Sound Advice by Leon Sievers Sound Professional April 10, 2007
- Serving God & Man
Every church has a need
for a technical director. Nearly every aspect of church is affected in
some way by a technical service or function that needs to be performed
by someone. Often times various people with different degrees of aptitude
pitch in to cover the bases. Usually it falls on the music pastor or worship
leader. As a church grows, the need for technical services increases proportionately,
as does the need to do things correctly. So what does a technical director
actually do? I hope to begin to answer that question in this first
article as we look at some of the job functions performed by a technical
director or sound team leader within the church.
As the technical director
it is important to know who your boss is. We serve God by attending to
the technical needs of the pastor and worship team. This is to be done
with a servant’s heart and in love for one another. Understand that you
are the answer man (or woman) and everybody is looking to you to make things
right. Your choice of words and actions can either inspire or deflate the
entire worship team.
Preparation is the key to
making any worship or service trouble free. This includes attention to
the planning, functional and technical aspects of the ministry. It is equally
important to attend to the spiritual elements of service as well. Arrive
well in advance of your scheduled time and spend some time in prayer. God
always has the lead in producing an event and it is important that you
take the time to ask for his help. Ask the Lord for his presence, wisdom
and knowledge. You may not need it then, but when problems arise, his presence
will allow you to react confidently and quickly to avoid disaster. While
you're setting the stage, pray over the equipment and the stage area to
make it a peaceful place rather than a battleground. The stage may be a
place of spiritual warfare during rehearsal and even during a worship service,
but we can each help do our part to usher in angels to guard over the area.
Should, yes; Can, no.
I agree with Leon--every church needs and should have a TD. However, many churches are too small to afford this "extra" staff person. In most churches F/T TD's just aren't the reality. Often the duties of a TD fall to the Worship Pastor and/or volunt...more
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Truth in tech
What an excellent article. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us, as it's sometimes necessary to hear what you "know" because it was 'said out loud'.Thanks for putting truth into the tech....more
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