A Turkey Day...
Yesterday was another one of those Sundays you'd like to have every week, where - in spite of technical glitches and the like - you could tell God was doing something. A good crowd...visitors who were moved by the message and the music, etc. Yes, glitches abounded Sunday a.m. And - though no BLAME was perceived (hose monkey!) - it is frustrating to not touch anything between rehearsal and Sunday and have things malfunction...period. Fixing it then becomes an immediate concern which takes away from other preparation time that could be better spent warming up/practicing/etc. I especially hated it this morning because I arrived 15 minutes early to account for tech "glitches."
And I loved the new "mystery delay" that plagued our audio (Pam had particular fun speaking into the mic when that happened). Big John speculated that it was the power amp (going bad). I'm hoping it's something simpler (and cheaper)...like a loop created by the Terapin CD recorder which was plugged into the inputs AND ouputs on the tape in/out with the "tape to main mix" knob turned up about halfway. Someone hooked a tape deck up the same way to the Mackie we had at Mountaintop, and the resulting squeal was...unpleasant. However, I made the mistake of opening my mouth with my theory of the problem in a roomfull of engineers and others with previous audio experience...D'OH! (So much for my own past experience). So, I just retreated back onstage...LOL. John did turn down the "tape to main mix" knob when he cycled the power, so right now the source of the problem remains a mystery. Hopefully, if it does return, it won't be on a Sunday morning...and we'll actually have time to analyze the problem accurately.
But like I said - in spite of the bad cable/mystery delay/monitor not working "fiasco," we did get through our run-thru ontime, and the music went very well (also in spite of 1 or 2 "oops" moments and a botched key change). Dave's message was good...with no Dave-isms to report this week :-). Our guests also seemed to really enjoy the morning, and two of them returned for our dinner that night. All this just serves as a strong reminder to me that what happens at church really is all God's doing, and we just come along for the ride... Our God is definitely bigger than our "glitches."
After church, Jack, Pam, Kailyn and I headed to Applebee's. Funny moment: Saw a woman dressed in a tight red leather outfit there...and Pam wasn't too keen on my suggestion that our "doo-wop" girls wear something similar onstage...LOL. J-mo...I'm sure you would have had some choice "comments." Anyway, I'm sure Kyle would've found our table service "lacking." We did. But the food/company was good...I guess that's what really counts.
Yesterday afternoon was spent relaxing and preparing a corn casserole for the holiday dinner at the church. Dana also borrowed our oven to cook a ham.
The dinner was a lot of fun. The turnout was awesome (over 60 there), the food was excellent (wow, J-mo CAN cook), and the video drama we shot this week was a hit with the crowd (though I didn't see Brian, Eli, or Noah signing autographs at the door later). I also liked the sharing time where people spoke about things they were thankful for. All I can say about that is it's amazing to see how God's working in people's lives. Wow!
Afterwards, we hung out as the crowd dissipated. Matt Rose showed us some of his classical piano skilz.
KEY PHRASES: Doris: "I like the band. I like...Kyle...I think that's his name, is it?" "No, it's YOUR mic cable, you dufus." "Hope Susan remembered to put down the fart towel this year." "Amber, we've set aside a 'quarantine' room for you and your kids." (LOL) "Donny, I knew you were back home when 'donny-spam' returned."
"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"
And I loved the new "mystery delay" that plagued our audio (Pam had particular fun speaking into the mic when that happened). Big John speculated that it was the power amp (going bad). I'm hoping it's something simpler (and cheaper)...like a loop created by the Terapin CD recorder which was plugged into the inputs AND ouputs on the tape in/out with the "tape to main mix" knob turned up about halfway. Someone hooked a tape deck up the same way to the Mackie we had at Mountaintop, and the resulting squeal was...unpleasant. However, I made the mistake of opening my mouth with my theory of the problem in a roomfull of engineers and others with previous audio experience...D'OH! (So much for my own past experience). So, I just retreated back onstage...LOL. John did turn down the "tape to main mix" knob when he cycled the power, so right now the source of the problem remains a mystery. Hopefully, if it does return, it won't be on a Sunday morning...and we'll actually have time to analyze the problem accurately.
But like I said - in spite of the bad cable/mystery delay/monitor not working "fiasco," we did get through our run-thru ontime, and the music went very well (also in spite of 1 or 2 "oops" moments and a botched key change). Dave's message was good...with no Dave-isms to report this week :-). Our guests also seemed to really enjoy the morning, and two of them returned for our dinner that night. All this just serves as a strong reminder to me that what happens at church really is all God's doing, and we just come along for the ride... Our God is definitely bigger than our "glitches."
After church, Jack, Pam, Kailyn and I headed to Applebee's. Funny moment: Saw a woman dressed in a tight red leather outfit there...and Pam wasn't too keen on my suggestion that our "doo-wop" girls wear something similar onstage...LOL. J-mo...I'm sure you would have had some choice "comments." Anyway, I'm sure Kyle would've found our table service "lacking." We did. But the food/company was good...I guess that's what really counts.
Yesterday afternoon was spent relaxing and preparing a corn casserole for the holiday dinner at the church. Dana also borrowed our oven to cook a ham.
The dinner was a lot of fun. The turnout was awesome (over 60 there), the food was excellent (wow, J-mo CAN cook), and the video drama we shot this week was a hit with the crowd (though I didn't see Brian, Eli, or Noah signing autographs at the door later). I also liked the sharing time where people spoke about things they were thankful for. All I can say about that is it's amazing to see how God's working in people's lives. Wow!
Afterwards, we hung out as the crowd dissipated. Matt Rose showed us some of his classical piano skilz.
KEY PHRASES: Doris: "I like the band. I like...Kyle...I think that's his name, is it?" "No, it's YOUR mic cable, you dufus." "Hope Susan remembered to put down the fart towel this year." "Amber, we've set aside a 'quarantine' room for you and your kids." (LOL) "Donny, I knew you were back home when 'donny-spam' returned."
"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"
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