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Volunteer Recruiting & Training [1st Baptist Orlando's Bobby Falconnier] Jun 24, 2024

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How do you recruit and train church production volunteers?
Bobby Falconnier is the broadcast manager at First Baptist Orlando church and he joins us for a volunteer deep dive.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Impersonations
4:30 Bobby Falconnier joins us!
12:45 How do you find church production volunteers?
30:00 Working for a manufacturer vs a church
35:00 Disaster story
37:35 Tech Takeaway on spending the right amount
41:45 Church Tech Confessional: Try what patch?

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Production Promotions & EAW Line Arrays [Long Hollow's Tim Wagoner] Jun 17, 2024

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How do you transition from being an individual AVL lead to becoming the leader for the entire church production team?
Tim Wagoner joins us from Long Hollow church to talk about his recent promotion, their decision to buy EAW line arrays and more!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Best Beaches in America
5:30 Tim Wagoner joins us!
18:00 How did Tim become a church tech professional?
22:00 Moving from Audio Lead to Leading Church Production
32:30 Is EAW a good church line array for sightlines?
38:40 Longhollow Church’s Biggest Production Issues
40:15 Disaster Story: “There was no audio, period.”
44:30 Tech Takeaway
46:45 Church Tech Confessional: “Broken package”

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Mixing for Hillsong & Live Album Recordings [James Hurley] Jun 10, 2024

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What were the early days of mixing for Hillsong like?
James Hurley is a mix engineer who has worked with Hillsong, Kari & Cody, Mosaic and more. He joins us to discuss his early days with Hillson, live production albums and more this week on the ChurchGear Podcast
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 The Guys Get Gue in their ears for InEars
5:45 James Hurley joins! [5 Truths & a Lie]
15:00 James’s journey into church production
19:00 What was it like doing production for Hillsong United?
25:00 How “Live” are “Live Worship Albums”?
38:30 You can only pick one piece of gear for your setup.
40:45 How do you pay your church production people correctly?
1:03:00 Tech Takeaway: Love your neighbor as yourself
1:07:00 Church Tech Confessional: "We had budget leftover....so"

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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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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Balancing Work & Drinks on Consoles [Summit Church's Conor Hale] Jun 03, 2024

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How do we balance our work life well?
Conor Hale is a church tech at The Summit Church and he joins us to discuss work life balance.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Disrespecting Consoles, Studios and Pappy Van Winkle
5:30 Conor Hale joins us!
13:00 Conor’s journey to being a Summit Church Tech
16:00 Summit Church’s system setup
22:00 Finding a healthy rhythm of work
27:15 Production hacks used at Summit Church: PCs
32:00 Disaster Story
35:45 A legendary Production Person Reveal
43:30 Tech Takeaway on balance
43:38 Church Tech Confessional “I wasn’t doing anything.”

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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Lighting Life Church [Live at FILO with Caleb Darago] May 27, 2024

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How does one of the biggest churches in the country approach lighting design?
Caleb is the Senior Lighting Designer for Life Church. He tells us about Life Church's approach to lighting, some disaster stories and more on our final live FILO episode.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby and Blake go to a baseball game before FILO
6:30 Caleb Darago joins us live at FILO!
14:00 How to have AR/VR/XR at church!
19:00 Caleb’s journey as a lighting and video tech at Life Church
21:15 How does Life Church do lighting design?
37:00 “We put the Furman at shoe kicking level”
41:10 Tech Takeaway: “Pastor first, tech second”
44:45 Church Tech Confessional on baptism

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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Stewarding Gear & Community [Live at FILO with Matt Kotthoff] May 20, 2024

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What production upgrades should you recommend to your church leadership?
Matt Kotthoff joins us live at FILO 2024! We discuss gear stewardship, community building and wrap with a disaster story that has us all wondering if there is ever a right time to allow software updates to go through.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 “Toby! Unhand that woman!”
6:19 Matt Kotthoff joins us at FILO Live!
12:40 Matt’s FILO teaching session topic
14:15 Todd Elliott cameos!
17:00 What is Sun Valley Community Church's production setup like?
22:30 What PA does Sun Valley Community Church use?
24:10 How do you decide to sell or keep your church’s used production gear?
25:50 What level of production gear should your church upgrade to?
29:10 How much “backup gear” should you have on hand?
32:10 What common production mistake does Matt see in other churches?
36:20 What’s the most important church production element to improve first?
38:40 Disaster story: Can’t delay or do updates!
41:40 Tech Takeaway on asking for help
43:20 Church Tech Confessional: “That was rough. But no one has questioned my mix decisions since.”

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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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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FILO After Party [Amplio Studios 2024] May 13, 2024

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We took over the Amplio Podcast studio after day one of FILO to recap the conference and bring the party to you!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 FILO Amplio After Party Pod!
4:00 What happened at FILO 2024 Day 1?
7:00 Toby’s horrific Gene Kim introduction
11:00 FILO pre party activities
15:00 Amplio’s podcast has launched!
20:00 Game: Classic Rock pop quiz!
26:00 Game: Name that song for Toby
29:15 Game: Songs the Government plays to torture people
33:00 Rapid round questions
40:00 Worship Sound Guy joins us!
43:00 The Rest of the ChurchGear Crew & Jeff Vandergiessen joins!
53:20 Church Tech Confessional: "I shouldn't have listened to my pastor's wife"

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.

Connect with us:

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Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear here.

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.

Connect with us:

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Lighting that Welcomes Guests [Highlands's Griffin McCravy] May 06, 2024

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How do we customize our lighting design to draw people to God?
Griffin McCravy joins the podcast to tell us how Church of the Highlands is adjusting their lighting design to create a more welcoming environment for potential believers.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Blake’s first time in the tech booth
6:00 Griffin McCravy joins us!
12:00 What is Griffin teaching about at FILO this year?
18:00 How do you rethink your church production approach?
23:30 How does The Church of The Highlands Approach Christmas?
34:15 How does Church of the Highlands do their lighting design?
39:00 Where is the global church going with lighting design now?
43:30 Disaster Story: “I’ll never use a snow machine again.”
49:10 Tech Takeaway: How do you set good expectations for church production?
51:51 Church Tech Confessionals "My pastor walked off and didn't fire me"

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.

Connect with us:

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Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

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Check out HouseRight here for all the reasons we love them.

Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear here.

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.

Connect with us:

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Speaking Pastorease [Cottonwood Creek's Will Chapman] Apr 29, 2024

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How do you speak your pastor's language?
Will Chapman is the Online Pastor for Cottonwood Creek Church and he drops by the ChurchGear podcast to discuss communication methods, advancing in your role and how to transition a church's production style over time.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 The Church Tech Mecas in Texas
6:00 Will Chapman joins us!
16:45 How do you get into church production ministry?
21:00 How do you grow and advance in church production?
27:00 How do you communicate with your church pastor better?
36:30 How do you keep the production gear from being distracting?
43:30 Why is video over IP so important in church production now?
51:20 Disaster Story: No stage design for Christmas
58:00 Tech Takeaway on the Parable of the Talents
1:02:00 Church Tech Confessional

Plugs:
Hangout with Will on Facebook and Instagram!
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.

Connect with us:

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Check out HouseRight here for all the reasons we love them.

Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear here.

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.

Connect with us:

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Fall Out Boy’s FOH Engineer [Chad Olech] Apr 22, 2024

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Chad Olech has been Fall Out Boy's front-of-house mix engineer for the past 11 years and he joined us on the ChurchGear Podcast this week!
He told us how he mixes Fall Out Boy's shows, the stories that have come with that and more! Don't miss this week's episode!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Recording studios and celebrity crushes
5:30 Fall Out Boy’s FOH Engineer of 11 Years, Chad Olech joins!
11:20 Having a Kidney stone mid show!
13:20 How do you get into live production mixing?
17:20 Chad’s adventures with Fall Out Boy
18:45 What kind of tracks is Fall Out Boy using in live shows?
20:00 How does Chad mic up Fall Out Boy?
24:00 How do you recreate a studio sound in a live environment?
28:58 What gear is Fall Out Boy using for their live shows right now?
38:00 The most enjoyable and difficult Fall Out Boy songs to mix live
41:00 Advice to your younger self
43:45 If you could only pick one “good piece of gear” what would it be?
45:00 Disaster Story with Fall Out Boy
46:40 Disaster Story “I lost all of my plug-ins.”
48:30 Tech Takeaway on not being too precious with what gear you have
50:40 Church Tech Confessionals “I woke up at 4:00 AM"

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.

Connect with us:

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Check out HouseRight here for all the reasons we love them.

Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear here.

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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Reviews: Leaving us a review on the podcast player you're listening to us on really helps the show. If you enjoyed this episode, you can say thank you with a review!

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