The First United Methodist Church in Waxahachie, Texas had been making do with an outdated sound system and their old building didn’t have the power capacity to handle a new one. Local tech firm Featherston Media was called in. They upgraded the power and the sound for a dynamic ...read more

Small churches can now have a big media reach, and selecting the right production gear can make a huge difference in getting the word out. In Ocala, Florida the NOW Church does that with ATEM switchers and cameras from Blackmagic Design. Ricky Perinchief of Proton Global Media ...read more

The snow kept falling and falling. And falling. Reaching two feet, the weight of the snow was too much for the roof to bear at Calvary Fellowship. Ruptured pipes irreparably flooded the 1,100-seat sanctuary at a cost of over a million dollars in damage. “Luckily nobody was hurt,” ...read more

The 19th century town of Arvada, Colorado is now a thriving commuter suburb of 112,000 people. The Arvada Presbyterian Church goes back to Arvada’s early years, beginning in 1904 with a congregation of 14, which has grown to nearly 300. Services are mostly traditional with a 20- ...read more

With its mission of engaging people to live everyday life with Jesus, Eagle Church prioritizes intelligibility of the spoken word and competent reinforcement of the music. To ensure these concerns were suitably addressed, church leadership recently elected to deploy a new sound ...read more

The massive 430,00 square foot Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. has reportedly hosted more than half a million guests in its first six months, with visitors traveling an average 260 miles. The museum cost a reported $500 million to build with a technology budget in the ...read more

In a serene setting along the shores of Lac SaintLouis, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church is the spiritual home for hundreds of Coptic Christians in Montreal’s West Island neighborhoods. As a missionary church, they are devoted to spreading the gospel and ...read more

SVC: About the Calvary Lutheran Church nearby in Grants Pass, they wanted to get more into big screen video. And that church has an older congregation? Steve Diamond: They are an older congregation, there’s no question about it, but they are striving to draw younger families and ...read more

CrossRoad Baptist Church in Ames, Iowa was at a crossroads. The sound system it had relied on to deliver spirited services in its 450-seat auditorium had never possessed the kind of intelligibility the church members and staff had hoped for and age wasn’t helping matters. ...read more

With eight locations in the Chicago metropolitan area, Willow Creek Community Church has a wide reach. The new campus is served by an extensive AV network that relies on Visionary Solutions E4000 PacketAV 4K-Encoders and D4000 PacketAV 4K-Decoders, which provide ...read more

With perseverance, a vision, and a good message, a congregation can grow beyond expectation. Such is the case with Life Center Ministries in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a church that has continued to expand since its formation in 1978 as Word Fellowship. In 1994, it adopted the ...read more

SVC: It’s been a while since we talked, tell us first what’s been going on at CCI Solutions. Duke DeJong: Well, funny enough a lot of Calvary churches. This is one of somewhere in the neighborhood of ten Calvary churches we’re working with right now, so trying to keep them all ...read more

SVC: This sounds like a pretty progressive church. That probably means that you have a lot of live music going on. Chad Hess: Yes. It’s all live music; a very blended service. We’re not contemporary, and even blended is probably not the right word. We just try and cover the whole ...read more

Rock Church is San Diego’s largest church and in the top 40 of the largest and fastest growing churches in the United States. Founded in 2000 by Pastor Miles McPherson, a former NFL player, the Rock Church now has five campuses across San Diego County. The San Diego location of ...read more

No one can ever accuse the Maranatha Church of Forest Lake, Minnesota, of being shy or timid in its worship style. Pastor Bob Headley will be the first to acknowledge that the sound inside the 1,000-plus-seat sanctuary can get both enthusiastic and loud—in a large and ...read more

The Zion Mennonite Church near Winkler, Manitoba has has just expanded and gained a new Renkus-Heinz sound system designed and installed by Golden West Sound Design of nearby Altona. The main floor of the church seats 614, and the balcony seats 204, with 90 more seats in the ...read more

At Summit Church in Spokane, WA, the recently upgraded AV system has given church leaders and volunteers a foolproof way to easily manage events that can attract around 1,000 people. According to Eric Larson, Summit Church’s technical director, one of the major improvements to ...read more

SVC: Carl, thanks for joining us. Can you describe what type of church Hillcrest Baptist is? Is it more of the contemporary sort with live music and all that? Hillcrest is something you might actually consider somewhat of a hybrid. They are a traditional physical church with ...read more

SVC: It looks like you got yourself a new DiGiCo mixer but before we get into the details on that I’m interested to know what your situation was with the church previous to the new equipment. What were you looking at and budgeting for? Shawn Turner: The new mixer was brought up ...read more

With eight locations in the Chicago metropolitan area, Willow Creek Community Church has a wide reach, and its new North Shore campus features an extensive AV network that required a robust, low-latency transport solution. “We designed a huge AV-IT network that connects the ...read more

Located in Minneapolis, MN, Substance Church is a dynamic, multi-site church that believes in doing things a bit differently by pushing the limits of the congregation’s expectations to build a stronger community. In that spirit, it recently underwent a LED video installation at ...read more

At the La Junta Church of the Nazarene in La Junta, CO, the contemporary-style services include a full praise band. Sound reinforcement had long been a challenge, due to a very outdated system that fell far short of their needs. “The previous system had old, mostly blown speakers ...read more

SVC: First Baptist sounds like a very big church with a long history and it seems that not all of that has been smooth sailing as far as the sound system. Did they have a number of different solutions that they were trying along the way?Duke DeJong: The building is not quite a ...read more