Lamps (not bulbs)
By Anthony D. Coppedge - March 27, 2008
Lamp technology has gone through significant leaps in technology over the last several years, and the new technologies have created much longer lamp life, and a host of other caveats and pitfalls. I feel a mini-article coming on, so here I go: It used to be that a projector manufacturer would say 1,000 hours was the “expected lamp life”. In reality, you got about 450 hours that were good, but the drop-off in brightness was significant, and they rarely lasted the rated 750 hours. Typically...

Utilizing Cameras
By Anthony D. Coppedge - Feb 11, 2008
The vast majority of churches in America are using slide projectors and overhead transparencies and haven’t made the jump to video projection. But that is changing…and rapidly. And in the ranks of those churches that have taken the “digital dive”, there are growing congregations who have started using video cameras in what’s called IMAG – or Image MAGnification or even “Big Picture”. No matter what you call it, the ability to take a larger-than-life image and project it for all to see has...

Implementing Media
By Anthony D. Coppedge - Jan 25, 2008
Have a defined vision, purpose and plan for using Media. That's it. If the church leadership has a desire to use Media, then there must be a clear vision, attainable goals and operating budget established. 1) Vision If the desire is to be 'cool' or 'do what ABC Church is doing', then I'd question the passion behind the vision. However, if the vision is to use media as a sermon/song support tool, membership growth and involvement and community outreach, then you're on the ...

Projector Connections
By Anthony D. Coppedge - Jan 04, 2008
Simple, yet legitimate questions about projectors are often the ones that are assumed. A subscriber of mine once asked me what sorts of connectors should be on a projector. First, the projector should be DATA and VIDEO compatible. This is the de-facto standard in today’s projectors, but it never hurts to ask. The physical types of connectors that are common are: • DVI input– (specialized connector) – A computer-type input that uses a digital signal instead of the analog for a cleaner imag...

How Much Media Budget?
By Anthony D. Coppedge - Dec 19, 2007
The concept of Media budgets is relatively new (aside from broadcast oriented churches), and the amounts jump dramatically from church to church. So how much should you set aside for your Annual church Media budget? The best way to answer that is to look at what drives the budget. Budgets for churches are driven by three main components: 1) Vision from church leadership (value - how important is Media) 2) Content and frequency (application – what is required of Media)<...

It’s Knowing How to Say It
By Anthony D. Coppedge - Nov 22, 2007
"Vegas has nothing to say, but they know how to say it," says Ed Young, Jr., Founding Pastor of Fellowship Church (my home church), "and the Church has everything to say, but typically doesn't know how to say it." Boy is that sad but true! Because I travel and speak at various conferences all over the United States, I inevitably find myself in "Sin City" attending one of the large tradeshows that only seems to fit in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The "strip", as La...

Mission Service Supply
By EXW Staff - Nov 08, 2007
Over the past ten years or so, the church has become more aware of the need to improve upon their visual ministries. Overhead projectors are a thing of the past and although many churches are utilizing video projectors, many are still behind in quality and formatting. My churches screens are all 16:9. It is the norm for us and has been for the past four years. Our projectors give us the quality we need to do the ministry we do here each week. Our incorporation of plasma screens around our church...

Copyright in the Church
By Stephen M. Newman - Oct 15, 2007
Over the past weeks I have run into some questions about copyright in the area of music and video. The questions were simple and easy to understand and answer, and yet, I am finding that more and more churches, even though they have a CCLI and CVLI license, are uninformed of what they can and cannot do. Below I've listed some of the basic do's and don'ts in the music and video area. Here I want to address specifically video. There are many seeker churches that put together some great vide...

Planning Weekend Experiences
By Anthony D. Coppedge - Sep 24, 2007
Does your Pastor use a Creative Team to help craft the weekend experience at your church? Does your team plan out sermon series, music, videos and events well in advance? Chances are, your Pastor is overloaded with studying for the weekend, managing the staff, meeting with members and handling the day-to-day of today's church. I doubt that your Pastor has had the time to even consider how to implement a strategy that would help relieve some of the stress by inviting a group to help plan t...

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