Posted on 5/5/2010 by DJ Chuang in the Digital Blog
As the multi-site church revolution has become the new normal, being one church in multiple locations is not so much a big surprise. What might get one's attention is when a multi-site church does something out of the ordinary, as Northland Church (A Church Distributed) in Orlando, Florida, did. Northland's worship services are concurrent events, meaning that the church meets in multiple locations _and_ are worshiping together in real time--its worship team members are in two (or more) locations, while connected via live video and audio.
On one occasion (October 2009), Northland put together a worship song via internet video with musicians and singers in multiple locations in multiple countries! Watch the video:
Another recent YouTube video that's become very popular, with almost 700,000 views to date, has taken this virtual music idea even farther. A virtual choir was put together by composer Eric Whitacre, with 185 singers in 12 countries. The video editing and production shows how amazing this is -- watch the video:
Eric also blogged about how they did this virtual choir, using the best of social media tools to coordinate this project. Wow!
Do you know of other virtual music or virtual presentations that connected people from multiple locations? Please add a link in the comment section below.
By DJ Chuang
DJ Chuang has worked with the Leadership Network team in the areas of digital initiatives, multi-site churches, and next generation Asian American churches. Connect with DJ at djchuang.com.
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