Passion Church looks to future with Elation
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In early 2020, Passion Church reached out to 5 Words Media, an AVL production company based in Phoenix, to inquire about a full AVL system design. A day later, 5 Words Media sales engineer Brandon Cole met Pastor Romeo Leal on-site at Passion Church to walk the space and strategise an ideal AVL system to support their current and future needs.
“I wanted to hear the dreams Pastor Romeo had, not just for the AVL aspects of Passion Church, but for his church overall,” stated Cole. “Designing a system with the overarching vision and mission of the church in mind helps us design and build them a system equipped for future expansion while also ensuring excellence is achieved.”
The church’s previous build used basic 0-10v lights but Cole wanted to give his client the ability to “paint a picture” using dynamic house lights. “Some of their wants were to control the left, centre and right sections of the audience,” he says. “Showing the capabilities of the Fuze Pendants between colour to dimming control hit the nail right on the spot with what they were looking for.”
5 Words Media designed the lighting system with Elation products chosen for house lighting, atmospherics, wireless DMX/distribution, and control, namely Fuze Pendants, a Magma Prime haze machine from Magmatic atmospheric effects, an Elation E-FLY wireless DMX Transceiver, and an NX Wing controller from Obsidian Control Systems.
“While house lighting was not part of the original scope of work, after a few conversations with Pastor Romeo we quickly discovered the value in adding 18 Fuze Pendants across their sanctuary,” Cole states. “We’re thrilled to see that pairing these fixtures with the E-Fly Wireless Transceiver out of the NX Wing provides them with the colour and control that they were looking to achieve.”
The new lighting system, which is also used to enhance the quality of the church’s broadcast efforts, gives clean coverage across the entire audience, while giving control over the left, centre and right.
The install in the 450-capacity sanctuary space was completed in mid-February. “Our team loved working with Passion Church, the relationship that was built and the gear that was installed will last,” Cole concludes. “The system that they walked away with is a system that preps them for future growth while achieving excellence at every step of the way.”
