◁ WORK | CHURCH AV | MARINERS CHURCH HB
Mariners Church has a rich history of creating dynamic worship environments. But when they took over an aging movie theater in Surf City for a new campus, they called PDC to bring in a tech system with a unique personality.
We worked with the team to bring a system that could best function for high impact concert events equally as well as their week-to-week meeting needs. A high amount of value was given to the sonic integrity. The music at Mariners HB is a caliber above, and they wanted a system that could match in musicality.
A Fulcrum AH system was designed to present top-tier sound in this harsh concrete structure, while mixing is handled through the sweet sounding Allen & Heath D-Live system.
A large center screen was extended from the back wall to present video with focus and impact.

All new Sound, Video and Lighting systems were installed into the main meeting space.

This converted movie theater provides a perfect space for sound and visuals.

Expansive lobby and common areas each have video and speaker zones capable of service overflow use, or huddle meeting needs during the week.
The audio system is based on the Allen & Heath D-Live mixing system feeding a Fulcrum speaker system, resulting in a wonderfully musical and natural sounding system.


The crews removed a supporting wall to combine two theaters into a larger space. They replaced that wall with a substantially awesome steel beam.

We set up an office wherever we can find a quiet space. In this case the abandoned Women's restroom.

The church leveraged some existing gear in this project, including this bank of Crown amps. Symnet processing and D-Live rack live in this area along with the wireless units.

To provide a dramatic effect to the video screen, we lifted it from the stage wall 30" with a steel frame, attached to the concrete structure.

The result is a screen that pops with content. Theatrical curtains will eventually span the stage wall.

Floor boxes contain LED lighting power, Tech power, SDI video, Mic input, floor monitor and IEM outputs and DMX. Not much you can't plug in here.