Projects / 006 · Permanent technical integration

Generation Grace Church

From rack to room.

LocationMarshall, Virginia
TimeframeCompleted 2024
RoleA/V Technician · Lighting Programmer
Church control position with multiview monitors overlooking the sanctuary and 18-panel LED wall
Fig 01 · Operator position and sanctuary overview
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Overview

A permanent LED and lighting system designed around clear stage coverage, practical recording needs, and repeatable operation for weekly services and performances.

Challenge

The installation had to combine a new large-format LED wall with programmable lighting while protecting camera sightlines, avoiding direct audience glare, and giving operators useful presets instead of a fragile one-off show file.

Response

I configured an 18-panel DVS LED wall through a Novastar VX600, programmed 16 ADJ Stryker Wash fixtures on Chamsys MagicQ, and created color, motion, stage-wash, and warm-white looks for performance and recording.

Outcome

The church received a coherent visual system that supports both live energy and clean video capture, with operational choices that can be repeated by the local team.

18LED panels
8 × 14 ftdisplay
16wash fixtures
VX600processing
01 · Hardware

A system, not a pile of parts

Power, processing, rack layout, and panel behavior were checked as one chain before the visual programming layer was added.

Rear of the equipment rack showing organized signal and power cabling
Signal and power connections
LED wall panels running a test pattern during installation
Panel test
The LED wall and wash lighting running together during commissioning
Commissioning
Finished church stage with the 18-panel LED wall and warm wash lighting, ready for service
Show-ready stage
02 · Commissioning

Install week to first service

Field footage from the build: panel install in late November, late-night commissioning sessions in December, and the room in regular use the following spring.

Install week — November 2024.
Commissioning — a 3am December session.
The system running — December 2024.
Photo from the Generation Grace Church install — stage and LED wall during the build
From the install — November 2024.
Photo from a late-night install session at Generation Grace Church
Late-night session — November 27, 1:15am.
Wash cues, programmed and previewed live.
Console to room — cue states checked against the Christmas set.
A cue walk — red, then blue, checked in sequence against the same set.