New Sound Booth

About 7 or 8 years ago (before we moved to Montgomery) the church where we attend worship services (in Prattville) purchased some land and bought a HUGE building that another church in Montgomery had begun constructing when circumstances forced them to stop. Our church then deconstructed the building and moved it to Prattville where they re-erected the building. Now, this building is huge with space for a seating of capacity of about 3,000. The church however, back then, was only about 75 members.

Well, obviously you can't put 75 members in a space designed for 3,000, so the church has been meeting in the lobby. The lobby contained a grand staircase that led to the second (unfinished) floor. At the top of the stairs was the "sound booth." It is from this place that I have worked most Sundays for the past 5 years (that's how long we have been at Hunter Hills and I have been the A/V Ministry Leader).

Well, our church has continued to grow. We have out-grown the available space in the lobby. A couple of years ago we went to two services to help alleviate the space problem. We continued to grow. Now, as we consistently have over 300 people attending each week, two services is not enough. The Shepherds do not want to go to in debt to finish the first phase of the auditorium (which will seat about 650), so it seemed good to all for us to remove the beautiful staircase and add more chairs to the auditorium (we are raising money to finsih the auditorium and move in to it...but it will probably take another 12-18 months to raise the money and have the work finished). Well, obviously, if the stairs come down, then Randy can not perch at the top of the staircase...since there are no stairs.

So, they built me a sound booth on the floor. It was finished (for the most part) today and I set up all my stuff in it. It is quite cozy and I am looking forward to Sunday when I can see how it really works for me. The craftsmen did a fine job and I am really proud of their work. It has been quite a harrowing ordeal lately because they took stairs down 2-3 weeks ago, so I have had to go in before each service, set-up the sound system. Then, at the end of each service, take everything down and put in out of the way so construction could take place. Then bring it all back out before the next event. It will be nice to have it all set-up again.