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©Community of Christ Church
Community of Christ Temple
Independence, MO
Located just minutes from downtown Kansas City, Missouri, the breathtaking Community of Christ Temple features a
1,600-seat worship sanctuary and a number of smaller lecture halls and classrooms. Next door is a 5,700-seat
auditorium and other smaller assembly halls, dining rooms and meeting rooms. Not surprisingly, the A/V systems
that power the Temple are top-of-the-line in form and function and include Sennheiser 2000 Series wireless systems
throughout. The church bought the microphones from Harvest Productions both to take advantage of the 2000 Series'
auto-programming functionality and to comply with new FCC RF regulations.
As part of its yearly routine, the auditorium and temple are the venue for Christmas and Easter performances,
concerts, plays and conferences. And they rival many public venues in both scope and magnitude.
"If they can think it up, we are here to support it," says Bob Haworth, CTS-certified electronic media systems
engineer for Community of Christ. Haworth heads up the event media team that designs, installs and operates the
facility's equipment, and also handles projection, sound reinforcement, real-time translation and live Internet
streaming. Haworth summarized, "If there's a medium out there, we're involved in it on a professional level."
©Dave Wheaton
"The auto-programming functionality of Sennheiser's new 2000 Series is immensely practical," Haworth says. "Our
tech team gets it immediately. We leave all of the fixed receivers on pre-established channels that don't conflict
with the outside RF world or each other. Then, as wireless equipment is needed in various application and rooms,
the operators can simply take the transmitter over to the receiver and 'zap' the proper frequency. It even works as
groups move from room to room in breakout sessions. Nothing could be simpler or more robust!"
In addition, the variety of transmitters and microphone styles gave the church the flexibility to meet its many
and varied needs. "We love the HSP 2 headworn microphones," Haworth says. "We use those most often for spoken word.
The lavs are nice too; a natural extension of the units our video crew had been using. With the handhelds, we have
the ability to switch out any Sennheiser evolution wireless series capsule. That means we can use cardioid or
hyper-cardioid as the needs of a service, program or event change.
"My job is to provide sound reinforcement that is not noticed, and the Sennheiser wireless system helps my team
provide quality sound for worship services and community programs," Haworth concluded.
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