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With a focus on helping houses of worship navigate the tricky world of AVL and production, Technologies for Worship Magazine offers educational articles, product reviews, product and industry news, and training opportunities for worship volunteers, technical directors, worship leaders, pastors and anyone else with a passion for excellence in worship production.


Unveiling AV Processing: Essential Considerations for Seamless Audio-Visual Integration
Achieving a harmonious and seamless integration of audio and visual elements is crucial for delivering an immersive and engaging experience. AV processing plays a pivotal role in orchestrating this integration, ensuring that sound and visuals align cohesively. In this...

Top 10 Reasons Your Church Should Consider Translation for Services
Offering service translations in a church depends on various factors, including the congregation's demographics, language diversity, and the church's mission. Here are some situations when providing service translations may be beneficial: 1/Multicultural...

Setting the Stage: The Importance of Well-Lit Worship Spaces
Lighting plays a pivotal role in creating a conducive and engaging environment for congregants. Beyond mere illumination, a well-lit stage in worship serves multiple purposes, from enhancing the spiritual atmosphere to emphasizing key elements of the service. Mood and...

Understanding the Past to Select an AVL Partner for the Future
By Scott Vegte In the world of low-voltage systems, finding the right partner is like navigating a maze of regulations, standards, and evolving technologies. This is especially true for organizations within the House of Worship sector, where the seamless integration...

Privacy and Piracy in Your Church
By Tim Adams We live in a time where it seems there is a new data breach every other month and it’s easy to turn a blind eye to these events when they don’t affect us. However, when these breaches happen, sometimes millions of people have their private information...

Mental Health: Lighten the Yoke
By Tim Adams Your job as the leader of your church carries significant burdens, responsibilities and is fraught with pitfalls, dangers, and wounds. Unfortunately, many in your congregation likely do not think about the fact that they lean on you, but who do you lean...

L-Acoustics L-ISA Technology Transforms Worship Experience at Westside Family Church with Innovative Space-Saving Design
Since its founding in 1976, Westside Family Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Lenexa, Kansas, has embraced change to best serve its community. The church’s growth story began in earnest during the late ’90s, when expanding attendance prompted several...

Great Park Live Brings Precise Sound to Audiences with EAW® Adaptive PA System
Pacific Coast Entertainment (PCE), live event production company and AV equipment provider in Southern California, recently provided a premium sound system to the newly opened Great Park Live venue, using the powerful Anya ADAPTive loudspeaker from Eastern Acoustic...

Teatro Real Elevates Audio Production and Immersive Audience Experience with Lawo’s IP Infrastructure
Teatro Real, situated in the heart of Madrid at the Plaza de Oriente, a beacon of excellence in the performing and musical arts, has elevated its audio production with the recent integration of immersive audio technology from Lawo. Recognized as one of the best...

The Crossing Church Enhances its IEM Mixes with KLANG:vokal+
Like all houses of worship, The Crossing, a 1,400-seat Christian church in Columbia, Missouri, seeks to craft a clear and consistent message for its visitors and members, and that effort is greatly aided by having the right production equipment on the stage and in the...

Plainfield High School Upgrades to PLIANT® Technologies After Major Auditorium Renovation
With the help of PureTek Group, provider of innovative technology solutions for educational spaces based out of Boonton, New Jersey, Plainfield High School recently completed a major renovation to its auditorium, along with the addition of two new spaces — an eSports...

Lake Mary Church Relies on Blackmagic Design Live Production Workflow
Blackmagic Design today announced that Florida’s Lake Mary Church and its new state of the art auditorium use a Blackmagic Design live production workflow, featuring an ATEM Constellation 8K live production switcher paired with an ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panel as the...

Cottonwood Creek Church expansion sonically covered by TT+ Audio
Cottonwood Creek Church, based in Allen, Texas, has recently concluded its “Make Room” campaign which most notably increased the size of its main worship center by 800 seats to near 3000. As a result of the expansion, the existing sound system was inadequate to cover...

L-Acoustics Kara IIi Professional Audio System Connects University of Maryland’s XFINITY Center with Exceptional Sound and Control
Audio and video have long been the dynamic duo of immersive experiences, and the University of Maryland’s XFINITY Center arena has just orchestrated their perfect harmony. In a notable industry collaboration, Daktronics, renowned for its cutting-edge video displays,...

Pliant Technologies Debuts New CrewCom Dante/AES67 Interface and New CrewCom Charger at InfoComm 2025
Pliant Technologies a leading provider of professional wireless intercom solutions, debuts two new additions to its renowned CrewCom system at InfoComm 2025 (Booth 5049), the CXD-32CF 32x32 I/O Digital Audio Network Interface along with its new Six-Bay Battery Charger...

L-Acoustics Invites InfoComm Attendees to Experience Immersive Audio Innovation Live
Hot on the heels of its Keynote 2025 event held at London’s iconic Roundhouse Theatre in May, L-Acoustics announces that all of its newest product and software launches will be on public display and properly demonstrated for the first time at this year’s InfoComm...

Introducing Luminex’s LumiNode 8-IP
Designed for resilience, thrives in harsh outdoor environments AC Americas, North American distributor of world-class Lighting, Audio, and Video products, will be showcasing Luminex’s LumiNode 8-IP during InfoComm. Designed for resilience, the LumiNode 8-IP thrives in...

Green Hippo Ships HYCO MX and MEUSE MX Hippotizer Media Servers
Green Hippo, an industry leader in media manipulation and 3D mapping, announces the shipment of its new, award-winning 4U Hippotizer MX Series Media Servers, HYCO MX and MEUSE MX. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive North American distributor of Green Hippo media...

Richard Meredith Selects DPA for Challenging Location Sound on “The Piano”
“The Piano,” which just wrapped its third season, is an acclaimed UK reality competition that invites undiscovered, amateur pianists to perform emotionally charged music amid the bustling sounds of some of the country’s busiest train stations. The concept of the show...

Award-winning Hippotizer MX Series Media Servers and tvONE CALICO PRO 1200 Video Processor Showcased at InfoComm 2025
tvONE, a leading video processing, signal distribution and media server technology company, will showcase the new 1RU version of the CALICO PRO video processor (C7-PRO-1200) and award-winning MX Series of Hippotizer Media Servers at InfoComm 2025 (tvONE Booth 3935)....