Worship

No two Roman Catholic churches are alike, in terms of the architecture, acoustics, and functionality, but they all share a compelling need- -intelligibility is central to the spoken word-focused...

Vox Church, a multi-site, non-denominational church whose campuses cover much of New England’s central and southern tiers, from Stanford, Connecticut, to Worcester, Massachusetts, puts a lot of emphasis on...

Eagle Brook Church has ten locations around its Lino Lakes, Minnesota main campus in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and between those campuses and online services, the church collectively hosts...

In Brentwood, Tennessee, near Nashville, Grace Community Church had outgrown its sanctuary and decided to build a big new one. They called in Integrated Production Solutions (IPS) to handle...

Houses of worship rise with AV

For more than 140 years, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart — which serves as the mother church of the Congregation of Holy Cross in the United States —...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama had long struggled with inadequate sound system performance due to the cathedral’s high curved ceilings, large stained-glass windows, wooden...

For years, the huge St. Mary’s Cathedral in Portland, OR had endured sound systems that were not up to the job. Church leaders called in Alpha Sound for a...

Orchard Hill Church, located north of Pittsburgh in Wexford, offers a striking architectural design around its beautiful 1,200-seat auditorium. Church leaders also took a chance on immersive audio, utilizing...

Northland Church in Longwood, Florida, was struggling with a full rig of fixtures, which were “exceedingly past their life expectancy and cost prohibitive to maintain,” notes Austin McElwain, senior...

When Orlando’s Discovery Church set out to build a new main broadcast campus, the overriding goal was to create a space that was comfortable and inspiring for in-person worship...

The distinctive triangular shape of Tromsdalen Church (Ishavskatedralen, or the Arctic Cathedral) is one of the most recognized landmarks in the Norwegian city of Tromsø. But despite its iconic...

Bidwell Presbyterian Church in Chico, California has many digital offerings, including a mobile app and live video of its worship services available to all – offerings that went from impressive to critical during the...

For Victory Church, entering the live-stream world was something that they aimed to achieve within the next few years, but when the pandemic struck, it was a shift that...

Founded in 2000, Life Church Wisconsin is a multi-site church with four campuses located in-and-around the Milwaukie-area that serves about 2,300 congregants each Sunday. As the church continues to...

Life Church, an outreach-driven church in Wesley Chapel, Florida, has installed Analog Way’s Pulse 4K multi-layer video mixer and presentation switcher to power a new LED videowall in the...

A multi-million-pound restoration project at St John at Hackney Church, London was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in collaboration with designer John Pawson CBE (Abbey of our...

12Stone Church, a thriving multi-site congregation serving the Atlanta metro area, is radically rethinking worship for not only the COVID-19 crisis but also into the post-pandemic era. The church’s...

Calvary Assembly in upstate New York is a fast-growing church with an all-new worship center and a young, musical congregation. To get topnotch sound, video and lighting they called...

Southcrest Baptist Church has remodeled a former worship center on its campus in Lubbock, Texas, reopening it as The Venue, an 800-seat multipurpose space outfitted with a new Solid...

Founded in 1980, The House in Modesto, CA, hosts dynamic services that bring the community together with live music acts, special events and a diverse pastoral team. The church’s...

Do we stay shut down? Do we re-open? How do we conduct installations safely? AV integrators are dealing with uncertainty. RTW Media had all of this in mind when...

Creative new speaker installs build sonic and spiritual connection

Standard definition is still a staple for some houses of worship, so the need to upgrade to HD remains an exciting transition. GT Church, a multisite church with two...

For E2i Design’s most recent worship design/ install, the company outfitted Northstar Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a full suite of AVL components including comprehensive power control. “It’s becoming...

A video expansion turns into a lockdown lifeline

Everything is a videoconference

Leaders of congregations intuitively understand that messages of help, healing, and hope are as needed now as they ever have been. Ironically, the tried and true delivery method since...

Audio advancements translate to the worship environment

The largest Catholic churches were designed to have lofty reverberation but that can challenge the clarity of speech sound systems. St. Bartholomew’s Church in Elmhurst, New York is one...

Although they don’t meet in one physical space, the 15,000 weekly attendees of LCBC (Lives Changed By Christ) Church comprise one of the largest megachurches in the country. After...

The Summit Church is a Southern Baptist multi-site church that was founded in 1961 and now meets at eleven locations throughout the greater Raleigh-Durham area. Recently, church leadership decided...

Signage, cinema, and concert tech elevate worship

Three dimensional sound and immersive experiences are arguably an extravagance suited to famous concert halls and exotic experimental music. But imagine those principles applied to a church for the...