video jockeys - beyond video technicians

[Dave]

And whilst I'm on a roll, people sometimes say that installing video projection, lighting, or a sound system in a church is "making a statement", normally in the context that it's a statement they don't think the church should be making.



But the same has been true for centuries.



Building a church in a particular style is making a statement. Seating people in pews is making a statement.



I was recently at a church where the first thing you saw on entering the sanctuary was a massive pipe organ (the biggest in the town) that occupied almost the full width of the building. The architect had done a good job and the organ had been carefully and aesthetically incorporated into the building's design. But, when the church was built 100 or so years ago, they were definitely making a big statement with their new building.