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 

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: 

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• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
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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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 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 

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:

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• 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!

Leadership is spoken about often but what does it really look like in the church production space?



Warren Davis is the Central Team Leader of Broadcast support for Life Church and he joins us to discuss leading teams well.



In this episode you'll hear 

• 1:00 Rockstars breaking the law & tossing TVs
• 6:00 Warren Davis joins the podcast!
• 11:30 Moving Gear Horror Story 
• 16:45 Warren Davis’s journey into tech 
• 20:00 How are Life Church's campuses structured? 
• 27:00 Leading Tech Teams at Scale 
• 33:20 Leading & Developing church tech volunteer teams 
• 36:00 How to lead as a young church production leader
• 43:15 Do church techs have to be “pastors” in production? 
• 45:00 Creating Church Tech Culture via Time Together 
• 51:15 Van Halen Trivia 
• 58:00 Tech Takeaway on positioning your mix well & clean stages 

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 unify the church production team and the worship team?


Brenton Miles is the Production Manager for Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes, and he joins us this week on the podcast to discuss the unique dynamic between worship and production.


In this episode

• 1:00 Does volume or the mix matter  most?   
• 5:15 Brenton Miles joins! 
• 11:00 Five Truths & a Lie: Helicopters & Monday Night Football
• 19:00 Brenton’s Tech Background 
• 24:15 Should worship and tech be one department at church?
• 28:00 Does a worship leader background help you lead church production? 
• 32:45 What  causes distractions in your church production?
• 35:15 What does the worship team do that bothers the production team?
• 38:15 What does production do that worship dislikes? 
• 39:20 How should a production & worship team bond?
• 50:15 Disaster Story 
• 54:50 Tech Takeaway on Respect 
• 57:00 Brenton’s production courses 

Plugs

• Check out Brenton Miles training courses 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!

What are the quickest ways to improve our church's mix?


Johnny Ragin drops by the pod to talk awesome mixing tips,  hilarious disaster stories and more hot takes than we've ever had in a single episode.


In this episode:

• 1:00 Toby taught production in college?!
• 5:00 Johnny Ragin from Worship Sound Guy joins us! 
• 12:00 Johnny’s tech background 
• 20:00 How do you find church production educational resources? 
• 24:00 Learning by Mentor vs. Self Education 
• 27:00 Mixing with your “ears” not “eyes”
• 32:30 2 Quick Wins to improve your church’s audio mix 
• 35:00 Improving the mix via collaboration with the Worship Team 
• 40:00 How do you maximize your church’s production gear? 
• 42:45 Disaster Stories: weak floors & confetti cannons 
• 47:50 Tech Takeaway on having a “Mix Journal” 

Plugs

• Check out the Worship Sound Guy training resources and community forums 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!

When you've worked with Louie Giglio at Passion and built Chris Tomlin's Track Rig, what can you not do?  


Stephen Bailey joins us on the ChurchGear podcast this week to discuss his production time at Passion, the advice he'd give his younger self and who would win in a fight between a bus or Jay Desai. 

In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Toby’s Fellowship Church Visit in Dallas
• 6:00 Stephen Bailey joins us! 
• 6:30 Jay Desai Vs. Buses 
• 8:30 Five Truths and a Lie 
• 16:00 Stephen’s tech journey: Elevation Band & Audio Freelancing
• 18:55 Working with Louie Giglio at Passion 
• 24:40 Live Stream Sync between Multiple States 
• 29:30 Building Tomlin’s Track Rig 
• 37:00 What would you tell your younger self? 
• 40:00 Don’t burn the bridges
• 40:45 Disaster Story: “Blue screen of death” 
• 44:55 Tech Takeaway on balancing what matters with what’s urgent 

Plugs

• Check out Stephen's project prodcom.io!

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 lead your church production team when you're one of the youngest people on staff?


Johnathan Basquez is the Production Director at Church on the Move and he joins the podcast this week to tell us about leading upward, Andrew Stone's advice to him and how he navigated production during a tough season. 

Johnathan gave us one of the best episodes we've ever had! 


In this episode you'll hear

• 1:00 Acting our age and church visits 
• 7:00 Johnathan Basquez from Church on the Move joins us! 
• 14:30 Johnathan’s journey to Church on the Move 
• 18:30 Learning from Andrew Stone 
• 21:40 Leading those who led you 
• 25:30 Andrew Stone’s 3 Church Production Mindsets 
• 31:30 How do you succeed as a young church tech? 
• 34:00 How do you systematize your church’s production systems?
• 36:45 Crushing the little details in church production 
• 39:30 Disaster story!
• 42:00 Tech Takeaway on community & kindness to yourself 

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 pick an integrator?


Clint Aull is a Designer and Installation Manager at All Pro Integrated Systems. He joins us this week to discuss vetting integrators, diversifying your skills and gives us his side of the legendary shrimp disaster story. 


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Toby heads to Detroit to avoid budget planning 
• 6:45 Clint Aull joins us! (Fires & Sharks) 
• 16:45 Clint’s Bethel Background & Tech Journey 
• 22:45 How Clint diversified his skills
• 25:45 How to vet an integrator for your church
• 39:10 Making it happen with creativity, not budget 
• 43:45 Disaster Story: “It was the worst production thing that ever happened to me”
• 48:30 Clint’s side to the shrimp disaster with Daniel Ellis 
• 52:00 Tech Takeaway on diversifying your skill set 

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 were ChurchGear's best moments in 2023?


We review the best stories, give out some awards and conclude with the moments ChurchGear's mission was fulfilled to the fullest!


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Toby’s Top Three 2023 Moments 
• 10:45 ChurchGear’s 2023 “Five Truths & A Lie”
• 14:10 BD’s Conference stories  
• 19:00 “Who are you the most afraid of running into!?” 
• 21:05 Charlie & Ryan fight a blizzard! 
• 33:00 Love at ChurchGear Headquarters 
• 39:40 “ChurchGear almost blew up” -Kurley 
• 51:10 The best guest story of 2023 
• 54:00 How many times did Blake get fired in 2023? 
• 55:55 The Top Liar of the year award
• 57:40 The Top 5 episodes of the year 
• 1:00:00 The moments ChurchGear fulfilled the mission
• 1:06:00 "We brought the church their first com system" 
• 1:10:15 Tech Takeaway: How much gear did ChurchGear buy this year? 

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 keep the most attended services of the year free from mishaps?


We are joined by some of our church techs pals to hear their "Christmas Disaster Stories" this week. We hope this can provide you some laughs as you prepare for your own Christmas Services this year!


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Rolling Black Outs During Christmas 
• 3:40 Blake’s Christmas Disaster Story: “Blown Budget” 
• 7:00 Christmas Trivia: Toby Vs. Brian Dishon 
• 11:00 Christmas Disaster: “Everyone has to go home now”
• 14:40 Jeremy Van Valkenburg’s Christmas Disaster Story 
• 19:00 Curtis Taylor: “We pushed passed our power limit load.”
• 28:45 Drew Hester: “It was just one button.”
• 36:00 Drew Hester: “Just have him sing in the Adult Choir.” 
• 41:55 Michael Short: “We shouldn’t have built an elevator.” 

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!