Worship through Visual Media

The Blog is moving

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:19:00 +0000

We are finally moving to our new site. Please check us out at our new site bwsworld.com.
We will no longer be posting to this blogger blog so please move your RSS feed to bwsworld.com

Also coming up in the next few weeks me and David Collinsworth will be combining on a blog called DPC Creative. I will let you know more about it in the coming weeks on bwsworld.com

Sunday Look Back 10-4-09

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:19:00 +0000

This Sunday was an awesome Sunday at DP!

I love our band! What an awesome group of talented guys who love God.
Did anyone else get blinded by the huge shiny spot on Philip's shirt??
I ran lights this Sunday. It is always fun for me to man a position in the booth and let the other volunteers run their positions.
Could you imagine a service without the production team. No lights, no video. It would be weird wouldn't it.
I am really encouraged by the team I have in the booth every Sunday. They are always willing to learn something new.
If I have never said this in this blog. I am really proud of Rusty Lehman. Who has not only learned the lights from scratch but he also quit smoking cold turkey. I have no idea how hard that is but I can imagine.
Matt you will be fine next week.
If anyone is interested in helping people come to Christ through the visual and audio elements of the service I am looking for volunteers in the production booth. NO EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED. You just need to be willing to learn something new.

New Twitter Back Grounds

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:24:00 +0000

One thing on my to do list has been to create new twitter backgrounds for bwsworld and for Discover Point. I thought it would be easier than it was. I spend about 2 hours last night resizing the images until they worked on a variety of screen resolutions. Check them out when you get a minute.

@bwsworld

@discoverpoint

Production Blog: People want to be a part of something big

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:00 +0000

Above is a video of the black eyed peas performance of "I gotta feeling" at Oprah's 24th season kick off party. This is awesome, this gets me excited and this proof that people want to be apart of something big.

My wife showed me this video this past weekend and I loved it. How awesome is it that 21,000 or so came together and did one massive dance. How much fun would it have been to take part in it? How much fun would it have been just to watch it from the towers above the Chicago street.

I found out by searching the blogs that Carlos Whitaker of Ragga Muffin soul also did a short but powerful post about this video.

I have done some pretty intense research about advertising the past few weeks. One of the biggest things that I have found is that people want to be apart of something BIG! Which is one of the points of Carlos' blog post.

God is the biggest, greatest most awesome thing ever. The story of Jesus is the most exciting thing ever. How can we the church tell HIS story in a way that makes people of our Facebook, iphone, in debt, and hurting society want to follow HIM and dance like this for HIM.

What is the big thing we are missing? Should we completely change the way we do church? Do you have to sing every Sunday? I didn't not say worship I said sing. Could you portray the story without talking at people? I am not saying we SHOULD do any of these but what if we, the church, did? What would change? What if we laid aside our excuses as to why we shouldn't change things and just did it? What if you laid aside your excuses and DID the impossible plan God has laid in your heart? What if?

Sunday Look back 9-27-09 " He smelled like Peppermint"

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:58:00 +0000

The Photo has nothing to do with this week I just think it's funny. Jeff made the comment under the picture on Facebook that something smelled like peppermint. Great shot Lisa

1. Another Great Sunday at DP!

2. Our worship leader David played drums this week and did a great job.

3. We are working some stuff out with the audio. We know it's still a little loud and we like it that way!
4. The Benjamin video was funny and a good opener to Philip
5. I know speaking about financial issues is tough and Philip always handles it well
6. I need some one to run the intelligent lights. If anyone is interested please let me know. No experience needed.
7. Has anyone noticed the TV hanging in the corner next to the production booth?

Some things change.......

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:17:00 +0000

Every once in a while in ministry you come the realization that what you are doing is not working. Whether it is a ministry, a mind set or the entire mission. There comes a point when you have to stop the train and turn it around no matter how how far into the journey you are or how hard it is.

I came to that point the other day in my own life with a project I was working for our church. I have spent many, many hours trying to make it work. I have talked about it, pushed it and at times tried to force people into it. After a few events, a few talks with some people I respect and a lot of prayer I came to the realization that I was so busy pushing for what I thought was best I forgot to ask God what he wanted. I forgot to seek what God wanted for my life and my ministry.

It is really funny how God works because the day that let go of what I wanted God gave me an idea that I think is a game changer. I have talked with a few people about it and I have spent a lot of time praying about it. Will this project fail? Maybe, but I do not fear failure. I believe that as long as I continue to seek God, what he want s to be done will be done and if that means this project doesn't work so be it.

Thursday Quick Tip: Form Blogger to Worpress

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:40:00 +0000

As I have said before I moving this blog to new page and a new blogging system WordPress. So far I am really impresses with Wordpress. Sure it has its issues but the benefits far out weigh anything negative I would have to say about it. Below are few articles I have found that will help you get started with Wordpress.

How to Trick Out you WordPress Blog

How to Move from Blogger to WordPress without losing Google Rank

18 most downloaded Word Press Plugins Ever

I love this video

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:40:00 +0000

This is a great example of how powerful social media is.

Get addicted to Monopoly

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:40:00 +0000

I have found one of the most addictive games ever. The best part is you can only play it once a day until you money runs out. Monopoly city streets basically takes almost every street in the world and makes it available for you to buy. Once you but the street you can put builds on all shapes and sizes on it. Each building you buy earns you more rent each day. It is more complex than that so read the rules first. I own several streets here in the East Atlanta area. Can you beat me at Monopoly City Streets? You can try here

Sunday Look Back 9-20-09

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:57:00 +0000

We had lots of rain this week I am looking so forwarded to seeing the sun again.
It was however bright on the inside on Sunday morning.
Band was great as always. Thanks again to Chandler for filling in at drums!
Joy gets better every week on the computer. I am really excited to see her grow.
Videos this week were funny. I have posted the one from igniter media below.
Philip spoke on a hard subject. All of the subjects in this series are hard. He did a great job!
Baptism was short but it got the job done. The rain held up just long enough for us to baptize the 8-9 candidates.
Next week we are talking about improving your finances. We know people hate to talk about finances, so we have added some stuff to the service to really lighten the mood and make this Sunday one of the funniest most informational Sundays we have ever had!!!!

Time Off and Big news

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:40:00 +0000

Thank you to those of you who have emailed me asking about the blog. Yes I am still going to blog but regular work and DP work have kept me swamped this past week. Plus I am working on 2 new blogs. Well one old one new. I have made the jump to Word Press and I love it. This blog will become bWsworld.com . Go check the new design out when you get a minute. Also me and David Collinsworth (Worship Leader Ledges) and maybe a few other people will be teaming up on a blog called DPCcreative. It will be all about sharing the creative side of Discover Point Church. We will share videos, songs, graphics and incites into the creative process.

I will still be posting to this blog until the other 2 are complete so do not delete this rss feed yet. I will keep you updated!

Sunday Look back 9-13-09

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:48:00 +0000

I could possibly call this past Sunday the loudest Sunday ever at DP and that is saying something. That said the music was awesome! Our band is amazing! The staff football team has 1 year of bragging rights over the volunteers. All in all it was our best anniversary yet and it is only getting better!

1. Did any one notice the new TV in the corner by the Production booth. It runs announcement slides.

2. We are doing away with announcements at the end of services. So to get your announcement fix you can visit the DP Blog, DP Facebook Page, our Twitter page and the website. Or if you like emailed announcements sign up for the blast.

3. Band was really good

4. Philip Spoke on joining the revolution. Are you ready?

5. Philip and David visited the theater on Sunday morning. I am really thankful for that place and really thankful to be out of it!

6. Staff took the volunteer staff football game 11-5. Bragging rights for 1 year!

It was only a year ago......

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:40:00 +0000

Discover Point church is celebrating year number 4 this weekend. Not that we had anything to do with it but it has been an awesome four years. I always get accused of thinking too far in advanced so with this blog I would like to look back and thank God for everything that he has done at DPC and in my life over the last year.

Last year at this time we met at Peachtree academy. Me and David were getting ready a funny video of Philip first sermon ever (which is still very funny). We had plans to be in a permanent location but had no idea where. David and Laurah Hensley were our every week production team. Staff member Brien Duke was not married. We have seen several people come to know Christ. We had half the number of people we have today. We had Baptized a lot less people. . We did not have Propresenter or a mac (sorry had to throw that one in). We have met so many new people. We had not yet met Trista and Jeremy. Our kids program has come a long way. Some of you have had surgeries. Some of you have gotten married some have had new editions. Me and Philip used to have to climb on the roof of PTA every week to make sure it was dark in the gym where we met. Our band has added new members. Java Point opened. We have had our first Kids Jamm! Of course we moved into the Parker Road location. Are we satisfied??? Heck no? Will next year be better? That's out of our hands but we are planning a huge year! I hope you all get the chance to see what's next at DP.

What is your favorite moment from DPC over the last year?

Production Blog: Propresenter 4 is Coming

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:11:00 +0000

And they have 100 things they are adding, 100! I personally can't wait. Pro Presenter is the head of the class when it comes to church presentation software. It is quit possibly the most powerful presentation software and is the easiest to train volunteers on. Now they are adding 100 new things wow I can't wait to see what all they are going to do.

If you want a preview of the new additions follow @propresenter on twitter. Be sure to check out Pro Presenter 4 when it comes out. I know I will!

Chapter 5 is Coming this Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:38:00 +0000

It's hard to believe that our 4 year anniversary is finally here. This week we will celebrate what God has done through our church and what he is going to do. We as a staff know that nothing we have done over the past 4 years would matter if it was not done to the glory of God. We are excited about the next year it is going to be a wild year!

We are throwing a party the celebration across the street at the park! Please bring an appetizer style dish to the party (enough to feed your family plus one).

There will also be a Staff vs Volunteers football game for bragging rights.
The Staff team includes:
Philip Lehman
David Collinsworth
Jeff McCammon
Brien Duke
Trista Ross
Jeremy Ross
Brad Williams

Rules
1. So the volunteer team will need 7 people and one must be a female.
2. We will play 1 point per touch down first to 11 wins
3. 2 hand touch
4. 2 completions for a first down (really short passes don't count)
5. 5 Mississippi before you can cross the line of scrimmage

Sound good?

Below are the 2 teaser videos for this weekend if you missed them......

Sunday Look Back 9-6-09

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:40:00 +0000

Another great day at DP! Here are my thoughts on it

1. We had sound issues this week sorry. They will be good to go by next week!
2. The Theme to Beverly Hills Cop preformed by James Greene was awesome!
3. Most of the band was out of town so we had an acoustic set today. David Lisa Cole and James did a good job.
4. If you were our of town this week you missed a really good message! So go back and listen to it on the podcast!
5. Retro was a great series you will see again! Next time we will do either the 70's or the 90's.
6. I always love communion services. They remind you of the awesome sacrifice our Lord made.
7. I Can't wait for next week!

Thursday Quick Tip: Add Disqus to your blog

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:02:00 +0000

YOU can look at the comment section of my blog and see that it has changed. I have added discuss to my blog and I could not be happier. Now you can leave a comment on the blog and not be a card carrying Google nerd. All you have to do is have a Facebook or Twitter account. I have linked to the website form there you can find a tutorial on how add disqus to your site depending on what kind of blogging platform you use. If you have a blog or are thinking about starting a blog try our disqus to manage your comments.

Disqus: http://disqus.com/

Production Blog: I don't want to be that church....

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:45:00 +0000

Please note that I write this blog by myself for my opinions. I play a small role in the decisions made at Discover Point Church. Just because I write it in my blog does not mean that it is going to happen or that that the rest of the staff agrees with me. If the rest f the staff does not agree with me then that's okay. I trust the leadership God has in place at my church period. I may not like it but I get it. That said, on with this blog post......

I don't get caught up in numbers too often. I like numbers, I like stats and I like to be able to use them to compare and plan with. I just don't get real excited about numbers or increase in numbers. At DPC we have experienced a lot of growth lately and it has been exciting to see new people come to Christ. We have had a lot of visitors over the past few weeks and that too has been exciting! It would be easy to assume that what we are doing is working. It would be easy to get comfortable and continue down the same path were going because guess what it is working. It would be easy except for one thing WE ARE NOT FINISHED FOLKS!

Our job is not done, we have not arrived and hopefully we will never arrive. We live in a culture of change and if we as a church are not willing to change with the culture then we will cease to be relevant (I hate the word relevant) in our culture. I am not saying be like the culture but we must continue as Tim Stevens says "to leverage the culture". Perry noble really inspired me this morning when he wrote this simple line in his blog. "I don’t want to be the guy who never attempts anything great and plays if safe…". I am going to take it one step further and say I never want to be the church who never attempts something great, who plays it safe. We are only at the tip of the iceberg folks, there are so many opportunities for us to reach our community. We have a few community projects coming up this fall that we really want someone to step up and organize. Our Discover Kids program is booming and will only continue to grow. I hope within the next we can begin a live stream of all of our services every Sunday online. These are just a few things that will take place over the next year. I have a feeling we are going to do some crazy stuff to reach people.
Side Note: If you are already volunteering somewhere thank you, and don't burn yourself out by volunteering for too much. We want new volunteers to step up.

If you think the move last year was big (and it was) then you are going to be blown away this year! There is change in the air. There is a spirit of excitement! There is a revolution coming to east Atlanta you can either jump on board and take part or you can sit on the sidelines and play it safe. I know where I will be.

Here's to the crazy ones

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:40:00 +0000

Every time I get discouraged and start to think that I am crazy I watch this video............

Sunday Look back 8-30-09

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:55:00 +0000

Let just say I love DPC and I love what God is doing in our church and in our community.

1. Retro is such a fun idea and the basics is such a needed topic it all worked well.

2. Flow was off to me some how. I like smooth traditions the whole service felt choppy to me.

3. My lighting guy was having a tough week and still managed to do a great job. Yal please pray for Rusty he is trying to do one of the hardest things there is to do in life!

4. Let me just say that I love having the robotic lights back not only are they fun but they add so much to the service!

5. Joe Matt and Rusty pulled off a pretty tough week!

6. When Jeff speaks I used to always feel like I was getting lecture from one of my high school teachers. The past 4 times I have heard him his style has grown on me.

7. I love the "Jesus is my friend" clip that video trips me out everytime!

8. Kids Jamm was Fun!

9. Yes I got pudding up my nose to make my kids laugh!

10. Yes I can still small the milk 24 hours later.

See you all next week for the second week of Retro!

Production Blog: I love my volunteers

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:13:00 +0000

And here is a great video by James Greene that shows how much!

Sunday Look back 8-23-09

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:18:00 +0000

Yesterday was a truly amazing Sunday at Discover Point. We saw 18 children come to know Christ and that never gets old!

We opened the service with a guitar solo by the incredible Greg King!
Followed that up with Happy Day (One of my favorites)
Amazing Grace my chains are gone may have been the most powerful song we have ever done at DP.
James Green made an incredible video to honor our volunteers. Thanks Agian James!
The kids were nervous I think but they were cute
Philip spoke on why to serve.
Kids Jamm was incredible as again we saw 18 kids come to know the Lord!
Hope to see you all next week as we begin Retro the 1980's. This may be the funniest series from a production stand point we have ever done!

Sunday Look Back 8-16-09

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:40:00 +0000

This is my look back on the Sunday morning that was at DPC.

In case you haven't noticed the room is filling up!
We have always included a lot of media in our services. The media is just more refined now than it was even a few months ago.
Our band is great and they get better all the time. These guys adapt to little changes better than anyone I know.
Excited that my Production teams are starting to really come together.

No one in the booth is a professional but everyone gives 100% every week!
Are you ready to give God 100%
It's okay to have "things and to do "things" it's when those things become your life that you have a problem.
Thanks to everyone who filled out the Life Groups surveys. We got lots of good feed back.
Kids Jamm was so much fun again this week. There is something about watching kids learn that amazes me.

Production Blog:The future of DP Production

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:00 +0000

I am a firm believer in the fact that you have to have a vision and a plan for your ministry. Even if God changes the direction from time to time if you keep goals ahead of you then you are always reaching for something and you don't become content with what you have done. These are my future plans for the Production ministry at DPC. These plans may not be the plans of the rest of the staff although I shared most of these with them. These plans may change as our relatively new church continues to take shape. Today I am going to talk about my short term goals. Maybe in a few weeks I will come back and share my long term goals for this ministry.

1. Better training material. I am (as I have said many times before) a terrible teacher. I am a doer and doers do they don't teach. On the other hand I do lead a ministry and leaders do teach. So how do I balance the two? I have not figured that our yet. What I do know is that I need to put together better training packets. We have some cool equipment and I would love to be able to hand some one a training packet so they will at least have some idea whats going on before they step into the booth for their first day of practice.

2. A new position: Camera Operator - There will be a need for a camera operator very soon for reasons I will discuss below

3. I want to begin to put together a plan to control over flow. In case you have not noticed our services get fuller and fuller. We want everyone to be able to be on the service comfortably. What happens if more people show up then we have seats for? The answer is to create an overflow space. A space out in the lobby where people can see and hear the service on TV's. This would also allow us to run the countdown in lobby so you would have a better idea when the service is to begin.

4. I want to set up a Live Internet Broadcast of our services! Yes I would like to stream our services live over the Internet. It is all about reaching as many people as possible and live streaming events is easier than ever. Plus it provides you a way to join our services even if you are sick or out of town!

5. Increase production volunteers. With the addition of a position soon and the possibility of increasing the number of service at DPC I need volunteers I have 8 and I probably will need 16 within the next 6 months. That's a lot of training!

Like I said these goals could change or the time tables could change. All I know is that is your not working towards something your standing still.

Social Media and the Church: Google reader Sharing

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Wiliams) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:42:00 +0000

I want to know what your reading! I love to read ideas, thoughts and random blurbs for a wide range of people. Just as fun for me to know is what your reading and what you think is cool, creative and exciting. We get great ideas by sharing thoughts and ideas with other s and letting them add to the ideas. It just like a creative meeting except with 1000's of people online. Google reader has added a great new feature that allows us to share the blogs we think are worth sharing as well as comment on them with your thoughts. I read a ton of blogs and so do a lot of you. I don't always read the blogs your read but I want to know about the ones you think are cool, creative, smart or just funny. It's all about growing the kingdom! All you have to do is:

Sign up for Google reader

Add some feeds to your reader

Under each feed is button to share

Find a post you think is worth sharing and click the share button under it

Find other people like you or even people different from you and read their shared items

Have fun being creative with 1000's of people

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