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7 Steps to Great Worship Audio

Producing great sound in a worship service can seem as elusive as finding a soloist who always sings on key. However, this doesn’t have to be.   Producing great sound in a worship service can seem as...

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4 Ways You Can Make Your Church Facility Fabulous

If you want to have a facility that inspires, then this could be the article to help make that happen. Churches come is all sizes and shapes:  From a retail store-front, to soaring and elaborate...

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Designing and Maintaining Church Buildings of Excellence

In many ways Churches are very unique buildings and they need to be designed to meet a myriad of functions.  How can you maintain buildings of excellence.  Take a fresh look at your building, or an...

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Why Your Church Needs An Ambassador of the Throne

Nobody likes to talk about restrooms, but they are a very important statement about the church and the perceived quality of the ministry. Here are 5 steps to bathroom perfection. Something that I have...

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Simple Steps to A Fantastic Guest Experience

Offering those who visit your church a great guest experience really is as easy as 1 2 3. Years ago I was the opening manager for the first location of a brand new movie theatre chain.  One of our...

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Getting the Biggest Change in Sound Quality for the Smallest Investment

“How do I get the biggest change in my sound quality for the smallest investment?” I’m often asked this question from cash-strapped churches that need a sound system upgrade but don’t have the funds...

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Biggest Facilities Failures

Often in life it’s the little things that can make the biggest difference. As we enter the season of higher church attendance, be sure these little things don’t ruin the experience at your facility....

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What Makes A Great Church Building?

In the pursuit of worthy facility, what elements must come together to create a sacred space? There are some facets that go into what makes a church building great and they all intertwined together....

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Forget the Greeter!

Hopefully your greeters are doing more than just being an obstacle to get around. Forget the greeter, give me an advocate I don’t know about you, but when I visit someplace new I rarely go alone.  I...

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What’s important to a worship leader?

According to worship leaders, what are the most important aspects of being a church sound operator? I’ve been doing an informal survey on this topic, asking worship leaders for their views. The answers...

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Technical Upgrades: How and When

How and when to upgrade…. Over the past year the church I serve at has gone through a number of upgrades and expansion of the technical systems. Some of them were necessitated because of the growing...

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When Our Tech World Is Turned Upside Down

Sometimes things can be going so well and then when something goes wrong. well… Most of us who have been involved in church production have had at least one mistake or failure during a service (I have...

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Church Etiquette For Parking Lots

  Traffic flow can greatly influence how a ministry functions. Here are four keys to developing a parking lot plan to ensure a safe, timely and engaging welcome.   At an earlier point in my life I was...

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What is Good Design and How Does It Impact Your Church Facility?

Take a new look at your facility and apply some creative design ideas to raise both the form and the function of your building.   What is good design and how does it impact your church facility? We...

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The Art and Science of Audio

Just what is the real art and science of great audio? The author narrows the discussion down to a one-word solution. One of my favorite sayings: “Audio is an art that everyone thinks is a science,...

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5 Ways to Instill A Call to Ownership in Your Church Facility

It really is great when people take ownership of your church, they take initiative and responsibility. They take notice and treat things better. After all isn’t that why we say, “treat it like your...

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Worship Leader vs. Tech Director

  I have been in sound checks and rehearsals where the tension in the air was so tight that it was palpable.   Worship Leader Vs Tech Director.  Who leads who? At a Leadership seminar I attended, Bill...

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Evaluating Our Abilities And Starting Fresh In The New Year

As the new year draws near what challenges will you face?   I’m not rally a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, primarily because when I make them they tend to last about 1 – 2 weeks. However I do like...

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The Importance Of Regularly Testing Cables

Why let one of the least expensive aspects of a system be its weakest link? Operating the sound system from the mix position during a recent Sunday worship service, it all began when the first note...

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Cut Down On The Noise—Simplify

“It’s been said many times but bears repeating: “Technology is best when it’s transparent.” As I’m sure is the case with many of you, my life is quite hectic right now, packed beyond capacity with...

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