Worship
Case Study: Glen Haven Baptist Church, GA
Glen Haven Baptist Church, just south of Atlanta in McDonough, Georgia, turned 75 years old this year and celebrated with a new KLANG:konductor, capable of delivering up to 16...
Case Study: Princeton Pike Church of God, OH
Princeton Pike Church of God, in the northern Cincinnati suburb of Hamilton, Ohio, has been around since 1928, and its worship spaces have continually grown. By the time the...
Case Study: GUTS Church, OK
Founded by Pastor Bill Scheer in 1992, GUTS Church is a contemporary Christian church that maintains a ‘Come as you are’ approach designed to appeal to those who are...
The SVC Interview: Vienna Presbyterian Church, Bryan Levy
Audio and video remake a sanctuary space
Case Study: Miraculous Medal Shrine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Ma
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...
Case Study: Vox Church, New England
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...
Case Study: Eagle Brook Church, MN
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...
The SVC Interview: Grace Community Church, Bryan Levy
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...
Case Study: Basilica of the Sacred Heart, IN
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 —...
Case Study: Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, AL
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...
The SVC Interview: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Devin Sheets
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...
The SVC Interview: Christ Fellowship Miami, Deron Yevoli and Garrett Siljee
A multi-site church brings worshipers back with passionate sound
Case Study: Orchard Hill Church, PA
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...
Case Study: Northland Church, FL
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...
Case Study: Discovery Church, FL
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...
Case Study: Ishavskatedralen, Tromsø
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...
How-To: The Contractor’s Playbook for Live Video Integrations
By Will Waters, Head of Product Management at NewTek
AVoIP Case Study: Chico Church and NDI
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...
Case Study: Victory Church, CL
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...
Case Study: Life Church Wisconsin
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...
Case Study: Life Church, FL
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...
Case Study: St John at Hackney Church, London
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...
Case Study: 12Stone Church, GA
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...
The SVC Interview: Calvary Assembly, Timothy Harris
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...
Case Study: Southcrest Baptist Church, Texas
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...
Case Study: The House in Modesto, California
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...
The SVC Interview: Great Bridge Baptist Church, Zack Guida
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...
Case Study: GT Church, Pennsylvania
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...
Case Study: Northstar Church, Tennessee
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...
The SVC Interview: Grace Polaris Church, Phil Hagood and Brent Dye
A video expansion turns into a lockdown lifeline
PODCAST 243-2: Grace Polaris Church Gets Video Streaming Just in Time for Pandemic Pt 2
Church continues online services with all new AV gear in InteRise project
PODCAST 243-1: Grace Polaris Church Gets Video Streaming Just in Time for Pandemic Pt 1
Complete AV renovation by InteRise allows church to continue services online
Online Congregations in the Time of COVID-19
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...
Communication is Everything
How intercom infrastructure unites worship production teams for the greater good
The SVC Interview: St. Bartholomew’s Church, Steve Minozzi
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...
Case Study: Lives Changed By Christ Church, PA
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...
Case Study: Summit Church, NC
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...