The ChurchGear Podcast Toby Walters [Church Tech Advocate]

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  

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry
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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 live41:00 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.
 
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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 dinner6:45 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 Mics44:30 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 FacebookHang out with us on InstagramSee all the ways we can serve your church on our WebsiteGet our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Come celebrate our new website with us with a never before seen 20% off discount store wide! Code: MEMORIALDAY24 If you've ever attempted to buy gear from us before, you probably experienced:
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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 FacebookHang out with us on InstagramSee all the ways we can serve your church on our WebsiteGet our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early ServiceCome celebrate our new website with us with a never before seen 20% off discount store wide! Code: MEMORIALDAY24 If you've ever attempted to buy gear from us before, you probably experienced:
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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 FacebookHang out with us on InstagramSee all the ways we can serve your church on our WebsiteGet our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early ServiceCome celebrate our new website with us with a never before seen 20% off discount store wide! Code: MEMORIALDAY24 If you've ever attempted to buy gear from us before, you probably experienced:
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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 Church19:00 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 FacebookHang out with us on InstagramSee all the ways we can serve your church on our WebsiteGet our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early ServiceCome celebrate our new website with us with a never before seen 20% off discount store wide! Code: MEMORIALDAY24 If you've ever attempted to buy gear from us before, you probably experienced:
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