Seinäjoki, Finland – December 2016…  While many of Europe’s most famous houses of worship date back hundreds of years or more, Finland’s Lakeuden Risti Church has become a major landmark in just a handful of decades. Located in the town of Seinäjoki, the Lutheran church was ...read more

Released for sale in February 2016, the Media Vision Assistive Listening product line has been expanded over the past few months with important new components and accessories giving even more flexibility in system design, usability, and expanding the application range. The ...read more

Montreal, QC, Canada—September 2016… If you seek inspiration and perhaps a dose of humility, you might visit Montreal’s magnificent Marie-Reine-Du-Monde Basilique Cathedrale (Mary Queen of the World Cathedral Basilica). The interior may not be quite as grand as the Vatican’s St. ...read more

La Junta, CO—September 2016… Located on U.S. Highway 50, about 60 miles east of Pueblo, the town of La Junta is home to about 5,000 residents. Approximately 230—almost 5 percent of the population—are members of the La Junta Church of the Nazarene, and the congregation continues ...read more

Kenner, LA—August 2016… Formed by the merger of Nativity of Our Lord and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parishes in 2009, Divine Mercy Parish recently dedicated its brand-new sanctuary. Located a dozen miles northwest of New Orleans, the 19,600-square-foot church seats up to 950 ...read more

SVC Podcast – Show Notes – Show 159-1 In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Scott Oliver, president of Centerline Audio Visual Company in Hendersonville, Tennessee about the total sound system renovation done for the First Baptist ...read more

Austin, TX—July 25, 2016—Screen Innovations (SI), the innovators who introduced Black Diamond®, the first-ever ambient-light rejecting screen which revolutionized the video projection screen industry, has announced the introduction of Tiles, a new screen tiling system that ...read more

Eatonville, WA—April 2016… Launched in 2008, CenterPoint Church is a dynamic, fast-growing, nondenominational church that hosts contemporary-style services, including an amplified praise band, along with a wide variety of events, meetings, and other activities. Recently, ...read more

Redlands, California—April 2016… Founded in 1887 by a group of 13 faithful, First Baptist Church of Redlands has served the Inland Empire region of Southern California for more than 125 years. The church’s current home, built in 1952, is beautiful Spanish-style building housing a ...read more

Las Vegas, NV, April 4, 2016 - Videssence will bring its more than 25 years of expertise in energy-efficient lighting to the 2016 NAB Show (April 18-21, Las Vegas Convention Center), where its latest LED lighting technology will illuminate the cutting-edge camera technology of ...read more

Southlake, TX—April 2016… Although its building is of recent vintage, Lakeside Presbyterian Church’s growth led to a major expansion project that, when completed in July 2016, will essentially increase the size of the sanctuary from 125 to 250 seats. In the meantime, about 1,400 ...read more

Birmingham, AL—March 2016… Founded in 1882, Temple Emanu-El is the oldest Jewish Synagogue in the city of Birmingham. The Temple’s current home, dedicated in 1914, underwent a $17 million renovation in 2002. The building is a true architectural beauty, with a domed ceiling, rich ...read more

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi—March 2016… Founded in 1896, the First Baptist Church of Bay St. Louis moved into a new worship center in 2009. Disappointed with the original sound system after a few years, the church hired contractor Engineered Lighting and Sound to design and build ...read more

Lake Orion, Michigan — March 2016… From modest beginnings, Woodside Bible Church has grown to become a cornerstone of the metropolitan Detroit community, with twelve campuses serving Southeastern Michigan’s Contemporary Christian population. Woodside’s Lake Orion campus was ...read more

Waterbury, Connecticut—February 2016… The Northeastern U.S. offers many beautiful churches, from Gothic-style buildings to old fashioned meetinghouses. But a true European-style cathedral like the stunning Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, Connecticut, is a ...read more

Skaneateles, New York—February 2016… Named after an adjacent lake (the name is an Iroquois term that means “long lake”), the Central New York town of Skaneateles boasts a colorful history. Citizens participated in pre-Civil War reform movements, formed a utopian community in the ...read more

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Nov. 16, 2015 -- VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced an integrated streaming solution designed to help houses of worship extend their reach across multiple campuses and foster a sense of community ...read more

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, August 31, 2015 — Everybody likes a great deal, but non-profit organizations, especially, really have to make every dollar stretch. For Grace Community Church, with campuses in Texas and California, a nearly 10-year relationship with Guitar Center ...read more

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, is holding a series of seminars across the country focused on audio, video and lighting for house-of-worship facilities. The ...read more

Alpharetta, GA, July 1, 2015 — Church on The Move, a large non-denominational church located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is enhancing its message of spirituality and hope with Renewed Vision’s ProPresenter lyric and media presentation software. The flexible, intuitive and affordable ...read more

Woodbury, NY June 9, 2015 — Church on the Move of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been redefining the worship environment for the past decade. With an eye toward increasing appeal to younger generations, longtime Pastor Willie George spearheaded a movement toward more dynamic, engaging ...read more