The ChurchGear Podcast Toby Walters [Church Tech Advocate]

Send us a Text Message.What was it like doing church production at Elevation in the early days? Andy Bentley joins us to discuss his church tech times at Elevation, pacing production stress, and creating a creative process that works. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Inside baseball: ChurchGear Leadership Quarterly 5:00 Andy Bentley joins us! (Elevation & Skylark) 11:50 Staying up 60 hours straight for production 17:00 Andy’s church tech background 23:30 What was...

Send us a Text Message.How do you weigh the decision to stay or leave church tech ministry? Yoshi Haddad has transitioned out from his post as the Director of Production at Houston's First Baptist Church to become a Sales Engineer at LD Systems. He joins us this week to discuss his thoughts on the transition and we have some laughs along the way with a disaster story, tech takeaway and an ATM moment you can't miss. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Moral failures at church 6:00 Yosh...

Send us a Text Message.You've been hired to be the youth minister and now you're told you're doing church production. What? Kyle Bowman is the Production Director at Journey Church and he joins us to discuss transitions, volunteer recruitment and more! In this episode you'll hear:1:00 Toby and Blake have been responsible for the youths of America 5:45 Kyle Bowman joins us! 15:00 What is production at Journey Church like? 19:45 From Youth Ministry to Production in 5 second...

Send us a Text Message.What's it like mixing for Red Rocks services and concerts?Jesse O'Brien is the Broadcast and FOH engineer at Red Rocks Church and he joins us to discuss all things Red Rocks production. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 We have our first podcast sponsor! 4:45 Andy Bentley joins us! 7:30 Five Truths and a Lie: “And they asked can we bring our guns in?”17:00 Production at Red Rocks Church 25:30 Mixing live vs. studio 30:00 Red Rocks broadcas...

Send us a Text Message.How do you recruit and train church production volunteers?Bobby Falconnier is the broadcast manager at First Baptist Orlando church and he joins us for a volunteer deep dive. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Impersonations4:30 Bobby Falconnier joins us! 12:45 How do you find church production volunteers? 30:00 Working for a manufacturer vs a church 35:00 Disaster story 37:35 Tech Takeaway on spending the right amount 41:45 Church Tec...

Send us a Text Message.How do you transition from being an individual AVL lead to becoming the leader for the entire church production team? Tim Wagoner joins us from Long Hollow church to talk about his recent promotion, their decision to buy EAW line arrays and more! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Best Beaches in America 5:30 Tim Wagoner joins us! 18:00 How did Tim become a church tech professional? 22:00 Moving from Audio Lead to Leading Church Production&...