A Growing Ensemble

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[Christianity Today] 24 Oct 2008--It would seem out of place today to have the praise band strike the first notes of the chorus while everyone reaches for the hymnal, hurriedly flipping pages to find the lyrics. Instead, our eyes scan the room for the video screen on which the words will appear, smoothly transitioning from one verse to the next. As the media-saturated culture bombards us, more churchgoers display an interesting trait: Rather than seeking escape and quiet communion with God in our sanctuaries, we bring heightened expectations for the media experience in our worship.

The presentation software available to worship leaders today keeps this factor in mind as it strives to make the experience more professional with each new release. Surveying the landscape during the past year (see "Worship Presentation Software" in the Sep/Oct 2007 issue of Your Church magazine) we find the changes to the majority of the available packages to be refinements rather than revolutions.

Among recent industry developments....