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Welcome to the Monochrome Podcast, a feel-good, lighthearted podcast from the SALT Community that brings together creatives and techs who serve in their local church. If you're the one who's always standing behind the curtain, pushing faders at the booth, re-exporting that design file, or wearing black like it's your job (because it kinda is), this podcast is for you. Along with a few friends and experts, the SALT team takes on challenges facing the everyday church creative by providing fun insights and advice to help you through it. Looking for more? Check us out: SALT Community (https://saltcommunity.com/) SALT Conference (https://www.salt2024.com/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltcommunity) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity

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October 1, 2026Episode 6911 min

Ep 69 - Obsidian Onyx Pixel Mapping and Cue Blender for Church Lighting

Most church lighting operators run the same handful of looks every Sunday - usually off one or two faders, hoping nobody notices. In this episode, David Henry - lighting educator with over 60,000 YouTube subscribers - walks through two of the most underused features inside the Obsidian Onyx system: Dylos pixel mapping and the cue blender. Pixel mapping lets you drive video content and patterns across your entire rig as one controllable surface. The cue blender stacks multiple cues onto a single fader so pan, tilt, color, and intensity all move exactly where you want them during a live service. Volunteer-friendly, immediately applicable, and the kind of training that makes Sunday mornings look like you have twice the rig you actually do. 🔗 Show Notes David Henry - Lighting Educator & YouTuber https://www.youtube.com/@LearnStageLighting Obsidian Control Systems - Onyx Platform https://www.obsidiancontrol.com 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 29, 2026Episode 6818 min

Ep 68 - More Art. More Presence. More SALT 2026.

Three weeks out from SALT 2026 and a key crew member just dropped out. Luke, Katelyn, and founding team member Joe Angel sit down to talk about what really happens behind the scenes of a conference - the moments that shake you and remind you that none of this was yours to control anyway. They also unpack the heart behind this year's theme, How Great Thou Art, why art itself is getting a seat at the keynote table this year, and what Cass Langton's moment at SALT 2025 sparked that changed how the team thinks about the main stage entirely. If you're coming to Dallas - this is your why. SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 https://salt2026.com Shift Worship https://www.shiftworship.com SALT Community Membership https://saltcommunity.com

September 24, 2026Episode 6717 min

Ep 67 - How to Protect Your Team From Unclear Expectations

Most team conflict isn't a people problem - it's a clarity problem. In this episode, Madi Weubben - Promotions Director at Brentwood Baptist - shares the practical protections every leader should build into the front end of a project to prevent unclear expectations from becoming team blowups. From her love, like, and hate task audit to setting revision caps before a project ever starts, this is the kind of leadership training that saves relationships, time, and a lot of painful debriefs. 🔗 Show Notes Madi Weubben - Promotions Director, Brentwood Baptist https://www.brentwoodbaptist.com Asana - Project Management Tool (referenced) https://www.asana.com 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 22, 2026Episode 6617 min

Ep 66 - 3x Grammy Winner Dwan Hill on Why the Choir Changes Everything

Dwan Hill grew up between two worlds - Birkenstocks and FUBU, a rock blues tour with Jonny Lang and a gospel stage with CeCe Winans. For years he felt like the one thing that wasn't like the others. In this episode, pulled from the SALT Conference main stage, the 3x Grammy winner, 2x Dove Award recipient, and founder of The Choir Room in Nashville shares how God used every mismatched piece of his story to craft something only he could build - and why the choir might be the most underestimated discipleship tool in the local church. This one starts as a keynote and turns into a worship moment. You'll want to sing along, not just listen. 🔗 Show Notes Dwan Hill - Singer, Songwriter, Speaker https://www.dwanhill.com/ The Choir Room - Nashville, TN https://www.choirisback.com/ CeCe Winans https://www.cecewinans.com 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 17, 2026Episode 659 min

Ep 65 - Yamaha DM7: Channel Strip, Routing, and Gain Structure for Church Audio

Most volunteers know how to push faders. Very few get taught how to actually route and process a channel - and that gap is the difference between a mix that works and a mix that moves people. In this bonus episode, Jeremy Van Valkenberg - formerly of Transformation Church, now leading production at Crosspoint Church in Nashville - walks through the Yamaha DM7 channel strip from top to bottom. Dynamics, EQ, plug-ins, patching, AB sources, analog and digital gain. Church-specific, ad-free, and applicable this Sunday. 🔗 Show Notes Crosspoint Church Nashville https://www.crosspointnashville.com Transformation Church https://www.transformationchurch.tc Yamaha DM7 Console https://usa.yamaha.com/products/proaudio/mixers/dm7 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 15, 2026Episode 6413 min

Ep 64 - What Your Church Website Is Telling First-Time Visitors

Most church websites are built backwards. They look great but send visitors in circles - no clear location, confusing navigation, and zero strategy for moving someone from curious to connected. In this episode, Luke and Katelyn pull from one of SALT's conference workshops on UX, UI, and web strategy built specifically for churches. From building a site map and wireframe before you ever touch design, to defining the on-ramps that turn a first-time website visitor into a first-time Sunday visitor - this episode gives you a framework you can actually use this week, whether you're rebuilding your site from scratch or just trying to make what you have work harder. 🔗 Show Notes Zach Nelson https://www.saltless.co Sarra Herring https://sarraherring.com/ Figma - Free Wireframing & Design Tool https://www.figma.com Adobe XD - Design & Prototyping https://www.adobe.com/products/xd.html 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 10, 2026Episode 6318 min

Ep 63 - Six Questions to Diagnose Your Week as a Creative Leader

If you opened last week's calendar right now, would it reflect what you say matters most? In this bonus episode, Phil Bowdle - creative arts pastor and ministry coach - walks through six diagnostic questions designed to expose what's actually happening in your week before you try to fix any of it. From what's stealing your time to whether you're protecting Sabbath the way you say you believe in it, these questions are simple to ask and hard to answer honestly. Phil's premise: you can't change what you haven't named. 🔗 Show Notes Phil Bowdle - Creative Arts Pastor & Ministry Coach https://www.philbowdle.com 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 9, 2026Episode 6216 min

Ep 62 - A DreamWorks Exec Explains Why Your Church Loses People

Rick Rekedal spent decades at DreamWorks Animation helping build some of the most beloved franchises in entertainment history - How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, Trolls. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on one of the most talked-about masterclasses from the SALT Conference: Rick's Story Adoption Engine. His thesis: churches aren't losing people because of bad programs or poor production. They're losing them because they haven't understood how people actually adopt a story and make it their own. From Curious George to Kung Fu Panda to the gospel itself, Rick walks through his Story Adoption Engine and why the difference between church people attending and church people belonging to comes down to one thing: whether the story you're telling feels like them. 🔗 Show Notes Rick Rekedal - Former DreamWorks Animation Executive https://www.rickrekedal.com/ How to Train Your Dragon - DreamWorks https://www.dreamworks.com Magnolia - Chip & Joanna Gaines https://magnolia.com 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 3, 2026Episode 6119 min

Ep 61 - Handheld Camera Technique for Live Worship Broadcast

Chad Vegas - former film director at Transformation Church, now with Sony - breaks down the exact framework he used to train camera operators at Bethel, Transformation, and beyond. In this bonus episode pulled from the SALT Community course library, Chad walks through his Chad Sandbox: seven rules that turn a volunteer with a camera into a cinematic storyteller. From matching your camera movement to worship tempo, to the three-shots-one-take approach that makes four cameras feel like eight - this is practical, immediately applicable training your team can use this Sunday. 🔗 Show Notes Transformation Church https://www.transformationchurch.tc Bethel Church Redding https://www.bethel.com Planning Center https://www.planningcenter.com 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_

September 1, 2026Episode 6026 min

EP 60 - Stop Losing New Visitors After Sunday

Brady Sticker, founder of Church Candy, introduced a framework that stopped Luke and Katelyn mid-conversation - and this episode picks up right where that left off. If 8 out of 10 first-time visitors never come back to your church, the problem probably isn't your Sunday service. It's everything before and after it. Luke and Katelyn dig into the real tools churches are underusing right now - from CRMs and automated messaging to dynamic QR codes, Instagram DM automation, and personalized video apps - and make the case that treating your church more like a business isn't selling out. It's good stewardship. 🔗 Show Notes The Biggest Story Bible Storybook https://www.crossway.org/books/the-biggest-story-bible-storybook-case/ Brady Sticker - Church Candy https://www.churchcandy.com Tools Many Chat https://manychat.com Bonjoro https://www.bonjoro.com CRMs https://churchcrm.io https://www.hubspot.com https://gracely.io TextInChurch https://textinchurch.com Planning Center https://www.planningcenter.com Clearstream https://clearstream.io Tap to go NFC stickers or QR codes https://clearstream.io/tap-tags?minimal=1&comet_source=google&comet_network=g&comet_campaign=23162158292&comet_ad_group=188155781518&comet_ad_id=780188893595&comet_keyword=nfc%20stickers&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23162158292&gbraid=0AAAAADrPAL-SebAXL9xUSvvsHtHJKNzpG&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3K7RBhDJARIsAKRtP5QesXYC34gCn_zCqWeTC21n4HlG7_AtUwOPMc6YzpYn7ifFp1IwSW4aAmA8EALw_wcB https://taptag.shop/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22077124289&gbraid=0AAAAADmZbZ8XuZuNPDtWPkUuGOHUel3ZS&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3K7RBhDJARIsAKRtP5QA9CZXpSXxqo2pEe786htHu6_nyKQa-TIptwrrKPIXRQjVAwuc9cMaAs1rEALw_wcB Zapier https://zapier.com/workflows 💡 More SALT JOIN THE COMMUNITY → http://SALTCommunity.com SALT 2026 Conference - Dallas, TX | October 14-16 → https://www.salt2026.com 🔗 Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salt_community/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSALTCommunity X: https://twitter.com/SALT_Community YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SALTCommunity_