Of Lights and Men

Our video projector bulb burned out a couple of weeks ago. We ordered our replacement (man, those puppies are pricey!), and set out to get the new lamp put in. The projector hangs from a pole in the center of a vaulted ceiling, quite high off the ground. Now, I've been told that it's been the practice in the past to set up four tables in a rectangular configuration (one table at each corner of the rectangle), and put a tall ladder on top, with a leg on the center of each table. Now, how that sounds anywhere near safe is beyond me. I guess, with a small church with limited funding, there comes an element of risky creativity in order to save money. Personally, I'd rather have the congregation sing from a song sheet for a few months until the money to rent a hydraulic lift is saved.

So, this time it was by lift rather than thrift and risk. We rented the hydraulic lift and the pastor and a deacon braved the heights to install the bulb. Now, it's very bright and crisp on-screen! You never know just how dull the picture has been until you've got a nice, new bulb in there. I bet there's a sermon in there somewhere...