A LOOK AT OUR CHRISTIAN
HERITAGE-Psalm 33:12
Is America a Christian Nation?
While several churches have implemented
programs where they are placing their sermons on the internet,
we believe that worship is a collective experience that
requires you to be with the church body, hear the music and
experience the fellowship of one another. With that in
mind, we're resisting the concept of using the internet as a
replacement to church attendance.
However, we understand that if you are
searching for a church home, you may want to hear a typical
sermon as part of your evaluation. The sermon provided
above was preached on our July 4th weekend 2008 and is
indicative of our passion to return Christian values to our
country and its people.
If you are shut in and
unable to attend our services, you can request a recording of
any service and we'll be happy to discuss how this can be
provided to you. Please just call our church
office.
Come to church and experience what WESTVIEW is
all about. We think you'll like it.
Bulletin Outline
Typically we provide an outline in our church bulletin with "fill-in-the-blanks"
with the answers being provided on our media screen during the
service at appropriate times during the sermon. Any time
a reference is made to a bible verse, we show that bible verse
on the multi-media screen as well. If you complete the
outline during our services, you will leave with a tangible
reference to the sermon that you have just heard.
A LOOK AT OUR CHRISTIAN
HERITAGE
Psalm 33:12
FOUR AREAS THAT PROVE OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
ESTABLISHED THIS NATION WITH THE INTENT OF US
BEING A LAND WHERE JEHOVAH GOD IS LORD!
No. 2 LISTEN TO _THE WORDS
OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS___.
James 1:17
No. 3 LOOK AT __OUR EARLY
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS____.
No. 4 CONSIDER _SUPREME
COURT DECISIONS OF THE PAST__.
Psalm 127:1
WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING THIS NATION BACK TO REALLY
BEING “ONE NATION UNDER GOD?”
WE NEED TO ___REPENT AND
PRAY_____________________.
II Chronicles 7:14
WE MUST ______VOTE AND VOTE
VALUES________________.
WE MUST ___SPEAK UP WITH
BOLDNESS____ WHEN PEOPLE OPPOSE OUR
VIEWS.
Acts 4:20
PLAN OF SALVATION
Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38-41, Romans 6:1-7
Questions about salvation? Give us a call at
318-635-0356
TYPICAL MUSIC IN OUR SERVICES
We're not presently set up to
professionally record our music, but the music below provides
an glimpse into our services. Worship is lead on a
rotating basic and covers a lot of different styles.
Steve, Christy and Alicia lead the music in this service
below:
Mansion
Zak and Jeff joined in this song...Added
September 21, 2008
Breathe
Bring the Rain (Includes our Opening
Prayer)
Unclouded Day
We Fall Down
Trading my Sorrows
How Can I Keep From Singing
POWERPOINT & MULTI-MEDIA
We believe that technology can be used
for the enhancement of the worship experience and the goal of
our media team is to visually assist in the message.
We're doing that by putting the Bible verses on our screen as
our preaching Minister references them....you can see the verse
right there on the screen.
When available, we also enhance our worship experience with a
short video that adds to the sermon topic and the overall
experience.
We would like to enhance this part of our
Gatherings and are seeking someone who is experienced and
interested in video opportunities so that we might develop
some ideas in-house.
If you are looking for a place to serve, and
you have graphic artist or multi-media talents, we can use you
to further the Kingdom of God.
COMING SOON....
As we grow in our media department, we hope to include a great
deal of information on this site that will allow you to
download information that will assist you. Please be
patient with us.
WISH LIST:
As with any ministry, we must make decisions about spending
money to the glory of God relative to how will this
expenditure impact and improve our ability to meet the great
commission. With that in mind, NEEDS are more important
than WANTS although those of us that work in the media
ministry believe that we can impact and create a more
meaningful experience through the use of media. Our wish
list is listed below:
LIGHTING CONTROL BOARD
This equipment would allow the ambient lighting to be
controlled during the services, diming the sanctuary lights
and spotlighting the events on the platform to create a
memorable visual experience. Components include the
Control Board, Dimmers and Relay controllers and a group of
lights suited for this purpose. It would be permanently
installed and controlled in the Sound Booth upstairs.
RECORDING SYSTEM
Currently, we record our Sermon Message only for Library and
Historical purposes on a cassette system. We do not have
the ability to digitally record, nor do we have the ability to
record the entire services. We would love to have a
Computer based recording system and achieve every service to
Compact Disc.
IMPROVED REAR WALL PROJECTION
We currently have a projector installed on our rear wall for
our praise team to see the song lyrics and messages. It
is an older model and we would like to improve the resolution.
Replacing this projector would enable our church to have a
spare projector for use in Vacation Bible School and other
random programs where we currently are having to borrow a
projector or take the installed unit down.
VIDEO SYSTEM
Currently, we have a fixed base CCTV camera on our worship
services that we modulate over a Church Cable system to our
children's area so that the workers can see what is happening
in the main church. We do not have the ability to zoom
this camera, nor do we have the ability to record or control
the image. At some point in time, we would love to
expand our media to a point where we can have a video
recording of the services for our shut ins. This would
require the following equipment:
Professional Grade Video Camera
Video Multimedia Switcher and Mixer
Digital Video Recorder
DVD Duplicator System
MICROPHONE IN THE BAPTISM AREA
We would love to install a sound connection to the Baptismal
area so that we can include the sounds of a person being
baptized on our sound recordings.
WELCOME CENTER TELEVISION
Through the use of an in-house cable system, we modulate our
Announcements and a fixed camera to a television system
located in the church. We would like to install a
wide/big screen monitor in the Welcome center to make it
easier to see. Currently, we have a small television.
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE ACTIVITY CENTER
Our Cable television system currently does not cross the
parking lot and therefore we do not have the announcements on
screen in the activity center. At some point in the
future, we would love to pull cable to the activity center and
install a television network in the activity classrooms and
hallway.
If you would like to donate to a specific
portion of our media ministry, please give us a telephone call
at the church office. 318-635-0356
