projectionist

2010-12-22T18:08:00.001-08:00

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII this blog is dead but we are all living so alive. Cuz our father lives in us :)

A thousand times I've failed

2009-09-12T08:37:00.000-07:00

I could have just given up, I could have just put a random picture, put it in master slide and settle everything once and for all.

but then something struck me
"is this, giving your all to God?"

I feel so worried about my exams admist doing the slides. My friends could have done at least 100 questions of maths questions when I was doing my slides. I could have miss out the exams questions that I could have practiced.
How stupid isn't it, but yet so true.

Still, i choose to give my all to him, because ultimately, our final destination is not earth itself but heaven. Though the process is so excruciating, i'm willing to exchange everything that i have for the love of God. The joy of the lord, is something not men can give, not good grades can give, but only you, lord jesus christ, can.

and now, I amazingly completed the slides in 4 hours.
prayers do wonders,

i will keep that in mind.

christine

simplicity

2008-11-30T05:26:00.000-08:00

Hoho

Im back

Im back to do slides yet again. (eversince my hiatus from slides due to olevels)
Oh gosh, everything has changed so much

We went from simple - complicated- even more complicated- simple slides
It's like.. a fashion trend ? or is it that people's taste just vary so quickly.

but geez. how relieved i was while doing slides today. There was no need for extreme animation or beautiful pictures. Im glad we have start to appreciate simplicity. Its either just one picture or the black background thing. Not only it does lessen the load, i felt so much at ease while doing.
I could concentrate BETTER during worship today(although .. i thot i looked like a stone..), like ... i guess you all know what i mean right?

=)

liwen said she's gonna adopt the black background for youth camp. Im in full support for this idea!
but i still find white very refreshing, but probably only for fast songs, with REPRISE STAMP as the font. Go try it and check it out, it's very cool!

see u all again. and God bless for wei wei for combined service. (: God bless liwen in her flight and matilda in new york?
:)

Chrissy

wake up call

2008-10-08T01:20:00.000-07:00

i'm the last to blog. oh-so-enthusiastic-me lor. haha!

busybusybusy mah! but after reading ur posts, i'm guilty. of claiming to be busybee, when in fact others have to cope with BOTH work & exams.

AS YOU KNOW. AND IF YOU HAVENT KNOW. projection on 5oct was a hell mess. the fonts look like crap. the slides couldnt project. the video cannot play. my lappy decided to be cranky. so all in all, i had a couple of concerned faces after service, asking me "What happened today?" imagine. just how lousy i felt...

reason being. i was late. and jon.w wanted to play this welcome video. and i was late. and so we had to try the sound and video in <15mins b4 the ushers open door for service. i was late. my lappy cldnt detect the cable. i was late. so i had to project the slides from the church lappy. my fonts went haywire. i was late.

i was in a frenzy. and so my heart was not prepared to worship & serve that day. animation was messy. i couldnt focus. WE ALL HAVE OUR BAD DAYS hurh.

you stayed up late to do the slides. make sure everything is perfect. the fonts are nice. the animations and backgrounds complement the songs all so well. you enter church with heart racing. eager to see your efforts on screen. and then, POOM! this worship leader decided to sing another song. the chairman wants to play that video. the speaker wants to you to edit his slides. the comp's giving you problems. and you thought, everything was suppose to run according to what you've plannned! everything should run perfect. at least, on your part.

we all learn. i learnt. that everything will not run perfect. if my heart is not right in the 1st place. i stayed up late to look for the nicest slides. woke up early in the morning to do animations and hyerlinks. very tired. is that how it should be?

rush to church. my heart not prepared. is that how it should be?

busy projecting slides. making sure it looks nice on screen. do last minute editing to perfect slides. didnt pray. didnt join the worship team in prayer. is that how it should be?

ushers open the door. congregation flocks in. still busy. doing welcome slides. writing slide no.s on song paper. is that how it should be?

more often than not, we blame worship leaders for their last minute as-the-holy-spirit-leads changes. we blame them for disrupting the flow. the plan. shock us. is that how we should feel?

remind me. cos' i 4got how it feels like. to freely worship God without worrying bout' how the slides will run or if worship leaders might change to a song that we didnt prepare.

remind me. cos' a projectionist's primary role afterall, is to project slides. allow the congregation to sing along to the songs.

remind me. i'm serving God, not slides :)

xoxo, liwen

Heyo!

2008-10-03T07:06:00.000-07:00

*Claps**shouts**Welcomes Vivian onboard!* I'm posting the 4th post! Heh! Anyway, here's a reply and some quick updates on my schedule.....My exams are coming! It seems harder this semester to get through. Well, why? A few reasons:

1) Firstly, I feel "pang-chek" - Flattened tyre in Hokkien. :p Probably cos it's my 3rd semester this sem and I've lost all my adrenaline (is that how you spell it?), lost the motivation when I just started school initially. Feeling tired and have the kind of "get over and done with" feeling.

2) Secondly, I have no leave to take this time to study! Well, as all of you know, I just got a new job, so I'm still on probation and there's quite alot of things for me to learn and do, so yup, good time management is what I need.

Well, was telling my mum how stressed I was and she said sarcastically "Go and tell your Jesus la, he will help you." And I replied, "Oh ya, I must tell Him cos He will surely help me." And through this conversation, although my mum sounded sarcastic, but it just reminded me to rely on Him to go through this period. So, do pray for me ya?

Alright, after all these nonsense, here's my exam schedule:
23 Oct 2008 - Human Resource Management
31 Oct 2008 - Leadership Management
5 Nov 2008 - Organizational Theory

As for the youth camp, I would love to go. My leave is not approved yet, so I'll let you guys know soon! :)

In His Love,
Wei2

2008-10-01T07:27:00.000-07:00

Heh! :)

Thanks for setting the blog and for urging us to post chrissy.

Truth to be told, it's been something that i want to get going since a couple of months ago when i had this super disastrous sunday projection. its so bad, i was urggggh. no words could described it.. but i think you guys understand :)

And know what, each time we fail, i thank God that He picks us up, remind us that we are serving Him and not man. Hence, we learn and we get better each time.

BUT

Let's not be selfish and keep the lesson to ourselves! Let's share, blog about it.. talk about it, so that others learn! tee hee. So if it's a tough sunday, blog about it, tell us what went wrong and more importantly, what did you learn. And if sunday went great, tell us why too! And what we can learn from you!

Alrighty, UPDATES!

1) let's welcome VIVIAN onboard. training's gonna start pretty soon, 12th Oct to be precise. So you guys, she's going to see in with you!

2) chrissy dear is sitting for the mega Os. Big exams, but still not bigger than God :) She's going away for study leave from 13th October to 14th November (right??). When she's back we can make her do everything! :)

3) i'm going on a looonng holiday to the States from 24th nov to 17 dec. I think i am gonna be homesick.

4) We are on the HOTLIST for youth camp projection team. This year, pretty Liwen will be heading the team which comprises of her and christine. Weiz.. you going for camp?

SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER

5th Oct (Combined) - Liwen
12 Oct - Wei2 (Vivan)
19 Oct - Matz (Vivian)
26 Oct - Liwen

Love, matz

chris

2008-09-28T01:44:00.000-07:00

anw hi.
today i kinda messed up from the start till the end

i really do feel our mood plays a part in our.. serving, in that case.
when the song was played, altho it wasn't exactly my fault that i didn't know there was this song, but i allowed myself to get cope up with it
and aftwards, no matter how wonderful the slides or worship is, nothing can get inside

i dono even u know how i feel but i've definitely learnt a lesson
It was like being back to square one yet again.

thus, in conclusion.. for my case, i think being able to serve wholeheartedly, we must

1) come early!
2) be prepared
3) communicate with the worship leader
4) Pray!

i think one reason it ws all screwed up was becos.. I came late, and as a result, i did not pray.

so , jiayou everyone! while im on my study break.. i hope i don't miss out much !

ps: this blog is dead.

2008-07-18T03:15:00.000-07:00

ALOHA. christine here
just testing out. inaddition, im putting the songs for easy reference.
anw other than youtube, any place we can easily find songs?

Rain down-planetshakers

Beautiful saviour

Majesty

ps: as you notice. below there are a few tags. next time we can just.. i dono find the songs thru tag. i will figure it how.