solutions to problems encountered in a church tech environment

Sometimes it's easy for expenses to go unnoticed, or at least not to consider that perhaps an alternative service might be cheaper. This was where we found ourselves when preparing our church's annual budget last year. We'd been using Ooma Office for several years and…

Our worship arts team is doing an experiment this year. And, shh, they don’t know it yet. But first, some context. When planning songs for a given Sunday, we’re typically looking at the planned sermon content for that week to see what songs might do…

Spiritual shepherding aside, one of the best things you can do for your band is to give them the resources they need to practice well. While there are many tools and avenues to accomplish this end, I want to share with you the way that…

Don't get me wrong, I love gaff tape. But sometimes there IS a better tool for the job. And if you have any floors with thin, office-style carpet, that tool is Velcro cable covers. I found these several years ago after feeling like I was…

Several years ago, after learning the hard way (via hot broken glass) that halogen lamps have a limited life span, I created a maintenance schedule for periodically replacing lamps in twelve front wash lights, eight ellipsoidals, and four PAR64 fixtures in our main auditorium. I…