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Leaving your Church so Well You Can Return [Prestonwood Baptist’s Bryan Bailey] Jul 22, 2022

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How do you leave your church so well that you're able to take a job at that same church again in the future?
Bryan Bailey is the director of media at Prestonwood Baptist Church and has been working in church tech for over two decades.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:20 Toby explores a 90,000 sq ft warehouse
9:08 We introduce Bryan Bailey
19:25 Bryan’s start as a Church Tech
34:00 Leaving so well you can come back
46:00 What is a church media director?
52:30 Who is Cuban Pete?
55:00 Tech takeaway on the importance of having and using your checklist

Plugs: Worshipmediaman is Bryan's handle. Prestonwood.jobs to apply to work with Bryan!
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Alex Fuller on Saying No Strategically [LD at Zion City Church] Jul 18, 2022

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What do you do when Covid has canceled all the live events? Do you got back to the Church Tech Director life?

Alex is the Pastor of live Production at Zion City - Southwest and owner of Production & Lighting design at Fuller Lights.
In this episode you'll hear:

2:00 Toby hacks the Penske truck system
4:40 We introduce Alex Fuller, Lighting Design Director at Zion Church
13:00 Alex’s journey into the Church Tech Life
16:30 Saying no strategically
18:20 How does a small church make a “Bethel Level” production?
24:00 How do you pull people into worship with lighting design?
28:00 Why is church lighting the third letter in AVL?
32:00 Going back to church post Covid
39:00 Tech Takeaway on small, constant improvements

Plugs: Email him at fullerlights@gmail.com and reach him online at fullerlights.com
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Dennis Choy on Building Church Tech Teams [Saddleback Church] Jul 11, 2022

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How do you recruit and build a church tech team in a post Covid world?

Dennis Choy is the church tech director at Saddleback Church in California. He has spent his years training teams to accomplish more together than they ever could separately.

In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby’s first time at Saddleback Church
7:20 We introduce Dennis Choy
15:05 Turning down the FBI
18:55 Mixing for Switchfoot
30:25 Why church techs are leaving ministry
37:45 Saddleback Church’s training for church tech volunteers
43:40 New Amplio camera set up
47:10 Challenges as Saddleback’s Tech director
50:00 Recruiting for your church tech team
53:20 Tech Takeaway on not arguing on the weekends

Plugs

Connect with Dennis at churchtechcoach@gmail.com

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Stephen Brewster on Creativity and Producing Elevation Worships records [Live @ FILO] Jul 04, 2022

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How do you go from moving to Nashville to escape music to producing Elevation's albums?
Stephen Brewster leads the Harmony Group and helps churches like Elevation release original music.
In this episode:

1:00 Toby’s recent celebrity sightings
9:33 We introduce Stephen Brewster at FILO
21:45 Christian music’s critical component
24:30 Why every church should write original music
26:45 How many Elevation records are actually live?
29:30 How Stephen knows if he will work with a church or not
33:55 The process of getting an album created
36:00 A literal angel sang on the record?
38:20 Encouragement for continuing ministry
40:00 Creating the Elevation look at smaller churches
42:00 Tech Takeaway on pressing pause and creating creativity

Plugs

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

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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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College for Church Techs with Ryan Loche [The Belonging Co] Jun 27, 2022

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Should church techs go to college if they’ve already got a job offer?
If they’re halfway through college, should they drop out for a job offer to be a church tech full time?
Ryan Loche is the academic director at the Beloningco college and a PhD student at Liberty University. He joins us to discuss education’s role in a church tech director’s life.
In this episode you'll hear:

0:40 Toby’s college years
4:36 We introduce Ryan Loche at the FILO conference
8:23 Running 1,500 light cues at once
10:20 Meeting Weird AL Yankovic
12:20 The Belonging Co Origin Story
14:10 The next generation of church tech directors
22:05 Should church techs go to college?
25:12 The practical side of college for church techs
27:15 Post covid burnout for church techs
31:00 Hard conversations course
34:00 What we miss out on by dropping out of college
35:30 Tech Takeaway on having fun as a team & forgiving mistakes

Plugs

The Belonging Co college
Ryan's Instagram
The Church Collective podcast

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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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

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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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Church of the Highlands LD, Griffin McCravy [Live @ FILO] Jun 20, 2022

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How do you run one of the largest churches in America with mostly volunteers?
Griffin McCray is the Broadcast Lighting Director for the Church of the Highlands in Alabama and he joins us to discuss lighting, salary offers, and how he became the lighting professional he looked up too as a kid.

1:00 Toby stumbles into a massive church stock room
6:14 We introduce Griffin McCravy!
13:25 Five Truths and a Lie
23:00 The start of Griffin’s lighting director role
24:50 Volunteers run Church of the Highlands
29:00 Can church techs wear a non black shirt?
32:32 Pulling in the congregation with lighting design
39:00 AVL Church Tech Department Battles
42:20 Church of the Highlands’s Christmas service
44:00 What it’s like learning audio, video and lighting
45:30 Griffin’s proudest moment as a lighting director
48:00 Tech Takeaway on honestly on our salaries and offers

Plugs

Hangout with Griffin on Instagram.
Checkout Highland's production
Check out Griffin's work on Thought Leader

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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Kempers, Amps and Saving Historic Sounds [Tone Junkie’s HW] Jun 13, 2022

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How do you save the sounds of all the iconic amps that rock legends and contemporary christian artists have used throughout the years?
Tone Junkie’s HW joins us this week to tell us about his love for kempers and his quest to capture all of the amp sounds around the globe.

0:28 Blake and Jonah go to a church’s gear warehouse
4:54 We introduce Tone Junkie's H.W.
14:42 His love for Kempers
22:40 Some historic amp sounds H.W. has saved
29:30 Different kemper packs
35:00 Jonathan’s favorite kemper gear
37:25 Should churches mic their kempers?
42:40 Tech Takeaway on saving sounds

Plugs

Check out his YouTube channel

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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Jake Gosselin on Common Problems and Less Being More [ChurchFront] Jun 06, 2022

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How does a worship pastor turn into a full-time YouTube creator and consultant for churches?
After working as a worship pastor for years, Jake discovered that all music ministries have similar problems that he fixed so he now consults, coaches, and creates courses for worship and tech ministries via his company ChurchFront.

1:30 Toby confesses to a felony
6:37 We introduce Jake Gosselin
12:40 How ChurchFront serves Church Techs
19:00 How Church Techs and Worship Leaders can work better together
23:15 Common problems for the solo church tech volunteer
26:15 Common mistakes Jake sees consulting for churches
34:40 ChurchFront’s courses and consulting
37:50 Toby gives the details on his terrible first headshot
40:30 Disaster story on complacent computers
42:50 Tech takeaway on less being more

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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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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Garth Brooks’s Keyboard Player on Playing the Background [Blair Masters] May 30, 2022

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How do you go from failing your piano lessons to playing keys for Garth Brooks in front of 80,000 people?
This week we are joined by one of the world’s most storied keyboard players, Blair Masters! He has played Saturday night Live, Garth Brooks concerts and still volunteers Sunday mornings at church.

1:27 Where the Nord is The Lord is
6:45 We introduce Blair Masters
15:45 Blair plays hardball with Garth Brooks
18:34 Blair’s background
27:35 Blair’s advice for playing Sunday morning services
29:14 Imitating Jeff Beck in front of Jeff Beck
31:40 Blair’s favorite show/session of all time
35:15 “Oh crap moment” on dying consoles
41:40 Tech Takeaway on having good charts

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Mixing FOH for Crowder, Sunday Services and Murder Attempts by Speakers [Quinton Kelley] May 23, 2022

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If a full line array crushed you on day two of a tour, could you continue? Q joins us this week to discuss his years of being a church tech, his time mixing FOH for Crowder and why safety is important for setting up shows!

Quinton Kelley is the front of house mixer for Crowder, a frequent freelancer and mixer for local churches and production manager at Backstage Productions.

1:13 “Four Truths and a Lie about Crowder”
6:40 We play “5 Truths and a Lie” with Quinton Kelley
17:45 Q’s journey into the church tech life
24:20 Difference between mixing Crowder’s shows and Sunday services
26:50 “It recalls nothing” near disaster story when mixing Crowder
30:55 Favorite live sound moment of all time [God really loves us]
33:05 Artists Q dreams about mixing for
34:50 Q’s favorite mixing console of all time
37:00 Tech Takeaway on being spirit lead instead of technically rigid

Plugs

Connect with Q at Backstage Productions

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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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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