Worship 4:24 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to Worship 4:24! Our schedules are subject to change, so please check back before attending classes.
Welcome to our special musical guest, Charity Gayle. She and her band will lead us in worship on Friday morning, Friday night, and Saturday morning and teach breakout sessions Friday and Saturday morning.

Our breakout sessions and speaker list will be updated mid-September.

2:00pm EST

Count the Cost — the real cost of live-streaming may surprise you

Friday January 24, 2025 2:00pm - 3:45pm EST

DMC149

There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to streaming your services. From equipment to production teams to reaching your views, you need to know your options. This session unpacks the hidden costs and emerging best practices for churches of all sizes, equipping you to maximize your resources while expanding your reach.

Speakers

Gary Buchanan

Network and Partner Marketer, BoxCast

The Video Platform for ChurchesDo more for your ministry with our integrated video platform. Use Streaming, Sharing, and Sites to reliably connect with your community — anytime, anywhere.

Gordon Daily

Founder, Boxcast

I’ve been building things my entire life. In high school, it was math class calculator casino games and sports fan stocking caps. In college it was founding a fraternity and leading college sports teams.I love the process of creating something meaningful from scratch.I’m currently... Read More →

Friday January 24, 2025 2:00pm - 3:45pm EST
DMC149

Tech

2:00pm EST

Core Session: Tech

Friday January 24, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST

DMC164

Speakers

Doug Gould

Founder, Worship MD

Friday January 24, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST
DMC164

Tech

9:45am EST

Automating Technology in Worship

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:00am EST

BTS101

Using MIDI and other tools to make technology in worship easier for smaller teams or to just streamline the whole process.

Speakers

Caleb Gordon

Worship Pastor, Grace Point Church

Caleb holds a Bachelor of Arts in Worship Ministry from Cedarville University. He is passionate about taking people to the next step in their faith and in their skills as musicians. He enjoys leading weekend services, but also finds joy in smaller group development as well as being... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:00am EST
BTS101

Tech

9:45am EST

Color in the Light the Science Class

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST

HSC205

This seminar goes into the biology, and physics of color so that we can understand how our bodies react to color and light. We will also look at how to use the latest measuring tool TM-30

Speakers

Stephen Ellison

Technical Sales Specialist, The Light Source

Stephen has been involved in lighting since running a followspot in 7th grade. He received a BFA in Lighting Design from North Carolina School of the Arts. He has worked in the industry for Rental and Production companies in Philadelphia, New York and Raleigh. He spent 10 years working... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST
HSC205

Tech

9:45am EST

Decibels and Dollars: A Listening Demo Comparing Speaker Price Ranges

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST

SSC240

Hear the difference between entry-level, mid-range and top-tier live sound speakers in a comprehensive side-by-side comparison. Decide which approach is right for you.

Speakers

Bob Cochran

Owner, Ovation Audiovisual

Bob is the owner of Ovation Audiovisual, an audiovisual integrator and live production company serving Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati. Bob has over 15 years in advertising video production and over 10 years experience in live audio engineering in concert and broadcast environments... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST
SSC240

Tech

9:45am EST

Design for Everyone: Unlocking the Basics of Ministry Graphics

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST

HSC107

Discover how anyone can learn simple design principles to create impactful visuals for church ministry.

Speakers

Chad Jackson

Associate Vice President for Creative Strategies, Cedarville University

Chad Jackson has been a dedicated member of Cedarville University since 2005, beginning his career in Admissions before transitioning to the Marketing and Communications Division, where he now serves as Associate Vice President for Creative Strategies. In this role, Chad leads the... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST
HSC107

Tech

9:45am EST

Mastering In-Ear Monitoring for Your Worship Team

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST

HSC105

Are you already using personal monitors but looking to unlock their full potential for your worship team? Or are you still relying on wedges (floor monitors) and wondering how to make the transition to in-ear monitors? You may be asking: What’s the cost? Which products are the best fit for our church? How do we seamlessly integrate them into our existing system? Join us for this comprehensive workshop, where we’ll tackle these questions and more, helping you take your worship team’s sound to the next level.

Speakers

Doug Gould

Founder, Worship MD

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST
HSC105

Tech

9:45am EST

Recording Worship Songs at Home (Home Studio on a Budget)

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST

SBCC141

This session will teach you how to set up a budget-friendly home studio for recording worship songs. We’ll cover techniques and practical tips for recording individual instruments and vocals, including equipment recommendations and cost-effective solutions. Whether you're a beginner or looking to upgrade your setup, you'll leave with practical tips for creating high-quality worship recordings at home.

Speakers

Rewaken Hymns

Founder, Reawaken Hymns

Reawaken Hymns outfits churches of every size to develop intentional, accessible, gospel centered worship through modern hymn arrangements and biblically based worship songs.

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST
SBCC141

Tech

9:45am EST

Small Church Media

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST

BTS205

How to plan what you need for the results that you want and how to come up with the budget to make it all happen.

Speakers

Daren Fulks

Founder, Fulks Media Solutions

Daren has over 30 years experience as a musician, audio engineer, worship pastor, technical director, event planner, and has traveled to 48 states and 5 foreign countries to support some pretty notable artists and groups. After attending Cedarville University, Daren graduated from... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST
BTS205

Tech

9:45am EST

Why your church should use worship software

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST

BTS203

Churches default to free (or included with the computer), so why switch to worship software like ProPresenter and others? We'll talk about it in this class.

Speakers

Paul Clifford

Founder, Trinity Digital Media

Paul Alan Clifford, M.Div., author of various church tech books and creator of nearly 200 ProPresenter tutorials (an order of magnitude more than anyone else), he wants more than anything to help your church reach her redemptive potential using technology.

Saturday January 25, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EST
BTS203

Tech

11:00am EST

Care And Feeding of a Healthy Tech Team

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

HSC201

Every worship ministry relies on its tech volunteers – the faithful few who show up early, stay late, and do whatever needs to be done to make sure everything goes smoothly. They're the first in, the last out, and often overlooked until something goes wrong. Their goal is to be invisible as they work to eliminate distractions and keep the focus on worship. Unfortunately, in many cases they remain invisible outside of worship and don’t receive the attention and access to spiritual formation they also desperately need. In this session, we'll have a candid conversation about recruiting, retaining, and most importantly, ministering to your tech volunteers.

Speakers

Matt South

House of Worship Sales Team, Sweetwater

Matt South is part of the dedicated House of Worship Sales Team at Sweetwater. Prior to being at Sweetwater he was a Worship Pastor in Tallahassee Florida and spent 11 years in Michigan in a Creative Arts Pastor role. Matt works with 1000s of churches all around the US and he has... Read More →

Kevin McMillan

Sales Engineer, Sweetwater

Kevin has been in ministry for over 20 years. As many in ministry do, he has worn many hats: from Worship Leader, Tech Director, Facilities Director, to Missionary. For over 5 years, Kevin served as the Team Manager for Life Action Ministries, an international organization whose primary... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
HSC201

Tech

11:00am EST

Design for Everyone: Unlocking the Basics of Ministry Graphics

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

HSC107

Discover how anyone can learn simple design principles to create impactful visuals for church ministry.

Speakers

Chad Jackson

Associate Vice President for Creative Strategies, Cedarville University

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
HSC107

Tech

11:00am EST

Digital Consoles 101

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

HSC211

How do these new fangled gadgets do what I need it to do?

Speakers

Daren Fulks

Founder, Fulks Media Solutions

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
HSC211

Tech

11:00am EST

Experience Immersive Audio

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

SSC240

What does object-based mixing, the next horizon of live audio sound like? Find out with your own ears what’s beyond mixing in stereo.

Speakers

Bob Cochran

Owner, Ovation Audiovisual

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
SSC240

Tech

11:00am EST

Lighting and Stage Design

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

DMC Chapel stage

Session will take place on the chapel stage where the main sessions take place. We will look at the lighting and systems up close as well as the new LED front light system. We will spend time looking at actual designs in all types of settings and talk about how to execute those designs. Very practical and hands on session. Lots of creative ideas.

Speakers

Steve Brock

Lighting and Stage Designer, Cedarville University

For the past 30 years I have worked as a scenic and lighting designer creating hundreds of custom-designed environments. I have worked in every kind of space and love the challenge of creating great environments no matter the situation or limitations. I am passionate about creating... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
DMC Chapel stage

Tech

11:00am EST

Making the Most of In-Ear Monitors

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

HSC205

Monitor mixing, and especially in-ear monitor mixing, is a largely neglected area in the live performance arena- we give people a lot of control and sometimes some pretty expensive equipment and expect them to instinctively know how to make useful and good things happen in their ears. Let’s start fixing that today! This training is designed for musicians who mix their own in-ears, but engineers who handle mixes for others may find this useful as well. We'll cover the why and the how using live multitrack examples and equip you with tools you can start implementing immediately!

(This session will be repeated at 12:45)

Speakers

Timothy Kolker

Technical Production Coordinator, First Light Church

Timothy is a husband, father of three, musician of over 25 years and audio engineer for 15. He's worked as the Technical Production Coordinator at First Light Church in Vandalia for the past 7 years, as well as filling almost every instrument slot on stage as possible for the last... Read More →

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
HSC205

Tech

11:00am EST

Sound Systems for the Portable and Small Church

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

HSC105

Many of our churches meet in rented spaces, including mine. The faster the gear can be set-up and taken down is a huge advantage in this environment. Our church for example is charged additionally every hour that goes by after our time is up. We also don’t want to tie up the volunteers’ day. This class will illustrate how easy systems can be to set up and operate, even by volunteers with little to modest levels of skills. We will demonstrate the scalability of these systems so that as the church grows , the systems capabilities can grow right along with it. We will talk about loudspeakers, audio mixers for the sanctuary and the stage and why you would want to consider digital technology for these applications: presets and recall, which will facilitate fast and repeatable set up and operation.

Speakers

Doug Gould

Founder, Worship MD

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
HSC105

Tech

11:00am EST

Worship Production Boundaries

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

SBCC142

Does the Bible say anything about LED walls and fog machines? How far is too far when it comes to production?

Speakers

Caleb Gordon

Worship Pastor, Grace Point Church

Saturday January 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
SBCC142

Tech

12:45pm EST

How to Elevate Your Worship Tech & Equip Your Team

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST

HSC107

Planning services, running multitracks, playing keys like a pro, the list goes on! There's a lot we have to do as worship leaders. In this workshop, learn how to use simple and powerful apps to enhance your worship technology and your team at any size church. We'll go over WorshipTools' suite of apps, the Prime MultiTrack App and the Sunday Keys App to help your worship team thrive.

Speakers

Adam Meyer

Founder and Creator, Worship Tools

Adam is the founder and creator of WorshipTools. As tech and worship team volunteer himself, he set out to build volunteer friendly, affordable worship software tools that any church could use.

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST
HSC107

Tech

12:45pm EST

In-Ear Monitors Can Be Your Friend

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST

HSC205

The goal of this workshop is to help you achieve as comfortable, natural and enjoyable time serving Christ and leading our congregations with in-ear monitors in as possible. We'll talk about the science behind in-ears, use real-life interactive audio examples, and equip you with practical tools to use with your team.

(This is a duplicate session of my 11am "Making the Most of In-Ear Monitors" workshop.)

Speakers

Timothy Kolker

Technical Production Coordinator, First Light Church

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST
HSC205

Tech

12:45pm EST

Pixel Perfect LED Walls

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST

SSC240

See the difference in person between high and low-resolution panels and how different panel types look on camera.

Speakers

Bob Cochran

Owner, Ovation Audiovisual

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST
SSC240

Tech

12:45pm EST

ProPresenter Basics

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST

HSC201

Just getting started with ProPresenter? We'll talk about where everything is located and some best practices for getting started

Speakers

Paul Clifford

Founder, Trinity Digital Media

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST
HSC201

Tech

12:45pm EST

Taking your live stream to audio to a new level

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST

SSC245

Speakers

Gary Buchanan

Network and Partner Marketer, BoxCast

The Video Platform for ChurchesDo more for your ministry with our integrated video platform. Use Streaming, Sharing, and Sites to reliably connect with your community — anytime, anywhere.

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST
SSC245

Tech

12:45pm EST

Ten Essentials Tips for Volunteer Audio Engineers

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST

HSC105

Are you a volunteer sound tech at your church who has never professionally mixed live sound but want to improve your skills? Here are 10 practical tips that may help. These simple steps can take your mix to the next level on your journey to becoming a better audio engineer.

Speakers

Doug Gould

Founder, Worship MD

Saturday January 25, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST
HSC105

Tech

2:00pm EST

Advanced Worship Planning

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

HSC107

If you've been leading worship for a while, you probably have your ways of planning your worship services and getting your team prepared for Sunday. But what if you could take it to the next level? Learn how to save time, better prepare your team, sync charts to your tracks and more!

Speakers

Adam Meyer

Founder and Creator, Worship Tools

Adam is the founder and creator of WorshipTools. As tech and worship team volunteer himself, he set out to build volunteer friendly, affordable worship software tools that any church could use.

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
HSC107

Tech

2:00pm EST

Lighting Design Broken Down

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

HSC205

Where should you put your lights, all about the angles, and soft vs. sharp focus

Speakers

Stephen Ellison

Technical Sales Specialist, The Light Source

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
HSC205

Tech

2:00pm EST

ProPresenter Tips and Tricks

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

HSC201

You know the basics, but don't know what ProPresenter can do beyond that. We'll talk about more advanced techniques and ways to save yourself time in creating presentations and adding automation.

Speakers

Paul Clifford

Founder, Trinity Digital Media

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
HSC201

Tech

2:00pm EST

Why your church live stream is awful and how to fix it

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

SSC245

Speakers

Gary Buchanan

Network and Partner Marketer, BoxCast

The Video Platform for ChurchesDo more for your ministry with our integrated video platform. Use Streaming, Sharing, and Sites to reliably connect with your community — anytime, anywhere.

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
SSC245

Tech

2:00pm EST

Digital Consoles 101

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST

HSC211

How do these new fangled gadgets do what I need it to do?

Speakers

Daren Fulks

Founder, Fulks Media Solutions

Saturday January 25, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST
HSC211

Tech