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How do you take an interested, inexperienced volunteer and turn them into a tech genius?


Willow Hodge is the Video Director at Hope Fellowship Church and she joins to give us a masterclass on training new volunteers. 


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 ChurchGear Fantasy League is here! 
• 3:50 Willow Hodge joins us! 
• 10:20 How did you get your start in church production? 
• 15:20 How do you recruit and develop church production volunteers? 
• 22:40 Volunteers feeling growing pains
• 26:45 Should church production people have pastor in their title? 
• 31:10 What’s it like being a woman in production? 
• 37:25 Church Production Disaster story
• 43:45 Tech Takeaway: Jesus isn’t shaking his head at tech mistakes 

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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
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• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

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Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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How do you keep production from disrupting your priority list? 


Dan is a Monitor Engineer and RF Coordinating expert. He joins us to discuss balancing production with your life, vetting production jobs and some RF deep dive discussions!


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Our new and first sponsor stops by: 64 Audio!
• 5:45 Kids are great! 
• 10:00 Dan McLaughlin joins us! 
• 19:45 How do you recover from a PreShow emergency? 
• 24:00 How did Dan get into production?
• 29:45 How do you keep your marriage strong while you’re on the road? 
• 35:15 How do you vet a church production job? 
• 42:00 RF talk 
• 52:15 Disaster story: "It costs us but it was fine." 
• 55:15 Tech Takeaway: Don’t over stress it
• 1:00:30 Church Tech Confessional: Missing pack 

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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

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Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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How do you launch churches at an exponential rate?


Andrew Hoffstatter is the Technical Director at at The Church of Eleven 22 and he joins us to discuss church launches, stretching a dollar and excellence without excess in church production. 


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Cats vs. Dogs
• 6:41 Andrew Hoffstatter joins us! 
• 13:40 How did Andrew get into church production as a career? 
• 16:00 How do you launch multiple church campuses at once?
• 17:28 How do you have excellence without excess in church production?
• 20:00 What principles guide you to have excellence without excess?
• 26:00 How do you stretch a dollar in your production setups? 
• 30:00 The Church of Eleven 22's unique production layout 
• 35:45 Disaster story: “He just stares at me and hands me his pack”
• 39:30 Tech Takeaway: “There is always someone smarter than you” 
• 40:40 Church Production Tip: Always put in cat walks! 
• 42:44 Church Tech Confessional: “Upper decking” 

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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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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 

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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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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?

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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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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? 

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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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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.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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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. 
• 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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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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.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here! 

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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

• 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: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come work with us at ChurchGear!

Full job description and the place to apply can be found here!