Power Sound of New England - Cutting Edge Church audio visual systems answer the call with video systems for church security

Church Security Camera

As we wrote about in the last post; Power Sound of New England has recently installed a multi-purpose and many-feature video projection system at St. Benedict Parish in Somerville, MA. In this, part II, we’ll explain a bit about the benefits of utilizing a church video projection system as a versatile security system.

One of the critical goals of the parish is for camera system to provide church security. The Boston Archdiocese and other parish communities are recommending that - through audio visual systems technology - worship spaces and offices to be more open to their congregations.

Examples of church security feature and benefits include:

Cameras at entrances: Alert staff and clergy know who is entering parish buildings. This is a wonderful way to allow worshippers access to their parish during times when only office staff is present. Cameras can record when motion is detected and send silent images to a monitor for instant review, or, record images to a digital video recorder for later playback.

Exterior entrance cameras: Camera on guests and monitors in offices can “announce” night time visitors arriving for meetings offering a more secure building after dark.

Worship space cameras: 

While their primary function may be to record worship services and ceremonies, also important cameras can keep watch over sensitive areas including collection boxes and any place valuables are kept. Church security is combined with the welcoming “open door” environment parishes strive to create.

Office and conference area cameras: Silent recording of meeting spaces provide transparency parishes seek while keeping private discussions just that way; private.

St. Benedict Parish pastor, Fr. Bob Carr views audio visual systems’ technology as vital to his parish. He continues to add technology, including church video projection with cameras to enhance the worship experience and to offer the safest environment in which to worship and to work. He said about our Audio Visual Systems

"…Power Sound knew exactly what we needed. Their guidance and product knowledge has been invaluable…"

Our thanks to Fr. Carr and to St Benedict Parish for entrusting us with their church audio, video projection and security systems. We look forward to being their trust A/V solutions source long into the future.

More information about church audio visual systems is available at our website www.PowersoundNE.com/worshipav.html

Power Sound of New England - Church Video Projection. A New Era in Audio Visual Systems

(part I)

The worship experience is being changed by church video projection. 

Even Catholic Churches, which have long been the anchor of our audio visual systems customer base—and are typically hesitant to utilize anything that feels to “techy” —are embracing it as a way to illuminate worship. As a priest recently shared with our G.M. Troy Jennings, “Technology is a tool. We in the ministry need to use all the tools available to reach our flock. If video projection can help us reach them than it’s a powerful tool.”

We are excited! We’ve just completed a cutting-edge custom audio visual systems project for St. Benedict Church in the Boston neighborhood of Somerville MA. This parish is made up of a multi-cultural congregation. Church video projection has given them more ways to connect to worship and to each other.

Church video projection system’s most special, intimate feature: Live stream video of prayer meetings is now seen by worshipers from Atlanta, GA to Argentina, and to as far away as Romania. Many parishioners have loved ones in other countries who now can watch and listen to streaming video on the parish website for important Masses including funerals and weddings. These are religious events they would otherwise miss.

In the sanctuary behind the altar are two large, retractable projection screens. Multiple cameras record different angles and project images “live” during church services. In addition to being a great way to display hymn lyrics so the congregation can lift their voice to the altar in song —and forget small-print hymnals, the Church video projection system offers multiple views of the church, altar and choir area. One of their favorite applications: Now during Baptisms the congregation can see a close-up of the baby, family and Celebrant.

About the church video projection project Power Sound of New England managed for St. Benedict’s Parish; the pastor Fr. Bob Carr wrote, 

“Hey Troy, We also installed an internet connection-so anything you can put on a computer, you can put on our screens at St. Benedict, including showing a DVD or showing a live feed from anywhere in the world. I just showed a video from my visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.”

We think this is a perfect example of what audio visual systems are all about.

In another phase of the project, Part II, (which we’ll blog about next time), other cameras were added to sensitive parish areas offering church security as part of this multi-purpose system.  Church Video Projection—with interior and/or exterior cameras—has evolved exponentially. It now is an instrumental "tool” to allow parishes to keep their doors more open, more often. Church security cameras are also a way to announce evening visitors to the parish. This is a valuable safety feature.

What are parish leaders saying about Church Video Projection? 

In a word, “Beautiful.”

More information about worship space audio visual systems is available at our website www.PowersoundNE.com/WorshipAV.
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Audio Visual Systems – Gorgeous new church audio for glorious old churches

We have just completed a very unique church audio project; the new audio visual system at St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery in Kennebunk Maine.

Designs for Church sound systems share some common traits; virtually every church space has reverberant acoustics. The architecture of religious spaces is singular, oft designed much like the shape of a boat hull upside down, or older buildings where acoustics where never considered pose some interesting challenges. That said, we have since 1969 been concentrating most of our business to treating these environments. Church sound systems that are effective in producing rich, intelligible audio for both the spoken word and the music ministry are not common in our industry. Most A/V providers say that they can focus on one or the other.

Huh? We know our custom audio visual systems answer the call for BOTH. That is one of the benefits of a custom Power Sound church audio system. Another is that we guarantee our work and will be there long after an audio visual system is installed for any updates or maintenance.

St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery needed new audio for their chapel but also needed special attention heeded to the monastery’s historical aesthetics. The new audio visual system design features BOSE Pro© speakers crafted especially for worship space environment. The photos to the right demonstrate how subtly the loudspeakers blend handsomely with their surroundings. These sleek speakers are actually six feet tall and yet 4 slim inches wide. Church audio in the chapel was augmented by smaller speakers added to ancillary spaces used for overflow.

Our project in this holy place was a particularly special to us and we are grateful for the trust Fr. Aurillius and the Monastery staff placed in us. We are honored to have earned it. Our kind thanks to St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery.

The Monastery is located on lush acreage in Kennebunk and is home to the Friary, Chapel, Shrines, a Guest House, lovely gardens and a gift shop. Religious services (with great new church audio), classes, and retreats are available. The beautiful property beckons thousands visitors and worshipers each year. Visit them at www.framon,net.

More information about worship space audio visual systems is available at our website www.PowersoundNE.com/WorshipAV