Holy Redeemer Parish, West New York, NJ

St. Mary's Church, (located just across the Hudson River form Manhattan), wanted to reach more parishioners more of the time. They asked Power Sound of New England to design a Church Video System that could facilitate a better connection to their congregation, both at the church and far beyond its walls. This allowed us a creative approach for the design and installation of a multi-purpose church video projection solution.

We designed two systems to work in concert: a beautiful video display system for overflow areas
within the church and live video streaming which displays Mass in real time on their website.

The In-Church Video Projection

Our video projection design offer exactly what they sought. First, video cameras have been installed to record Masses; they are projected on flat-screen monitors in overflow areas. There is a display monitor and speaker in the vestry so clergy can follow the Mass. For overflow we also installed a monitor and speaker in the narthex.

Live Video Streaming for Borderless Worship

Live streaming of religious services is fast-growing as an integral part of worship technology.

Live video internet streaming offers parishioners, family members and other worshipers a way to watch live video broadcasts of Mass anywhere; on computers and other internet-connected device. Viewers can to tune-in from across the globe or across town. Vivid high-definition video offers a an experience that is the next best thing to being there.

This New Jersey Catholic church wanted our state-of-the-art technology but without the need to allocate staff to manage it. No problem! We manage schedules remotely so it’s hands-free for the parish. We regularly monitor the functionality to the live video stream to be sure it’s performing perfectly. We also are available for remote technical support if the need arises.

Now Masses are available to everyone via a link on the parish website. Live Streams can be viewed here: St. Mary's Church Live Streaming

Church Sound, Church Video: Were the new age meets history

I. Video Projection Systems: First Baptist Church of Paris in South Paris, Maine wanted to add video projection to their historic church. They were very concerned about maintaining the aesthetics of the space.  A motorized retractable projection screen is a highlight. The way it disappears when the screen is not needed is exactly what they wanted! We integrated the video projector and computer for a variety of kinds of presentations. 

II. A church sound system upgrade was also done as part of the AV system design and installation project. A Highlight: New Pro Bose® speakers, designed for the church environment, offer greatly improved sound quality and intelligibility. Speakers were carefully mounted adjacent to window casings and painted to match. The result is the vastly improved sound they needed and the discreet appearance they wanted. 

South Paris Maine is a quaint village and First Baptist Church of Paris is an important piece of the fabric of the community. One of the facets of this project that stood out for us was the focus of upgrading technology, not just for the congregation, but also for the community of South Paris.  This is best explained in the words of the Pastor…

"Beautiful sound!"

The quality of sound has truly impressed me; NO comparison to the old system. And the video projection performs beautifully also. You had such sensitive concern for our historic structure. Your crew collaborated with our electrician to preserve visual authenticity. There are some new wires your crew actually had to point out to me— it is just amazing! Even the placement of jacks in the aisles is discreet, so during weddings they won’t show in photographs. I am especially grateful for your approach of “we’re putting it in now” but we will “follow up in a few weeks to ensure you are comfortable with the system.” We have really benefited from this. And, the project came in on budget.

Our new audio visual capabilities allow us the ability to offer our church for local groups’ use for a broader range of community events and concerts. Prior to choosing PSNE we called some other ministers of historic churches and they were very complimentary. This cemented our decision to entrust this project to your company.  - Pastor Mary Beth Caffey, First Baptist Church of Paris

Read more about more of the benefits of church sound in Maine churches and beyond. 

How’s the sound in your church? How about the classrooms, Sunday school, community hall, offices, or nursery? Perhaps your congregation and staff want and need much clearer, much more intelligible sound? We can help identify and solve the audio challenges for your church. To learn about today’s church sound solutions, visit our website to read about audio visual systems for worship.

Interview with our own Troy Jennings

"The Anchor" - The Fall River Diocese weekly story features PSNE

Rev. Michael Nagle, pastor for three churches of Good Shepard Parish has long-trusted Power Sound of New England for AV solutions for the parish. This island churches on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts have our custom designed church sound and video projection systems.

Now though they have embraced new state-of-the-art technology; Live Video Streaming for churches.

A recent article in The Anchor highlighted the Father Nagle's project and his relationship with Power Sound of New England.

We are so pleased to have been included in this article. It is a great representation of the technology for worship as well as how we, at PSNE, manage the unique challenges of each church we design and install AV systems for.

Have a read,,,

For the complete article, please read more here.

Our profound thanks and appreciation to Fr. Nagle and Good Shepard Parish for their long-time support of our work. It is the greatest testament to our company vision when a church or a parish entrusts us for all their ongoing Church Audio and Video Projection needs.

Learn more about Live Streaming for churches at our website:
http://powersoundne.com/live-streaming-churches/

St. Augustine’s Church on Martha’s Vineyard

Good Shepherd Parish trusts Power Sound of with all their AV needs

 

The Projects – I. Audio Visual Systems: St. Augustine’s Church on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts needed to replace their church sound. The parish has entrusted Power Sound if New England with the church audio renovations at their two other island churches so naturally, Fr. Michael Nagle called on us again for this project.

II. The other facet of the audiovisual system brings a visual component to the worship. The parish wanted to bring video projection to the Mass as they had done at another island church, Our Lady Star of the Sea. A Church Video Projection System was custom designed to meet their needs.  Two motorized retractable 12-foot projections screens are a beautiful feature. Mounted on wall surface of two colors we then painted to match they blend nicely and have no negative impact on interior aesthetics. Retracted projection screens simply tuck away when not in use. We integrated two video projectors and a camera with their computers for a variety of kinds of presentations. Planning ahead we also did preparation for live video streaming to be introduced in a later phase of the project for the church.

Features of PSNE-designed Church Video Projection:
• Single or dual screen systems tailored to your worship space.
• Eliminate traditional hymn books with on-screen lyrics.
• Live streaming can project to overflow areas, or to your website.
• Present visuals of weddings, christenings and memorials.
• Project Altar activities to Classroom, Hall...anywhere!
  

“Very Engaging!”
"For pastors: If you’ve never used it  during worship, you don’t know what you missing. Once you’ve used it you can’t imagine what you’d do without it. Video projection enhances participation; everyone is drawn deeper in the experience of the liturgy. Now when we don’t use it, the congregation really misses it!”     ~ Rev. Michael R. Nagle, Martha’s Vineyard

Pro Church Sound Solutions:
• Tailored to individual space acoustics.
• Offers clear, intelligible sound for sanctuary, hall, or classroom.

For New Systems or Upgrades:
Custom AV solutions give you the tools to use technology to reach more people more ways.

Below are some photos of the project. In our next blog post we’ll write about the newest feature of the audio visual system at St. Augustine: Live streaming video. Now the Mass can be viewed from anywhere in the world.

Dual screens, projectors and new speakers

Video projection in the parish hall.

 

St. Andrew the Apostle in Worcester MA; New Church Video Projection, Deeper Understanding

Supporting Multilingual Congregation with Church Video Projection

Dual projection screens at St. Andrew the Apostle

 “We definitely love it!” said the kind staff when asked how they were enjoying the new church video system at St. Andrew the Apostle. 

Screen, projector & new church speaker.

The Projects – I. Audio Visual Systems: St. Andrew the Apostle in Worcester Massachusetts wanted to add video projection to the Mass. A custom Church Video Projection system was designed by Power Sound of New England.  Two motorized retractable 12-foot projections screens are the highlight! We integrated the video projector with both cameras and computers for a variety of kinds of presentations. II. A church sound system upgrade was also done as part of the AV system design and installation project.

Church Video – The primary goal for video projection: St. Andrew the Apostle was seeking a way to assist the multilingual congregation with hymn lyrics. The African Ministry at the parish has parishioners speaking Swahili, the Burundi language of Rundi, and English. Hymn translations projected from a computer onto the large format projections screens answered the call. Now the parish has expanded their use of the system for English speaking Masses as well. Ideal for displaying church news, religious imagery, photographs of events, and more; church video systems are a effective addition to extending the reach of worship.

Beyond the walls – A congregation exists far beyond the walls of the sanctuary. With live steaming for websites video projection can deliver Services and Mass anywhere, in real time.

PSNE spoke of the growing need of houses of worship to better support multilingual congregations, “We are often called upon to design custom video projection systems for churches with congregations made up of worshipers speaking many languages. Providing translations of hymn lyrics and church messages is easier than ever with video projection.”

Read more about more of the benefits of video projection.

Cameras capture Altar activity to project onto screens

Cameras - We integrated the parish’s existing cameras into the new audio visual system. This offers the church the ability to use the church video system by utilizing cameras to record altar activities. This feature of video projection at churches is ideal for projecting wedding ceremonies, baptisms and other special altar services onto screens for large-format viewing. It can always be used to manage overflow attendance in spaces including community halls, the foyer or narthex, a mother’s room, or anywhere.

Churches are benefiting from video systems outside of weekend Masses or Worship Services. Used often for the presentation of films for religious education or family-friendly entertainment video projection may be controlled from different chosen locations at St. Andrew the Apostle including the loft or in the sanctuary from a windows-based laptop computer, Mac-based ipad or iphone.

Church Sound – As part of the AV installation PSNE retrofitted the church audio system. A Highlight: New Pro Bose® speakers, designed for the church environment, offer greatly improved sound quality and intelligibility. 

How’s the sound in your church? How about the Sunday school, community hall, classrooms, or nursery? Perhaps your congregation and staff want and need much clearer, much more intelligible sound? We can help identify and solve the audio challenges for your church. To learn about today’s church sound solutions, visit our website to read about audio visual systems for worship.

A Massachusetts Church; Video Projection for Education

More visual education with video projection at St. Agnes Parish in Dalton MA

In this PSNE blog post, we will share phase 2 of new AV installation at both the Chapel Conference Room and the Academy of St. Agnes Parish. The parish wanted video projection their conference space, which is a former chapel and the Academy library. The building once housed a convent and over time has evolved into the academy. The parish asked Power Sound of New England to first develop and design a church video projection system for the sanctuary.

The project in the main church was completed in the Fall. (Read about it in the post below) That phase of the AV installation was completed in time to utilize the video projection as a learning tool for the new Roman Missal. St. Agnes parish pastor, Fr. Chris Malatesta, employed the new audio visual system as a tool for teaching the congregation. Fr. Chris displayed text onto the large format screen and during Mass the congregation, along with Father practiced the new Mass Translations prior to the November implementation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition.

The Project Phase 2: Church Video Projection for the Chapel Conference Room and the Academy Library. The goal: more visual education!

Other important features of the video projection system included design and AV installation featuring components that would be visually discreet in the conference space therefore maintaining the glorious architecture of the former Convent Chapel. In the library and the chapel ceiling mounted projectors and motorized retractable screens were installed offering an on-demand feature that makes the systems

Fr. Chris Malatesta spoke of entrusting PSNE with the Parish’s comprehensive church video projection project:

“After meeting with Troy we knew; ‘Power Sound’ had an exceptional sense of our worship needs combined with technical savvy.”    

 ~ Fr. Chris Malatesta: St. Agnes Parish

Church video projection by PSNE has many that applications can be used to deepen the connection to education…and to worship. Conference space, School, Sanctuary ...anywhere.

St. Agnes Parish’s video projection solutions features:

For the Chapel Conference Room at the Academy

• Video for RCIA Ed

• Parish Board meeting presentations

For the Academy Library

• Enhance communication with visual technology

For the Sanctuary

• Project hymn lyrics and liturgy

• Display religious imagery and parish announcements

• Show memorial presentations during Funerals

• Project video of Mass to overflow areas

 

Custom Church Video offers more way to connect your congregation to worship than ever before. If you would like to explore some of our custom applications for video projection and complete audio visual systems for worship visit our website: powersoundne.com/churchvideoprojection.html