contribute fincancially to the Backyard Bard http://www.thebackyardbard.com/Benefactors.php Copyright: The Backyard Bard 2026 As a Christian Ministry, The Backyard Bard relies on the partnership and support of the local Christian community. We see prayer and financial support as partnership because it is making a real contribution to bringing the stories of the Bible to the people of our country. We are introducing a new way of being in partnership with The Backyard Bard. It's called being a 'Backyard Bard Benefactor'. You can be part of a team of people who give financially for specific needs throughout the year. These needs could be: for equipment for The Backyard Bard to continue our ministry to subsidise churches which cannot pay for the cost of storytelling performances to subsidise people who cannot pay for training courses You will occasionally receive an email with a list of things for you to consider contributing towards. If there is something on that list that you would like to give money to, then you have the opportunity to make your donation. You can unsubscribe to this list at any time. If you would like to subscribe to this list - simply click here. That's it from me, see you soon, Rob http://www.thebackyardbard.com/Benefactors.php?postID=298 Post298 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 AEST G'day Benefactors, I thank God for your support in being part of this list.  I will be sending out emails to this list every now and again with requests for financial contributions for equipment, storytelling performances or subsidies for people for courses. You need not act on any of the emails. You are at liberty to simply read the email and prayerfully decide if there are any things you would like to contribute to. You can give for part of the amount or the whole if you wish. Please contact me to let me know which you would like to give to. You can transfer money by cheque, bank transfer or PayPal. Today I have two equipment requests. Lapel Mic Over the past few months, after doing lots of single person shows, I've decided that we need our own lapel mic. Often we go to places where the mic we are given is of inferior quality or they can only give us a hand-held mic or nothing at all. The one I'm planning on buying also has a camera receiver which means that we can hook it directly up to our video camera to record movies with much higher quality sound (which has always been a problem for us). Sennheiser ew 112-p G2 - Camera Set Budget: $900 Suggested contributions: $100 - $200 - $500 - whole amount Lighting Since we are constantly performing at different venues, more often than not, we are performing in venues or churches which were not designed for theatre performances and the lighting doesn't suit. We need some simple lights that we can transport with us so that we can have adequate lighting for people to see our faces. 2 x Secondhand 640 Watt Fresnel Lights with barndoors (up to $190 each) 1 x Lighting stand - Budget $160 That's it, please contact me if you wish to contribute to any of these. Thanks, Rob http://www.thebackyardbard.com/Benefactors.php?postID=297 Post297 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 AEST G'day Backyard Bard supporters, Hope you're all going well. I've been doing many 'Luke' storytellings around Melbourne and Sydney. There are many things to thank God for and I'll be putting out a new prayer letter in the next few weeks. One of my main goals is to make an audio recording of the 'Luke' storytelling. We've heard many stories of people who have benefited greatly from our audio recordings, such as parents playing the audio CDs in the car with kids many times over, and even one man listening to a recording of Christmas with his dying father. I'm confident that many people will be blessed by hearing the storytelling of Luke's Gospel. I'm also going to make recordings of all the other storytelling presentations I'm involved in (i.e. Ruth, Jonah, Samuel, Mission of Paul 3, Pentecost). To do this, I need a significant amount of audio gear. So here is a list of the equipment that I will use (some of which I have bought and some I still need to buy). If you wish to contribute to the cost of any of these please either let me know, or donate through the methods specified on the page here: http://www.thebackyardbard.com/SupportUs.php Rode NT1-A - Studio Microphone - $345 Presonus Audio Box USB - Interface between computer and microphone - $245 Konig & Meyer Microphone stand - $60 Konig & Meyer 23956 Microphone Pop Shield - $45 Audio cables - $20 Sennheiser EH150 Headphones - $49 Apple Logic Studio - Audio recording software - $550 One-to-one training with sound engineer - $129 (available week-by-week for all of 2009! - bargain!) I'm guessing that many of you will have benefited from audio recordings of the Bible before - please pray that these recordings will be a great way for many people to hear afresh God's Word. Thanks, Rob http://www.thebackyardbard.com/Benefactors.php?postID=296 Post296 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:57:57 AEST