Worship Services

Placing loudspeakers and having them sound good involves a lot more than just pointing some speakers in the general direction of the listening congregation. While your church might hope that it would be this simple, it isn't. There are many “rules” for loudspeaker placement that are blatantly violated every week — especially with portable church sound systems.

Microphones are the first tools to use to capture sound and send it through the sound system. They’re amazing, really. But, as with many things in life, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. We don’t like to hear about that, but in this particular case using too many microphones could cause some serious sound system problems.

One of the hallmarks of great software is that it's easy to use at first, but when you need it to do more, you can find more capability than you just hadn't discovered before; it grows with your needs. ProPresenter 6 is like that. I initially thought it was so simple that anyone could learn it in a few minutes. Now, 93 videos into creating a tutorial series and courses on it, I know that it's easy to get the basics, but there's so much that people don't initially discover that it can do.

Over the past year, we've tried to ramp up our worship software reviews here at ChurchTechToday. While other kinds of software like church management software seem to get lots of press in the church tech space, we thought it important to put some time and energy into helping worship leaders with their software selection.

There is one audio effect that is absolutely CRUCIAL for getting your sound to actually sound great. The funny thing is that most people don't even really think of it as an effect at all. That's why I like to call it "salt and pepper for your sound." Salt and pepper aren't necessarily considered spices, but you sure do notice it when they aren't in the mix.

Proclaim comes from Faithlife, the same company that makes Logos Bible Software, which I recently reviewed. It's a departure from typical worship presentation software since it's designed with the online syncing component in mind. Install Proclaim on your church's worship presentation computer, the office computers, and home computers of each team member who helps build worship presentations. It also interacts with other services from Faithlife and their great Logos Bible Software. We reviewed Proclaim back i

Life.Church is a leader in the multisite church movement, and Kevin Penry has played a key role in developing their strategy as a founding member of the five-person Directional Leadership Team. Kevin oversees all of the operations related to the campus launches and the ongoing ministry at each location. Life.Church is currently the largest church in America, so they must be doing something right. In the article below, we'll take a closer look at how Life.Church got started and dig deep into four crucial keys to their effectiveness.

The first of the year is a great time to start inviting people to join your tech team. The Christmas holiday has passed and the new year is now underway. Take advantage of this time to reflect on the past year and how your technical ministry can move forward in the coming months.