The Power of the Projected
We often describe the use of digital projectors in church as a tool. Some would liken it to a hammer, a basic tool that is integral in constructing the worship service. You take your basic service elements: the worship set, prayer time, teaching, special events, etc.- and whack them into place. One flowing into the [...]
Digital Projectors in Church
Over the last few years, the increase in the number of churches using digital projectors to display worship music, sermon outlines or video clips has been staggering. In an effort to improve visual quality, churches have successfully begun making the transition from overheads to digital projectors. This is an excellent application of this new technology [...]
PowerPoint in Church Made Easy
Are you spending more than five minutes a week setting up PowerPoint for Worship?
PowerPoint is very popular among churches; in a recent survey 91% of churches use PowerPoint, with 56% using PowerPoint for Worship. With this many churches using PowerPoint for Worship it’s surprising how few are using it efficiently.
Dual Screen Setup for PowerPoint
One of the things I can’t stand is sitting in a Sunday service watching a projector screen displaying a Windows desktop, and a mouse cursor franticly flying around clicking on things. I was once at a large church of over 800 members and saw this show 3 times; I couldn’t help but wonder how many [...]
Entering Song Files in PowerPoint
We recommend that you save all your songs as separate files. This will allow you to compile your worship set for each service by inserting individual song files. Treat each song as a masterpiece- you only need to create it once, so create it in such a way that you can use it for many [...]
Creating a PowerPoint Worship Schedule
Setting up your song list in a clean and organized fashion makes it easy to move around without sending the wrong things to the screen. During the service there is not a lot of time to react if things do not go as you expected.
How to use a PowerPoint Worship Schedule
During the service it is a simple process of moving up and down through your song list to display the songs on the screen. You will see the outline view shown below while your congregation sees the slide show.
Computer Required for a Projector
Selecting the right computer to run your projector system is one of the most important projector-related decision you will have to make. While projectors are very stable, and the lamps used in these projectors will last for many years under normal church usage, a cheap computer can add a myriad of problems (imagine your computer crashing [...]
ImageVine’s Projector Media blog
Well its finally here. Its our hope here at ImageVine that this blog will be a resource for Pastors and Worship Leaders using visual media to convey the message of Christ.