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…

Jesus has performed one of the Messianic miracles, that is healing a man with leprosy. Now the investigative stage is in full effect, with the Pharisees and Scribes all coming to examine Jesus and his ministry.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

Why does Jesus tell some to tell how they were healed, and others he warns to be quiet and not tell anyone they’ve been healed? Join us today as we look at this account from Mark 1 after Jesus heals the Leper.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Jesus the Messiah performs a miracle and heals a leper, which hadn’t been done to a Jewish person since Miriam, and it was God who healed her. Join us today as we examine how the Messiah heals even lepers.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Did Jesus ever “prove” that he was the messiah? Were there certain things the people were looking for the messiah to do? Join us today as we begin an examination of the messianic miracles.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Many claimed to be the messiah, but how did the religious leaders and the people know to look for the messiah? Today we’ll look at the observation and examination phase of John’s ministry by the religious leaders of Jerusalem. https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Today we’ll look at the unique comparisons between John The Baptist and Elijah The Prophet.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Today we finally drill down to look at both sides of the argument of John the Baptist possibly being an Essene.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Join us today as we continue our look at John The Baptist and the Essene community of the early 1st century.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Today we ask the question, was John the Baptist an Essene? But before we get there, we have to ask the question, what is an Essene?https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

We’ve all been there at some point, a hard season in life. The question we have to ask ourselves is this: What is God trying to teach me in those hard times, those times when we’re in the wilderness.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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 “…

How should we baptize today? How did John baptize in the Jordan? Join us today as we examine the methods of baptism.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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!…

Today we’re going back to Matthew to look at a strange character in the Gospel accounts, John The Baptist.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Join us as we look at the Redemption - Revelation - Responsibility paradigm again and discuss whether baptism is a part of salvation or not.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

A pattern we begin to unravel this episode is this: Redemption leads to Revelation which then demands Responsibility. Join us today as we examine this pattern in the Old and New Testament.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Join us today as we talk about what keeping God’s covenant requires on our part.htpps://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

John the Baptist, the forerunner to the Messiah came on the scene talking about a coming King and Kingdom, but where did this idea of “Kingdom” come from? Join us today as we jump back to Moses to discover this Kingdom question.://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Join us today as we look at the phrase “Kingdom of Heaven” and what this would have meant to John, Jesus, and other believers in the 1st century.https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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 …

Join us as we begin to look at the adult years of Jesus’s ministry, by going to the Jordan River to meet a man named John. https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Today we’ll be looking at the first recorded words of Jesus after Mary & Joseph found him in the Temple in Jerusalem. https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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 years between the birth narrative of Jesus in the gospels, His childhood, and then His coming onto the scene at His baptism by John when he’s 30 years old are a bit mysterious. Today we’ll begin to look at what we know from Jesus’s childhood.By Robby Gallaty

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…

In the previous episode we met a man named Simeon. Join us today as we meet a widow named Anna and also ask the question, why were two witnesses required to validate who Jesus was? https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Have you ever wondered what the term, “Israel’s Consolation” means? Join us today as we continue to look at the birth narrative from Luke 2 and meet a man named Simeon. https://longhollow.com/theforgottenjesuspodcastshownotesBy Robby Gallaty

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…

Why did Joseph, Mary and Jesus flee to Egypt? Why not flee to the lands in the North like Syria, or to Asia Minor? Today we’ll examine this and what Lament looks like in the Bible.By Robby Gallaty

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…

Mary was told by the Angel Gabriel that she would be the mother of the Messiah, but Joseph, her betrothed husband was told through a dream. Today we look at Joseph the dreamer, both in the New Testament and in the Old Testament.By Robby Gallaty

Send us a Text Message. What production tips do you pick up from a lifetime of touring? Gene Kim had a spare moment where he wasn't mixing for Phil Wickham, so he dropped by the podcast studio to discuss mixing in bad rooms, AVL trends and coffee. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Stage Shenanigans and Forbidden Rocks 6:50 What shows has Gene been …

We don’t fully understand what it’s like to live under an Emperor. Today we’lll talk about emperor worship in the 1st century and what happened if you opposed the Caesars of Rome.By Robby Gallaty

Send us a Text Message. Leadership is spoken about often but what does it really look like in the church production space? Warren Davis is the Central Team Leader of Broadcast support for Life Church and he joins us to discuss leading teams well. In this episode you'll hear 1:00 Rockstars breaking the law & tossing TVs 6:00 Warren Davis joins the p…