Oh NO, it's here

In my last blog post I talked about the anticipation in regards to a projection screen arriving.  Within 48 hours of that post, it arrived.  Now you would assume that I was terribly excited about its arrival but within 72 hours, I was anything but excited.  You see, with the arrival of the screen came the realization that I huge learning curve had just been dumped into my lap.  I had to learn a new way of organizing worship, a new computer program in much more detail than I had known prior, and a new way of even leading worship.  Of course, this learning all needed to take place on an already very hectic week.  I was ready to scream.

Thank goodness time changes perspectives.  This week has been much better with the learning and the time management.  I was able to devote a large portion of yesterday to helping my administrative assistant learn the new computer program and to revamp the way that I put the elements of a worship service together.  There has been an increase in organization and an ability to get key players more involved.  I am excited about worship this Sunday and an opportunity to fully integrate the new technology to enhance our worship of the Lord.  There have even been a few members comment on how great an addition the system is to our worship (and they only saw 1/3 of the service utilizing it last week).

I am sure that there will still be some glitches to work out.  I am sure that I will continue to make mistakes with the system and its use.  But what an exciting time it is for our congregation and the worship of our Lord.  Like a friend said to me, "It is kind of like having a baby, you anticipate what great joy it is going to be but when it comes time for the arrival, you realize what a learning curve you now have."