer Electronics Show

Here it is folks…150″ of television bliss. This monster features an 11′ x 6′ screen with 8.84 million pixels of resolution. Panasonic has all but stolen the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. All other flat panel companies have pulled any signage showing the size of their T.V.’s…Can you blame them? I can [...]

Animoto

Have you ever been asked to take a bunch of digital pictures from the latest youth trip or church event and create a highlight video or slide show for Sunday morning? If you’re in Creative Ministries, you’ve probably been asked to do this more times than you can remember. Let’s face it…it’s a pain and [...]

Looking Ahead

There’s so much on the horizon for 2008. Here’s a glimpse of what I’m looking forward to most. -Heading to The Whiteboard Sessions in D.C. this May. -I’ll be working myself off of the stage once a month. I love developing leaders, and this will be a great opportunity for many of them to shine. What am I [...]

I Need to Get Out More

I had a great day today. After sending the kids off to school, I ran in to the church to wrap up a few things and was back home around 9:30. Christine and I then headed to Peoria where she was about to take her RMA exam (see how she did here). – I went along and [...]

YouVersion

Big thanks to DC Curry for the heads up on this. Looks like Lifechurch is at it again. Try combining the features of Youtube, Facebook and Biblegateway into one application…YouVersion may be the next great innovation for ministry. Check out the beta version here. If you’d like to read DC’s post, check it out here. Thanks DC!