Tech Team Update (part of Communications) August 2021

 

Church Service-    Hallelujah! July 4th began our hybrid series of in-person worship service with a beautiful outdoor celebration. Over 30 congregants were present either on zoom or in chairs on the grounds facing lower Whitaker. Thank goodness for the elevator. The sound set-up was complicated but successful with many thanks to the very red, white and blue colorful choir and their director Glenda McCalla, Gerald Alonzo, Al Feuerbach, Brian Wood, Patricia Wood, Jan Swayne, John Conkle on zoom and Rev. Melanie for the days (weeks) of preparation. On July 25th we moved into the Sanctuary for in-person hybrid services and another set of challenges with sound reinforcement at Skyland and on computers on zoom. The sanctuary has a large TV in the front with the zoom participants on it and a separate speaker to hear the zoom congregants talk. In the sanctuary we are using the infrared sound system to hear Rev. Melanie and the liturgist. We also have two computers running one for our minister and one for the choir. Many thanks to Deana Arnold for thoroughly cleaning the sanctuary beforehand.

 

It is so wonderful to hear the familiar hymns sung by the choir: Deana Arnold, Carol Carre, Shannon Edwards, Carol Greene, Mike and Deloise Mahrle, Glenda McCalla (director), Lynn Mitchell,  and accompanist Gerald Alonzo.

Thank goodness our new Comcast Business account has enough bandwidth and speed to handle the new demands as we stream from multiple computers on zoom. Thanks to Lou McTamaney and Larry Lopp for adding the sanctuary wi-fi access point three years ago. Who knew then that we would be so dependent on it?

Website-    We are posting the bulletin on the Thursday before the service on the home page of the website. It can be downloaded and printed at Skylandchurch.com  


Location: 25100 Skyland Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95033, USA

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