Todd Elliott on how to pull off Easter and other big services without losing your cool, your volunteers and your mind
Easter is that one service where we want to do things bigger than we normally do. Our desire is to help create a powerful moment—especially for those that typically only attend church on Easter and Christmas. Todd Elliott is no stranger to big Easter services, having served as the leader of the Willow Creek Community Church production team for over ten years. Year after year, Todd and his team were tasked with pulling off the ideas from the creative team. This conversation with Todd is about doing something your church typically doesn’t do without breaking the bank, breaking your spirit and breaking all of your volunteers.
Find Todd Elliott online:
Instagram: instagram.com/_toddelliott
Twitter: twitter.com/_toddelliott
Facebook: facebook.com/FILOcommunity
FILO Conference is a two-day conference specifically for those that serve in the technical arts of their church. This is a place where you can grow in your craft, learning from some of the best at what they do. But it’s also a place to find community with other people that like to hide in the shadows, and it’s place to find inspiration for what God’s called you to do in your own local church.
FILO is May 21-22, 2019 in the northwest suburbs of Chicago at Willow Creek Community Church. Here’s a link for more information about breakouts, main speakers, tickets and hotel options.
While we’re on the topic of production ministries, one of the latest Practical Worship YouTube videos is a tour of our media booth, showing our ProPresenter, audio and lighting positions—even our newly remodeled media storage closet.
By the way, about all that small talk regarding the weather at the beginning of the interview... I thought by now we'd be experiencing some spring-like temperatures. But as I type this and prepare these show notes, it's just as cold in Oklahoma City as the day we recorded the interview back in January—still well below freezing. I think Phil the Groundhog LIED to us!
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