I recall the time serving as Creative Arts Director for a large South Jersey church. One of the first things we did was upgrade the sound system. While this was a pricey endeavor, there was one small thing we did that actually saved money: Batteries.

With Christmas and Easter productions using 80+ batteries per show for wireless mics, plus the weekly worship services, we easily used $2000 annually in batteries. Until we switched to Ansmann rechargeable technology.

Now today, as President of a company which specializes in helping organizations convert to money-saving, planet-saving rechargeable technology, it certainly is a pleasure to see other houses of worship go green.

Literally, every week we add new "church" clients on the list of users of our rechargeable technology. And, let me yet again say "thank you" for the many happy client referrals we receive. However, these past couple months, we've had a some of the more "notable" churches in America convert to Ansmann rechargeables, namely:

Northpoint Community Church and Ministries - Alpharetta, Georgia
Saddleback Church Lake Forest, California
WillowCreek Community Church - Barrington, Illinois
Fellowship Church and Campus - Grapevine, Texas

While these "mega-churches" demand a big number of chargers and rechargeable batteries, the technology works the same for small and medium-size churches. It isn't uncommon for any large church to make use of in excess of 50 batteries per Sunday. Of course, most mega-churches have got satellite locations, multi-campuses, classrooms and services over the week.

However, the amount of money saved by switching to Ansmann rechargeables can also be realized by the church with 1 wireless microphone.

To be sure, it is always more dramatic to discuss how "XYZ church" was using 100,000 batteries per year and spending $10K in batteries, but we are all called to take into account where we are able to save resources. I believe it's known as being faithful in the "small things." And in the arena of everything we do, batteries are certainly a small thing -- but -- everyone uses them, which makes an enormous thing.

Remember, each and every year, 15 billion little throw-away batteries becomes a really big mess - and expense.

Which results in the most obvious question: Who else could benefit from converting to Ansmann rechargeables? In addition to the church down the road, there is that school, theater, and production facility -- plus all families (including yours) which can spend less and the planet by making the switch. That's the reason we began offering a totally free Rechargeable Evaluation to any church, school, theater, or production facility that is seeking the best recharging system to handle their wireless mics, IEM's, along with other gear.

Remember, it's the small things we all do that really add up.