June 1-2 • Raleigh, NC

Presented by Technical Resource Group & Providence Baptist Church

Session Descriptions

Advanced Switching of Your Projector

        Glenn Collinge / FSR

There are thousands of ways to design video systems, but how do you get the best out of your system? This class will give you a lot of new ideas on quality & clarity on your display system. We will discuss 2007 technology trends and you will also see the new video layering/ switching technology. This class will address; projecting H D and 16 X 9 displays in and outs, designs for combining production and presentation video with system drawings, reducing video delay with cameras, glitch free video transitions, maintaining video quality throughout your system and options with video over cat-5 systems. All these questions, demonstrations and more will be discussed in this fast paced class!  A class hand book will be given to each person attending the class and a questions and answers session will follow. 

(Saturday 10:30 - 12:00)

All About Wireless Microphones

        Chris Phillips / Sennheiser

Everything you ever wanted to know about wireless microphones.  A look at the current technology of RF wireless microphone and monitoring systems, and how they apply to contemporary worship services. We'll study what it takes to employ an excellent multichannel RF system, and discuss how to avoid many of the challenges that come with the use of wireless systems. Bring your wireless questions!

(Friday 3:00 - 4:30)  (Saturday 2:30 - 4:00)

Amplifiers and How To Control Them

        David Glass / Crown

This session will discuss the various models of amplifiers available on the market today.  In addition to learning the proper methods for connecting amplifiers, David will introduce technologies for controlling and monitoring amps via software.  (Friday 3:15 - 4:15)  (Saturday 1:00 - 2:00)

Aviom 101

        Jonathan Parker / Aviom

Practical solutions to common stage volume issues encountered by those serving in the Audio areas of the Technical Ministries for any church.  Jonathan, a previous worship leader and performer also includes tips on communication and team building into his presentation.

(Friday 11:00 - 12:30)  (Saturday 10:30 - 12:00)

Broken Down: Rediscovering the Pleasure of Ministry

        Dr. David Nelson

•      Learn to speak honestly about the reality of weariness and discouragement in ministry

•      Explore how to speak truthfully about God’s provision for strength and encouragement

•      You will be encouraged to rediscover the pleasure of ministry by delighting in God once again

 

Do you find that you are often discouraged and weary ? Those called to offer comfort and encouragement to the broken-hearted sometimes find themselves broken down. This session is designed to provide a time of encouragement and to help rediscover the pleasure of ministry in Christ’s name.

(Friday 1:30 - 2:30)  (Saturday 1:00 - 2:00)

Building an Orchestra

       Dr. Larry Mayo

• Use instrumental music effectively in worship

• Implement instrumentalists without having a complete orchestra

• How to get the most out of your weekend instrumentalist

 

What do you do with a viola, trumpet, and tuba?  Come hear Dr. Mayo share his ideas on incorporating instrumentalists into worship. Go from cacophony to harmony with only a few instrumentalists!

(Saturday 10:45 - 11:45)

Can't Live With Them: A Tech Team's Guide

        David Burton

• Effectively communicate with your worship leader

• Understand and manage your worship leader’s creative brainstorm

• Conflict management tips

 

You want what?!  When?!  Ever wish you had an “EASY” button to meet the constant demands of a weekly worship service?  Learn the keys to effectively communicating with your worship leader and balancing the creative and technical requirements of your events. (Saturday 10:30 - 12:00)

Can't Live Without Them: A Worship Leader's Guide

        Eric Hamsho

• Effectively communicate with your media director

• Prevent common frustrations that creativity can create

• Conflict management tips

 

Ever find yourself on Thursday with a creative brainstorm for Sunday?  Ever take the time to think who it is going to affect to make it happen?  If so, this is the session for you.  Learn how to motivate your media director.  Gain insight into the art of planning and the desire for Spirit-directed changes.   Learn to set your media director loose to do what he does best. (Saturday 10:30 - 12:00)

Exceeding Expectations

        Tim Haas

• Understanding your church’s vision for media

• Video Production—planning and communicating clearly

• Managing deadlines

 

Here’s what you need to know before putting any video in front of your church.  Learn how to craft a video from the vision of your pastor, hear tips on the basics of planning your production, and understand how to create a plan to complete it. (Friday 11:15 - 12:15)  (Saturday 2:45 - 3:45)

Exhibit Hall

     Self Guided Session

Select the Exhibit Hall in place of your session.  Use this free time to browse the exhibits, ask questions, and see the latest products available to meet your needs.

(Friday 8:00 - 11:15 & 12:00 - 4:30) (Saturday 8:00 - 1:00)

Facility Tour

This session will provide a walking tour of the technical areas of Providence Baptist Church.

(Presented in 30 minute sessions throughout Friday and Saturday, by pre-registration only)

Getting Started in Multimedia

        Jesse Lewis / Worship Films

This session will feature a discussion of Projectors, Screens, Presentation Software, and Sources for Media.  If you are wanting to get started with Multimedia in your church, this class is a must. 

(Friday 11:15 - 12:15)  (Saturday 10:45 - 11:45)

HANDS ON: Aviom Personal Monitoring

This hands on session will provide you with the experience of using personal monitor mixers in a live worship environment.  Presented at the "Silent Stage", learn how you can reduce your stage volume and improve your ministry. (Presented in 30 minute sessions throughout Friday and Saturday, by pre-registration only)

HANDS ON: FSR Video Switchers

Presentation switcher featuring the FSR Eagle.  Come receive training on the operation of this state of the art switcher.  See how you can take your services video to the next level using the advanced features found in the Eagle. (Presented in 30 minute sessions throughout Friday and Saturday, by pre-registration only)

HANDS ON: Exhibit Hall

     Self Guided Session

Select the Exhibit Hall in place of your session.  Use this free time to browse the exhibits, ask questions, and see the latest products available to meet your needs.

(Friday 8:00 - 11:15 & 12:00 - 4:30) (Saturday 8:00 - 1:00)

HANDS ON: Tour

This session will provide a walking tour of the technical areas of Providence Baptist Church.

(Presented in 30 minute sessions throughout Friday and Saturday, by pre-registration only)

How to Run a Sound Check

        David Burton / Brian Megilligan / Mike Passaro / Rhythm Section

• Getting your mix in a timely manner

• Staying on task

• Avoiding common frustrations

 

“I need more bass!  Less vocals.  Monitors are too hot.”  These comments can drive your audio tech nuts.  Learn how to get the sound you want in the most efficient way.  A fun and practical look at sound checks.

(Friday 11:00 - 12:30)  (Saturday 12:45 - 2:15)

It's Not My Fault, It's the Acoustics

     Chuck Walthall / Walthall & Associates

Gain understanding of room acoustics and how sound pressure waves behave in a performance space.  Explore the basic principals of acoustics that make or break the best of audio systems.  It’s a battle that can be won! (Friday 3:00 - 4:30)  (Saturday 12:45 - 2:15)

Leading Your People in an Authentic Time of Worship

        Travis Cottrell

• Theology of worship

• Key components to authentic worship

• How to transition a congregation into the contemporary

 

Sometimes we need to be reminded of the basics.  Authentic worship isn’t just about executing the music with excellence.  Come hear the heart of a man who strives to lead each and every time of worship with a sense of purpose and a heart that truly seeks God!  

(Friday 3:00 - 4:30)  (Saturday 10:30 - 12:00)

Live Sound Questions and Answers

        Kent Margraves - Digidesign

This session will be a directed symposium covering your questions regarding LIVE audio.  Don't be shy, come learn how your colleges are overcoming challenges in their churches, and find solutions for yours.

(Friday 1:15 - 2:45)  (Saturday 12:45 - 2:15)

Loudspeaker Selection

        John Loufik, III / Community

What makes for a great music support system?  What makes for a great speech reinforcement system?  Are the two one in the same?  Join us as we address the requirements, demands, physics and psychoacoustics that drive the needs for each of these systems.  We’ll address the design approaches and equipment choices that are available to properly address the need and debunk some common myths and misconceptions that surround this subject.  If effective communications is important to you; you will want to attend this session. 

(Friday 11:00 - 12:30)  (Saturday 2:30 - 4:00)

Make it Clear: Focusing Your Message in Print Media

        Larry Thompson

• How to capture excellence in print media

• Communicate your message effectively

• See how creativity is key in your presentations

 

Excellence in media presentation is often a lost art to the church.  How about some creative ideas on how to effectively promote ministry without compromising your purpose?  Learn how to communicate effectively while keeping your creative edge! (Friday 3:15 - 4:15)

Media Plan 101

        David Burton / Tim Haas

• Building a core of volunteers to support the activities and events of the church

• Training and maintaining volunteers

• Communicating your vision and plan

 

Got media?  Need volunteers?  Overwhelmed by all the technology options?  Identify your basics technical needs and how to mobilize a team to create an environment free of distractions that facilitates worship.  Hear also from the perspective of Providence Media volunteers.  (Saturday 1:00 - 2:00)

Microphones Respect No One

     Chuck Walthall / Walthall & Associates

Explore, define and grasp the basic fundamentals of microphones, including practical applications and DDHT;

(do, don’t & how to) (Friday 1:15 - 2:45) (Saturday 10:30 - 12:00)

Microphone Solutions for Houses of Worship

     Gary Gunn / AKG

A look at the many types of microphones currently available, and how they apply to contemporary worship services.  Bring your microphone questions!  (Friday 11:00 - 12:30)  (Saturday 12:45 - 2:15)

Mixing for Worship - The Team Approach

        Todd Foster / Quest Marketing

This session will cover the complete church mixing experience. We will cover not only the technical side of church sound, but also the ins and outs of making the technical team as a real part of the worship experience.  We will discuss simple things about building your sound team and basic console operation. We will then advance to some hands-on time, demonstrating proper gain structure, good mic selection and technique, and using dynamics and effects processors. Demonstrations will be given where we can try different microphones, microphone placements, and processing. We will discuss how these things make a difference to each situation.

(Friday 1:15 - 2:45)  (Saturday 2:30 - 4:00)

Never Out of Style

        Daniel Renstrom

• What is the essence of a hymn?

• Create your own arrangements of hymns for your praise band

• Discover great resources for incorporating hymns into the worship life of your church

 

Do you love the depth and beauty of the lyrics to the hymns of our faith but struggle to connect with your entire congregation?  Learn how to breathe new life into some of the great classic hymns as well as some that are

not so well known.  Create a worship experience that engages worshipers of all ages and silences the

skeptics on both ends of the contemporary/traditional spectrum. 

(Saturday 10:45 - 11:45)

Planning Worship

        Beth Hunnicutt

• Basics of planning and preparing a worship service

• Blending the old with the new

• Planning with your Senior Pastor

 

Gain insights on how to prepare for personal as well as corporate worship services, where to find resources, how to blend the “old” with the “new”, planning with a theme or goal, building your worship ministry on Biblical truth, and planning worship services with your pastor.

(Friday 11:15 - 12:15)  (Saturday 2:45 - 3:45)

Projection 101

        Glenn Collinge / FSR

This class is designed to help the existing video media ministry or new team members to learn; software options, getting the most system for your dollars, pointers for systems layout, media ministry team building, correct screen sizing, projector brightness and ambient light issues, maximizing computer image quality, and clean switching between different types of video. All these questions, demonstrations and more will be discussed in this fast paced class covering the needs of a projection system!  A questions and answers session will follow and a class hand book will be given to each person attending the class.

(Friday 11:00 - 12:30)

Proper Powering & Calibration of Loudspeakers

        John Loufik, III / Community

This is an often misunderstood process that deserves attention by any technician or operator who uses speakers, amplifiers, DSP, equalizers, crossovers, and limiters. We will also include discussion to dispel the mythology that surrounds speaker cable and connector selection.

(Friday 1:30 - 2:30)  (Saturday 2:45 - 3:45)

Recording, Duplicating, & Archiving

        Neil Harrington

• Recording your service

• Basic legal issues around what can be recorded

• Storage solutions for your media

 

Learn how to record, duplicate and archive your messages each week.  Discussions will be around understanding the best format, quality, price and overall life span of each format for your ministry.  Basics of Podcasting will also be discussed. (Friday 3:15 - 4:15)

Running a Band Rehearsal

        Brian Megilligan / Rhythm Section

• Where to start as you maximize your resources

• Recruiting musicians

• Using multiple formats of music – sheet music, chord charts, rhythm charts

 

Ever dream of being a rock star? Know anyone who has? Many of us struggle to find, organize, and equip musicians in our church. With limited resources, learn how to create a quality musical worship experience with even the simplest instrumentation. (Friday 1:15 - 2:45)  (Saturday 2:30 - 4:00)

Senior Pastor / Worship Leader Dynamics

        David Horner / Eric Hamsho

• Communicating expectations

• Cultivating a friendship

• Working as a team

 

You would think this is a match made in heaven.  Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.  Come be reminded how important communication is and the benefits of fostering a close relationship so that Sunday morning worship is a team effort. (Friday 3:15 - 4:15)

Sing a New Song: A Songwriter's Forum

        Travis Cottrell / Daniel Renstrom / Shelly Moore / Mike Passaro

• Why do we need to write? What types of songs do we need to write?

• How can we effectively introduce new songs to our congregations?

• Is writing for everyone?
   

We are continually told in Scripture to sing a "new song" to the Lord, yet so many times we end up recycling the same old songs.  Come and join us for a discussion on why we need to work at writing new songs, tips on writing songs that resonate with your congregation, and how to add your songs to your church's song catalog.

(Friday 1:15 - 2:45)

Supporting Your Media Team: A Sr. Pastor's Perspective

        David Horner

• Avoiding common frustrations

• Dealing with last minute surprises

• Communicating expectations

 

No one notices the media team until something goes wrong.  How do you encourage your team both publicly and behind the scenes?  Take advantage of this unique opportunity to hear the Providence’s Senior Pastor share his heart on Media Ministry.  (Friday 11:15 - 12:15)

Ten Uses of Video in a Worship Service

     Jesse Lewis / Worship Films

We will discuss the best ways to use video in a worship service and see examples of videos from a number of Christian video producers. We will also have a brief discussion on making your in-house video production better.

(Friday 3:00 - 4:30)

Thinking Outside of the Book

        Josh Berrus / Matt Webb

• Learn not to be limited by prepackaged presentations from major publishing companies

• Incorporate music that is not necessarily seasonal into your Christmas and Easter presentations

• Lead a creative team from brainstorm to closing night

 

“I’ll have a Blue Man Group Christmas without you…”No publishing company can mass-produce a presentation that is unique to your church.  Discover how to customize a “pre-fab” presentation or to start from scratch.  Sound scary?  Even the smallest church can go outside the box.  If you can dream, you can do it!

(Friday 1:30 - 2:30)  (Saturday 1:00 - 2:00)

When We All Get Together

        Joel Leath

• Skillfully incorporate different styles into one service

• Engage all ages in worship

• Attract and unify a diverse congregation through music

 

Worship is not about us.  It’s about the Creator.  How do you engage a group of believers from various backgrounds?  We don’t claim to have all the answers, but come learn how we strive toward that goal in our own congregation. (Saturday 2:45 - 3:45)

Yamaha Digital Consoles (Hands On)

The Yamaha M7CL is a top-performance, easy-operation digital system.  Receive a guided tour through the many features sported by this console.  Don't miss out on your chance to use the latest technology!

(Presented in 60 minute sessions throughout Friday and Saturday, by pre-registration only)

(This will also be a part of the interactive pavilion for browsing during published hours)