[Guest Post from Jeremy Montz] Jeremy Montz took his calling for volunteer church audio to a whole new level – and a completely different state. Read his story and discover how mentoring is an extension of Christian Brotherhood. Over the years, I have often wondered as to my purpose in the plan ... Read More
Forget the New Year's resolutions that you never keep. Use these ten ways of improving your audio ministry as a list of action items for 2011. Action items demand action. I'm not talking rocket science...I'm talking about the fundamental actions required for growing and improving a team! 1. ... Read More
The hardest part of many a project is knowing where to start. These are ten starting blocks for leading an audio team. Establish a training program Establish best practices Establish Roles and Responsibilities and convey to team. Volunteer Shepherding (during and ... Read More
Bill and Linda expressed the desire of serving our church after attending for three months. We had become friends and I was excited for them. One of the church volunteer opportunities they wanted to fill was the Bible Study Group Overseer. Someone to shepherd over the different ... Read More
"If you build it, they will come." That's great for drawing in baseball fans but not so good for recruiting volunteers. Just because you have a sound booth everyone can see, it doesn't mean volunteers are going to run up and ask to join the team. Let's say a ... Read More
The results of the survey are in...Now it's time to take some action. 44% of survey respondents do not have an annual audio budget! There are a wide variety of reasons that budgets are not present; no money, never had one before, and we just ask for stuff and we get it. ... Read More
This was originally posted in my newsletter. Holding the position of technical director (or "head sound guy/gal") means you are tasked with leading your crew so they can create the best atmosphere for worship. This means you lead by example, you lead by training, and you tend ... Read More
For the first time since high school, I ripped a picture of a person out of a magazine. This time, it wasn't going inside my locker door or on my bedroom wall. This picture is going on my desk at work. Tom Roth stars in the television show "Lie to Me" about a man, Cal ... Read More
