Over the past 15-20 years, church stage design has literally gone from a pulpit, pulpit chairs, a choir loft, a piano, an organ, artificial ficus trees and flowers to black walls, backdrops, thematic props, LED lighting, projection, rolling risers, and a hi top or lectern. We’ve transformed our church platforms into theatrical stages. We’ve gotten …
Worship Spaces // October 19
It’s always so great to see where everyone is worshiping during the weekend! Be sure to find us on instagram to join in on the sharing! This week we’re featuring some great shots from one of our contributors, John. Be sure to check some of his posts out!
Worship Spaces // October 5
Always so much fun to see where everyone is worshiping! Feel free to join in. Mention @thechurchcollective and use #thechurchcollective on instagram to share!
Worship Spaces // September 7
There have been some amazing shots shared on instagram this week. Here are a few! Feel free to join in. Mention @thechurchcollective and use #thechurchcollective on instagram to share! The first picture this week is from our friend Eko Funke. He’s got a pretty sweet youtube channel you should check out here. The second …
Mobile Church
I wish the complexities of a mobile church could be solved with an easy, one word answer, but unfortunately there are a lot of variables that are worth thinking about when trying to execute an excellent mobile church meeting. Let’s dive right in! Here is how our situation works: We meet in various auditoriums on …
Create Day
“Go home, do all these things, become a greater ministry, see you next year!” … is exactly what you hear at the end every single conference you go to. So that’s what I do. I’m on the plane going home, I pull out my notebook from the conference, full of ideas, new equipment to buy, …
Worship Through Production
This is not going to be a technical piece, so if you’re looking for advice on lighting design and which flavor haze causes your vocalists the least amount of anguish (1 part raspberry surprise, 1 part Wise Man Myrrh makes Holy Lord Anointing Fire Haze, perfect for ushering in the Holy Spirits) look in the …
Worship Spaces // Anthem Church
I talked with Daniela about her church. Check it out! The church I volunteer at “Anthem Church” started back in 80’s with the name “New Beginnings Christian Center,”in 2013 the senior pastor and the leaders decided that it was time to rebrand the church and name it “Anthem Church” since the church moved from a …
Worship Spaces // Cottonwood
I had the chance to talk with Frank about his church, check it out! TCC: Tell us about your church! Frank: Cottonwood started back in 1983 in a small office in Los Alamitos, Ca with about 50 or so people. From 1983 to 1989 our church grew from 50 to 650 people in attendance each Sunday morning. …
Lighting 101 // Three Rules of Ministry Lighting
DMX, side light, top light, front light, wash, LED, conventional, Socopex, Edison, dimmer, color wheel, gobo, 3 face, 5 face… It is basically a full time job just to keep up with all the terms and slang in the lighting world. 80% of churches don’t have the budget to hire a full time lighting designer. …
Worship Spaces // Calvary: SoBe
This week’s featured worship space comes from Calvary: SoBe TCC: Thanks for taking the time share about your ministry! How did this tattoo parlor campus get started? Amor: Through a series of events my Friend and I purchase the tattoo shop in May. the next day I met a couple at an anti-human trafficking …
Worship Spaces // Valley View Church // Wood Walls
For this Worship Space feature, we contacted Kyle Gordon of Valley View Church in Louisville, Kentucky (vvchurch.org). Their “Wood Walls” stage design is a creative and cost-effective way to transform the look & feel of the worship platform. Read on to learn about the process of putting it all together! The wall was originally built …