Kind of a Big Deal.

In the age where anybody and their brother can broadcast on “the internets” (case-in-point: This guy), the following may not be all the spectacular. But last night at Immersion, the ministry I’m blessed to be a part of, we broadcasted our service to the world in a way that hasn’t ever happened for us before.

I started webcasting the sermons a few months ago by taking my laptop up on stage, firing up the ol’ webcam via UStream.tv, and pressing “start”. It worked for awhile, but I think the viewers were getting a little tired of looking at the right side of my face every week. (Not to mention the fact that laptop internal microphones are exactly equipped to handle the 85-95 dB’s that our band puts out!)

One of the main parts of our vision at Immersion is to be “Immersed in Culture.” We want to be forever reaching out with the love of Christ in culturally relevant ways. With churches like LifeChurch.tv and Seacoast pioneering the digital path for the 21st century church in America, last night I felt as though Immersion joined the revolution of sharing the reality of Christ in culturally relevant ways.

The following video is last night’s service from beginning to end (and a little more! I forgot to turn the camera off for awhile after the service was over.) If you’ve never been to Immersion, this should give you a pretty good picture of what we do. If you live somewhere that’s not near the Des Moines area, please feel free to join the webcast every week at 7:37pm at Live.BeDeviant.com!