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How do you go from thinking, "I could do something with the MicRentals.com URL," to supplying the Super Bowl with the mics they use for Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes?


We chatted with Stephen Arruda on MicRentals.com's origin story, culture building, and tight timelines.


In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00  Dad jokes and rare microphone stories 
• 6:06 MicRental's Founder, Stephen Arruda joins! 
• 16:05 Stephen Arruda’s introduction into tech 
• 24:30 Stephen almost started ChurchGear before Toby?!
• 30:30 MicRental's origin story 
• 38:30 Helping churches in a panic 
• 43:05 The cost of creative indecision
• 47:45 Stephen’s favorite moments working with clients 
• 50:45 MicRentals supplies the Super Bowl mics?!
• 52:15 Microphone Trivia: Stephen vs. Blake 
• 56:45 Tech Takeaway on curating company reading lists to craft culture 

Plugs: 

• You can reach out to Stephen at stephen@micrentals.com
• Books mentioned: Love Works, Customer Rules & 17 Qualities of a Team Player

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

Is WKND Ready for you?  

I think it is but before you answer this question make sure you listen to these very specific questions. 

Answer them honestly. 

www.wkndready.com

How do we routinely build up our volunteer teams? How can we constantly improve our team's skills and lead our ministry better?


Ryan Robb is the Live Audio Coordinator at Biltmore Church. He joins us this week to discuss his approach to coaching volunteers and cultivating leaders.


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Toby’s snowy disaster in the church parking lot 
• 6:50 Ryan Robb joins us! (Cops, running late & missing cymbals) 
• 19:42 Liberty University -> Biltmore Church 
• 26:25 Systematically coaching up your volunteers
• 29:15 Growing volunteers weaknesses 
• 34:24 Building trust with your leaders 
• 36:40 Leading your team after the pastor has a big vision change 
• 39:20 How Robb routinely grows his leadership skills 
• 44:00 Tech Takeaway on the “why” instead of the “what” 

Plugs: Connect with Ryan on Instagram.


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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

Goals are effective! Make sure you have goals in your life that help you move the mission forward. 

Here are 3 reasons why I think you should have goals. 

1. Motivation 
2. Focus
3. Alignment 

Head to www.wkndready.com and let us help you put together your goals for 2023. 

How do we recruit and train tech volunteers so that we are not the only one who knows how to work the sound board on Sunday morning? How do we strategically say no to tech requests that would put us beyond our hours and cut into our family time?



David Horning joins us from Alaska to describe what has worked for him in these scenarios and more!



David works with Native New Life, a Native led ministry that has a passion for taking the gospel to rural Alaskan villages. He is also a Media Missionary at Creekside church.


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Dog disaster stories 
• 5:00 David Horning joins from Alaska!
• 14:45 Building community with other church tech directors
• 17:30 Finding a tech community in Alaska 
• 19:10 David’s work at Creekside Church 
• 21:20 Having the “there is too much work to get done” conversation
• 27:20 Saying “no” to pastor and “yes” to family 
• 31:30 How to think about gear budgets and lifespans  
• 35:00 Finding & retaining volunteers for your church 
• 41:00 Tech Takeaway on finding community and staying sharp 

Plugs:  Connect with David on Facebook or Instagram.  Check out the ministry David is doing in Alaska and see how you can help. 


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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

Jay Desai is the Master of Ceremonies with MxU, works with Passion Church regularly and is an overall production management legend.



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Toby upgrades his church’s production gear for free
• 6:30 Jay Desai of MxU joins us! 
• 28:30 Jay’s involvement with Passion 
• 38:00 Jay’s method to de-escalate  conflict 
• 44:55 What MxU person would win the AnchorMan brawl? 
• 47:00 Jay vs. Blake Christmas Movie Trivia  
• 52:45 Jay’s Christmas tours 
• 53:45 Disaster story 
• 56:45 Tech Takeaway on self care 

Hangout with Jay on Instagram



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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

How many church tech directors ended up in that lane because others just poured into them in their youth?

In our experience, its alot. Rusty Anderson continues to prove this trend this week as he tells us his story of becoming a video director that has worked on some big projects like Passion Conference, Chris Tomlin and MxU just to name a few.

In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Toby and Blake pretend to be video directors
• 4:25 Five Truths and a Lie with Rusty Anderson 
• 13:15 Rusty’s start in church production 
• 21:15 Working with Chris Tomlin 
• 25:25 Bringing tour effects to your Sunday mornings 
• 31:05 Live streaming at church 
• 35:10 Working with Dude Perfect 
• 41:00 What should be on screen during worship? 
• 43:30 Movie Trivia: Blake vs. Rusty 
• 47:45 Tech Takeaway

Plugs: Hangout with Rusty on Instagram. 

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

Would your church tech job be easier or harder if your wife and father in law were your bosses?



Jeff Watkins is the Production Director for Without Walls Church.



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:10 Toby’s jobs growing up 
• 6:30 Jeff Watkins joins us! 
• 20:00 Learning curve for the first year as a Church Tech 
• 25:30 Executing the pastor’s vision 
• 27:45 Without Walls Church’s Gear setup 
• 34:45 Building a team
• 41:40 New gear at Without Walls Church 
• 46:00 When your wife’s the worship pastor?!
• 47:50 Tech Takeaway on the importance of a com system 

Plugs: Hangout with Jeff on Instagram!

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

How do you help churches across America get the exact gear they need to improve their production setup? 


Drew was the production lead for Liberty University's production team before becoming the Church Sales Director at ChurchGear. 


In this episode you'll hear:

• 0:38 Recruiting vs. Auditioning Tech volunteers 
• 9:30 Drew Hester joins us!
• 15:00 Mixing at Church of the City in Franklin TN
• 17:25 Doing Production at Liberty University 
• 20:00 Serving churches as ChurchGear’s Church Sales Director
• 23:30 How does Drew help smaller church’s pick the right gear?
• 25:50 First step to level up your production setup 
• 30:50 Toby Trivia: Blake vs. Drew 
• 39:15 Tech Takeaway on Community with your fellow production and worship people 

Plugs: Hangout with Drew on Instagram!



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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

Can ministry be done in a place that literally goes by the moniker "Sin City"?


Adam Taylor is the production director for Central Church in Las Vegas


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 0:25 Blake confesses to Toby 
• 2:30 MxU tour times, Amplio After Party, Late Night Madness 
• 7:30 Adam Taylor from Central Church in Las Vegas joins! 
• 12:30 Adam meeting Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul!?!?
• 17:00 Toby murders trees
• 21:30 Doing ministry in Sin City, Las Vegas 
• 27:10 Volunteer culture at Central Church
• 32:20 Adam always trying to improve the setup 
• 37:00  People are more important than gear 
• 40:00 Blake Vs. Adam: Artists in residency in Vegas 
• 49:45 Tech Takeaway on importance of relationships

Plugs: Check out Central Church's Worship tour dates!



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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

We all know Jeff Sandstrom of MxU and Chris Tomlin fame! But how did Jeff become the Jeff Sandstrom we all know and love?



He joins the ChurchGear podcast this week to tell us! We also play "Guess that Song" and "Would you rather".


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:40 Toby’s video with Will Smith and MxU 
• 7:00 We introduce Jeff Sandstrom
• 18:50 How did Jeff become Jeff Sandstrom?
• 26:00 What’s the worst gear Jeff could mix on and it still sound great?
• 28:00 "Would you rather" gear edition 
• 38:55 Jeff's work with Summit Integrations 
• 44:00 How do you follow the worship leader’s flow? 
• 51:15 "Name that song" Jeff vs. Blake 

Plugs: 

• Join us at the MxU live tour in Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta 
• Check out our video with them for "Smash or Cash" and "What's in your closet?!" 

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

Would you pass out if you deleted Beyonce's show file?

Scott Ragsdale almost did. He's mixed for Beyonce, Oprah, Joe Banamassa and Willow Creek church where he was a church tech for years.

He is now mixing at The Crossings at Chesterfield church.



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:10 Toby’s gear run through St. Louis
• 5:15 We introduce Scott Ragsdale
• 11:38 Mixing Oprah
• 18:00 Drinking Barry Manilow’s wine 
• 19:30 Scott’s church tech start 
• 25:30 The things Scott loved at Willow Creek church 
• 31:00 Working with Joe Banamassa 
• 38:30 Going back to the church tech life 
• 46:00 Disaster story with Beyonce 
• 51:00 Tech Takeaway on pushing forward beyond a lack of gear 

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

How do you bring the uniqueness of Elevation worship tours to your church?



Cory Edwards has some advice that you'll be able to use immediately.



Cory has been a FOH engineer for Elevation worship, Lauren Daigle and many more. He is now focusing on studio mixing at his home in Franklin TN.



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:30 Guess the celebrities Toby saw in CA
• 7:40 Toby creeps Cory’s doppelganger out 
• 10:10 Five Truths and a Lie with Cory 
• 16:55 Cory’s path into production 
• 23:00 Mixing on the road 
• 24:00 Mixing with physical gear
• 27:00 Gear that will improve your setup 
• 29:00 Elevation worship tours 
• 31:30 Touring live vs. Mixing in the studio 
• 33:00 Bringing the uniqueness of worship tours to your church 
• 39:45 Disaster story 
• 45:00 “Who said it”
• 48:00 Tech Takeaway on stepping up on stage to say hello

Plugs: Check out his site here or on Instagram 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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

What do you do when Covid has canceled all the live events? Do you got back to the Church Tech Director life? 

Alex is the Pastor of live Production at Zion City - Southwest and owner of Production & Lighting design at Fuller Lights.



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 2:00 Toby hacks the Penske truck system 
• 4:40 We introduce Alex Fuller, Lighting Design Director at Zion Church
• 13:00 Alex’s journey into the Church Tech Life
• 16:30 Saying no strategically 
• 18:20 How does a small church make a “Bethel Level” production?
• 24:00 How do you pull people into worship with lighting design?
• 28:00 Why is church lighting the third letter in AVL?
• 32:00 Going back to church post Covid
• 39:00 Tech Takeaway on small, constant improvements 

Plugs: Email him at fullerlights@gmail.com and reach him online at fullerlights.com



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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

Should church techs go to college if they’ve already got a job offer? 


If they’re halfway through college, should they drop out for a job offer to be a church tech full time? 



Ryan Loche is the academic director at the Beloningco college and a PhD student at Liberty University. He joins us to discuss education’s role in a church tech director’s life. 



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 0:40 Toby’s college years
• 4:36 We introduce Ryan Loche at the FILO conference
• 8:23 Running 1,500 light cues at once 
• 10:20 Meeting Weird AL Yankovic
• 12:20 The Belonging Co Origin Story 
• 14:10 The next generation of church tech directors 
• 22:05 Should church techs go to college? 
• 25:12 The practical side of college for church techs 
• 27:15 Post covid burnout for church techs 
• 31:00 Hard conversations course 
• 34:00 What we miss out on by dropping out of college 
• 35:30 Tech Takeaway on having fun as a team & forgiving mistakes

Plugs

• The Belonging Co college
• Ryan's Instagram 
• The Church Collective podcast

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

How do you run one of the largest churches in America with mostly volunteers? 



Griffin McCray is the Broadcast Lighting Director for the Church of the Highlands in Alabama and he joins us to discuss lighting, salary offers, and how he became the lighting professional he looked up too as a kid. 

• 1:00 Toby stumbles into a massive church stock room 
• 6:14 We introduce Griffin McCravy! 
• 13:25 Five Truths and a Lie 
• 23:00 The start of Griffin’s lighting director role 
• 24:50 Volunteers run Church of the Highlands 
• 29:00 Can church techs wear a non black shirt?
• 32:32 Pulling in the congregation with lighting design 
• 39:00 AVL Church Tech Department Battles 
• 42:20 Church of the Highlands’s Christmas service 
• 44:00 What it’s like learning audio, video and lighting 
• 45:30 Griffin’s proudest moment as a lighting director
• 48:00 Tech Takeaway on honestly on our salaries and offers 

Plugs

• Hangout with Griffin on Instagram. 
• Checkout Highland's production 
• Check out Griffin's work on Thought Leader

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

How do you save the sounds of all the iconic amps that rock legends and contemporary christian artists have used throughout the years? 



Tone Junkie’s HW joins us this week to tell us about his love for kempers and his quest to capture all of the amp sounds around the globe. 

• 0:28 Blake and Jonah go to a church’s gear warehouse
• 4:54 We introduce Tone Junkie's H.W. 
• 14:42 His love for Kempers 
• 22:40 Some historic amp sounds H.W. has saved 
• 29:30 Different kemper packs 
• 35:00 Jonathan’s favorite kemper gear 
• 37:25 Should churches mic their kempers? 
• 42:40 Tech Takeaway on saving sounds

Plugs

• Check out his YouTube channel  

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

If a full line array crushed you on day two of a tour, could you continue? Q joins us this week to discuss his years of being a church tech, his time mixing FOH for Crowder and why safety is important for setting up shows! 
 

Quinton Kelley is the front of house mixer for Crowder, a frequent freelancer and mixer for  local churches and production manager at Backstage Productions. 

• 1:13 “Four Truths and a Lie about Crowder”
• 6:40 We play “5 Truths and a Lie” with Quinton Kelley  
• 17:45 Q’s journey into the church tech life 
• 24:20 Difference between mixing Crowder’s shows and Sunday services 
• 26:50 “It recalls nothing” near disaster story when mixing Crowder 
• 30:55 Favorite live sound moment of all time [God really loves us]
• 33:05 Artists Q dreams about mixing for
• 34:50 Q’s favorite mixing console of all time 
• 37:00 Tech Takeaway on being spirit lead instead of technically rigid 

Plugs

• Connect with Q at Backstage Productions 

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

What if we’re the ones putting pressure on ourselves to work 80 hour weeks? 

Todd Elliott joins us to discuss how to value your own time in the production process, how to try new things and how he realized the church tech community had similar problems and needed more community. 


Todd Elliott is a writer, speaker, technical artist in the local church and the founder of FILO. 

• 1:05 “There was murder in my wife’s eyes” story from Toby 
• 5:30 Todd Elliott tells the first lie of his life. 
• 12:30 Kindergarten Todd is held at gunpoint 
• 13:45 Todd “runs into” the CEO of General Motors 
• 15:28 Todd realized all Church Techs have similar problems and lacked community 
• 22:28 The content, speakers and breakouts to look forward to at FILO’s conference
• 26:40 “I Love Jesus but I Hate Christmas” Todd on Tech Director’s being overworked 
• 29:09 Near Death Disaster Story: Failing to counter balance correctly can be deadly 
• 32:40 Live Sound Disaster Story: Running for the score (Prop problem) 
• 34:43 Weighing your time, health and standing up for yourself 
• 39:55 Tech Takeaway on being brave enough to suck at something new 

Plugs

• 43:02 Join the FILO Conference May 10th and 11th 
• 43:40 Download the “I Love Jesus but I Hate Christmas” book
• 44:18 Sign up for the FILO cohort training on leading volunteers, communicating with your pastor, saying no , etc. 

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 Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!

You're a freshmen in high school, and Bret Michael's monitor engineer has just asked you to take over for him. 

Do you drop out of school to go out on tour?

Alexa Ross is the Audio Engineer at Fellowship Church Grapevine in Texas. She’s been mixing for most of her life and has been invited to go on tour more times than she can count. 

• 1:35 Toby goes to Lakewood Church (Pastor: Joel Osteen) to see their Sunday Service 
• 5:30 Toby sees a familiar box at Fellowship Church Grapevine
• 8:00 Audio Engineer, Alex Ross, lies to us 
• 15:10 Mixing on the road vs. mixing at church
• 17:20 Running monitors for Fellowship Grapevine vs. Bret Michaels 
• 19:40 Alexa’s love for the PM1D 
• 21:40 Flying under the radar with wireless gear next to the DMW airport
• 25:10 Communication between the band and the tech team during service 
• 28:00 Maximizing your church’s production budget
• 30:40 Fellowship’s vision to redo the control room 
• 31:55 Fellowship’s plans to upgrade their consoles
• 33:50 Live Sound Disaster story 
• 37:08 Tech Takeaway on proactive communication with the worship team and pastor for their Sunday service visions

Links for the Guest

• 39:30: Ed Young Radio and The Dumb Ask leadership podcast 

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 brand new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

We are looking for highly relational people to be ChurchGear ambassadors across the nation to help us meet unmet needs in church production. We want experienced church production enthusiasts to help us provide solutions for selling and buying used gear directly to and from the doorsteps of the local church.

Check out the full job description and Apply Here!