Allan Clarke serves our church as our Tech Director with particular attention to the Ascent Worship space at Kettering Adventist Church. In this role, he oversees production, sound, and visual design, helping to create immersive and meaningful worship experiences. Known for his reliability, artistry, and care for excellence, Allan brings both technical skill and creative vision to every service, ensuring that worship is supported by high-quality music, media and production.
A seasoned creative and independent media production professional, Allan has dedicated his life to Contemporary Worship. He spent over 40 years as a Music Director and worship pastor at a number of SDA and non-denominational churches. Through those years he developed a cohesive service mindset and a passion for multi-sensory worship experiences… harnessing music, sound, video, lighting and environments to foster an impactful setting to prepare hearts and minds to hear God’s word being preached.
A longtime contributor to the Dayton/Kettering community, he has dedicated much of his craft to supporting both professional and faith-based projects. Allan has designed content for the Kettering Praise Orchestra and Spring Valley Academy… serveing as their audio engineer, and playing a key role in delivering excellent live and recorded performances. His experience and dedication have helped shape the media ministry at Kettering Adventist Church and beyond.
He and his family, wife Heidi and grown sons AJ (with his wife Heidy) and Andrew live in Waynesville where they enjoy woodworking, DIY, 3D printing and traveling together in their spare time. He says, “God has been so good to us as a family, to have allowed us all these years of adventure, together… serving so many congregations through our passion for worship and creativity. It’s a real blessing, in this season, to be a part of the fantastic team at Kettering!"
