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• Jeff Rossman and Josh Willits are now friends   1 week, 1 day ago

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Technology is…   1 month, 1 week ago
  

  Scott McClellan from Collide recently posed the question, “Technology is…”, asking readers to fill in the blank.  Not one to stand back from debate, I threw my hat in the ring.  Technology is … not enough.

  You may remember my recent post (oddly enough, in response to Scott’s interview response on technology in the church) talking [...]

• Zack Russell updated the ”Worship in HD Members” information on their profile   1 month, 2 weeks ago

• Andrew Francis and Josh Willits are now friends   1 month, 3 weeks ago

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Which format is best - REPOST   1 month, 3 weeks ago
  

  I’m re-posting a GREAT blog post from Stephen Proctor at WorshipVJ.  We don’t do a lot with video here, at least not yet.  But most of us use and show video on our systems.  In general, this is all good stuff to know regarding compression and video formats.  Check it out…

  Video Formatting for VJ-ing from [...]

• Adrian Rodriguez and Josh Willits are now friends   2 months, 2 weeks ago

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Video Savior (Part II)   2 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  When asked if “media and technology would save the Church from low attendance and irrelevance”, Scott McClellan from Collide Magazine thoughtfully responded “No”.  He then went on to say that “authenticity trumps gadgetry any day”.  I LOVE that statement.  But as much as I love his answer, I have to disagree with it.  Otherwise, this [...]

• Josh Willits wrote on Kenneth Keifer’s wire:   2 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Hey, Ken, we’ve made some recent updates, including EULA and Content Producers’ agreement. When are you going to post some of your content!? I know you do nice stuff! Message me if you need help uploading it. -Josh

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• Kenneth Keifer joined the group Graphic Designers   2 months, 3 weeks ago

• Josh Willits commented on the blog post Video Savior   2 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Thanks, Mike, great points. Especially on pointing out the relational aspect. This is key.

• Joel Ohman commented on the blog post Video Savior   2 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  You are dead on with this statement: “It had nothing to do the tools that were used, but the message and how it was internalized.”

  If people are simply looking for a great show then church technology can certainly provide it to them but so can a concert outside of the church.

  The goal of [...]

• Michael De Selm commented on the blog post Video Savior   2 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Do I think that technology will save the church? No, not at all.

  Relationships will save the church.

  Living out the Gospels will save the church.

  However I will say this, the reporter is correct… the church in America IS suffering from low attendance. No don’t get me wrong, that is a broad brush stroke; [...]

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Video Savior   2 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Scott McClellan at Collide Magazine was recently asked by a reporter if he thought technology would “save the Church from low attendance and irrelevance”.  It’s interesting to me how the person asking the question reveals their presupposition - that the “Church” is indeed suffering from low attendance and irrelevance.  Oddly enough, the question itself is [...]

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: EasyWorship 2009 - First Take   3 months ago
  

  We’ve been using EasyWorship 2009 in our worship service for about a month now, so I wanted to post some of my initial thoughts on the upgrade from the previous version.  A few of the new features we just don’t use yet (like VJ mode and scheduled playback). But there are two new features that [...]

• Anthony Lee and Josh Willits are now friends   3 months ago

• Josh Willits wrote on Tom Scrape’s wire:   3 months, 1 week ago
  

  Tom, we upgraded, and it’s nice. You’ll be fine with the older version. However, you should note that to use foldback feature you need a Matrox box, which is a few hundred dollars on top of the upgrade. We just ordered it, so I’m excited to play around with it. I [...]

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Designing a Worship Service (Part II)   3 months, 1 week ago
  

  To piggyback on our past post, “Designing a Worship Service”, designing a worship service should happen with a dedicated, closed team of staff or volunteers (as the case may be).  There are four things I believe you need to do in order to effectively design your worship service:

  Don’t only look to the future, you need [...]

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Franciscan Benediction   3 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Craig Groeschel shared this benediction at the 2008 Leadership Summit, and I thought I’d share it here.

  May God bless you with discomfort…
  At easy answers, half-truths,
  and superficial relationships,
  so that you may live deep within your heart.

  May God bless you with anger…
  At injustice, and exploitation of people,
  so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
  [...]

• mark douglas and Josh Willits are now friends   3 months, 2 weeks ago

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Managing your ”schedule”   4 months, 1 week ago
  

  I have a great team of volunteers who help to run our visuals.  But with volunteers often comes unique management challenges.  For instance, someone can understand how to use our system and can be very good at it, but they just don’t have a knack for choosing relevant backgrounds for a service.

  I’m not sure if [...]

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• ivette Vargas updated the ”Worship in HD Members” information on their profile   4 months, 2 weeks ago

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: Designing a Worship Service   4 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  I read an interesting article from the Midnight Oil guys recently about the Main Idea.   The challenge they give is a good one: “What is the single, central theme derived from the scriptural text that is the driving concept for every element in the service?”

  Do you do this?  You should be asking yourselves several [...]

• Janet Palmer updated the ”Worship in HD Members” information on their profile   4 months, 3 weeks ago

• Tom Scrape wrote on their own wire:   4 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Nope. We’re still at 2007. Some of the features look nice (especially the stage support, aka foldback, web support, and audio support), but we’re a very small church, and can get by without them. Still considering it, though, since the upgrade price in only $99.

• Josh Willits wrote on Tom Scrape’s wire:   4 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Hey, Tom, welcome to WorshipInHD! Have you upgraded EasyWorship yet? I’m planning to check it out this week.

• Tom Scrape and Joel Ohman are now friends   4 months, 3 weeks ago

• Tom Scrape and Josh Willits are now friends   4 months, 3 weeks ago

• Josh Willits created the group EasyWorship   5 months ago

• Josh Willits wrote a new blog post: ProPresenter 4   5 months ago
  

  Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve surely heard about the new version of ProPresenter, to be released shortly.  We run EasyWorship, but from what I’ve seen, ProPresenter 4 is the real deal.  I had the pleasure of visiting a church in Petaluma, CA, last week running ProPresenter (on a MAC) for 2 16:9 [...]

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• Josh Willits wrote on Jesse J. Anderson’s wire:   5 months ago
  

  Jesse, welcome to WorshipInHD! Let me know what you think! -Josh