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SOUND INSTALLATION FOR THE SANCTUARY AND FELLOWSHIP HALL. The St. Luke Lutheran Church building was destroyed by fire in June of 2003. The building was near a complete loss. Only the brick outside walls of the sanctuary were saved. The church not only survived, but was rebuilt and had their dedication service on Nov. 23, 2003. Thanks to the dedication of countless volunteers, the leadership of recently new pastor Rev. John Ehlers, and the design and construction expertise of Dave Wilson of D.A.W. Designs in Parma, the church was reopened and dedicated five months and two days after the fire.

This view of the sanctuary is from the entrance. Because of the size, shape, and worship style, only a single center flown speaker was required for this installation

Sanctuary view of center speaker enclosure

This view is from the back area in the section where the choir sits. The organ and speakers are located behind this position. You can barely see the choir mic (used only for a recording signal) and the center speaker in this shot.

In this closer view, you can see the white choir mic hanging above and in front of the choir seating location. This microphone sends sound to a bus on the mixer used for recording, remote sound, and hearing impaired audio.

Peave mini monitor next to closed rack

The rack is located in a small room just to the side of the left pulpit. The rack houses the power amp, equalization, power conditioner, and mixer. Here you see the lockable rack, and a small stand mounted monitor speaker.

The twelve channel mixer just fits on a sliding tray inside the rack. Yes sound techs, I agree this is a terrible location to operate sound from. The trade off was insisted upon by church members because of the limited seating area in the chapel. Because the service style of St. Luke is traditional, hopefully they will not suffer many consequences because of the location of the mixer.

The transmitter for the system for the hearing impaired is shown sitting on top of the mixer rack. The Williams Sound hearing impaired transmitter serves two purposes in St. Luke. Not only does it supply signal to hearing impaired receivers, it also allowed us to avoid running additional amplification and ceiling mounted speakers in other areas of the church for remote sound from the santuary.

Williams Sound remote wireless speakers

The next two photos show the remote receiver speakers that can be moved throughout the church for remote sound from the sanctuary. The entry lobby for St. Luke. Do you see the remote speakers?

Williams Sound remote wireless speakers

Here is a close up of the speakers that provide sound for those in the entry area of the church. These are Williams Sound products.

Fellowship Hall-See the Enclosure in the background

Playford Music also provided a small sound system for the fellowship hall. You can see St. Luke was busy for the dedication service that took place on Nov 23.

Peavey Impulse series speaker enclosure

The single ceiling mounted speaker provides excellent dispersion for the entire room because of it's corner location. Here is a close-up of the mounted speaker. Playford Music ran signal from the sanctuary to the fellowhip hall, which can be amplified in the fellowship hall system. This could become necessary in some overflow situations.

Rev. John Ehlers and Dave Wilson

Rev. John Ehlers of St. Luke Lutheran, and Dave Wilson of D.A.W. Designs of Parma. Dave not only designed the project, but personally oversaw the process from concept to conclusion. It was a pleasure working with both of these gentlemen to provide sound for His glory at St. Luke Lutheran Church of Jackson, Mi.

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