You know that feeling you get after a big Christmas party at your house? You spent several days cleaning and decorating your house, making sure everything was perfect. You cooked for hours and used ingredients that you’ve never used before. You invited 30 of your closest friends and spent 3 hours entertaining them and making them feel at home. And when the last guest leaves, you sit down on the sofa, exhausted yet fulfilled in what you accomplished, and you let out a big “ahhhhh”.
You know, putting on a Christmas production at a Southern Baptist mega-church is just like hosting a Christmas party at your house…with a few minor exceptions.
We spent several weeks preparing and decorating our “house”, including installing picture frames around two 17x14 foot video screens. We produced videos and put together instrumental, vocal and click tracks (which no one even realized were playing). We ran cables through ceilings, floors and walls. We added a camera for just one shot of our drums. We also temporarily installed a 3rd 15,000 lumen projector. Over 4,200 of our closest friends popped in (without RSVPing) and we entertained them for 3 1/2 hours with a 125-voice choir, a 35-piece orchestra and 18 media volunteers behind the scenes pulling the strings to make it all work.
And now that the party’s over…”ahhhhh!”
Merry Christmas!
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