Send us a text How do you take an interest, inexperience volunteer and turn them into a tech genius? Willow Hodge is the Video Director at Hope Fellowship Church and she joins to give us a masterclass on training new volunteers. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 ChurchGear Fantasy League is here! 3:50 Willow Hodge joins us! 10:20 How did you get yo…

Send us a text How do you keep production from disrupting your priority list? Dan is a Monitor Engineer and RF Coordinating expert. He joins us to discuss balancing production with your life, vetting production jobs and some RF deep dive discussions! In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Our new and first sponsor stops by: 64 Audio! 5:45 Kids are great…

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Send us a text How do you launch churches at an exponential rate? Andrew Hoffstatter is the Technical Director at at The Church of Eleven 22 and he joins us to discuss church launches, stretching a dollar and excellence without excess in church production. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Cats vs. Dogs 6:41 Andrew Hoffstatter joins us! 13:40 How d…

Send us a text What were the biggest takeaways from the Pastors & Production podcast series? For our final episode in the series we discuss the biggest moments, the stats from the survey and wrap with the best quote from the series. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 What was Toby like working at churches in his 20s? 5:45 BD joins us to wrap up the …

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Send us a text How do you fill big shoes together as a team? Whit George & Johnathan Basquez join us for the "Pastors & Production" Series to discuss filling the shoes of Willie George & Andrews Stone and how they work together as a team to continue leading Church on the Move forward. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Visiting states, nations and f…

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Send us a text How do you pastor people who tour every weekend and are A level artists/production people? Henry & Andy join us from The Belonging Co Church to discuss pastoring creatives, handling expectations and managing salaries for folks who could earn more at the drop of a hat on the road. In this episode you'll hear: 1:00 Trading places 5:30 …

Send us a text 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 a lie wi…

Send us a text 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 Ashworth …

Send us a text 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 their daily s…

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Send us a text 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! (Elevation &…

Send us a text 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 with a dis…

Send us a text 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 5:45 Kyl…

Send us a text 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 asked can we …

Send us a text 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 a manufa…

Send us a text 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 joins us! 18:…

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A visit with one of the 1980's most prolific NFL wide receivers; selected to the Pro Bowl four times, and when he retired, was ranked twelfth in NFL history in receiving yards and thirteenth in receptions. The San Diego Chargers and College Football Hall of Famer discusses his company WCTE and his mission to help those suffering from CTE. TWITTER: …

Send us a text 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 ears for I…

Send us a text 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 setup 22…

Join us for a conversation with poet, actor and singer Agrippa Williams. His journey from track star to entertainer. TWITTER: @IconGridiron INSTAGRAM: gridiron_icon TiKTok: gridironicon Facebook: facebook.com/gridironicon Part of the Lioncast Media Network www.lioncastmedia.comBy Gridiron Icon

Send us a text 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 before FILO 6:…

Send us a text 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 “Toby! Unh…

We visit with former Pro Bowl WR Terance Mathis on his journey from Georgie, to All American at New Mexico, breaking records as an Atlanta Falcon, his NFL quarterbacks and how he uses his own experiences as the Head Coach at Morehouse College! TWITTER: @IconGridiron INSTAGRAM: gridiron_icon TiKTok: gridironicon Facebook: facebook.com/gridironicon P…

Send us a text 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! 20:00 Ga…

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Send us a text 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 joins us…

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We take a look at the NFL Draft, including the Atlanta Falcons choosing Michael Penix Jr. at pick #8, the Rams picks and discuss how the transfer portal continues to impact college sports, starting with news out of New Mexico! TWITTER: @IconGridiron INSTAGRAM: gridiron_icon TiKTok: gridironicon Facebook: facebook.com/gridironicon Part of the Lionca…

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Send us a text 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 6:00 Will …

Send us a text 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 celebrity crush…

Send us a text 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 Toby isn’t f…

Send us a text 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 Complaints 6:15 Ch…

We take a look at Caitlin Clark's historic run, make some predictions on the Final Four and take a look at the importance of where a QB lands in the upcoming NFL Draft. TWITTER: @IconGridiron INSTAGRAM: gridiron_icon TiKTok: gridironicon Facebook: facebook.com/gridironicon Part of the Lioncast Media Network www.lioncastmedia.com…

Send us a text 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 alley & T…

Send us a text 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 What is Tob…

We take a look at Aaron Donald's retirement; his place in history. 2024 Free Agency & March Madness! TWITTER: @IconGridiron INSTAGRAM: gridiron_icon TiKTok: gridironicon Facebook: facebook.com/gridironicon Part of the Lioncast Media Network www.lioncastmedia.comBy Gridiron Icon