Showing posts with label Steve Browning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Browning. Show all posts

Saturday, March 16, 2013

the Mag guys

I have the privilege of working with 4 amazing guys at Crossroads.  They make up the Creative Arts team at Crossroads better known as the Magnification staff.

Dan Fleming, one of our worship guys,  was the first staff member hired after Pastor Tim started the church.   Dan had Tim as a student at one time and they often joke about old times in the classroom.   Dan came to Crossroads from a long history of working with award winning school choirs!  He traveled extensively with choirs all over the county and into Canada - winning awards everywhere they went.  He is a fabulous vocal coach, superb pianist and an even better spiritual mentor.  His attention to detail and organization of our teams is a huge part of Crossroads' excellence.  He is a faithful, dependable very talented staff member.  And he is my friend.

Steve Browning is our fearless 'all things technical' leader.  Steve oversees the creation of all videos, all lighting, everything you see on our screens including the Environmental Projection that helps set the mood for our services.  He's involved in all the behind the scenes technical aspects of the ministry including assisting with the website and IT issues when needed.  When there is a job to be done I never have to worry if it will be completed.  Steve is one of the most dependable people I've ever met and his work is a key part of what sets Crossroads apart!  And he is my friend.

Milo Sgambellone, is one of our worship guys.  Milo is one of the most talented guitarists I've ever known and his voice is amazing too.  He has an impressive history of performance and has become a great worship leader.  His ability also spills over into recording - the recent Crossroads original CD project had Milo at the helm, organizing, writing and mixing the CD.  He has worked tirelessly to develop our youth group's musicians and vocalist insuring that the next generation is connected to the church.  He currently is helping to organize the worship at our multi-sites.  And he is my friend.

Arnie Clawson is the newest member of our team.  He was hired in December to oversee the Audio needs of our ministry.  For the first time in 15 years we have consistent sound in our weekend services.  An answer to prayer! Arnie brings tremendous talent to our team with an ability to not only set the stage for our bands and prepare the sound, but has extensive ability in video, IT and website related needs to name a few- basically a jack of all trades.  He has actually been a part of Crossroads forever and formerly played bass on the praise team!  We needed him desperately and are thankful for him!  And he's my friend.

These men help make Crossroads excellent and to run smoothly.  They help people use their God-given talents to build the Kingdom....I love them all and never want to work without them..I am a very fortunate girl that they are my friends and that I get to be part of this amazing team!  And my prayer for us is - that God would grant us the honor of being a part of Crossroads together until we no longer work!

 


Monday, December 10, 2012

my day off

I am enjoying a morning at home where I can hear the satisfying hum of my washer and dryer indicating domestic accomplishment, at the same time I sip coffee and enjoy staring at my Christmas tree - which glows beautifully against the very grey background of a gloomy, rainy Mansfield morning.

I am sitting down ready to hammer out the last few creative details of our Christmas weekend services...Lord willing!

This past week we shot video and worked all week long on tiny details that we pray will all come together as an offering to the Lord within our services.

Here is just a peak of what's to come - pray for us to be mindful of Him in the process and that we will prepare exactly what God will use to move people's heart toward Him.  That's all we care about!



Modern meets old barn




Sunday, January 17, 2010

weekend report

A weekend of both reflection, prayer and fun all in one. It's funny how we think we create the services for our churches - what is obvious when the weekend comes is that God totally creates them.

We didn't know what would take place to our brothers and sisters in Haiti when we began to work on these services, but, God did. We decided to begin worship slowly and quietly this weekend. Typically we begin energetically to try to wake people up and get them involved. What we added last minute was a prayer for Haiti and instructions on how we could give to the rescue efforts. This connected seamlessly to the beginning of worship.

Fun came at the end of worship as we greeted one another and sat down to the crazy music video we shot last week (thanks to Steve Browning and Deering). This supported the introduction to Pastor Tim's new series based on Ephesians.

Deering's Diet from Steve Browning on Vimeo.



God is good!

Our Setlist:

Instrumental: (not on recording)
Announcements: Deering Dyer
Worship: Here In You Presence/Wonderful, Beautiful, Glorious
Worship: I Give You My Heart - Morgan
Praise: Love the Lord - Brewster
Praise: Lift the Name - Anderson
Special Music: our version of "Susie's Diet" with original music video
Message: Ephesians/ Deconstruction-Reconstruction Pt. 1: Tim Armstrong
Exit Special Music: Susie's Diet

To see what other ministries around the country used in their set lists go to www.theworshipcommunity.com

To watch our services go to www.crossroadswired.com - on Monday. (Please remember we do not mix for recording so sound is not great - I promise it's much, much better live!)