Making the connections

First Media worked a long weekend to install the fiber optic cable and the components necessary to connect our Worship Center video and audio feeds to our Living Room (contemporary) service. We ran into a few snags along the way, but we got it done.

The feed originates at our Control Room IMAG switcher (Panasonic MX70) and runs to a Sony Hard Disk Recorder...we use that to delay the programming that’s sent to the Living Room. It then runs through an Extron fiber transimitter, down the fiber cable to an Extron fiber receiver in the Living Room tech booth and ultimately to another MX70 IMAG swticher.

But if that’s where the connections stop, then we’ve missed our target completely. Our purpose as media ministers, staff and volunteers is not just to provide and operate technology, but to use that technology to connect people...to one another, to service and to God. Technology is a ministry tool. If we remember that, we’ll approach our tech projects with a renewed enthusiasm and intentionality.