I am the technical director for my own church, Family Bible Church in Portage, IN. We are a portable church meaning that we hold our services at the local high school auditorium. As a result we have to set-up and tear down all our systems each week, which is no small task. Our technical team consists of over a dozen people that are committed to serving the Lord with excellence in an environment that can be stressful. We arrive about 2 1/2 hours before the service and set our sound and video systems from scratch and patch into the facilities existing theatrical lighting system. Then after the service we take it all down.
Our goal has been to continually raise the bar of excellence even in this unique setting. We believe in the investment in our people with constant training and skill-set development. But, more importantly, we believe that operating as a unified team with a united goal is critical for having a successful ministry. Furthermore, we want to be united with the worship team members, submissive to the leadership and consistent with the purpose of the church. After all, technical success is secondary to and dependent upon successful spiritual growth.
I look forward to delving into this topic more in depth in upcoming posts.
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