Installation Stories in Houses of Worship First Redeemer Church, Cummings, GA

First Redeemer Church believes in Sennheiser's RF Superiority

In only 12 short years, Eulises Canada has become a widely known and deeply respected producer and vocalist in the Christian music industry. His extensive work in the studio and on the road has also shaped him into a discerning sound engineer. So when Canada joined First Redeemer Church in Cumming, GA as Creative Arts Director, he initiated several technical upgrades to the audio system that would dramatically increase the impact and beauty of the church's services. Chief among them was a complete replacement of the existing wireless microphone systems with Sennheiser ew 165 G2 handheld microphone and ew 112 G2 lavalier transmitter/receiver systems.

Two main buildings reside on First Redeemer's campus. The first contains a 2000-seat sanctuary in which a full orchestra and a 200-voice choir deliver a blended service every weekend with Pastor Dr. Richard Lee. The service is broadcast throughout the country via the "There's Hope America" network. The second building contains classrooms, student facilities, a family center, and smaller auditoriums where, for example, the youth band performs.

"RF has always been an issue in the church market," said Canada. "In my professional career, I transitioned away from a competing manufacturer to Sennheiser for all of my wireless applications… and many of my wired applications too. I found that with other brands, it was only possible to manipulate frequency structure on the high-end products, and even then it was difficult. I felt like I had to learn all the bands and all the frequencies that go with each band. With Sennheiser, it's easy on both their entry-level and high-end lines. I just look at the frequency band within the selector and pick a different frequency!"

Following Canada's direction, the church now has 25 Sennheiser wireless channels split almost evenly between the ew 112 G2 lavaliers and the ew 165 G2 handhelds. Most of the systems serve the main sanctuary, but others reside with the youth band and the class rooms. Canada coordinated their frequencies by first finding an open channel for one system and then using the "auto search" feature for the remaining systems. They've remained rock solid ever since, even amid the RF chaos of nearby Atlanta.