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Date Posted: 22:53:15 08/07/04 Sat
Author: PSUDAB
Subject: Re: Things different about this year's MSU conference
In reply to: Mitch 's message, "Re: Things different about this year's MSU conference" on 22:24:27 08/06/04 Fri

I don't think that it was any big thing one way or another
that they had the big screen. In the old days, copies of
the main lectures of the conference were distributed from
an original Betamax copy. The quality was really bad, as
it was all from one videocamera that was somewhat far away.

If they've videotaped these lectures this year, then at
least the quality of the lectures will be better, for what-
ever that's worth.

I know for my own self, I've never watched them after-the-
fact... except the one where I was performing with our
Penn State "Bibleshop Quartet". We worked HUNDREDS of
hours for that one song. Samuel Lee's comment from the
World Mission Report magazine: "They thought they were
number one, but everyone thought they were cute."

Anyway, there it is :)

So... which chapter were you in?

PSUDAB

>>I showed up at the MSU conf. Saturday late afternoon,
>>basically one hour before the famous "World Mission
>>Report"
>>night. I stayed in a hotel nearby instead of hanging
>>with
>>the rest of the pack in those dorms.
>>
>>Anyway, here's what was different about this year's
>>conference:
>>
>>1. MSU had this great very-large screen that hovered
>>above
>>the stage, and there was a video camera operator who
>>handled the projection of the main speaker onto the
>>screen.
>>VERY handy. This was an MSU thing, not a UBF thing.
>>
>>2. They used a special room in the Wharton Center
>>where
>>they had this elegant, posh buffet and banquet table
>>set
>>up, for the messengers and message trainers, so they
>>don't
>>have to continuously run back and forth between the
>>dorms
>>and the Wharton center. This way, they get to lock
>>them-
>>selves in the WC all day long and not have to see
>>anybody.
>>This is the first year they've done this.
>>
>>3. Since Sarah Barry (sorry, but I'm not calling her
>>Reverend Mother) has taken over for Samuel Lee, the
>>"closing address" is a bit shorter and there is a lot
>>less throat-clearing and fewer pauses. She also does
>>not
>>attempt to sing "The Lord's Prayer" by herself. Count
>>this
>>as good or bad as you see fit. :)
>>
>>That's all I can think of at the moment. Just thought
>>I'd
>>give you an observer's update.
>>
>>With Love,
>>
>>PSUDAB
>
>I was wondering why you think it was "very handy" for
>MSU to video tape the speaker onto a large screen? I
>was at the conference, and I liked the fact that the
>speaker was shown on the screen. Do you think this
>worked for or against UBF?
>
>Also, after returning from the conference, I have
>decided to leave UBF. I happened to come across this
>site and another site on the web; and I have read some
>negative things about them. I have always suspected
>that something funny was going on. I was a Christian
>before I got involved with them and feel disappointed
>that they have cult-like practices.
>
>I appreciate you pointing out the differneces in this
>MSU conference with others. I have only been to three
>conferences, two of them last summer and this one.
>Only in the past year did I see some things from UBF
>that seemed different from a Christian church.
>
>If you would please get back to me about the enlarged
>video image of the speakers. Thank you

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