Derek Bloggs

When the Internet Went Out at the Worst Time Every Tech Minister knows that Sunday mornings can be… unpredictable. You’ve got volunteers running slides, musicians asking for last-minute track changes, and someone always asking, “Can we make the lights just a little brighter?” But nothing quite prepares you for the heart-dropping moment when the Wi-Fi […]

Ever wonder what a Sunday looks like for a Tech Minister? Picture this: juggling ProPresenter slides, tweaking audio levels, and praying the Wi-Fi holds up during the sermon stream. All while dreaming of a post-service Wendy’s feast. It’s a techy rollercoaster, but hey, someone’s gotta keep the digital faith alive!

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in tech ministry, it’s this: if it can go wrong, it eventually will. That might sound pessimistic, but it’s really just preparation. Servers crash. Cables fail. Computers decide to update at the worst possible time. And of course, it usually happens five minutes before service starts. Over the years, […]

Confession time: I love Wendy’s.Not in the “I’ll eat there if I have to” kind of way—but in the “crispy chicken sandwich, hot fries, and a Frosty are basically my love language” kind of way. When you’re juggling Sunday service prep, late-night troubleshooting, and running around town with 850 Tech Gurus projects, you need something […]

It all began with a few phone calls from friends.“Hey Derek, my Wi-Fi’s down—can you take a look?”“Derek, my computer’s acting weird again, any ideas?” I didn’t think much of it at first. Helping people with their tech has always been something I enjoy—it’s part puzzle-solving, part problem-preventing, and part making life a little less […]

When Grace Covenant Church reached out through 850 Tech Gurus, they had a simple but important need: “We want to stream our services reliably to TVs around the building, but we don’t have a big budget for it.” Most off-the-shelf streaming solutions can run into the thousands. But that didn’t sit right with me—especially when […]