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Harvest Crusades & Church Tech Confessional's Debut [Chris Eguizabal] Apr 15, 2024

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What's it like doing production for the Harvest Crusades?
Chris Eguizabal is the Production Manager at Harvest Riverside Church and he joins us to discuss production for The Harvest Crusades, lighting design approaches and he wraps our episode with a mic mix up story that you can't miss!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby isn’t fancy enough for a benefit dinner
6:45 Chris Eguizabal joins us!
14:45 How did Chris get into church production? (Started at Disney!)
19:00 What’s it like doing production for the Harvest Crusades?
24:00 How do you do production “in a circle” for The Round?
28:30 How do you communicate the tension between vision and production?
33:45 How should you approach your church's lighting design?
38:45 What advice would you give to a young church lighting director?
40:30 Church Production Disaster Story: Mixed up Mics
44:30 Tech takeaway on Sleep
48:00 Church Tech Confessional “Then my Pastor questioned me”

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Matching Budget to Vision [Northside Christian Church's Chris McDonald] Apr 08, 2024

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How do you create & steward a church production budget well? How do you communicate your budget needs to leadership?
Chris is the Production Director at Northside Christian Church, and he joins us to talk about how to make a budget that fulfills your church's vision.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Taxes & Budget Complaints
6:15 Chris McDonald joins us! Chuck Norris & Parachutes
14:45 Chris’s journey into church production
20:00 How do you make a church production budget?
24:15 How do you talk to church leadership about your production budget?
30:30 How do you get a large church production budget item approved?
33:45 How do you build a great church production team?
36:45 How do you onboard a church production volunteer well?
44:30 Disaster Story: “I tried not to run”
49:00 Tech Takeaway

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Current State of Church Production [FILO's Todd Elliott] Apr 01, 2024

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How do you define the goal of your Sunday service? What can we aim for beyond "well I saw this one church do it this way"?
Todd Elliott joins us to discuss what a successful Sunday looks like, the overall pulse on the production community and what he is jazzed about for FILO 2024!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Alligator alley & Toby on a Panel?!
5:00 Mr. FILO joins us! Todd Elliott!
11:00 What’s going on in the production community right now?
24:00 Have church production people’s salaries improved?
26:40 How do you talk to your church leadership about your salary?
36:30 How do we define a good Sunday morning service?
42:45 What’s happening at FILO in 2024?!
48:45 Conference Trivia! Toby vs. Todd
56:15 Tech Takeaway

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Teamwork Fuels Production [Southeast Christian Church’s Brad Bramer] Mar 25, 2024

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How do you have multiple departments collaborate, communicate and coordinate well?
Brad Bramer is the Worship and Creative arts Executive Producer at Southeast Christian Church and he joins us to discuss how multiple church departments can work in concert to achieve an overarching vision.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 What is Toby reading right now?
5:00 Toby’s literary confession
6:40 Brad Bramer joins us!
10:55 “I was forcibly removed from Ryan Secrest”
16:45 Leading the Church Production Team at Southeast Christian Church
19:00 Should worship and tech be one team or two?
23:00 How does the production team communicate with leadership?
31:25 Be curious, not skeptical
34:30 What’s it like running church production at Southeast Christian Church?
37:48 Big AVL projects at Southeast Christian Church right now
39:20 How do you communicate production costs to church leadership?
41:00 Disaster story: Brad is suddenly a video director!
46:15 Tech Takeaway on Jesus and Reading the Manual

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Lighting for the Moment [Scotty McCreery's LD Alexander Lehman] Mar 18, 2024

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How do we create environments to allow church lighting directors to grow?
Before touring as Scotty McCreery's LD, Alexander was the LD at Connection Point Christian Church. He joins us this week to talk about keeping younger LDs engaged, lighting for the moment, and more!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Nightmares we’re having
5:45 Alexander Lehman joins us! ER Road cases & Reality TV
9:30 Road Case Horror Story
12:30 Arrested for Production
14:45 Working on the "Dude Perfect" show
17:00 Doing production at the Transformation Church Conference
23:00 How do audio, video and lighting affect one another?
26:00 Church Tech Madness Check in
27:45 Matching your AVL to the music
30:50 How do you keep younger church tech Lighting Directors engaged?
34:30 Advice to younger Lighting Directors
39:00 Who is inspiring Alex in the Lighting Design space?
41:25 Disaster story
43:00 Tech Takeaway: Be intentional with your production

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Developing Your Church's System, Not Yours. [Houseright’s Luke Hesher] Mar 11, 2024

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How do you build an AVL system for your church that meets today's needs and the demands of the future? How do you make sure it works for everyone on staff and the volunteer team as a whole?
Luke Hester works with churches to design systems at Houseright and he joins the ChurchGear podcast to discuss how you can make a system that works for the whole rather than just one person.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby sacks Denver
6:30 Luke Hesher of Houseright Joins us!
10:00 “I called my senior pastor a Bastard”
17:00 Luke’s path into Church Production
18:45 How does Houseright serve the church?
20:00 What production problems do all churches face?
26:00 Building your system for the “Next Tech”
30:45 What to do when you inherit a bad church production system
33:00 How do you prep your executive team for future systems budgets?
35:00 How to lead up to your church’s executive team
39:20 How to use a capital expenditure plan to lead up to your church’s executive team
45:00 “Their Integrator Left” How do you have a good integrator relationship?
48:00 Tech Takeaway: Treating People Well > Tackling Tasks

Plugs: Check out Houseright here!
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Production Phases & Dante's Inferno [Shaun Miller of Rolling Hills] Mar 04, 2024

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How do you grow the production team and gear at multiple locations at a sustainable pace?
Shaun Miller is the Central Production Director at Rolling Hills Church and he drops by the pod to discuss baptism, pacing gear growth and more.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 How do Baptisms impact church production?
5:30 Shaun Miller joins us!
11:00 More wireless gear than Garth Brooks
13:45 "Then we got drug searched"
19:45 How did Shawn get into Church Production?
28:00 How do you manage multiple church production locations?
33:30 Toby heckles Shawn
35:00 Shawn’s writing on Church Production Magazine
39:30 The gear that Shawn hates
42:30 How do you progress your church’s production gear over time?
48:30 Disaster Story: Dante’s Inferno
57:00 Tech Takeaway on knowing “WHY” your production efforts matter
1:01:15 Blake’s Disaster Baptism

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Big Events, Bigger Impact [Jeff Sandstrom of MxU] Feb 26, 2024

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Your LED screen has fallen, you're in water up to your ankles and thousands of students are about to show up for a night of worship.
Jeff Sandstrom joins us this week to discuss the AVL challenges of the Super Bowl and the most difficult event he has ever been a part of.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby isn’t with us this week!
3:20 Jeff Sandstrom joins us!
4:00 Rattlesnakes and how great is our God
8:30 Soundcheck & Demolition Derby
11:20 “Five Truths and a Lie” MxU Pop Ups Edition!
16:30 SuperBowl Production
26:30 The Toughest Live Event Jeff Sandstrom’s Done
31:05 LED Wall underwater & Rusty Generators
50:30 Tech Takeaway on focusing on the main thing
57:00 MxU Pop Ups!

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Building Production Teams [Gateway Church's Brandon Conn] Feb 19, 2024

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How do you build a strong production team that furthers the Gospel?
Brandon Conn is the Audio Director at Gateway Church and he joins us this week to discuss all the practical principles Gateway church utilizes to build strong production teams.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby visits Chauvet Lighting in Florida!
6:00 Brandon Conn joins us for “5 Truths & A Lie”
16:30 How did Brandon get into church production?
20:30 How does Gateway Church set up their production team?
23:30 How does Gateway Church find and hire tech staff?
29:00 How do you launch a new church production set up well?
32:30 How do you schedule your church production team well?
34:30 How can production gear further The Gospel?
38:55 Texas Trivia: Blake verse Brandon Conn
42:30 What gear is Gateway Church running?
45:00 If you had 2 million to spend on production what would you buy?
48:00 Disaster story: “Just FYI, there was no PA in the Bible Days”
53:45 Tech Takeaway on Emotional EQ’s value to your ministry

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Touring Tips, Bad Rooms & Coffee Trivia [Gene Kim] Feb 12, 2024

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What production tips do you pick up from a lifetime of touring?
Gene Kim had a spare moment where he wasn't mixing for Phil Wickham, so he dropped by the podcast studio to discuss mixing in bad rooms, AVL trends and coffee.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Stage Shenanigans and Forbidden Rocks
6:50 What shows has Gene been working on recently?
11:45 The pressure of subbing in your tech buddy's seat
13:45 Hardest church production event Gene mixes
15:50 AVL Trends Gene is seeing in churches
20:10 What is it like jumping into various church FOH booths?
23:45 How do you improve your church tech skills in a new year?
28:00 What would your dream production gig be?
30:35 Disaster Story: “My heart dropped”
33:15 How do you improve your audio in a “bad room”?
35:34 Improving a bad room with a quieter mix
37:15 What upcoming technology trends is Gene enjoying?
41:15 Coffee Trivia: Gene Kim Vs. Toby Walters

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