Production Centralization

[Adam Ogden]

Hey guys-

I was wondering how you guys handle Production/AV Needs at you churches, that are outside of your main auditorium. I'm sure you all have that one (or more) room(s) that gets used by several other ministries. How do you provide production needs for those rooms? Do you supply engineers? Do you train people, and let them do it themselves? Do you only focus on your main room. Do you pay for and maintain equipment in those rooms, or does the ministries who use the rooms? If there are needs with musical instruments, like drums need the heads replaced....who does that? Does the main worship leader take that responsibility? Does the first drummer who actually takes time to do that, own it? What about batteries for those rooms?

I am always interested to see how you guys do these things....

[russhutto]

Brief answer.

We have 2 main facilities.

1) Movie Theater (primary adult/children gatherings)
2) Storefront (youth/secondary adult gatherings)

We have specific funds for every department of ministry. Each week a percentage of the overall giving goes into each department. (I LOVE THAT!)...So if drums need heads, the worship fund covers it. If we need new student Bibles, the Student fund covers it, and so on.

Typically we have the people who are in each specific area keep track of the equipment needs for each area. The drummer may come to me or to the pastor and say I'm out of sticks or we need new heads...or DON'T EVER GET ELECTRONIC DRUMS OR ELSE I'LL JUMP OFF A BRIDGE...haha, just kidding.

We are currently training people to work specifically in each. Well, technically we have the primary gathering covered, but we're training separate people to work the other venue. And it is a venue. We have bands in and out all the time. So...there ya have it.