Rather a different issue with a sub inside a large church and trying to get solid bass outdoors.

Of course, so far, no pictures showing the size of the congregation, so no idea yet what kind coverage Henni really needs, but I think some of us have no idea of the kind of gear you need to get REALLY loud, especially outdoors. If you are doing a full on show, at concert levels you'd get from a real band, one little Bose stick just ain't going to cut it.

There's a REASON bands don't use these things. Heck, even Bose, in their own promotional stuff, show band members as having one of these things EACH (LOL). Bose's are great for lower volume solo/duo acts needing a huge amount of coverage, but try to use one to get a full band sound up to full band volumes, and you quickly see the difference. Most live bands put more power total into just the subs than a double L1 system puts out in total!

If you haven't played for years with a full live band, playing full volume for younger people, I honestly don't think you can really judge what is needed.