Custom Hoist and Tracking System Bring New Versatility to Valley Baptist Church

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1l_JR Clancy_DCBakersfield’s Valley Baptist Church provides three worship services every Sunday in its 1,800-seat Worship Center—two services with a choir and orchestra to appeal to a diverse age group, and a third with a praise band playing guitars and drums. As its congregation grew and more young adults with children crowded the center for the contemporary service, the church’s leaders decided it was time for an update of the hall’s technology.

A decade ago, the church had installed video projection screens, so the faces of the pastor and other celebrants would be very visible to everyone seated in the hall. The church also projects song and hymn lyrics on the screens, a feature that significantly increases the congregants’ participation in the service.

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PixelFLEX Creates an Artistic LED Video Design for “Give Thanks” 2015

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untitledTo kick-off the holiday season, World Outreach Church created “Give Thanks”, a celebration designed to repurpose this season with hope and thanksgiving held at the Bridgestone Arena. Filled with inspirational speakers, a musical performance by Martina McBride, plus an energetic percussion display by Stikyard, production designer Scott Moore, Go Live Productions, needed a video backdrop that could highlight the unique performances onstage, but also capture the essence of the message being delivered. So working with Nashville-based Elite Multimedia, a PixelFLEX Rental Partner, Moore created a truly unique video design using 140 FLEXCurve 8mm LED video tiles.

“I’ve been involved with ‘Give Thanks’ for the last three years, and each year the design process is entirely dependent upon what the programming material is going to be,” began Moore. “I knew I wanted to create a nice, clean aesthetic so that when we looked at the stage during the production it really felt like a piece of art. By using the FLEXCurve LED video tiles, we were able to accomplish a beautiful scenic design that accentuated all the elements of the production from the energetic 30-member Stikyard percussion ensemble to Martina McBride and the evening’s speakers as well.”

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Bayside Baptist Church Brings Dynamic Sound to Growing Congregation

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baysideFor Bayside Baptist Church, located in the small city of Superior, Wisconsin, just across a bridge from Duluth, Minnesota, there was no way to anticipate how rapidly their congregation would grow and change. In fact, with demand outstripping their sanctuary’s 250-person capacity, they began performing two services instead of one to accommodate all of their congregants. Meanwhile, worship was evolving to include multimedia and live performances with full rock instrumentation, placing even greater demands on their aging backline system. They realized it was time to invest in a professional audio solution that would deliver a seamless church-going experience. The church reached out to Caleb Dick of Excel AV Group, who overhauled their sound system with Powersoft amplification.

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