Schweitzer Visit
Posted on May 1, 2008
I met Matt Kerner at WiredChurches Communications workshop in Kansas City put on by Kem Meyer’s, probably a year and a half ago. He is in Springfield, which is an hour from me and we have threatened to get together for lunch or something ever since then and never have sync’d up.
Lately, Matt and I have been talking and Twittering about a variety of things and last Saturday, I made the trip to Schweitzer United Methodist Church. I love visiting churches, especially when I can get a behind the scenes tour, which I definitely did at Schweitzer.
They have 4 services: 2 modern, 1 traditional and 1 blended. On Saturday night is one of the modern services and I arrived in time to watch the band practice and look over Matt’s shoulder as he cleaned up the songs in ProPresenter.
One thing I love about ProPresenter is the countdown that ran all during practice to let everyone know how much time there was until the pre-service meeting. At 5, all of us, the band, the sound and media guys, the associate pastor and Matt and I went and discussed the details of the upcoming service. (I actually just sat there and listened.) Every element was previously mapped out and the details of who does what and when they do it was nailed down in this meeting.
During the service, I hung out in the media room with Matt’s uber volunteer, Will and watched as he ran ProPresenter. ProPresenter has a sweet interface and it would be fun for us to get to where we can transition over to that. It was a good service.
Afterwards, Matt and I went to Galloway Station and had a great dinner on the patio.
It was fun to compare notes and learn a thing or two. Matt is a busy guy, he is the Media Director at Schweitzer and now transitioning into the role of College Pastor. (not sure of exact title). They have some cool toys there for video and audio editing and mostly a Mac shop, in that regard.
We talked a little bit about our future goals and desires and it will be interesting to see how things shake out. God is moving among things that we are each doing and it’s fun to see how we cross paths and intermingle among each other in the church tech world.
If you are ever in Springfield, stop by and say hi to Matt, he is very accomodating and he’s doing some cool stuff!
Thanks Matt, for your time and just letting me experience Schweitzer! I’ll drop by again someday.
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