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Best Takeaways [Pastors & Production Series Pt.6] Sep 02, 2024

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What were the biggest takeaways from the Pastors & Production podcast series?
For our final episode in the series we discuss the biggest moments, the stats from the survey and wrap with the best quote from the series.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 What was Toby like working at churches in his 20s?
5:45 BD joins us to wrap up the Pastors & Production Series
7:15 Stats about Pastors & Production people’s relationship
12:45 Top takeaways from the series
13:00 “It takes reps to build a relationship”
15:50 Mistakes are fine as long as they aren’t consistent
17:40 Its not a show
19:30 Know your city and customize your service to it
22:00 Have a personal friendship with your pastor
26:45 Understand their role and have them understand yours
31:00 Healthy relationships have conflict
35:45 Who do you pay on Sunday mornings?
38:00 Don’t waste your time on sideways energy
42:00 Encouragement for techs with a tough pastor relationship
44:00 Best Quotes from the series

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Whit George & Johnathan Basquez of Church on the Move [Pastors & Production Series Pt.5] Aug 26, 2024

Show notes

How do you fill big shoes together as a team?
Whit George & Johnathan Basquez join us for the "Pastors & Production" Series to discuss filling the shoes of Willie George & Andrews Stone and how they work together as a team to continue leading Church on the Move forward.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Visiting states, nations and filling shoes
4:30 Whit George & Johnathan Basquez join us for the Pastor & Production Series!
10:30 What was it like stepping into the shoes of Andrew Stone & Willie George?
19:30 What churches do you look to for inspiration?
22:45 How do you balance your pastor’s vision with production’s constraints?
33:45 How do you handle conflict with your pastor as a church tech?
36:00 How involved are church production people in service planning?
37:20 Pastor, how involved should church production be in service planning?
43:00 Does worship and production have equal voice at COTM?
48:00 What direction is COTM heading and upcoming trends in the American church?
53:50 As a pastor, what do you wish all church techs knew about their pastor?
56:45 As a church production person, what do you wish all pastor’s knew about their church techs?

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Henry Seeley & Andy Rushing Of Belonging Co [Pastor & Production Relationship Series Pt.4] Aug 19, 2024

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How do you pastor people who tour every weekend and are A level artists/production people?
Henry & Andy join us from The Belonging Co Church to discuss pastoring creatives, handling expectations and managing salaries for folks who could earn more at the drop of a hat on the road.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Trading places
5:30 Andy Rushing and Henry Seeley join us from Beloning Co Church!
9:45 How did the Belonging Co Church come to be?
13:30 How do you determine your church's production style?
19:45 Is it tough having a pastor that knows production so much?
23:00 You ran Waves through a Behringer X32?
26:00 How have you handled conflict amongst yourselves?
35:00 What is it like pastoring creatives?
40:40 Bridging the gap between worship, vision and production
44:15 Is it tough to pay a competitive salary when your tech people could leave church and go on the road?
49:15 Educating fellow pastors on how to recruit production people.
53:30 What would you have all church techs know about their pastors?
56:15 As a church tech, what would you like all pastors to know?

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Jack Graham & Bryan Bailey of Prestonwood [Pastor & Production Relationship Series Pt.3] Aug 12, 2024

Show notes

How do you communicate priorities with your pastor?
Jack Graham & Bryan Bailey join us for our "Pastor & Production Director Relationship" series to discuss their dynamic, handling production decisions and how to prioritize production.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Being the black sheep of the family
3:45 Five Truths and a lie with your Pastor
8:00 Relocating the church
18:30 How involved is Pastor Graham in the church production?
25:45 Why is a big Christmas service still a priority?
31:30 What do you wish all tech people could know about their pastor?
33:15 As a church tech, what would you like a room of pastors to know?
35:45 Plug: Bible in a year project

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

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Matt Chandler & Wes Ashworth of Village Church [Pastor & Production Relationship Series Pt.2] Aug 05, 2024

Show notes

How do you have the best possible relationship with your pastor?
Matt Chandler & Wes Ashworth join us this week for Pt.2 of our Pastor & Production series. We discuss what each role wishes the other knew about their role, handling errors and requesting new gear.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Meeting your heroes
4:16 Wes Ashworth and Matt Chandler join us!
11:15 Five Truths and a lie with Matt Chandler
16:00 What gear is the village church running?
18:45 Handling conflict with your pastor as a production director
24:30 How do you ask for new production gear from your pastor?
31:00How do you handle production errors?
35:30 Do you pay production contractors?
39:00 Making big production decisions as a team
43:00 Whose fault is it if a church production person is working too much?
49:30 What do you appreciate about working with your pastor?
50:40 What does Matt appreciate most in his production people?
56:15 How do you prepare your heart to serve at church?
59:15 What is one thing as a pastor you wish you could tell all production people?
62:00 What’s something as a church tech you wish every pastor knew out there?

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
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Darren Whitehead & Sarah Bible [Pastor & Production Relationship Series Pt.1] Jul 29, 2024

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How can church production directors communicate and work best with their pastor's?
In week one of our Pastor & Production Series, we interview Darren Whitehead and Sarah Bible from Church of the City in Franklin. We discuss the pressures of production keeping up with vision and what each role wishes the other knew about their daily struggles.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Who was Todd Elliott’s boss?
5:00 Darren & Sarah join us for 5 Truths & a lie with your pastor!
16:45 Darren’s vision for Church of the City
24:00 What gear is Church of the City running?
36:15 Handling the pressure of a pastor’s vision
41:42 How to have a conversation with your pastor on realistic production?
50:30 As a pastor, what do you wish all tech people knew about their pastor?
54:00 As a tech person, what’s one thing you wish every pastor knew about their production people?

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

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Church Production at Elevation [Andy Bentley] Jul 22, 2024

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What was it like doing church production at Elevation in the early days?
Andy Bentley joins us to discuss his church tech times at Elevation, pacing production stress, and creating a creative process that works.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Inside baseball: ChurchGear Leadership Quarterly
5:00 Andy Bentley joins us! (Elevation & Skylark)
11:50 Staying up 60 hours straight for production
17:00 Andy’s church tech background
23:30 What was it like doing church production at Elevation?
27:30 Is Elevation Worship the same team as the Sunday morning team?
32:30 How do you keep your cool in high stress production moments?
37:30 How do you put creative processes in place in church production?
44:30 Disaster story: “We were hanging them above their heads”
49:20 Tech Takeaway: Don’t chase the sexy stuff
51:35 Church Tech Confessional: ProPresenter fail

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Weighing the Decision to Leave Ministry [Yoshi Haddad of Houston's First Baptist] Jul 15, 2024

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How do you weigh the decision to stay or leave church tech ministry?
Yoshi Haddad has transitioned out from his post as the Director of Production at Houston's First Baptist Church to become a Sales Engineer at LD Systems. He joins us this week to discuss his thoughts on the transition and we have some laughs along the way with a disaster story, tech takeaway and an ATM moment you can't miss.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Moral failures at church
6:00 Yoshi Haddad joins us!
17:45 Yoshi's production background
24:30 How Yoshi decided to leave church tech ministry
34:00 Who is responsible for burnout?
37:00 Speaker shoot out!
42:15 Disaster Story
45:40 Tech Takeaway
47:25 ChurchTech Confessional

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

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From Youth Minister to Production Director [Journey Church's Kyle Bowman] Jul 08, 2024

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You've been hired to be the youth minister and now you're told you're doing church production. What?
Kyle Bowman is the Production Director at Journey Church and he joins us to discuss transitions, volunteer recruitment and more!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby and Blake have been responsible for the youths of America
5:45 Kyle Bowman joins us!
15:00 What is production at Journey Church like?
19:45 From Youth Ministry to Production in 5 seconds flat
22:40 Where do you find church production volunteers?
29:30 Should you go to college for church production?
35:30 Disaster Story: First Christmas Service
38:15 Tech Takeaway: You’re doing a good job!
40:40 Church Tech Confessional

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Mixing Red Rocks Church [Jesse O'Brien] Jul 01, 2024

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What's it like mixing for Red Rocks services and concerts?
Jesse O'Brien is the Broadcast and FOH engineer at Red Rocks Church and he joins us to discuss all things Red Rocks production.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 We have our first podcast sponsor!
4:45 Andy Bentley joins us!
7:30 Five Truths and a Lie: “And they asked can we bring our guns in?”
17:00 Production at Red Rocks Church
25:30 Mixing live vs. studio
30:00 Red Rocks broadcast set up & line array
37:15 Jesse’s mixing philosophies
39:00 Passing on your wisdom to the next generation
41:45 Disaster story: “Are we gonna have to buy a new PA?”
49:20 Tech Takeaway: “All stuff is the small stuff”
50:50 Church Tech Confessional: Sleeping in

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

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