Band-Aid Weekend @ CF Homestead

When I was Production Director at CF Palmetto Bay, I operated on the Duct-Tape Philosophy...that philosophy basically says "when it breaks, don't fix it...just get through the weekend and worry about it later. At all cost the current weekend must work smoothly." The Duct-Tape philosophy worked well for me there.

At CF Homestead, I'm adopting a new philosophy, the Band-Aid Philosophy, which calmly states that "when things come crashing down on you, try not to get hurt."

If you're one of my regular readers, you may think I'm speaking figuratively here. Nah, take it quite literally this time. This week I did everything in my abilities to hurt myself:
-a solid steel carrier/rack decided to collapse on me, giving me a deep bruise on my knee
-the stage rack decided to collapse on me a second time, fully loaded with stage, and there were no volunteers around to dig me out of the rubble
-a bunge chord snapped today, and the broken end of the chord decided to wrap itself around my head, giving me a cool "scarface" look for a couple days.

When I was in high school, my dream was to be a roadie for my friend's band. Now, I remember why I don't want to be a roadie. There's not enough band-aids.

This week was great at CF Homestead. The show is really coming together. More than that, the volunteers are taking ownership. I love it when a volunteer comes up to me and has a "what if" conversation.
"What if we lit the stage differently?"
"What if we rearranged the stage?"
"What if we EQed Jorge differently?"
"What if we used this door instead?"
"What if we raised the camera platform higher?"

It's enthralling to me when a volunteer understands their area so well they discover ways to do it better. That is when Jeff works himself out of a job.

It was pretty cool. During the services I really didn't do anything. After five services the crew really is clicking and I basically stand around looking pretty (and trying not to get hurt during set up and tear down).

On a side note, this week Eric did a great video illustration during his sermon today... involving Mentos and Diet Coke. View the video here. And for more information on how the Diet Coke/Mentos thing works, check out EEPYBIRD.COM or Discovery Channel's Mythbusters taking a crack at the scientific reasons why Diet Coke and Mentos should not go together.

Great weekend. Can't wait to see what God brings next week!

Comments

[Chuck]

But what if .... we all wore combat gear during the setup???

Thanks for letting me be a part of the media ministry at CFH. With all that's going on with us, it is so fulfilling to see SOMETHING be successful. But, like you (or more so, even) with Ariel (sp?) takiing over the camera, I find myself sitting around looking pretty. I'm just not as good at it as you are (although I have been working on it longer.)

I want to set up my own "blog" but have found that my ability to impress people with my grasp on technology has faded... along with my grasp on technology. I like how yours looks... teach me.

[Jeff Reed]

Saw your blog Chuck. Bloglines really isn't that great for creating blogs (but I love it for reading them). Try Blogspot... it's free, and very user-friendly (while still having a lot of useful features.) http://www.blogger.com - putz around with that, and we'll talk soon. (Most people I know starting to blog start with Blogger (which is run by Google).

Great job duplicating yourself into Ariel. That kid makes my life easy!

[Chuck]

Oh. Well... Try the new link, then.

My name is "WhatIsItThatYouDoExactly?"

[Chuck]

http://gieomrt.blogspot.com/

[RC of strangeculture]

Man, I want to see a picture of Jeff as Scarface.

Maybe you need a new blog: Scarface Runs With God.

I think it sounds sort of "catchy."

[Jeff Reed]

I've gotten several e-mails too from people wanting to see scarface. Bunch of morbid freaks! It's actually healed very well. I haven't shaved in a week and I got a nice suntan/burn over the wknd, so my face is all rosy anyway. So I might not be the next star of Brian DePalma's Scarface II, but I do know I'll never use bungie cords again.