Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all church-owned tech support equipment. Make product recommendation for new equipment and then develop, submit, and manage the ministry budget. This includes tracking monthly expenses for consumable supplies. When your event exceeds the technical capacity of your church, arrange for rental gear as needed. Develop a relationship with a local sound company who can provide equipment as needed.
Develop a workable stage layout. In determining where instruments and vocalists should be placed on stage, we must consider good mic technique, sound isolation from other instruments and monitors, stage lighting, as well as comfortable sight lines for the worship team and for the congregation. Have your team and equipment ready well in advance of the worship teams arrival. It is difficult at best to set the stage while musicians are setting up there own gear. Have the rough mix and monitor levels set when the worship team takes the stage. Pay attention to the visual aspects of the stage area. It is easy to be consumed with the audio aspects of our jobs, but it is equally important that we look good doing it. Many people listen with their eyes and we are trying to recreate an ideal worship environment for everyone. Take pride in dressing the cables, and placing equipment. If your church has lighting, take note of how the players and set pieces are lit. Refocus any fixtures necessary to accommodate a change in the layout. Periodically change the lighting gels and scenes to keep a fresh look on stage.
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Experiencing Worship, The Study