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What are Christmas services like in Portland, Oregon?


Peter Zatsepin is a Production Technician at Mannahouse Church and he joins us this week to discuss preparing for Christmas.


In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 How much does the weather impact your mood?
• 4:30 Peter Zatsepin joins us from Mannahouse Church!
• 14:00 How did you get into church production?
• 18:30 What's it like doing church in Portland Oregon?
• 21:50 What is it like prepping Christmas services for Mannahouse church?
• 24:15 How do you maintain your health during the Christmas Service Season?
• 27:00 How do you communicate the upcoming church rush well to your spouse?
• 30:00 How do you handle conflict during a Sunday Service?
• 39:00 Church Production Disaster story: "Then they turned the microwave on"
• 43:45 Tech Takeaway: Your work and effort matters to your church
• 48:00 Church Tech Confessional: Trust fall

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 shop our gear store here.

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Your church needs you as their church tech to be their integrator. Now what?


Eric Mooney is the Audio Director at Dream City Church and he joins us to tell us his journey of going from youth pastor, to audio director, to integration work for his church.


In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 Toby meeting Blake for the first time
• 3:45 Eric Mooney joins us!
• 17:00 Eric’s church production background
• 23:30 Becoming a system integrator on the fly
• 35:00 Learning to lead in church production
• 38:00 Learning to become a church tech quickly
• 43:15 Church Tech Disaster Story
• 46:20 Tech Takeaway: Production Directors are leading worship
• 51:15 Church Tech Confessional

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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• 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

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What happens when you pit two audio experts against one another in a mixing Battle Royale conversation?

Drew Hester and Jeff Sandstrom are too polite to fully fight it out in a Battle Royale, but they both join us for our first "fight it out" episode in the church production space. Join us for takes on what matters most in audio, the best consoles for the best situations and the best audio disaster stories.


In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 People telling Toby to turn it down
• 4:00 How to know when it’s too loud
• 15:00 What’s more important? FOH or monitors?
• 20:40 What piece of gear would you use in a fight to the death?
• 26:00 What console would you not want at a festival?
• 28:30 What console do you want with 30 seconds to start mixing?
• 32:00 What console would you recommend if electricity was going to be spotty?
• 33:15 Worst Mixing story (Drew Hester)
• 37:00 Worst Mixing story (Jeff Sandstrom)
• 41:50 Disaster story: Don’t trip on the fader
• 42:50 Disaster story (Jeff Sandstrom)
• 45:30 Disaster story Drew: Chris Tomlin show
• 49:00 Disaster story: Head set mic in an arena

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