Van is the Church Relations guy at CCI Solutions. He has also held leadership positions in the technical Departments at Magnolia Church, in Riverside, CA, South Hills Church, in Corona, CA, Mariners Church in Irvine, CA and Saddleback Church, in Lake Forest, CA. He is Co-host of the Church Tech Weekly podcast. Van‚s blog can be found as a byline at ChurchTechArts.org and he is a frequent contributor for SundayMag.TV. With more than 30 years of audio and production experience, Van love‚s the Church & the teams that make it happen. He has a passion to see the next generation of Church leaders become their best. Van can be reached at vmetschke.com or van.org Twitter: Web: www.churchtecharts.org
Train wreck. Car crash. Awkward moment. Bumpy ride. Kludge. These are just some of the phrases many a technical professional has uttered under their breath during an event that is going, shall we say, not so smoothly. I have been a part of, as well as witness to, many events that had very bad transitions….
This is the most sensitive and important part of the sound system. People are the deciding factor in the sound equation. Most people that volunteer for the sound ministry at church have a great heart of service. They are content to be behind the scenes and never be mentioned. They spend long hours at rehearsals…
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about working in my strengths. Like many of you, I have many strengths that pertain to the tech world. For me, the two at the top are 1) being a good troubleshooter, and 2) being a people person/ people encourager. Both of these have served me well…
Working with your leaders to accomplish the vision they have set forth. To help them understand the strengths and challenges from the boots on the ground point of view. WHAT LEADING UP IS NOT: It is not MANAGING UP. It is also not being a yes man/woman. Taking the opportunely to gain points or being…
Have you ever been sitting in a service in which you are not serving and wondered, “Wow, this sounds much different than last Sunday”? Maybe you have noticed that some weeks the complaints about the sound are “It’s too loud” and the next week “It’s to soft” and the next week “It’s just right”. While…
I talk to a lot of church techs who don’t really understand what the condition of our heart ‘should be’ about why tech is needed in church. In the world we live in, the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat environment, information is coming at us at light speed. Our lives really don’t have one minute of…
Don’t know where this came from, but I think we could all do our job as techs better if we followed these tips. Let’s try it together. 36 WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS 1. Pray 2. Go to bed on time. 3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed. 4. Say No…
If you’ve been in tech for any amount of time, you know that when it’s “show-time” things get serious. We make the service or event happen and that means that we need to stay on task and focused. At my previous church every week we had a “Programming Meeting” in which we’d recap the weekend,…
One of my passions is raising up young leaders, helping them to find not only their vocational gifts but also their God-given ministry gifts. I have had the honor to help raise up many young leaders in and out of the tech realm. Many of these leaders have gone on to great things and will…
True or false? “The sound system in your church is the same as the system in mine.” The answer to this question seems so obvious, but most sound people have learned most of their audio knowledge with the sound system they work with every week. If this system is not properly set up from the…
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