Unfortunatly it's not free to create a program like this! It takes much time, so any donation would help the project continue.
What are you waiting for? Download it and try it out! Why? Most of the other programs I have used was either very expensive or hard to use, and had an outdated inerface.
UbuntuCE is a a Linux-based free and open source operating system geared towards Christians.Īnd it comes preinstalled with many useful softwares and tools, including FreeShow. Control your project from your phone, with an easy-to-navigate interface. Be on purpose with what God has entrusted to you.Connect using the computer IP + default port 5510 from any browser on the same network. Follow the on-screen wizard to import the OpenLP XML song files from Step 1. At the very least, you’ll come out knowing why you do what you do. I would suggest you and your team definitely take some time to pray through and openly discuss this idea. We are trying to be on purpose with everything we do from a technology standpoint. If the video background doesn’t build unto the point we are making or tell a story in a particular way, then we won’t do it. Our method is simple: do it on purpose or don’t do it at all. We have also been able to start exploring new and inventive ways to use what we have at our disposal, because we aren’t saturating our worship with unintentional information. In that time we have been able to outline how and when to use a video background should the occasion arise. In fact, the positive feedback has never stopped, even as new visitors hit our seats. It has been a solid year since we stopped using video backgrounds in our Sunday worship, and to date, no one has ever had a complaint or a substantial argument to the change. It was settled, if we were to teach a year on rest, then we couldn’t possibly muddy up the Sundays with over-stimulation.
Every series would be connected to the idea of Sabbath. God intervened this time, because as that conversation was starting up our teaching team decided this year would be a year of Sabbath. We made our way through the Christmas season and it was the New Year before anyone inquired when we would start using backgrounds again. They felt more connected to the worship team, and the lighting tech had more freedom without the added color palette of the backgrounds.Īs the series came to a close I advised the tech team to continue without backgrounds on the lyrics. The Effects of No Video Backgroundsīy the end of the second week everyone on staff, as well as in our church body, started giving positive feedback about the change. So for a month and a half with had just the lyrics of our songs on the screen there were no swirling vortexes, swooping clouds, crashing waves, or space-scapes.
I suggested, with a little bit of selling, that we do the entire six week series without any video backgrounds during worship. Video backgrounds in OpenLP Let's look at how I solved the video background problem in OpenLPWell it is not a full fix, but it does work well. I’d only been on staff for about six months when we went into a series called “Glory,” with the purpose of pointing everyone back to the glory of God devoid of our world’s distractions.
The church I am at used video backgrounds for every song for years. Video backgrounds lose their impact when they aren’t used on purpose.
Just because you have the ability to do something doesn’t mean you should always do it. This is a valuable tool that has become the digital wallpaper of our services.
Most presentation software designed for the Church allows video backgrounds. This Flickr group contains many images that have been made available for download for your use in churches. VideoBlocks have a vast collection of motion videos, but come with a subscription cost. However, we have slowly worked ourselves into what I consider the “kitchen sink mentality”. Motion Backgrounds is a selection of motion background videos provided for by VideoBlocks. With this brave new world at our fingertips, the Church has done a great job trying to implement technology in ways that are edifying. However, that doesn’t mean we should throw the kitchen sink at it. Hymnals are hard to revise and as Christian worship music continues to increase in diversity and hit our culture at a much quicker pace, so we are able to be more dynamic. These features and a whole lot more at a price that can't be beat. Fast, flexible and easy to use, you will have your service up and running in a few minutes. Screens are more cost efficient and easier for everyone in the church body. Empower Your Church Experience the power of open source in your church with worship presentation software designed to fit how you want to run your service. With the advent of cheaper projection systems and the “digital age,” we have moved from hymnals to stage screens.