The Church Sound Podcast with Prentiss L. Thompson

Pastor Mark Brown Sr.joins Prentiss Thompson and Pastor Caleb Windley deliberate the true meaning of worship and how it applies to the AV ministry. What is the true purpose of worship and how it can impact the local church and a broad

Prentiss Thompson and Pastor Caleb Windley discuss the inner workings of importance the Drama ministry, The Audio Ministry and Music Ministry. How to prepare with the audio team, The pit falls of non-communication between teams. What a successful drama production looks like. What is a technical rehearsal and why it is important.

Prentiss Thompson and Pastor Caleb Windley discuss sound check vs line check. The importance of being on time, what happens before service, what does an effective sound check look like. How to teach or train all parties involved for a successful Sunday.

Prentiss Thompson and Pastor Caleb Windley discuss the spiritual importance of music and how the Front of House engineer in an audio ministry plays a part in the worship experience. They discuss musical texture, instruments and the art of mixing. They also discuss song selection, working with a praise band and worship leaders and how the music selection can prepare the people for the Pastors message.

Bishop Charles Mellete the founder and senior pastor of Christian Provision Ministries joins the discussion on volunteerism and its power. How to recruit and engage an volunteer staff. When to hire a team members, the power of having a unified voice and the some powerful advise for young Pastors to grow their ministry.

Bishop Charles Mellette is the founder and senior pastor of Christian Provision
Ministries, Inc. (CPM) in Sanford, North Carolina. He is also the Chairman of Positive
Direction for Youth (PDY), an innovative youth conference designed to encourage and inspire, that serves nearly 5,000 youth, youth leaders, parents and pastors annually. He is the author of two books: Obedience: The Key to God’s Divine Favor and The Favored Life.

https://www.christianprovision.com/

The legendary artist and businessman Sean Slaughter joins the discussion about employing a qualified professional audio engineer at a church. They also discuss the many strategies for developing and effective audio team and the do and don’t the hiring process.

Sean Slaughter
Host of The King Talks Podcast –
Executive Director - Life Power Music Mentoring –

Albums:
2014 - Prototype 2
2010 – The Prototype
2005 – Die Another Day
2002 – The Dungeon
2001 – The World is Not Enough
1999 - and Justice for all

The pioneer Christian rap artist Richie Righteous and now Pastor Richie Ishmael of Church City USA Church joins the discussion of using technology in the current church landscape. They discuss how to we use computers, and smart devices to broaden the reach, how to use the different social media platforms effectively to pull in engage the youth and empower church.

https://www.churchcityusa.com/

Prentiss Thompson and Pastor Caleb Windley discuss the importance of communicating within the AV ministry, to adjacent ministries.

The Music Ministry
The Pastoral staff
Dance Ministry

The also discuss how to communicate in the most affective way for the best result.

Prentiss Thompson and Pastor Caleb Windley discuss serving the multi generational church and its challenges. They provide insight for Pastors, Leaders, Musicians and the Audio Visual ministry.

How to adjust to the future -
How to serve the youth and keep the seniors -
How to create an environment where the church can grow together -
Using new technology to expand the message of hope.

Pastor Emory Anderson of Manna Church joins the conversation as they discuss the challenges of the inter-cultural church. How to communicate with another culture and why its important to seek to understand one another.

https://manna.church/
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/emory-anderson/343641948