Articles from the industry’s leading church media directors, production staff and volunteers. Learn about audio, video, lighting, stage design, volunteer culture and more.
You have to know and be involved in how new volunteers get into your ministry. You have to be the most passionate about getting new people onto your team. You’re the leader. Everyone is going to feed off your energy. In a little over a year at the Columbia... read more
The movie “Do You Believe?” opens today nationwide. They screened the movie in Nashville at NRB when I was there a few weeks ago. Honestly, I didn’t get a chance to see it. But PureFlix has a pretty good record of making some compelling films. My friend Barry Stallings, a... read more
This is the secret sauce to building a dynamic volunteer culture at your church. You have to care more about who your volunteers are becoming more than what they do on your team. Your goal should be to create a community, not use people to push a button. Make sure you... read more
No matter where you church is at in regards to executing a media-rich worship service, these 5 elements can add spice and engage your audience. Like any media element, if you use the same thing over and over, your audience may get desensitized to it, so be sure to change... read more
Scheduling volunteers can take a lot of your time if you’re not careful. Here are 6 Tips for Scheduling Volunteers that will save you time and keep your team on the same page: 1. Enlist volunteers to help you schedule. -You can still oversee and monitor this process, but building a... read more
If you’re not using ProPresenter on a Mac to run your lyrics, graphics, and videos, you need to get there as soon as you can. ProPresenter gives the most functionality and has the nicest interface of any presentation software on the market. Using the Stage Display feature within ProPresenter... read more
Your font choices are a key element in the look of your environments. With lyric text being on screen for at least a third or more of your service, choosing the right fonts for your worship lyrics may seem small, but it matters. One of the main factors in choosing... read more
Before you read this post you might want to read this blog post first: NOT MY TYPE: 10 Overused Fonts and Why you Should Never Use Them. (Part 1) Here’s a list of 5 more fonts you should never use and why: (click the font name to see the font) 06.... read more
Fonts are important. Very important. Your font choices and how you display them are a key element in making your environments look ‘next level’. Although this topic is subjective, there are certain fonts that are widely agreed upon in the industry as overused, out-dated, or just considered fonts ‘the pros don’t... read more
To multiply your ministry and see extreme growth, you must raise up leaders. And you must serve as the Leader of those leaders. You must create an environment where your team is thinking for themselves, where you are empowering them to make decisions, where you are delegating authority. Make clear... read more
Before reading this post, you may want to check out this post: Excellence vs. Perfection Here are 3 practical ways you can prepare your teams for excellence in executing your services: 1. Offer Non-Stressful Training Opportunities. Offer training sessions at non-stress times (meaning not Sundays or Wednesdays). Give your new volunteers... read more
Though our teams should strive to be Unapologetically Excellent (read our post entitled “Excellence vs. Perfection” here), the ‘Win of the Day’ is not that your volunteers pushed every button correctly and had a technically flawless service. The ‘Win’ is seeing people encounter Jesus. You must cast vision to your team... read more
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