Mac vs. PC, ProPresenter vs. MediaShout vs. EasyWorship

Feb 27

brettMiscellaneous 4 Comments

At NewSong Lancaster, we use a pretty old but beefy Dell Precision and EasyWorship for displaying our lyrics. I really like EasyWorship because it is just that, EASY, to train volunteers to use. This works well for us most of the time but we are looking to possibly upgrade in the near future. Soooo, I’ve been doing some reading this morning about the Mac vs. PC debate, as well as trying to sift through some of the MediaShout vs. ProPresenter issues for the purpose of discerning whether purchasing an iMac is the way to go.

If you have any experience in the Mac vs. PC issue for the purpose of displaying lyrics, or if you know anything about ProPresenter or MediaShout, it would be great to hear your opinion.

Feb 22 Setlist

Feb 23

brettMiscellaneous 1 Comment

So I saw this on Twitter and thought it was a good idea. I’ll give it a shot each week. If you’d like, post your setlists each week as well. Check out the Sunday Setlists page to hear what many others are doing.

This week our theme was The Name of Jesus.

We did “Everything” by Tim Hughes as a prelude (which really had nothing to do with the theme).

First song after the announcements was “Lift Up The Name” by Josh Caterer from Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago. It is a fun, upbeat call for people to glorify the name of Christ. It also includes some shouting at the end, which can be uncomfortable for some people, but it’s good get out of the comfort zone, right? :)

Second song was “Your Name” by Glenn Packiam & Paul Baloche. We did the Philips, Craig, & Dean version and started it with a Wurli sound on the keyboard, which was pretty cool. Also, during the “instrumental” part we had our singers recite some scripture verses that went along with each line of the chorus. Here’s how that went:

Your name is a strong and mighty tower (Prov. 18:10)
Your name is a shelter like no other (Psalm 5:11)
Your name let the nations sing it louder (Psalm 66:1-2)
Cause nothing has the power to save but Your name (Acts 4:12)

The last three songs we did as a medley: Jesus Your Name, Praise the Name of Jesus, and You are My All in All.

It was a decent set, a little choppy at spots, but definitely carried the theme well.

What did you do this week?

*Posted by Brett*

Another James Mac thot

Feb 12

brettMiscellaneous 2 Comments

Hey all,

Got some good comments on the last James MacDonald video. Let me hear what you think about this one.