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:
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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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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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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: 

• 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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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” 

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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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 

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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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 

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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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

 


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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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 

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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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!


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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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 

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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!

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! 

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

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs 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:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• 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!