Service Run-of-Show

Owner: Director

Spine (customize)

1. Building open / tech power path
2. Team present → ready for run-through
3. Line check + pre-service rehearsal
4. Freeze (default: doors) — experiments stop; Worship Lead or Tech Lead calls it once on talkback
5. Team prayer
6. Doors / pre-service atmosphere
7. Service start (countdown or live open)
8. Worship set / liturgical pieces per plan
9. Transitions to word, ordinances, response
10. Closing song / benediction support as planned
11. Post-service play-out (optional)
12. Strike + debrief notes

Clocks for each step live in Our Congregation; the week’s service plan names the Platform lead.

Owners during service

Domain	Primary	Backup
Musical calls (entries, holds, endings, cut/extend)	Worship Lead as Platform lead	Director
House mix	FOH	Tech Lead
Lyrics	Media	Stream op if cross-trained
Lights	Lighting	Tech Lead
Pastoral deviations	Platform lead listens to the pastor	—
Stopping the service for a person (medical, safety)	Any lead who sees it	—

Quiet professionalism

• In-ear chatter stays minimal and kind
• Side-stage conversations away from open mics
• If the pastor extends, band watches the Platform lead — don’t invent a concert

When something breaks: Incidents & Contingencies.

https://theonize.github.io/petra/04-service/service-run-of-show/

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