You rarely notice them, but without them, our worship service would be an entirely different entity. They’re often in black, hiding backstage or in the booth. They rarely seek out the spotlight, yet they are just as important as the ones onstage. They show up early and stay late.
They are our tech team and I’m incredibly thankful for all that they do. Our MBC PW tech team is primarily comprised of Craig Campesi, Aaron Pounders, and Shirley Park. We’re in the process of training people who can step in when they need to take a weekend off, but on most Sundays they are the folks you see back in the booth.
Craig Campesi has been serving with MBC as non-paid staff since we were all in the Smith Center at Tysons years ago. He can fix almost anything and actually took time off of his full time job to serve with the installation of all the systems at PW. On weekends, he is responsible for the satellite link and lighting. He’s also training volunteers in both those areas, so feel free to contact him if you’d like to serve.
Aaron Pounders came to MBC from Cherrydale Baptist Church in Arlington several years ago. During the week, he serves on our install team but on weekends he is our Audio Magician who makes everything sound great. He and his wife and daughter live in the PW area and he’s glad to have the shorter commute early Sunday morning.
Shirley Park has been with MBC since The Edge began 5 years ago. She took some time off to go back to school, but came back part-time when PW opened. Shirley and I have been friends since the Edge days and I’m thankful of all she does for PW. She is responsible for all the visuals you see on the screens during worship and the sermon.
While Shirley, Aaron, and Craig are the ones you’ll see on weekends, there are several folks who have just as important a job in supporting us. Joel McMullen sends us the sermon video and audio from our broadcast booth back at Tysons. Cheryl Rice puts together the sermon powerpoint presentation for us each week. Ken Wortendyke and his team provide us with all the premade videos and all the live video coverage of the sermon.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Dave Schatzman and Don Hollenbeck, Jr. Dave manages our entire tech team for all the campuses. He also knows every wire in every room at every campus. I might be exaggerating slightly, but I’m not far off the truth. Don serves as the Executive Producer for the church so he oversees it all - music, tech, video, etc. Don makes sure we and the team at Loudoun know everything we need to know about what’s going on back at Tysons. He’s also a great supporter of all the artists in our church.
If you get a chance, be sure to thank this team for al their hard work. They are a critical part of what happens every Sunday at MBC-PW.
