Worship Facility Podcast

Tommy Lozure, Music Production Department Chair at Visible Music College, discusses how to train volunteers so that they feel comfortable behind a console or running audio from a tablet during worship services and other events.

An essential component to effective audio volunteers is establishing a culture where the volunteers know that they are an essential and appreciated part of the media team.

Takeaways include:

1 – Setting benchmarks for audio volunteers

2 – Adapting benchmarks for different church sizes and systems

3 – Establishing a positive culture of volunteer training

4 – Creating systems that can be repeated and scaled.

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Want to stream a film clip or other copy-written material? Learn what to do when it comes to licensing, CCLI and other streaming copyright issues. Digital Great Commission Ministries Executive Director David Leuschner will dive into the different licensing companies, what they protect you against, and what you can and cannot do.

Takeaways include:

1. General overview of copyrights and how they are enforced
2. Learn the different licensing agencies and what they cover
3. Talk through how you ask for permission to use copy-written material
4. Discover how YouTube, Facebook and other streaming outlets handle copy-written material

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 Delayed maintenance is a frequent problem for all facilities managers who are faced with routine and seasonal tasks, as well as emergencies, while having limited staff and restricted budgets. Building Burro founder Tina Breckenfeld discusses how to keep up with these tasks to keep your church in top shape. 
Key takeaways include:

• Prioritizing tasks
• Use of management software
• Budgeting and church leadership

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With an increase in mental illness, workplace violence, cyber attacks and internet outages, churches are starting to ask, ”Are we ready, even for what we can’t yet imagine happening?”

If your church has put off action planning, you’re not alone. Your peers are asking themselves the same thing. In this presentation, church security expert Simon Osamoh explores how to make emergency planning a priority, as well as 3 things you need to do to build a successful building emergency plan.

Takeaways include:

1 – Why a building emergency action plan is so important

2 – How to leverage a plan to build a more holistic safety and security plan

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In this episode, Another Jones Production CEO and broadcast professional Andre Jones will go over the role of a director and how to tell a story with the cameras while supporting the crew (volunteers). 

Takeaways Include:

1 – Tools to take back to your church and be an effective Director immediately

2 – Tips to help make your volunteers better

3 – Ideas on how to do less coaching and framing so you can do more switching

4 – Methods to help you raise up leaders to take over when it’s time for you to move on

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Ask any ten Church Management Software (ChMS) users if they hate their ChMS, and chances are, you’ll get several yeses. No matter which ChMS product your church uses, a good percentage of your users are likely to be unsatisfied.

In this episode, Eliott Wood, elder of Christ Community Church will talk about the root causes of this dissatisfaction and how to address them. 

Takeaways include:

1 – How to improve your ChMS experience

2 – How to structure your ChMS support team

3 – How to train your staff on using ChMS more effectively

4 – How to engage in a search for new ChMS as a collaborative team

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Joe Precup, Director of Operations at DTK Facilities, discusses challenges to facility maintenance needs, whether janitorial or staff management, in an ever-changing and unpredictable economy.

During this episode, Joe will outline an acronym that will help your team grow.

The acronym “S.W.E.E.P.” represents the corners and edges of “business as usual.”

Takeaways include:

– Servant Behaviors

– Weighing Each Aspect

– Examining Each Person

– Exploring New Opportunities

– Partnering with the Right People

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Most likely, you’ve heard about the metaverse, and you may have heard that there are churches participating in the metaverse. What does it look like to do this? Why would a church consider having space in the metaverse? How do you do it from a technical perspective? Discover the answers to these questions and more as we listen to Nate Anderson and Toby Walters discuss this different community-engaging option for churches.

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Why is it important to include IT and AVL integration into the planning process of any new build or renovation project your church is undergoing? There are countless stories of how things went wrong and extra money was spent to incorporate these things after the construction was done. Tim Adams, Elliott Wood, and Rodney James discuss how to plan at the proper time and who should be in that planning process to ensure your next building project goes off with minimal issues.

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