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An elderly worshiper at Frazer United Methodist Church said he could hear a recent sermon the best he had in a long time since the church added new sound equipment in the main sanctuary as part of a technology upgrade that also impacted the Frazer television ministry.
Frazer’s Kim Hendrix said the sound and lighting improvements were part of making worship in the main sanctuary better as well as programming on television where shut-ins and others are reached weekly.
The project had been a need for years, and the church’s debt-free condition reached in January created an ideal time to move forward, Hendrix said. Several benefits have been already noticed.
Each week, Overlake Christian Church (OCC) in Redmond WA is filled with a variety of events as well as Christian services. The 5,000-seat sanctuary has been in operation for close to 20 years with an average weekly attendance of 3,500. With the largest seating capacity of any church facility in the Seattle Metro Area, OCC recently installed a new NEXO STM line array system; the first to be installed in a house of worship in the U.S. STM replaces the existing system that was installed in the church when originally opened. The system design and installation was performed by Morgan Sound (Lynnwood, WA) following a comprehensive study of the acoustical space and available rigging points.
By: Chris Surrat
A few months ago, I wrote about a new curriculum tool that Lifeway Christian Resources was launching called – SmallGroup.com. SmallGroup.com is an online library of over 1300 Bible studies that you can completely customize for your church’s context and needs. All you have to do is plug in your pastor’s topic or main scripture, and it builds a discussion based study that you can then change as much as you need to. You can also request a custom written study if there is not one already on the site.
Instead of staring at a blank page every week after you get your pastor’s notes, you have a biblically solid study to start with within seconds. They have now added video content, so a small group could do a Tony Evans study and have everything they need within SmallGroup.com.
I loved the idea so much that I signed up for a year’s subscription the day it launched in February. The first message series I built with SmallGroup.com was an all church campaign. It saved me hours of time, and delivered better content than I could have ever come up with on my own!
Point Source Audio’s EMBRACE™ Microphones
MSRP: $530
Point Source Audio’s new EMBRACE™ Microphones offer a custom-fit with “staying power.” Houses of worship can now access the best mic’ing technology and techniques in live theatre—allowing even novice audio techs to master the art of concealing microphones in seconds. EMBRACE is perfect for churches when the pastor doesn’t want the “popstar” stigma of a boom across the face, or when it wants to elevate its Easter and Christmas productions with concealable mics.
