scheduled because the heart is the same and the motivation of our heart is the same . We are in unity in a greater sense because we ’ re all carrying the DNA and the culture of our house . And so , it just doesn ’ t really matter who ’ s up on that stage . Our goal is the same , as Andrew said earlier : to honor Jesus .
[ WM ] I love that . The live streaming production is so good with you guys . Tell me about the rehearsals . Do you do a rehearsal during the week or just show up that Sunday morning , rehearse once , and then go ?
[ Andrew ] We have an hour of rehearsal before Sunday morning for our 9:00am service . We get here at 6:00am , and then rehearsal starts about 6:45am , and we have to be done by 7:50am for all the production meetings . So yes , we just have rehearsal in the morning . We have a great production team . I mean , honestly , Pastor Henry , if you ever come to the church , there ’ s a whole live stream mix room , and they mix with Pro Tools , and it ’ s kind of his brain child , if you will . It ’ s like his baby because he ’ s a mix engineer .
I think one of the most unique things about him as a pastor is that he has his ear to the ground on everything happening , especially in production and the creative world . And so if you ’ re ever in a group text on a Sunday morning , he ’ s sending front-of-house mixes , and before he ’ s about to go up on stage , he ’ s on the live stream listening to see how it sounds . And so he ’ s just super tuned into all that , which is amazing . And it ’ s a gift because it brings the excellence and the expectation of everything up .
They have a pretty set base , if that makes sense , for the livestream mix . Obviously , we have different players and different singers that they have to tweak a little bit . But we ’ re using the same drum kit ; we ’ re using the same keys rig for the most part . So all that stuff is set ; nothing ’ s changing a ton in that sense . And then just dialing in the individual players that are there that day .
[ WM ] How many services do you do a day ?
[ Andrew ] We have two services on Sundays in Nashville . We have three campuses in total . So we have a Franklin campus and a Columbia campus . They each have one service on Sunday mornings , and then we do a Tuesday night service .
[ WM ] Is there a live band at the other venues as well ?
[ Hope ] Yes . I would love to just say that I know people are reading this and they are thinking , “ Oh , you have amazing musicians . Of course you can just get away with a Sunday morning rehearsal .” And yes , we do have very professional , amazing musicians , but I was at a church for a very long time . I was on staff , and we had a midweek rehearsal . What we found over the years is that a lot of times with that midweek rehearsal , people use that as their practice time , and it really slows down the efficiency of the rehearsal . And I would
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