This week, we held a mock service at the Fullerton campus. The purpose was to help us get a feel for what to expect when we actually hold our first service next week. We're going to use all portable sound and video equipment in the auditorium, so that means we will need to set up and tear down everything in a timely manner. For most of us, this was the first time that we have ever seen the inside of the Wilshire Auditorium. This was also the first opportunity to meet the people who were interested in joining the production minister, and a number of them have never worked with portable equipment at all. Needless to say, we needed a little practice before we actually started holding services in that room.
The schedule of the night ran as close as possible to the real-time of an actual service. We showed up at 4:00 p.m. and got to meet everyone who showed up. After introducing ourselves and briefly explaining what the production ministry does, Amanda (the other production leader) and I led our volunteers over to the back of the auditorium where there was a U-Haul truck filled with equipment. We unpacked everything from the U-Haul, brought it into the auditorium, and began setting it up. Fortunately, Amanda and I were a little familiar with the equipment because it was the same used at the Shark Club and South County campuses. However, we were not sure how everything was going to be mapped out here, and we were also directing a number of people who weren't familiar with it.
We ended up finishing the entire setup within an hour and a half, which is actually not that bad. But during a normal week, we would need to have everything finished within an hour so that the band will be able to rehearse by 5:00. Through this trial run, though, we were able to map out more clearly what needed to be set up where and in which order. We were also able to fix potential problems before services actually started, such as finding out that one of our speaker cables was too short. All in all, we are ready to take on the inaugural service next week.
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