The ChurchGear Podcast Toby Walters [Church Tech Advocate]

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.
 
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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 ServiceHave you tried to buy production gear from ChurchGear.com before? Did the website crash while you were mid check out? Did the website even load to begin with? Please accept our apologies for the site being a painful experience. We've launched our new site now and it loads in no time! You can actually get awesome production gear at a price your budget can afford! Check out ChurchGear.com t

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 ServiceHave you tried to buy production gear from ChurchGear.com before? Did the website crash while you were mid check out? Did the website even load to begin with? Please accept our apologies for the site being a painful experience. We've launched our new site now and it loads in no time! You can actually get awesome production gear at a price your budget can afford! Check out ChurchGear.com t

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 ServiceHave you tried to buy production gear from ChurchGear.com before? Did the website crash while you were mid check out? Did the website even load to begin with? Please accept our apologies for the site being a painful experience. We've launched our new site now and it loads in no time! You can actually get awesome production gear at a price your budget can afford! Check out ChurchGear.com t

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 story43:00 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 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 ServiceHave you tried to buy production gear from ChurchGear.com before? Did the website crash while you were mid check out? Did the website even load to begin with? Please accept our apologies for the site being a painful experience. We've launched our new site now and it loads in no time! You can actually get awesome production gear at a price your budget can afford! Check out ChurchGear.com t

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 system33:00 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 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 ServiceHave you tried to buy production gear from ChurchGear.com before? Did the website crash while you were mid check out? Did the website even load to begin with? Please accept our apologies for the site being a painful experience. We've launched our new site now and it loads in no time! You can actually get awesome production gear at a price your budget can afford! Check out ChurchGear.com t