Stewarding Gear & Community [Live at FILO with Matt Kotthoff]

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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! Unhand that woman!”
• 6:19 Matt Kotthoff joins us at FILO Live!
• 12:40 Matt’s FILO teaching session topic
• 14:15 Todd Elliott cameos!
• 17:00 What is Sun Valley Community Church's production setup like?
• 22:30 What PA does Sun Valley Community Church use?
• 24:10 How do you decide to sell or keep your church’s used production gear?
• 25:50 What level of production gear should your church upgrade to?
• 29:10 How much “backup gear” should you have on hand?
• 32:10 What common production mistake does Matt see in other churches?
• 36:20 What’s the most important church production element to improve first?
• 38:40 Disaster story: Can’t delay or do updates!
• 41:40 Tech Takeaway on asking for help
• 43:20 Church Tech Confessional: “That was rough. But no one has questioned my mix decisions since.”

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Chapters

1. Stewarding Gear & Community [Live at FILO with Matt Kotthoff] (00:00:00)

2. “Toby! Unhand that woman!” (00:01:49)

3. Matt Kotthoff joins us at FILO Live! (00:06:59)

4. Matt’s FILO teaching session topic (00:13:29)

5. Todd Elliott cameos! (00:14:49)

6. What is Sun Valley Community Church's production setup like? (00:17:49)

7. What PA does Sun Valley Community Church use? (00:23:19)

8. How do you decide to sell or keep your church’s used production gear? (00:24:49)

9. What level of production gear should your church upgrade to? (00:26:39)

10. How much “backup gear” should you have on hand? (00:29:49)

11. What common production mistake does Matt see in other churches? (00:32:49)

12. What’s the most important church production element to improve first? (00:37:09)

13. Disaster story: Can’t delay or do updates! (00:39:29)

14. Tech Takeaway on asking for help (00:42:29)

15. Church Tech Confessional: “That was rough. But no one has questioned my mix decisions since.” (00:44:09)