What lessons do you learn when you've lit some of the biggest churches in America like Willow Creek, Bayside and Cherry Hills?
Chris Thomas has worked at all three and he drops by the podcast to give us his wisdom on how he has improved his lighting by improving the key relationships that he has with other roles in the church.
In this episode you'll hear:
- 2:00 Ross’s favorite Early Service videos so far
- 11:45 Chris Thomas joins us!
- 18:30 Blowing up a 400 amp
- 25:00 From Willow Creek to Bayside to Cherry Hills
- 27:00 How are churches unknowingly causing church tech burnout?
- 30:50 Lighting and Video need to be in sync
- 32:40 Theories over Rules of Thumb for lighting
- 33:20 Lighting for the room or for video
- 35:25 How Chris got into church
- 38:45 Disaster story on shutting down rehearsal
- 41:45 Tech Takeaway on communicating with senior leadership well
Plugs: None this week!
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