How Should We Think About Lyric Projection on Sundays?

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@Michaelpl21092 3 ай бұрын

As someone who helps with graphics at my local church, this was a refreshing and amazing reminder of what should truly impact the people God allows me to serve, using the gifts He has given me. As Graphic Designers, we often focus on visual impact and creating the 'Wow Effect' to be successful in our work. This conversation has given me a new perspective on that! May God help us serve Him better!

@fellowshipcl 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Bob and David! Your work is always so insightful and helpful for our members and volunteers!

@dwightpurtle 3 ай бұрын

Your guidelines make great sense. An example of needed punctuation is the phrase “My one defense my righteousness” from a popular contemporary worship song. Without punctuation, the phrase could mean either “You’re my one defense, You’re my righteousness” (what the author intended), or “My one defense is my righteousness” (heresy). I wish the author had inserted the word “You’re”, but adding a comma after “defense” helps to clarify the meaning. Thanks for a clear explanation!

@kevinw3350 2 ай бұрын

Just to be fair, he does sing, “You’re my one defense” in the song once. I’m not sure if the latter interpretation of, “my one defense is my righteousness” fits within the context of the chorus or the song as a whole.

@wallyhall 3 ай бұрын

Talking of grammar - line 1 of “His mercy is more” has a comma - and it has caused quite the discussion in our church! We agreed to remove it. I’m also a fan of capitalising the H and Y in Him and You etc - when speaking of God. 20:42

@jonbru1 3 ай бұрын

Thoughtful reflections, thank you both.

@JBLFC92 3 ай бұрын

Going back a long time (probably close to two decades!) my church used different backgrounds - sometimes moving - although they wouldn't change for each slide. Ever since, we've gone for black backgrounds and white writing - the other benefit of this is that it's the best option for those who don't have good eyesight anymore and those who are colorblind. I also try to use 2-3 lines per slide, as I think that gives context to the song but keeps focus on the lyrics being sung, rather than it being a mini paragraph on the screen. However, for higher tempo songs, I've sometimes opted for four lines as I think it can actually be more distracting to have constant slide changes (although we've also dispensed with any fade times to help with that). I've found it's better to put the next slide up slightly earlier than you think is needed, and of course, it's better to get it wrong occasionally than be late every time. (We don't tend to have a fixed song structure so sometimes you have to take an educated guess as to whether the chorus is repeating or it's going to the bridge, for example). Overall, this is such an underrated part of a church service that can massively reduce distractions if done properly.

@TobyBaxley 3 ай бұрын

Since your talk at WG, I got rid of all our fancy backgrounds. No one has said anything and it's so much easier to create the slides.

@wallyhall 3 ай бұрын

Talking of spelling - I remember once “angles sinning” rather than “angels singing”. 22:25

@aureliovelasquez8946 3 ай бұрын

My church every Sunday has printed out pamphlets/hands outs that contain lyrics to songs and a breakdown to the sermon with room to write notes.

@iriscooper3674 3 ай бұрын

I'm old enough to remember books of hymns. How easy was that. Hundreds of hymns ans choruses 😊

@dougtodd24 3 ай бұрын

I remember operating the transparencies(as you called it)/acetates(as people like me - in Scotland - called it) and the church I was in, that was using them, essentially stopped singing together - kind of just because all of the musicians and singers gradually left thriugh various issues - which was quite sad. Anyways, it wasn't until around 2010 that a then-new church where I am started worshipping in our church building and are using projection. So then, having just watched your podcast now and, for me looking back and maybe comparing the two technologies, I think I'd have to say I'd gladly go back back to OHP in a heartbeat. Remembering that the OHP + OHP person would be at the front of the room again and, considering that many of the congregation might be looking at the OHP person sometimes, I'd think I'd have to explain at least once about a couple of the points you mentioned.