To help us measure the reach and impact of these livestream services, we are taking an informal survey to find out more about who is watching. We’d like to hear from you, especially: Why do you watch our services? How often do you watch? Please feel free to leave other comments as well. You don’t need to identify yourself if you prefer not to. Thanks for helping!
Did you know that many of Rev. Peter's sermons are available to download and read? If you go to our Sermon Videos page, you'll see "Download sermon text" in some of the descriptions. Or click "Read more" for a complete list.
The Stream Team makes it possible for people to participate in worship remotely on YouTube. We do this using an ATEM video switcher—a surprisingly simple way to combine video from two cameras and text from a PowerPoint slide show. Training is available for any who would like to join the team. Since fall, we’ve made great progress: I will be happy to share the signup link if you think you might like to become an ATEM operator or would like to nominate someone else. I’d love to have at least six trained ATEM Operators and four Tech Setup People, so
Our church has been recording services for years and putting them on Public Access TV. Then in March 2020, the Covid epidemic pushed us into high gear. Without missing a beat, we put our services online by Zoom, staffed initially by the husbands of our minister and music director. Study groups, choir rehearsals, ministerial office hours, and business meetings went on Zoom as well. Our church is in much better shape today because we did all this. Streamed worship is one thing; hybrid worship is another. Last spring we started to invite people back to church in person. That was
Thanks to the efforts of many, new stage lighting designed by Stephen Larrett has been installed in the front of our sanctuary. A crew consisting of Mark Belanger, Jim Bonnar, Dan Hotchkiss, Bill Howe, Brian Kowalski, Marc MacQueen, and Alan Melchior did most of the work, all under the active leadership of Rick Benard. The main installation took place on August 21, with touchups continuing. If you watch the video recording of the September 11 church service, you’ll see what a difference the new lights make. Cameras need light to see, and so do people. These new lights bring us
