1. Operations 105, Class 10 Worship Space and Tech

2. Guest Lecturer Houston Clark is a Co-Founder and Principal of Clark. Drawing from their experience working with North Point Community Church twenty years ago, George and Houston Clark developed a vision to create relevant and impactful environments that could reach culture. From that they developed a unique approach to creating AVL systems that helped shape contemporary worship in many churches throughout the country, enabling them to be highly relevant communication platforms.

3. Class 10—Worship Space and Tech What is a great church space? What is a great worship space? How does leadership make appropriate plans so that technology and worship work well together? This session’s speaker will share some great examples of space and how to make the best use of what you have. Can you overcome the challenges of an awkward building, a poor location or a changing culture? If your church has a “big box” or aging facility, is it best to “trash it” or work with it?

4. What is a great Church space  Disclaimer….  Content trumps space / technology… (almost) EVERYTIME

5. What is a great Church space  Performs the function for which it is intended…  Our focus today is primarily  …Worship  ….Teaching

6. What is a great Worship space  Allows those present to focus on the subject…GOD  primarily by eliminating barriers to focus

7. What is a great Worship space  Talent – vocal and artistic deficiencies  ….sorry I can’t help you with this one.  General thoughts  Flexible infrastructure  Blank palette  Can you tell a (different) story

8. What is a great Worship space  Room acoustics  its just physics  you can’t have your cake and eat it too  until…now (maybe)

9. What is a great Worship space  Room acoustics (see video on class page)

10. What is a great Worship space  Sound…  Consistent sound pressure  Full frequency ranges  Fidelity

11. What is a great Worship space  Video…  Consistent with typical experience  Brightness  Resolution

12. What is a great Worship space  Video…  LED Walls  Awesome  Not so Awesome

13. What is a great Worship space  Theatrical Lighting… (to set the mood)  LED  Cool than conventional  Flexible  Moving Lightings  Enhance the focus not be the focus

14. Technology and Worship  In general  It’s a team sport  One goal  What do I need to tell the story

15. Technology and Worship  Biggest mistake  Asking technicians to tell a story  Develop well rounded teams  Leadership  Creative  Technical

16. Overcoming challenges  Remember – content trumps space and technology…every time

17. Overcoming challenges  Remember – content trumps space and technology…every time

18. Overcoming challenges:case study

19.  (see video on class page)

20. Overcoming challenges:case study  (see video on class page)

21. Q & A Send Questions via Chat