Use it to work through the service setup, booth checks, and stream steps before the service starts. Print it, laminate it, and keep it where the team can use it.
Build the service the night before, while there is still time to fix things
Wake up the room and check the gear you actually use
Check for sound problems before people do
Get the stream, screens, and operators ready
Stay ahead during the service instead of chasing it
Leave notes so next Sunday starts a little easier
You're running sound, streaming, and slides with one volunteer and whatever gear you've got. Maybe two volunteers if everybody shows up. It is easy for one small thing, a scene cue, a battery, a stream key, to get missed until it is already Sunday morning.
This checklist gives the morning a shape: build the service, wake up the room, soundcheck, go live, stay ahead, then clean up. You can hand it to a backup volunteer and they can get a clear starting point without needing to remember every detail of your system.
I've been doing church media for 23 years, starting back when I was 12 logging timecodes for my dad's TV program. This is the kind of list I wish someone had handed me before my first real Sunday in the booth.
Print it, laminate it, and keep it where the team can reach it. Grab the checklist, and I'll keep you posted as more practical church media resources come out.
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