Built in the late 1800s to serve the spiritual needs of the growing Catholic community in Zürich, Switzerland, the Liebfrauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, positions itself as a contemplative center in a turbulent society. Designed in the style of an early Christian...
Case Studies
Christ Church of Short Hills Upgrades Streaming with Heavenly Results
When Christ Church of Short Hills (NJ) was looking to upgrade its streaming capabilities, to deliver quality live streaming and recorded broadcasts, it enlisted the services of JD Sound & Video. JD Sound and Video provides state-of-the-art sound, video and control...
DiGiCo Quantum338 Helps Christ Wesleyan Church
Christ Wesleyan Church (CWC) celebrated its centennial last year, a 100-year-old church community that has maintained its beliefs and traditions even as it grew into one of the largest megachurches in the Milton, Pennsylvania area. But there’s an entire other side to...
Associated Beth Rivkah Schools Elevates Events Experience with Modern Audiovisual Transformation
Associated Beth Rivkah Schools recently transformed its lunchroom into a modern multipurpose venue, by installing a a state-of-the-art audiovisual system. The upgraded facility now caters to various functions within the school, serving as a flexible space for...
Eden Project Creates an Immersive Christmas Trail
For many, the Christmas season traditionally brings with it magical and immersive eco-trails, with lighting and imaginative soundtracks replacing the more natural effects. In Cornwall, England, the best among these is Eden Project’s Music & Lights after dark...
ADJ Lighting Fixtures & Snow Machines Create Holiday Magic At 25th Annual Paramount Tree Lighting
A holiday tradition which started a quarter of a century ago, the City of Paramount’s annual Tree Lighting Celebration has become one of the biggest events of the local community calendar. It regularly attracts crowds of 8,000 to 10,000, however this year’s...
Monticello Baptist Church Elevates Video Production
As Chairman of Monticello Baptist Church’s TV and Sound Committee, Rusty O’Neal knew it was time to take the house of worship’s video productions into the future by adding high-definition capabilities. This meant he’d need to upgrade his gear―most especially his...
Lexington Baptist Church Uses Chauvet to Help Bring “The Christmas Experience”
A very accomplished painter when she isn’t busy as a LD, Denise Simpson says that she often likes to play with colors to do things a little differently when designing shows. This was beautifully evident this December when she lit “The Christmas Experience,” a...
Emanu-El Synagogue Helps Some Congregants Hear Service for the First Time
Located in San Francisco, California, Congregation Emanu-El is one of northern California’s landmark Jewish synagogues and has had a dynamic Jewish community since its founding in 1850. Now in its third site (a gorgeous structure dedicated in 1926, at Lake Street and...
Shishi Zen Temple Provides Worshippers with Elevated Audio Experience
Located in Lujiang, within China's Anhui Province, the Shishi Zen Temple serves as a place of worship and to enhance both the vocal and musical experience. Recently, the Zen Temple made the decision to embrace cutting-edge audio technology. After conducting thorough...
South Korean Church Provides Inclusive Worship Experience
The Catholic Church in Gwanpyeong-dong, Daejeon, South Korea was built in November 2018. Its exterior mirrors the deck of a ship, like Noah’s Ark sailing toward the sky. Its minimalist interior has tall stained-glass windows and is 91-feet long and 55-feet wide, with...
Stage and Lighting Design Tips from Church of the Highlands’ Geoff Franklin
How do you create immersive worship experiences across 20-plus venues on a weekly basis? It’s a question Geoff Franklin, production AVL engineer of the Church of the Highlands, and his teammates ask themselves often. But with Vectorworks Spotlight, the...
Small Caribbean Church Grows Congregation Using Blackmagic Design
Negril Seventh Day Adventist Church (Negril SDA Church), located in a small community on the west end of Jamaica in the West Indies, has been operating since the late 1960s. Mitchroy Grubb, lead tech coordinator, has been attending Negril SDA Church for more than 20...
Europalco Takes Center Stage in Helping Celebrate Pope Francis’ World Youth Day 2023
EUROPALCO, the largest provider of solutions for events and shows in Southern Europe, assumed a pivotal role in managing audiovisual signal distribution across all PA systems and LedWall towers for World Youth Day 2023, hosted in Lisbon, Portugal. Since its inception...
State of the Art Loudspeakers Enhance Lithuania’s Old Church of St. John the Baptist
Located along the banks of the slow-moving Nemunas River and surrounded by green meadows, the Old Church of St. John the Baptist stands alone as a sentinel against time. The picturesque Gothic church, with its striking steep-pitched roof, draws tourists and...
Desert Reign Church Brings Enriched and Inspiring Video Experiences to Congregants with 31 x 11ft LED Wall
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips professional displays and solutions, and system integration partner, TechArts, have teamed for the creation and installation of a spectacular 31ft x 11ft Philips 9000 dvLED wall inside the Desert Reign Church in Downy,...
Valley Baptist Church Bolsters Security with ZeroEyes’ AI Gun Detection and Intelligent Situational Awareness Platform
ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that its solution has been chosen by Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield, CA...
St. John Vianney Church Improves Intelligibility with ICLive X Loudspeakers
In the suburbs of Detroit lies Shelby Township, home to St. John Vianney Catholic Church. The quiet and unassuming church hosts a vast nave, with seating for more than 1200 people. The rectangular nave features brick-lined walls and soaring slanted ceilings that...
Eagle Brook Church Soars After Audio Upgrade
Based in the north Minneapolis suburb of Centerville, Eagle Brook Church is a continuously-expanding Baptist megachurch whose mission is to reach people for Christ. Hosting a weekly audience averaging 20,000, plus another 25,000 online, the church places high...
Christ Community Church Elevates Worship Experience with Elation Fuze Lighting
One of five Christ Community campuses in the greater Chicago area, Christ Community’s St. Charles/South Elgin location recently received a key lighting and house lighting upgrade of Elation Professional Fuze Profile™ and Fuze Pendant™ fixtures. The new lighting system...
Inspiring Illumination: Elation Artiste™ Lights Harvest Crusade in Southern California
Harvest Church held its annual Harvest Crusade evangelistic outreach at a packed Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and Elation Artiste series lights played a key role in creating a revival-like atmosphere for the 32,000 live attendees while helping to captivate...