NASHVILLE – How do I light this show for video without detracting from the experience of the live audience? There probably isn’t a lighting designer anywhere who hasn’t worked to find a balanced answer to this question. Trading off the needs of one audience for another is sometimes unavoidable. Sometimes – but not always. Chad […]
FORT LAUDERDALE – The Community Christian Church stood empty when Kevis Mulchan lit livestreamed services during the height of the pandemic. Nevertheless, he worked hard to create looks that gave worshippers a greater sense of “being in church” even though they were watching on a TV or computer screen. The skills sharpened during this period […]
ODESSA, TX – Many designers shy away from the color green. Gabriel Loera is not one of them. The technical director of Life Challenge church, he normally doesn’t use very many emerald hues during regular Sunday services, but when headline singer David Jennings asked for the color to light a song during the church’s Southwest […]
VENTURA, CA – Outside, the modern world of 21st century Los Angeles County may hurry along on nearby highway 101, but once visitors enter Mission Basilica San Buenaventura, with its tranquil palm-tree-lined gardens, they’re soon transported to a different state of mind and spirit. Inside the basilica itself, the essence of its rich past seems […]
MANDEVILLE, LA – Much has been written about how the trend toward online and virtual options that was already taking place before the pandemic accelerated mightily in 2020. Church of the King, a dynamic house of worship outside New Orleans, provides vivid proof of this phenomena in action. Prior to the coronavirus, well over 7,000 […]
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – The name itself, “Sounds of Victory,” resonated loudly and hopefully with anyone who is looking for a sign of inspiration after suffering through 10 long months of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s precisely why superstar Gospel singer Janet Manyowa, chose the phrase, which is taken from the Bible, Joshua 6, as […]
DALLAS – This year, when The Heights Baptist added a 12-minute video to its socially distant Christmas Eve service, the church’s creative team had a critical goal in mind. “We didn’t want people to feel like they were watching a video,” said Technical Director Zach Carnefix. “Our intent was to make them feel immersed, as […]
MOUNT VERNON, IL – Worshippers responding to a church service by honking their horns? Not long ago, it would have been unimaginable, but in a year when the unexpected has become normal, this is how people at Central Christian Church responded to a heart thumbing moment in their December 23rd outdoor Christmas show. The emotional outpouring […]
GLENARDEN, MD – The project came up suddenly. She hadn’t even seen the light plot she would be working with until she walked in the door of the venue. The onsite console she’d be using was one she hadn’t worked with in quite a while. Complicating matters further, the nature of the project, lighting a series […]
ODESSSA, TX – There is a special joy the production team at Life Challenge Church takes in putting together Sunday morning kids services. Creative spirits run a little more freely, and new ideas are waded into more deeply, as everyone channels the child’s imagination inside their adult selves to make bible stories come to life […]
PLEASANT HILL, MO – Step by step, the final pieces of Manna Fellowship church’s new building fell into place this summer. On June 24, the church’s red white and blue sign was installed. A day later, the stage was framed. In July the cement walkways were complete and the reception area floors polished to a […]
NEWCASTLE, WA – The feeling never gets old for Kenrick Fischer. It’s the one that happens at the end of every project, when all the work is done, and he gets to watch clients react to his finished lighting design for the first time. In the world of theatre, where he’s devoted much of […]