Those brainy guys (and gals) on the CBC tech and web teams have done it again. Here's a screen shot of their latest creation, The CBC On-line Media Center! Click here to go to the actual site. The media center allows you to access audio files from series preached at Collierville Bible Church. You can listen to a sermon at your computer or download it to your ipod. You can also download and print associated outlines and slides. In short, you can duplicate the benefits of attending a Collierville Bible Church worship service at any time and from anywhere in the world!
There are some additional features of the Media Center that make it BETTER than Sunday morning. What if you could go to church and determine the topic for the morning sermon? Let's say you're struggling in your marriage and want the preacher to share some truth that ministers where you're hurting. Your heart longs to determine the topic for the message. Don't just wish for that power - now it's yours to use!
Here's how. The left panel is the Media Center main screen. At the top of this panel are a series of tabs labeled [Date], [Series], [Speaker], or [Topic]. Click on a tab and all series in the Media Center library are sorted accordingly. You can scroll through the list, highlight a series, and then pick the sermon (in the right panel) that you want to access. If you can't find something suitable by sorting and scrolling, there is also a search tab at the top of the main screen. Using your own keywords, you can locate exactly what you're looking for based on search terms you supply.
Currently, there are only a few sample sermons that have been loaded, so there's not a lot to search from. YET! Series in progress will be loaded on Sundays as they are preached. So, if you are following a current series, you can catch a sermon a few hours after it has been delivered. Previously preached series are also being prepped for inclusion in the Media Center. I have preached almost 900 sermons in my years at Collierville Bible church, so there are lots of possibilities to choose from. If you have a favorite, be sure to let us know and we'll fast-track it to the Media Center library. This will be fun.
Thanks Eric, Jeff, Castle, and especially Garry - this is fantastic. Your diligence is going to make a big difference!
900 sermons, huh? Guess I better get to work. :)
Posted by: Jeff | October 06, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Wow. This is great!!! I have been day dreaming about something like this would happen for the last several years. I want to thank everyone involved for their hard work and dedication to this project. This along with the blog, has endless possibilities of spreading the Truth throughout the world. What a great resource tool. Thanks Again, will be highly used.
Posted by: Dave B. | October 06, 2008 at 09:43 PM
I went to this site on Sunday after church and what a pleasant surprise... This works and it works well!!!!
No more having to remember to pick up CD's.!
This is a little bit of heaven-on-earth!!!
Thank you God for all who helped and especially Garry Pisio!!!
Posted by: Pinky | October 07, 2008 at 07:12 AM