Episode Details

How do you run one of the largest churches in America with mostly volunteers? 



Griffin McCray is the Broadcast Lighting Director for the Church of the Highlands in Alabama and he joins us to discuss lighting, salary offers, and how he became the lighting professional he looked up too as a kid. 

• 1:00 Toby stumbles into a massive church stock room 
• 6:14 We introduce Griffin McCravy! 
• 13:25 Five Truths and a Lie 
• 23:00 The start of Griffin’s lighting director role 
• 24:50 Volunteers run Church of the Highlands 
• 29:00 Can church techs wear a non black shirt?
• 32:32 Pulling in the congregation with lighting design 
• 39:00 AVL Church Tech Department Battles 
• 42:20 Church of the Highlands’s Christmas service 
• 44:00 What it’s like learning audio, video and lighting 
• 45:30 Griffin’s proudest moment as a lighting director
• 48:00 Tech Takeaway on honestly on our salaries and offers 

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