I heard from a good friend of mine the other day. He was rather frustrated (that may be an understatement…) because he perceived some of the criticism he was subject of was coming from a desire for perfection in worship. Now, I don’t know all the details, but I ventured a guess that perfection was in fact [...]
Posts Tagged ‘church volunteer’
When to Hire a Tech Arts Director
Robert posed an excellent question as a response to a previous post (Helps for Scheduling Volunteers). How do you keep your volunteers sticking around? We are a large church approx 3000 members running 5 services and everything is volunteer run. The engineer that runs the services that weekend is there for about 20 hours on [...]
Another Doh! Moment
Training is a great way to learn things. I’ve watched hundreds of hours of videos, read books, attended seminars and learned from real, live people. This is all very useful, but has the disadvantage of also being easily forgettable. Much like our own lives, the lessons that stick with us the best come when we [...]
Lessons Learned From a 12-Year Old
Today was a proud moment for me. My youngest daughter turned 12, which is a pretty humbling thing in itself. More than that, though, she also ran ProPresenter for “big church” for the first time today. And she did it like a seasoned veteran. As I watched her fire off cue after cue with Olympic [...]
Raising Your Credibility Score Pt. 2
Picking up from where we left off yesterday, let’s figure out how to raise your credibility score. Following even a few of these ideas will go a long way in making your life easier at FOH. The worship leader and band will respect you more and it may even make you more popular with the [...]
Why Not Y?
Y-cords (or, more correctly, Wye cords), can be useful when used properly. When used incorrectly however, they can lead to increased distortion, a dramatic drop in signal level, even damage to your device. I’ve always known Y cords are problematic, and tried to avoid them whenever possible. I never really took the time to learn [...]
Troubleshooting AV Systems
I thought I would jot down a few notes about what I’ve learned in 20+ years of troubleshooting AV systems. For this article anyway, I’ll focus on signal path issues, as those tend to be the most common in churches. While I’ll use examples from the world of sound, the principles are equally applicable to video and data signal lines.
Leader, Clone Thyself
Wednesday and Thursday marked my first ever Upper Room all-staff retreat. I have to tell you, it was a great time. As my colleague, Steve, noted, it was a perfect mix of side-splitting laughter and deep, thoughtful conversations. We spent a good deal of time hashing out what some of our ministry objectives would be [...]
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