Perimeter Church, a 5,000-member worship community located on a 100-acre campus in Johns Creek, Ga., outside Atlanta, now has three NanoSlim displays from NanoLumens. The Perimeter Church sanctuary offers 2,305 seats and a stage bordered by beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows.
Before the update, the large windows had to be covered during sermons to preserve the color and quality of the projected image.
Perimeter's Director of Technical Ministry Steve Simmons says that replacing the two side projectors with thin, lightweight, floating LED technologies enhanced the atmosphere by allowing for natural light to brighten the main sanctuary during the day. Adding a center LED screen allows them to engage the younger, millennial members of congregation in new ways, improving comprehension and retention of the sermon points. Church staff turned to leading LED innovator and manufacturer NanoLumens to design and install the three NanoSlim solutions for the space.
Simmons says LED technology was the best choice for the Perimeter Church. “Rear projection takes up too much valuable stage space and interferes with back lighting of musicians, talent and set pieces,” he explains. “And unless there is enough fly space or ceiling height, front projection creates beams that, when passing through people and stage elements, create shadows. The NanoLumens LED display solutions not only overcomes these problems, but also has many added benefits.”
The new LED solution needed to be bright enough to outshine the sun without showing a glare. Two floating 19'X11' NanoSlim Engage 2.5mm pixel-pitch solutions were installed on either side of the sanctuary stage and one 40'X20' 6mm NanoSlim solution was installed behind the stage — introducing a dramatic new visual element to the sanctuary.
According to NanoLumens Southeast Regional Sales Director Arch Nelson, “The NanoSlim LED displays are so much cleaner and brighter than the previous technology. The images shown on each solution during services and other events are visibly more vibrant, enhancing the overall atmosphere of the sanctuary. For example, each pixel can play a combination of 16-million colors. The three NanoLumens solutions are changing the way Perimeter Church conceives of and performs all of its religious services and special events.”
Historically many houses of worship have resisted installing LED display technology because of cost, according to Nelson. He says the situation is changing in part because the total overall cost of LED display ownership is dropping, and because architects are designing new houses of worship with true windows, not stained glass. “If churches want to be able to unite their sanctuary with nature on a beautiful day, they can't use projection or any other technology besides LED,” says Nelson.
The new technology system has been very well received by the congregation. When the first two NanoLumens solutions were introduced to Perimeter Church's congregation on Palm Sunday this year, the curtains were up and light was shining throughout the sanctuary. “It was definitely a service to remember,” Nelson concludes.
About Perimeter Church
Perimeter Church located in Johns Creek, Georgia was founded on the challenge to "Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to failure, lest He be in it." Our vision is: To make and deploy mature and equipped followers of Christ for the sake of family, community and global transformation. In addition to weekend worship services, Perimeter Church offers a K-8 school, a nursery, bookstore, gym, 200M track and field, Junior Olympic 50-meter pool and more, making it the perfect place for summer camps, youth sports practice and after school events. For more information, .
