CHAUVET Professional Next NXT-1 Panels Rouse Youthful Zeal At 2015 Awakening Conference
Awakening young people to the power of worship and engaging their zeal and passion to fuel an active and exciting church are the goals of the Awakening Conference, a three-day event held on two successive weekends at the New Life Worship Center. Indeed, everything about this New England conference proclaims “Youth!”– from the tender age of its founder Jordan Boyce (who was 16 when he started Awakening in 2007), to appearances by nationally-known celebrity pastors such as Rich Wilkerson Jr. (who served as clergy at Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s wedding), to the event’s free-spirited, electrifying rock festival-like energy.In fact, it is the Awakening Conference’s resemblance to a major rock tour, complete with super-charged lighting and visual effects, that has made it so successful in getting its message out to young people, says Robert Santilli, Technical Director of New Life Worship Center and the Awakening Conference. At this year’s event, Santilli relied heavily on CHAUVET Professional’s Next NXT-1 moving head LED panel to transform the New Life stage and auditorium into a full-scale concert production with brilliant colorful lighting, high-energy video and eye-popping special effects.
Discussing why he believes lighting is so important to the Awakening Conference, Santilli explains, “We want the youth who attend to be in a fun, exciting, free atmosphere where they can jump and dance. One of the tools we use to accomplish this is lighting. With lighting we create a high-energy, exciting experience for the young people to open up and be free in their worship.”
