Dwelling Place Church, Houston, uses LiveU Solo cloud-based workflow
Houston-based Dwelling Place Church brings together worshippers from different backgrounds to share the message of hope to their congregation. The house of worship has turned to live streaming technology to expand its message and reach beyond the walls of the church.
Dwelling Place Church, Houston, TX
Challenge
As the church started streaming weekly services, the media team quickly realized they needed a more robust solution since they experienced network maintenance issues during their live streams.
Solution
“LiveU was the easiest introductory technology to get the church into cellular bonding.” John Hettinger, Media Director, Dwelling Place Church, Houston, TX
After an introduction to LiveU Solo and its cloud-based workflow, the team swapped out streaming solutions with positive results.
“The church hasn’t seen any issues and the streams have been ‘unbreakable,’" says John Hettinger, Dwelling Place Church media director. “LiveU was the easiest introductory technology to get the church into cellular bonding.”
The church uses LiveU Solo for weekly services and large conferences. The streams typically reach thousands of people weekly and special events reach upward of 25K. “Live streaming has helped us connect with worship
Reaching the homebound
Every church has them: once-active church members that are now homebound (primarily older adults and their caregivers). With reduced involvement in the church, these members are largely unknown to most of the congregation and may feel forgotten, ignored, or misunderstood. “LiveU Solo has brought the church to these members. The ability to view and participate in the service has really strengthened their faith,” according to Hettinger.
Every church has them: once-active church members that are now homebound (primarily older adults and their caregivers). With reduced involvement in the church, these members are largely unknown to most of the congregation and may feel forgotten, ignored, or misunderstood.
The media team also uses Solo to live stream pastoral training and to educate other churches about live streaming technology. “For other congregations, the biggest hurdle is knowing how to go live and utilizing all the social media platforms,” nots Hettinger. “So far, audiences have been impressed by the quality of the live streams and other production people cannot believe that cellular bonding is attainable.”
“The biggest benefit of Solo is that it’s an affordable solution to ‘fool proof’ your stream. It’s so simple to use and you can quickly train people to run it. You can be on the other side of the word and it’s easy to start or stop the stream,” he adds
Live matters
“Audiences respond to true live opposed to simulated live,” says Hettinger. When the church hosts on live stream, it gives them more of a chance to interact with the audience as opposed to just watching it afterwards from home.” For example, a well-known guest speaker was featured in a recent live stream and boosted weekly viewership from 1K to 20K on Facebook Live, proving that LIVE makes things more interactive in real-time.
In the future, The Dwelling Place Church plans to use Solo at International Conferences where churches and pastors from around the world come together to worship together. Organizers expect a big in-person turnout and an even bigger turnout online.
Live streams are also in the works at other destination conferences in locations such as Paris or Tokyo. “With the Solo making the church’s productions easier, there is so much opportunity to broaden the worship spectrum,” concludes Hettinger.
Find more information on LiveU Solo here: https://gosolo.tv/.
