Just What Do We Do, Anyway!?!
Sound Advice
by EXW Staff
April 27, 2009
by Curt Taipale - ChurchSoundCheck.com
Administrative
1. Attend staff meetings and any other committee or board meetings necessary to carry out the administrative function of the audio support ministry.
2. Meet weekly with the music pastor, worship leader, and/or worship team for production meetings to stay on top of audio support needs for upcoming worship services and other events, and to review how things went during the previous week's worship services.
3. Take good notes, especially about stuff that went wrong, and be certain to follow through with appropriate measures to ensure that those mistakes don't happen again. Always pass along to your volunteers any encouraging comments from your pastoral staff about stuff that went right.
4. Recruit, develop, support and encourage all audio team volunteers.
5. Develop and document a system and checklist (Operations Manual) to ensure that the audio systems are operated properly and to your standards of technical excellence at all times.
6. Train all audio support volunteers in the correct procedures for operating all audio equipment.
7. Schedule and coordinate audio support volunteers for weekend services, weddings, funerals, concerts, and other events.
8. Pastor the volunteers working under you. If your team can't logistically meet with the worship team for prayer before a worship service or other event, pray with your team before services.
9. Coordinate audio support for worship services, weddings, funerals and special events like Easter services, Christmas productions, concerts, and other events.
10. Ensure that sound systems are checked out and properly managed during worship services, weddings, funerals and other events.
11. Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all church-owned audio equipment.
12. Oversee every aspect of the Audio Support Ministry.
13. Arrange for rental gear as needed, in particular for special events and offsite functions.
14. Continually strive to educate yourself. Stay on top of new developments in audio technology by attending seminars, workshops, and industry trade shows, devouring trade magazines, and of course studying in depth every issue raised in the ChurchSoundcheck Discussion Group. :-)
15. Schedule creative fellowship times with your audio support team in order to get to know one another better. Pray for each other.
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