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An Ordinary Guy Blog
29 March Blog
Author: Randy / Category: Church Tech, Elevation
I have been frickin excited lately about all things tech and how the stuff can be used in churches. One of
these things that has gotten me excited is the use of lighting in a church to enhance - not distract - the
entire service. Chuckk Gerwig introduced me to a guy who specializes in lighting, Kenny Green. Kenny
owns Lumina, a company that sales and rents laser/hasers, lighting and sound equipment for events of
all sizes. They are people that have passion for what they do and that is so cool. I look forward to
getting to know them as hopefully they will be able to assist me with getting to know more about lighting.
We started talking about the Santa Cruz Bible Student Center and the work they did there, as well as
what they could of done with a better budget. Man it totally got be dreaming of cool ideas though that the
church could be doing. I cannot say enough how nice they have been and I look forward to learning
more and more from them in the future. They have been so cool, LUMINA also let me use a fogger for
this weekend at Elevation, which will be one of two things that will be a little different.
If you wanna see these lasers in action Kenny is also helping us out with some laser/haser rentals for the
Classic Crime concert that Pipeline will be doing in May. Man I cannot wait to see these in action at that
concert. In a full interest of disclosure I will say that if you want to use the lasers for an event, tell them
that I sent you there. It will not get you a discount but as an affiliate you will be helping me out for future
rentals. And if I had my way some purchases too. BTW, when I brought the fogger home yesterday I tried
it out in our backyard. And “oohhhh, foggy” was what my son said as he saw the backyard cloud up a
little bit.
29 March Blog
Author: Randy / Category: Church Tech, Elevation
I have been frickin excited lately about all things tech and how the stuff can be used in churches. One of
these things that has gotten me excited is the use of lighting in a church to enhance - not distract - the
entire service. Chuckk Gerwig introduced me to a guy who specializes in lighting, Kenny Green. Kenny
owns Lumina, a company that sales and rents laser/hasers, lighting and sound equipment for events of
all sizes. They are people that have passion for what they do and that is so cool. I look forward to
getting to know them as hopefully they will be able to assist me with getting to know more about lighting.
We started talking about the Santa Cruz Bible Student Center and the work they did there, as well as
what they could of done with a better budget. Man it totally got be dreaming of cool ideas though that the
church could be doing. I cannot say enough how nice they have been and I look forward to learning
more and more from them in the future. They have been so cool, LUMINA also let me use a fogger for
this weekend at Elevation, which will be one of two things that will be a little different.
If you wanna see these lasers in action Kenny is also helping us out with some laser/haser rentals for the
Classic Crime concert that Pipeline will be doing in May. Man I cannot wait to see these in action at that
concert. In a full interest of disclosure I will say that if you want to use the lasers for an event, tell them
that I sent you there. It will not get you a discount but as an affiliate you will be helping me out for future
rentals. And if I had my way some purchases too. BTW, when I brought the fogger home yesterday I tried
it out in our backyard. And “oohhhh, foggy” was what my son said as he saw the backyard cloud up a
little bit.
My Worship Revolution Blog:
Bobby M.
http://www.myworshiprevolution.com/bobbym/2008/04/page/2/
So, a couple of years ago for Christmas at Revolution we wanted to basically turn our meeting space into
an incredibly immersive night sky including planets, galaxies and stars. How did we end up doing it?
Over 8,000 Christmas twinkle lights taped to the walls behind a sheer black fabric that covered every
wall in the building. Actually worked out pretty darn cool, but the work was pretty ridiculous.
Looking back, I wish we would have had these. I'm posting this as my first post joining in Creative Chaos
at Ragamuffin Soul. I feel kinda lame because it isn't something we have done or can speak super
knowledgeably about, but I would imagine it could be helpful to many of us in the future.
Stars A friend I made here in Santa Cruz through a company we've been using for stage stuff at our
church recently started his own company. His name in Kenny Green (that's right friends...Kenny G) and
his business is LUMINA. They sell and rent lasers. Kenny moved to Santa Cruz a few years ago to be a
part of planting a church and I had a chance to sit down with him several weeks ago over coffee and
hear more about how God led him into this business. It's a pretty cool story. And the lasers sounded
pretty sweet, too. Would have been way easier to just use those things to project thousands of stars
around the room for the effect we wanted to create!
He sells and rents the lights for special events. Maybe one of these days we can work out the time to do
a demo for something and I can let you know how it goes. In the meantime, if you're ever doing anything
similar, or want to really spruce up a youth room, outdoor architecture or whatever other creative use
you can think of for lasers, check him out and let us know what you think! Tell him I sent you over and
I'm sure he'll hook ya up too! Right Kenny?! ;)
Bobby M.
http://www.myworshiprevolution.com/bobbym/2008/04/page/2/
So, a couple of years ago for Christmas at Revolution we wanted to basically turn our meeting space into
an incredibly immersive night sky including planets, galaxies and stars. How did we end up doing it?
Over 8,000 Christmas twinkle lights taped to the walls behind a sheer black fabric that covered every
wall in the building. Actually worked out pretty darn cool, but the work was pretty ridiculous.
Looking back, I wish we would have had these. I'm posting this as my first post joining in Creative Chaos
at Ragamuffin Soul. I feel kinda lame because it isn't something we have done or can speak super
knowledgeably about, but I would imagine it could be helpful to many of us in the future.
Stars A friend I made here in Santa Cruz through a company we've been using for stage stuff at our
church recently started his own company. His name in Kenny Green (that's right friends...Kenny G) and
his business is LUMINA. They sell and rent lasers. Kenny moved to Santa Cruz a few years ago to be a
part of planting a church and I had a chance to sit down with him several weeks ago over coffee and
hear more about how God led him into this business. It's a pretty cool story. And the lasers sounded
pretty sweet, too. Would have been way easier to just use those things to project thousands of stars
around the room for the effect we wanted to create!
He sells and rents the lights for special events. Maybe one of these days we can work out the time to do
a demo for something and I can let you know how it goes. In the meantime, if you're ever doing anything
similar, or want to really spruce up a youth room, outdoor architecture or whatever other creative use
you can think of for lasers, check him out and let us know what you think! Tell him I sent you over and
I'm sure he'll hook ya up too! Right Kenny?! ;)
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April 7, 2008
Lasers n' Fog
Sacred Digital Blog
http://chuckk.sacreddigital.com/elevation/
Last Night we had a great time at Elevation. Kenny Green and his crew from LUMINA Lighting blessed
us by bringing over some wild lasers and foggers and turned our worship space into a unique place to
hang out with Jesus. Kenny you rock buddy thanks!
The room was alive with lasers, extra l.e.d. lighting, mucho fog and the people were alive with interactive
worship: dropping sin stones in water, writing words of thanks on the video screens, taking communion,
meeting with the prayer team to share needs and reading Psalms into a live mic over a warm sonic
backdrop. Omar and the band led us into everything from loud rocking songs (watching about 120 people
physically spin around during Marvelous Light is something to see) to gentle reflective pieces like Heart of
Worship. As usual, a ton of us mobbed Woodstock Pizza for community afterwards.
Lasers n' Fog
Sacred Digital Blog
http://chuckk.sacreddigital.com/elevation/
Last Night we had a great time at Elevation. Kenny Green and his crew from LUMINA Lighting blessed
us by bringing over some wild lasers and foggers and turned our worship space into a unique place to
hang out with Jesus. Kenny you rock buddy thanks!
The room was alive with lasers, extra l.e.d. lighting, mucho fog and the people were alive with interactive
worship: dropping sin stones in water, writing words of thanks on the video screens, taking communion,
meeting with the prayer team to share needs and reading Psalms into a live mic over a warm sonic
backdrop. Omar and the band led us into everything from loud rocking songs (watching about 120 people
physically spin around during Marvelous Light is something to see) to gentle reflective pieces like Heart of
Worship. As usual, a ton of us mobbed Woodstock Pizza for community afterwards.
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Couture Celebrations
Heidi Hughett, Event Planner
September 08, 2008
Couture Celebrations Blog
http://couturecelebrations.blogspot.com
We had the most beautiful wedding Saturday in Pebble Beach. The site was a private Country Club. The
colors were shades of yellow, white, cream and champagne with gold accents. Truly a luscious and close
to my heart color pallet. Our biggest obstacle was how dark the ballroom was. There were large vintage
wrought iron chandeliers, but not much else in the lighting department. Solution- Candles! We used over
300 votives, plus over a 100 pillar candels in class cylinder's of various heights on the tables, the
fireplace, and the lounge space around the dance floor. We also added small twinkle lights to the balcony
overhead where the Bride and Groom shared their first dance, as well as tossed the bouquet and Garter.
In addition we used some LED can uplights to spice up the dance floor/ lounge area (provided by DJ Raffi
from Sound in Motion), and a gobo projected the couples new Monogram on the dance
floor(provided by Lumina out of Aptos, CA). The result of all this lighting was magical. All the lighting
costs came in under $1000, but made such an impact! It was the most romantic room we have ever set
up, the crystals scattered on the tables between the candles glittering underneath huge tulip vases of
Lacey white hydrangeas. Stunning! So ladies, DON'T FORGET THE LIGHTING!!!!!!
Heidi Hughett, Event Planner
September 08, 2008
Couture Celebrations Blog
http://couturecelebrations.blogspot.com
We had the most beautiful wedding Saturday in Pebble Beach. The site was a private Country Club. The
colors were shades of yellow, white, cream and champagne with gold accents. Truly a luscious and close
to my heart color pallet. Our biggest obstacle was how dark the ballroom was. There were large vintage
wrought iron chandeliers, but not much else in the lighting department. Solution- Candles! We used over
300 votives, plus over a 100 pillar candels in class cylinder's of various heights on the tables, the
fireplace, and the lounge space around the dance floor. We also added small twinkle lights to the balcony
overhead where the Bride and Groom shared their first dance, as well as tossed the bouquet and Garter.
In addition we used some LED can uplights to spice up the dance floor/ lounge area (provided by DJ Raffi
from Sound in Motion), and a gobo projected the couples new Monogram on the dance
floor(provided by Lumina out of Aptos, CA). The result of all this lighting was magical. All the lighting
costs came in under $1000, but made such an impact! It was the most romantic room we have ever set
up, the crystals scattered on the tables between the candles glittering underneath huge tulip vases of
Lacey white hydrangeas. Stunning! So ladies, DON'T FORGET THE LIGHTING!!!!!!
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