DONT CALL IT A COMEBACK! This week we talk some more and laugh even more than that. We listened to Childish Gambino's last album under the name and we are gunna tell you all about it. Make sure you tune in for next week's episode cos its a big one... Thank you guys so much and we will see you next Thursday <3 Just two good music boys talking life, …

With very little spiritual experience, and absolutely no understanding of spiritual encounters, Lacy Sadler received deliverance from 47 demonic spirits, many of which presented dramatic manifestations, in a 4-hour window. And if that wasn’t enough, an incredible heavenly encounter followed. Today’s conversation is one of the most dramatically powe…

Send us a Text Message. How do you communicate priorities with your pastor? Jack Graham & Bryan Bailey join us for our "Pastor & Production Director Relationship" series to discuss their dynamic, handling production decisions and how to prioritize production. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Being the black sheep of the family 3:45 Five Truths and…

LOOK AROUND YOU, SHEEPLE! Yea, we were gone for a while but we never left. We finally had the chance to catch up and talk about the last couple of months and get back into the swing of things. NO - We dont remember what album we were supposed to be listening to and dont tell us to listen back to the last episode... Just let it go. We missed you and…

Send us a Text Message. How do you have the best possible relationship with your pastor? Matt Chandler & Wes Ashworth join us this week for Pt.2 of our Pastor & Production series. We discuss what each role wishes the other knew about their role, handling errors and requesting new gear. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Meeting your heroes 4:16 Wes …

John Bucciarelli was a hard-nosed coal miner with an abusive upbringing. He was filled with anger, drugs, violence, profanity, and just about every other hellish characteristic you can list until he reached for God and experienced a radical transformation. But his story doesn’t end there. John went on to experience a powerful heavenly anointing and…

Send us a Text Message. How can church production directors communicate and work best with their pastor's? In week one of our Pastor & Production Series, we interview Darren Whitehead and Sarah Bible from Church of the City in Franklin. We discuss the pressures of production keeping up with vision and what each role wishes the other knew about thei…

Send us a Text Message. What was it like doing church production at Elevation in the early days? Andy Bentley joins us to discuss his church tech times at Elevation, pacing production stress, and creating a creative process that works. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Inside baseball: ChurchGear Leadership Quarterly 5:00 Andy Bentley joins us! (El…

When Bentley Hornak was 7 years old, she died on an operating table and was lifted above the surgical scene by angels where she saw her body, all of the equipment, and the chaos of doctors frantically trying to revive her. Today she shares the details of her experience, and the impact it’s had on the rest of her life. Subscribe to our YouTube chann…

Send us a Text Message. How do you weigh the decision to stay or leave church tech ministry? Yoshi Haddad has transitioned out from his post as the Director of Production at Houston's First Baptist Church to become a Sales Engineer at LD Systems. He joins us this week to discuss his thoughts on the transition and we have some laughs along the way w…

Send us a Text Message. You've been hired to be the youth minister and now you're told you're doing church production. What? Kyle Bowman is the Production Director at Journey Church and he joins us to discuss transitions, volunteer recruitment and more! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Toby and Blake have been responsible for the youths of America…

Roughly halfway through the pregnancy of their second child, Blake and Erin Hamby were told by doctors that, due to severe internal complications, there was a zero percent chance that their baby would live. What they didn’t know was that God had spoken to Erin, and He had told her something different. Today’s conversation with Blake Hamby is about …

Send us a Text Message. What's it like mixing for Red Rocks services and concerts? Jesse O'Brien is the Broadcast and FOH engineer at Red Rocks Church and he joins us to discuss all things Red Rocks production. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 We have our first podcast sponsor! 4:45 Andy Bentley joins us! 7:30 Five Truths and a Lie: “And they aske…

Send us a Text Message. How do you recruit and train church production volunteers? Bobby Falconnier is the broadcast manager at First Baptist Orlando church and he joins us for a volunteer deep dive. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Impersonations 4:30 Bobby Falconnier joins us! 12:45 How do you find church production volunteers? 30:00 Working for…

On April 8, 2004, at the age of 33, Lou Lynn experienced a medical emergency that nearly cost her her life. As she was being transported to the hospital, she says she found herself in the presence of Jesus for an extended amount of time. Since that day, Lou, who had no connection with God before, says she has been given the spiritual gifts of seein…

Send us a Text Message. How do you transition from being an individual AVL lead to becoming the leader for the entire church production team? Tim Wagoner joins us from Long Hollow church to talk about his recent promotion, their decision to buy EAW line arrays and more! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Best Beaches in America 5:30 Tim Wagoner join…

Send us a Text Message. What were the early days of mixing for Hillsong like? James Hurley is a mix engineer who has worked with Hillsong, Kari & Cody, Mosaic and more. He joins us to discuss his early days with Hillson, live production albums and more this week on the ChurchGear Podcast In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 The Guys Get Gue in their e…

Yvonne Jones has spent more than 30 years as an end of life nurse, and has personally witnessed hundreds of people take their final breath as human beings on this earth. What she shares about what she’s seen as people are dying might surprise you, and will likely give you a different perspective on something that, unless Jesus returns in your lifet…

Send us a Text Message. How do we balance our work life well? Conor Hale is a church tech at The Summit Church and he joins us to discuss work life balance. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Disrespecting Consoles, Studios and Pappy Van Winkle 5:30 Conor Hale joins us! 13:00 Conor’s journey to being a Summit Church Tech 16:00 Summit Church’s system…

Send us a Text Message. How does one of the biggest churches in the country approach lighting design? Caleb is the Senior Lighting Designer for Life Church. He tells us about Life Church's approach to lighting, some disaster stories and more on our final live FILO episode. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Toby and Blake go to a baseball game befor…

After being baptized in the Holy Spirit and receiving powerful spiritual gifts, Sam Zoldock developed an insatiable desire to live out Matthew 10:8 where Jesus told his disciples to “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.” Sam did just that, and has some amazing experiences to share. Today’s conversation is a continuat…

Send us a Text Message. What production upgrades should you recommend to your church leadership? Matt Kotthoff joins us live at FILO 2024! We discuss gear stewardship, community building and wrap with a disaster story that has us all wondering if there is ever a right time to allow software updates to go through. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 “…

Sam Zoldock reached a point in his life where demanded that God prove Himself to be real or else he would choose to live for the world. God’s response changed Sam forever, and resulted in Sam receiving the spiritual gifts of seeing in the spiritual realm, prophecy, and healing, all in a dramatic fashion. Sam details that amazing series of events an…

Send us a Text Message. We took over the Amplio Podcast studio after day one of FILO to recap the conference and bring the party to you! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 FILO Amplio After Party Pod! 4:00 What happened at FILO 2024 Day 1? 7:00 Toby’s horrific Gene Kim introduction 11:00 FILO pre party activities 15:00 Amplio’s podcast has launched!…

Send us a Text Message. How do we customize our lighting design to draw people to God? Griffin McCravy joins the podcast to tell us how Church of the Highlands is adjusting their lighting design to create a more welcoming environment for potential believers. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Blake’s first time in the tech booth 6:00 Griffin McCravy…

Have you ever felt like you unnaturally suffer from some kind of negative personality trait such as indecisiveness, jealousy, resentfulness, or fear? Cathy Baillis lived more than 50 years of her life making almost every decision from a place of fear. That is until she learned about demonic oppression in Christians, and a spiritual path to freedom …

Send us a Text Message. How do you speak your pastor's language? Will Chapman is the Online Pastor for Cottonwood Creek Church and he drops by the ChurchGear podcast to discuss communication methods, advancing in your role and how to transition a church's production style over time. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 The Church Tech Mecas in Texas 6…

Send us a Text Message. Chad Olech has been Fall Out Boy's front-of-house mix engineer for the past 11 years and he joined us on the ChurchGear Podcast this week! He told us how he mixes Fall Out Boy's shows, the stories that have come with that and more! Don't miss this week's episode! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Recording studios and celebr…

Born into Satanism and sexually trafficked as a toddler through her teenage years, Heidi experienced one of the most torturous childhoods imaginable. She lived for decades under the curses given to her in her childhood until a radical spiritual and physical healing one day on a hospital floor. Heidi's story is one you won't soon forget, and may cha…

Send us a Text Message. What's it like doing production for the Harvest Crusades? Chris Eguizabal is the Production Manager at Harvest Riverside Church and he joins us to discuss production for The Harvest Crusades, lighting design approaches and he wraps our episode with a mic mix up story that you can't miss! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Tob…

Send us a Text Message. How do you create & steward a church production budget well? How do you communicate your budget needs to leadership? Chris is the Production Director at Northside Christian Church, and he joins us to talk about how to make a budget that fulfills your church's vision. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Taxes & Budget Complaint…

Christ is King. We love you guys and we will see you next Thursday <3 Just two good music boys talking life, work and occasionally music. Join us every week for a sit-down catch-up, where we talk about the most important 80's things to music producers like leg warmers, care bears and rewinding cassette tapes. We have next to no idea what we're doin…

This episode is a continuation of our conversation with Kirk and Christy East. In the first part of this conversation (Episode 94, Death, Where Is Your Sting?) Kirk and Christy detailed how the events surrounding the loss of their son, Frank, re-shaped their understanding of God and His presence in their lives. Though Frank was terribly ill, they e…

Send us a Text Message. How do you define the goal of your Sunday service? What can we aim for beyond "well I saw this one church do it this way"? Todd Elliott joins us to discuss what a successful Sunday looks like, the overall pulse on the production community and what he is jazzed about for FILO 2024! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Alligator …

FINALLY back on the scheduled Thursdays! Big and Huge! We start of by screaming at the top of our lungs. That's it. No more description. We love you guys and we will see you next Thursday <3 Just two good music boys talking life, work and occasionally music. Join us every week for a sit-down catch-up, where we talk about the most important 80's thi…

On August 5, 2021, Frank East passed away at the young age of 21 after battling a bizarre, aggressive cancer for a year and a half. Throughout the battle, his family, especially his parents Kirk and Christy, believed that God would fully heal him, even preparing to pray for resurrection. What they got has filled their future with peace and hope, an…

Send us a Text Message. How do you have multiple departments collaborate, communicate and coordinate well? Brad Bramer is the Worship and Creative arts Executive Producer at Southeast Christian Church and he joins us to discuss how multiple church departments can work in concert to achieve an overarching vision. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Wh…

2 weeks in a row the pod has been released on a Friday, and we specifically said that we would see you next Thursday <3 Just two good music boys talking life, work and occasionally music. Join us every week for a sit-down catch-up, where we talk about the most important 80's things to music producers like leg warmers, care bears and rewinding casse…

Send us a Text Message. How do we create environments to allow church lighting directors to grow? Before touring as Scotty McCreery's LD, Alexander was the LD at Connection Point Christian Church. He joins us this week to talk about keeping younger LDs engaged, lighting for the moment, and more! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Nightmares we’re ha…

The episode after our lost episode. We already went over this! I ain't explaining myself again! We love you tho and hope you are doing well <3 see you next Thursday Just two good music boys talking life, work and occasionally music. Join us every week for a sit-down catch-up, where we talk about the most important 80's things to music producers lik…

Last week we replayed part 1 of the story that inspired the creation of this podcast, The Miracle of Kennedy Buettner. Today, we replay part 2 of that story, which originally aired on September 21st, 2021. Kennedy’s miraculous healing is important, but it is what happened, but it is what Kennedy experienced spiritually the day he died in that pool …

Send us a Text Message. How do you build an AVL system for your church that meets today's needs and the demands of the future? How do you make sure it works for everyone on staff and the volunteer team as a whole? Luke Hester works with churches to design systems at Houseright and he joins the ChurchGear podcast to discuss how you can make a system…

Over the years we’ve had the opportunity to hear some amazingly powerful accounts of God’s activity in the modern world. As the podcast gains new listeners we want to occasionally re-air some of our more powerful conversations, not just for newer listeners, but for God to speak to all of us through the telling of these experiences of His presence. …

Send us a Text Message. How do you grow the production team and gear at multiple locations at a sustainable pace? Shaun Miller is the Central Production Director at Rolling Hills Church and he drops by the pod to discuss baptism, pacing gear growth and more. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 How do Baptisms impact church production? 5:30 Shaun Mill…

Praise be. The boys become enlightened and talk about god, heaven, hell and purgatory. Then Zakk wants to fight Anthony Fantano and Blake wants to become a Roman farmer. We love you guys and thank you so much for listening. We will see you next Thursday <3 Just two good music boys talking life, work and occasionally music. Join us every week for a …

Send us a Text Message. Your LED screen has fallen, you're in water up to your ankles and thousands of students are about to show up for a night of worship. Jeff Sandstrom joins us this week to discuss the AVL challenges of the Super Bowl and the most difficult event he has ever been a part of. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Toby isn’t with us t…

This episode is just incoherent rambling for about an hour. We love you guys and thank you so much for listening. We will see you next Thursday <3 Just two good music boys talking life, work and occasionally music. Join us every week for a sit-down catch-up, where we talk about the most important country things to music producers like trucks, guns …

On July 8th, 2019, Janie Denney received a gift from God that she had specifically asked for, the ability to see the spiritual realm that scripture refers to multiple times that is operating all around us without our knowing. That set off a sequence of spiritual gifting, spiritual activity, and personal deliverance from oppressive demonic presences…

Send us a Text Message. How do you build a strong production team that furthers the Gospel? Brandon Conn is the Audio Director at Gateway Church and he joins us this week to discuss all the practical principles Gateway church utilizes to build strong production teams. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Toby visits Chauvet Lighting in Florida! 6:00 B…

PLEASE HELP ME I LITERALLY CANNOT STOP SHUFFLING!!! Blake has some internet issues but we sort it out and get back to giving you the best earjob ever! We party rocked our early life away with LMFAO's breakout album "Sorry for Party Rocking" and remember how to cut that rug with the freshest dance moves out. Thank you guys so much for listening and …