Meet the Instructors
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Kent Morris, President, Cornerstone Media
Kent Morris delivers a bridge-building perspective to the technical arena. He is a live sound engineer for Tommy Walker, Paul Baloche, Don Moen, and Israel Houghton as well as a senior pastor. Additionally, he is an audio/video system designer with Cornerstone Media, whose clients include Mt. Paran Church of God and In Touch Ministries. Kent is the technical editor and advisor for several worship magazines and is a member of the Audio Engineering Society for 18 years and teaches for NAMM, NSCA, NAB, and NRB on church technology issues. As an engineer and instructor for Integrity Media and Maranatha! Music since 1996, he has taught thousands of worship techs how to provide “Audio Worthy of Worship.” |
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Jay Delp, President, Jay Delp Productions
For over 20 years Jay Delp has been actively and passionately involved in ministry and media and operates his ministry-based media production company JAY DELP PRODUCTIONS out of the Philadelphia, PA area providing video production services, resources and training for Christian conferences/ministries coast to coast and beyond. Jay’s passion is to help Christians use today’s media technologies to dynamically communicate the unchanging message of the gospel of Jesus Christ to a changing generation. |
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Victor Labarbera, President, V Labar Productions
Victor has helped several churches begin their television ministries. He can offer consulting , training, filming, editing, and format transfers. He has also produced music videos, concert videos, sports entertainment programming, television commercials and infomercials that have been aired all over the world. |
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Kim Messer
Kim Messer is a writer, editor and creative product developer. Through publishing, she has the chance to encourage and teach writers and drama teams. She has written and compiled several books and regularly helps develop and write church musicals. She has a passion for excellence in drama ministry, and recently has begun to develop visual resources for the church. She worked as Product Line Manager for Lillenas Publishing Company for nine years before becoming a free-lance consultant and writer. |
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Jeff Urke, Worship Coordinator, Biola University
Jeff coordinates the Music in Worship degree program at Biola University where he teaches sound and production courses, oversees outreach worship bands, and coordinates on campus worship and technology events. Jeff also leads worship full time for Pathways Church in Irvine, CA. |
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Bill Wyramon, Producer, WorshipFilms.com
Bill Wyramon is Producer at WorshipFilms.com of Rocky Mount, NC. His duties include video editing, motion graphics, print work, and web design. Bill has been involved in video production, both professional and recreational for over 15 years and is passionate about reaching people through the visual arts. |
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Greg Collins, Design Specialist, Creation Calls Studio
Greg has a background in set, stage and lighting designs and production. He has worked with all levels of organizations, but prefers helping houses of worship of all sizes. |
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Shauna Niequist
Shauna Niequist lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with her husband Aaron, who is a worship leader who dreams about joining the World Poker Tour, and their son Henry. Shauna grew up in the Chicago area, and then studied English and French literature at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. She worked in Student Ministries at Willow Creek for five years, and as the Creative Director at Mars Hill for three years. |
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Stephen Ellison, Avcom Inc.
Stephen Ellison, has worked 25 years in lighting production. Fascinated by lighting and theatre since grade 7, he received a BFA in Lighting Design from North Carolina Shool of the Arts. He has a special interest in church market lighting design systems and teaches at LDI, NAB, INFOCOMM and Inspiration. He is available for local training and conferences. |
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Robert G. Lee
Robert G. Lee is the director of Bel Air Drama Department (BADD) a servant covenant group that serves the church through live and video drama ministry. He has also been Hollywood's top warm-up comic for almost two decades. He's a veteran of over 1,000 episodes of such shows as "Just Shoot Me," "The Drew Carey Show" and, most recently, "The New Adventures of Old Christine." |
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Lauren Yarger
Lauren Yarger is Executive Director/Producer with Masterwork Productions, Inc. She has written, directed and produced numerous shows and special events for both secular and Christian audiences. She co-wrote a Christian musical version of “A Christmas Carol” which played to sold-out audiences of over 3,000 in Vermont and was awarded the 2000 Vermont Bessie (theater and film awards) for “People’s Choice for Theatre.” A member of The Drama Desk and The Outer Critics Circle, she writes reviews of Broadway and off-Broadway theater with a Christian perspective for Masterwork Productions and writes secular reviews of New York and Connecticut theater for the national web site American Theater Web .
Yarger writes news and inspiration for Christian artists at http://christianperformers.blogspot.com, blogs about theater and writing at http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com and teaches theater workshops at conferences around the country. She is a freelance writer and member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Christians in Theatre Arts, the Episcopal Actors Guild, Christian Writers Fellowship International and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
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Paul D Hendrix, JR
Paul D Hendrix, JR is a seasoned professional in the Church Media and Technology world. He owns PDH Systems, Inc., a design/build firm in Acworth , GA as well working extensively with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Paul also manages Church Media Coach, LLC, a company committed to teach and train your technical staff in the specifics of technical as well as relational aspects of your church ministry. For more information on these and other organizations that Paul is a part of please go to www.enhanceyourworship.com. Paul can be contacted at paul.hendrix@pdhsystems.com. |
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