The Making Sunday Happen Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Making Sunday Happen Podcast (Formerly The Church Media Podcast) is the definitive podcast for those who plan, create and execute Worship Experiences. Hosted by Carl Barnhill, the show offers training in the areas of Church Media Production, Worship, Communications, First Impressions, Service Planning, Volunteer Culture and more. Carl is the Creative Director/Owner of [twelve:thirty]media, a company that resources the Church with Media content and training to help you Transform your Worship Experience. Watch or listen to each episode of the show, download transcripts, and even grab some sh Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support
This is the final episode of Making Sunday Happen.
We've been sharing over the last couple of months that this podcast will be coming to a close and that our host will be moving over to host a brand new podcast called YOUR VISUALS MATTER.
We are also moving from Twelve Thirty Media to Church Visuals. We are so excited about this change.
Our new site (coming soon!) has over 30,000 pieces of Ready-Made Media that you can download instantly. You can also come to us for Custom Media for your church and ministry.
And as it relates to this podcast, we are massively expanding our training library. More podcasts, courses, webinars, articles, books and much more.
All coming soon to ChurchVisuals.com
So this week will be a Big Show Retrospective of some of our favorite clips and interviews from some milestone episodes. We'll hear from a few of our well known guests as well as stop in to some key moments in time from the past years. So here's the final episode.
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Craig will be talking with us about his book Winning the War in Your Mind for Teens is out now.
This episode is a big one as it will be our last episode with a new guest. And what a privilege to have pastor Craig Groeschel.
Together we'll talk about the book Winning the War in Your Mind and also about how to have longevity in ministry, his best advice for new pastors and ministry leaders and more.
Next week’s final episode of Making Sunday Happen will be a retrospective on the show with some clips from the last few years of guests - you don’t want to miss our big ending celebration.
We are changing our name from Twelve Thirty Media to Church Visuals. We are so excited about this move.
Church Visuals is our new name and brand and It will feature over 30,000 pieces of Ready-Made Media that you can download instantly.
You can also come to us for Custom Media.
And as it relates to this podcast, we leading up to closing out this podcast with Episode 430. Fear not though, we are massively expanding our training library. More podcasts, courses, webinars, articles, books and more, including a new weekly show with our host Carl Barnhill.
All coming soon to ChurchVisuals.com
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Today we're talking all about volunteers with Nick Blevins.
Nick is the author of The Volunteer Playbook.
We’ll talk about a framework to help your church recruit, train and empower more volunteers at your church.
Also as a reminder, we are changing our name from Twelve Thirty Media to Church Visuals. We are so excited about this move.
Church Visuals is our new name and brand and It will feature over 30,000 pieces of Ready-Made Media that you can download instantly.
You can also come to us for Custom Media.
And as it relates to this podcast, we leading up to closing out this podcast with Episode 430. Fear not though, we are massively expanding our training library. More podcasts, courses, webinars, articles, books and more, including a new weekly show with our host Carl Barnhill.
All coming soon to ChurchVisuals.com
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Our guest today is Brian Dollar, the author of I Blew It! - and he shares about some of his biggest failures in ministry and how if he’s overcome them and how you can too.
He is one of the most respected kids pastors in the country, but few people know the path he’s taken.
Failures do not have to define you, instead, he'll help us see how we can learn from them and move forward.
If you are looking for more content from Brian Dollar, check out this interview he did for the Kidmin Tribe Podcast with our host Jason Noble on the same topic.
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On today’s episode we're talking with our friend Corey Alderin.
Corey is the owner of Sermon Shots - a great new company in our space helping you do sermon clips and reels. We’ll talk today about how you can repurpose your sermon by clipping it up.
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Alright, on today’s episode we're talking with pastor and author Clarence Shuler.
Clarence is the author of the book FINDING HOPE IN A DARK PLACE: Facing Loneliness, Depression and Anxiety with the power of Grace. In the book Clarence shares his own story of depression and how by God’s grace he’s learning to effectively manage it.
Hopefully today, you might recognize your own story in Clarence’s and it can serve as a reminder to you that hope is possible and worth pursuing. Even in the darkness, God is with you in that sacred space.
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On today’s episode our friend Alex Enfiedjian stops by.We're talking about how Music is the Tool, but Discipleship is the Goal.Also as a reminder we’re leading up to closing out this podcast with Episode 430.We’re launching a brand new platform full of a podcast network, courses, webinars, articles and more. So we'll be shifting over to hosting a brand new podcast called YOUR VISUALS MATTER. It’s going to be all about how to visually communicate the Gospel using graphics and video. Media is a major tool to reach this generation for Jesus. If you want to learn how to do that, join our host Carl, thought leaders and ministry leaders in the trenches of of using visual media on YOUR VISUALS MATTER - coming soon.
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On today’s episode we're talking with three creatives in the space.
Jason Dyba is a writer and producer at Dyba, LLC. He is the former Creative Project Manager at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. He was also the Creative Director at Pull Spark - a creative agency that specialized in film production and telling stories.
Martrell Harris is a marketing and communications strategist for churches and non-profits.
Sarah Gerald is the Communications Director at the Belonging Co in Nashville.
We interviewed all of these folks at SALT Conference with the common theme of how to tell powerful stories and communicate creatively to your congregation.
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On today’s episode we’re talking with two great guys.
Jimmy Cooper - Jimmy works at Open Door Church in Raleigh, NC.
He is a self described Planning Center Ninja. If you need help planning and crafting the Worship Experience - we talked with Jimmy about how to use Planning Center to accomplish what you’re after.
We also welcome Jared Warren. Jared is a great friend and partner at EasyWorship. He gives some updates on new features and updates on the software.
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On today’s episode we're talking with our friend Paul Cox.
Paul owns the The Church Co. They offer a fantastic solution for a customizable website at a super affordable price.
They also offer custom apps, an online giving platform and more.
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On today’s episode of the show, we welcome two great guests.
Our friend Jim Thorne from Messenger AVL. Jim and his team are fantastic when it comes to LED screens for churches. We’ve worked with Jim and his team on several occasions.
We'll be talking to him today about designing your stage using LED screens.
We're also talking to Joe Blair. Joe is the Production Director at Fellowship Bible Church. With Joe, we're going to hear about how to not just design your stage for show, but to reach people with the Gospel. How do we use the stage and environmental projection to draw people in.
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Today on the podcast we welcome three great guests.
An old friend of our host, Gary Molander from Floodgate Productions.
Don Hopkins, the Creative Director at Transformation Church and finally Creative Director, Sherita Harkness.
We’re talking creativity today and how this shows up in our Sunday gatherings. Hoping you, who make Sunday happen could be inspired to remain creative.
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On today’s episode, we welcome two friends: Phil Bowdle and Dennis Choy.
Phil is the Vice President of Marketing at the Slingshot Group - a great service that helps churches with staffing needs.
We also then welcome Dennis Choy - Dennis the production director at Saddleback Church.
We are talking all about staffing, team culture and healthy leadership. If you deal with people and teams at church, you know how helpful these conversations can be.
We pray this encourages you.
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In today’s podcast, we talk with Caleb Weidman and Zach Snyder from Blackbar.
These are some guys in our space that are doing some work with clients as well as with their podcast and training tools.
We talked with Caleb about the importance of Animation and Motion Graphics in the church and how to get into animation if you’re a beginner.
And then we talked with Zach about the best ways to break into YouTube and some best practices on the platform for ministry.
Fun episode today, check it out!
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Today we’re talking with a good friend of the podcast, Ben Stapley.
Ben currently serves as the Executive Pastor at The Life Christian Church in West Orange, New Jersey. He leads staff and volunteers to execute worship experiences and more.
We’ll be talking with Ben today about how to create an effective internship program at your church.
We also welcome on the show, Darren Foreman. Darren is the Pastor of Auxiliary Ministries at Eagles Nest Church in GA. Darren has some great thoughts today on how to avoid ministry burnout.
These topics obviously can work together. If you have a great internship program, the load lightens on you. That’s one aspect. Darren will talk about more things you can do to prevent frying to a crisp.
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Today we welcome Terryl Padilla, the Creative Director at the Rock Church who is also an extremely talented worship leader and musician.
Terryl is responsible for composing audio, producing video, and leading a team of over 40 musicians and stage presenters each week. He oversees the production of special events and is a veteran in the space. It's a privilege to have Terryl back on the show again.
We'll also welcome Kierre Bjorn. Kierre is a worship leader, performer and musician. He has served on staff at Daystar Church as the Next Generation Worship Director since 2013. He has been in numerous stage shows and has performed off broadway in Soul on Fire and other productions.
Both of these guys are incredible and we are excited to talk about worship in churches with them.
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Today on the show, we welcome our friend Jason Morris from Resi.
Jason is an innovator. He is on the team at Resi helping with new product development and tools to make your life easier for Sunday.
Our host Car, interviewed Jason at SALT Conference and they had the best time together talking about all kinds of church innovation and technology tools you can use to make Sunday happen.
We hope this helps you as you seek to serve in your area of ministry.
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Today on the show, we welcome two lighting and rigging experts.
Griffin McCravy and Brandon Creel.
Griffin is the Broadcast Lighting Director at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham and Brandon is a Lighting and Rigging expert.
We'll be talking with both of these guys about lighting and rigging for the worship experience.
These interviews were recorded at SALT conference.
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Welcome to the podcast.
Today we welcome John Schlitt, the frontman of the legendary Christian Rock band Petra.
John is incredibly down to earth, fun to hang out with, and a wealth of wisdom from serving in ministry. Petra is celebrating 50 years in ministry. And John has seen a lot over the years and we get to hear about a lot of it.
We talk today about the changes in the church and in ministry, changes in culture, changes in the music industry, his most embarrassing on stage fumble, the song that he had a hard time singing and more.
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Today on the show, we're talking with Shane Barnard and Shane Evertt - Shane and Shane. We’re going to be chatting about how they use visual media in worship and how to mentor the next generation of Worship Leaders.
We hope this encourages you.
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Today we have two guests on the topic of Livestreaming.
First we're talking with Tyler Sansom. Tyler is the lead pastor for First Capital Christian Church/Church Anywhere and a filmmaker for First Capital Films. He is a former college football player who has been in full time ministry for nine years.
Then we welcome back once again our good friend Kenny Jahng. Kenny is the editor in chief at Church Tech Today.
Both of these guys were interviewed live at SALT Conference and we talked about why Livestreaming at your church may not be working and what’s next on the horizon. Both Tyler and Kenny offer some great insights into where church online could be headed.
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Today we have two guests on the topic of Video Directing.
Andre Jones and Ben Crosson.
Andre is a Production CEO and broadcast veteran.
Ben is a producer, editor and director.
We’re going to dive into the topic of the Role of a Video Director - what does your director need to think about and do when directing camera operators on Sunday. Is this a staff only role? How do you train your Video Director volunteers?
We’re going to talk about all that and more today.
We recorded both of these interviews in front of a live audience at the Church Facilities Expo and SALT Conference.
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Today we have two guests and two topics on the show.
Tommy Lozure is the Music Production Ministry Department Chair at Visible Music College. Tommy teaches live sound and recording. He also works as a Tech Director at a church in Dallas. Tommy will chat with us today about how to train your Audio Team volunteers for Sunday.
We also welcome then Aaron Blair. Aaron is the COO at Churches by Daniels. They specialize in Church construction and facilities - they help you create your spaces where Sunday happens at your church. Aaron will talk to us about some best practices in creating spaces where ministry can really happen effectively on Sunday.
We recorded both of these interviews in front of a live audience at the Church Facilities Expo.
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Today we welcome Pastor and Author Kyle Idleman.
Kyle is the Lead Pastor at Southeast Christian Church and the author of the new book When Your Way Isn’t Working.
This book is about equipping you to discover connection to God not production with God. We’re going to talk about how to find greater rest, depth and connection, how you can embrace freedom from the pressures of performance and production in ministry and more.
To make Sunday happen at your church, it takes a toll and we’re going to talk today about how to get unstuck if you’re hitting a wall.
Feel free to jump back as we just completed a 4 part series on how to use ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry. We had Alex Lyons, Ryan Frank, Kenny Jahng and Dustin Stout on a bonus episode talking about his new product Magai that gives superpowers with the ChatGPT interface. All that is available in the feed at MakingSundayHappen.com Check it out.
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We are in PART THREE of our 4 part series on ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry.
If you missed Part One with Alex Lyons or Part Two with Ryan Frank, jump back and listen or watch those episodes. We also released a Bonus Episode with Rob Laughter and Jason Moore on MidJourney and using AI Imagery for Ministry - be sure to check that episode out as well. It’s all at MakingSundayHappen.com
We’ve been talking about ways to sue ChatGPT and other AI Tools - what we can do with them, how we can be more efficient, the legal and ethical questions surrounding these tools, what the future may look like and more.
Today we are talking with a friend of the show Kenny Jahng.
Kenny is the Editor in Chief at Church Tech Today. He is the founder of the AI for Church Leaders Facebook Group - he has been really in the trenches of exploring new AI tools and what they mean for the church space.
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We are in PART TWO of our 4 part series on ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry. If you missed Part One with Alex Lyons, jump back and listen or watch that episode.
We talked about ways Alex and his team are using ChatGPT along with other tools at the SC Baptist Convention including how they are taking conference breakouts and turning them into multiple pieces of training content for churches. We walked through how you can do that too at your church.
Today, we continue our series by talking with Ryan Frank.
Ryan is the man behind KidzMatter - he’s an author, speaker, conference director and entrepreneur. He is a leader in the Kids Ministry space specifically so you’re going to hear ways today that you and your Kids Ministry Leaders can use ChatGPT to create more content than ever before. Ryan shares some really practical ways him and his team are using AI to be more efficient.
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We are starting a 4 Part Series on ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry.
We recently released a bonus episode of the podcast with Rob Laughter and Jason Moore recently as we discussed MidJourney and AI Imagery. Give that a listen if you are interested in that topic.
Originally we were going to have several folks together in one episode to talk about ChatGPT, but the content is so rich that we decided to split it up into 4 episodes - we’re going to do a deep dive into what ChatGPT is, and some effective and unique ways to use it for Ministry.
We’ll have Alex Lyons on today, then we’ll have Ryan Frank from KidzMatter, then our friend Kenny Jahng, and we will conclude the series with a bonus episode with Dustin Stout and talk about his new tool that gives ChatGPT superpowers.
So today, we've got Alex Lyons. Alex is the Creative Director at the South Carolina Baptist Convention - Alex and Carl do several state events together with the convention.
We’re going to talk very elementary when it comes ChatGPT and define some terms but also talk through how they are using it with great effect at the SC Baptist Convention - mainly, how they are being able to produce a mountain of additional content at lighting speeds.
Also we'll talk through several other AI tools Alex and his team are using.
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Today, we welcome back a friend to the show Katie Allred.
Katie has worked in church world at Brentwood Baptist Church, she is the founder of the Church Communications Facebook Group, and the author of Church Communications - Methods and Marketing. She’s a great friend and today we are going to dive into the why you need a Communications strategy to reach people in your community.
We’ll talk about the difference in Traditional and Church Marketing, Branding for your church, creating your logo, tips for your Email Marketing and more.
We think this will be helpful information as you seek to improve your church communications.
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Lately we’ve been talking all things AI. If you missed last week’s BONUS Episode, go and check it out!
Today on the show you don’t have to an AI pro to join in. We’ll be talking with Daniel Gourley from 5 Words Media. He is here and we’re looking into how to purchase LED Walls for your church. What should your thought process be, how much should you expect to spend, where should you put them in your space and more.
So sit back, relax and let’s get to it.
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Welcome to this bonus episode of Making Sunday Happen.
We wanted to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to talk about AI technology with some friends of the show. Rob Laughter, Jason Moore and our host, Carl Barnhill, have been playing with AI artwork over the last few months they wanted to give a report on their findings.
What they’ve toyed with and some insight into how AI can be implemented for ministry.
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Today we’re talking with Greg Shields. He is the Lead Singer of the band Kashed Out - their Butter the World Tour is making its way across the country right now to sold out crowds.
Greg is a singer, songwriter and a performer using InEarz Audio Monitors.
We’re talking with Greg about the basics of In Ear Monitors, why you should use them in worship, the best models to use, and more.
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Hey friends, welcome to the podcast.
This is episode number 400 of our show, and thats a pretty big deal!
It has been quite a journey. We started this podcast in 2015, so we’ve been at this for about 8 years bringing you weekly episodes of our show and we have some really exciting guests coming this year.
Today we have the privilege of talking with artist Chris Tomlin, who is the most sung Christian artist anywhere. He has sold over 7 million albums. He has been awarded 23 GMA Dove Awards, a Grammy and two platinum albums. His songs like “How Great is Our God,” “Our God,” “Whom Shall I Fear,” “Good Good Father” and others are anthems for a generation of worshippers.
With Chris we are going to talk about some of the stories behind some of the most well known worship songs.
We also have a quick peek of an interview we did with Pastor Craig Groeschel.
All this and more, for our 400th episode!
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Today we welcome Elliott Wood.
Elliott is a Strategic Technologist from Enable Ministries. They are a technology service provider - like an outsourced IT team that helps churches choose, implement and manage technology and software.
We're talking about Church Management Software and what it can do for you on Sunday.
How can technology and software help you move people into discipleship.
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Today on the show we welcome two great people.
Our good friend Mark MacDonald is on today. We're talking with Mark about how to make Google your Best Evangelist. How can you adjust your website and SEO for google to drive visitors to your church.
Also, we'll chat with Reed Verdesoto. Reed talks about using the model of Hulu to better organize your website.
Great stuff as you think about how to improve your website for visitors.
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Today we have two great people on the show.
First up is Simon Osamoh who is the leading security specialist focused on risk management for houses of worship and is the founder of both Kingswood Security Consulting and the Worship Security Academy.
He is an expert when it comes to securing your church operations for safety teams. If you're going to make Sunday Happen, you need to be prepared for any scenario. Simon walks through some ways to deescalate situations and be prepared for any scenario.
We also welcome Roger Blalock. Roger is an Electronics Engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
Roger talks about ways to keep your computer systems locked down and secured for Sunday. This content on the surface does not sound very exciting, but actually is extremely important for all churches.
You're in for some great content today.
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Today we have a special guests Todd Smith and Allan Hall from the group Selah.
Selah's music has more than half-a-billion streams, they have sold over 4 million albums, and have 11 GMA Dove Awards to their credit.
Selah’s Allan Hall, Amy Perry and Todd Smith have earned a reputation for not only delivering compelling new anthems but also for reviving great hymns of faith.
They have also populated culture with such enduring hits as “Press On,” “Wonderful, Merciful Savior,” “You Raise Me Up,” “Hope of the Broken World”, “All My Praise" and more.
It was a real treat to have these guys on, they are very down to earth.
We talked about worship in today's culture. Specifically about hymns - the importance of hymns, are we missing them in church, are we missing the theology - are we becoming more biblical illiterate.
What do you think?
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We bumped into our good friend Ben Stapley, making rounds of the conferences, just like us. CFX, SALT and more!
We hung out at CFX for a few minutes and talked through the entire Worship Experience and where the best places to use video in your services would be and also give you some tips and ideas on ways you can use video that you might not have thought of.
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This week, we chat with Development Executive Laura Woodworth from Cooke Media Group in Burbank, CA.
Laura is a Writer, Producer, Director. She is a multi platform screenwriter for VR, film, TV and new media.
She is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors based in Los Angeles.
Award winning producer with experience and education in multiple aspects of production in film, television, new media and radio, including conception through development, pre-production, production and post and into marketing and distribution.
Author of “Effective Writing for Ministry and Business” and editor of multiple books and study guides.
Developer and instructor of several college-level courses on communication.
We'll be talking with Laura about 4 Keys to Developing Compelling Content in Your Communication.
This interview was recorded at the Church Facilities Expo in front of a live audience.
This is great for pastors and communicators. How do you share your message effectively?
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Today on the podcast we welcome our friend Donnie Haulk from AE Global Media.
AE Global is a world leader in audio, video, acoustic and lighting technology applications. They design and build technology systems for major facilities such as churches, entertainment, education and sporting venues.
They design, develop and produce events including concerts, touring, seminars, sports, corporate and product launch events and more.
They are an incredible force in the church space and we're talking with Donnie all about improving the impact of the Church Building for Worship. How can you have AVL systems that really help make an impact and help people experience Jesus.
*Our interview with Donnie was recorded at the Church Facilities Expo in front of live audience.
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Today on the podcast, we're diving in deep into church lighting with two experts on the subject.
Tom Stanziano is an experienced Lighting Designer in the entertainment industry. He specializes in theater, houses of worship, concerts, trade shows cruise ships and more.
He has an extensive knowledge of lighting for the Church and we'll be talking to Tom today about using color to enhance your lighting.
We'll also chat with Stephen Ellison. Stephen has a BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts. He has worked for rental and production shops in Philadelphia, New York, and Raleigh, NC.
For the last 20 years he has been designing lighting systems, with a heart for the house of worship market. He has taught at tradeshows both in the US and internationally. He works at The Light Source. We'll be asking Stephen about evaluating your lighting fixture output.
**We recorded both of these interviews in front of a live audience at Church Facilities Expo.
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Today on the podcast, we have David Leuschner from Digital Great Commission Ministries. This interview was recorded at the Church Facilities Conference and Expo a few months ago in front of a live audience so you're going to hear that and also we talk questions from the audience live.
We're talking about the differences in copyright and streaming licenses. What you can do and what you can't do. We're not lawyers, but hopefully we will give you some tips today on how to stay legal when it comes to your music and streaming.
If ever you're wondered, come and get some answers!
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This week, we welcome a very special guest back on the show, actress Roma Downey.
Roma played Monica the angel in the CBS series Touched by an Angel airing from 1994 to 2003. She produced the mini-series The Bible for the History Channel and also appeared as Mary, mother of Jesus. She has performed on stage on and off broadway.
She is the President of Lightworkers Media, the faith and family division of MGM. Roma is married to Mark Burnett - who you might know as the producer of such hits as Survivor, Shark Tank, The Apprentice and others.
The Bible mini-series which they produced was watched by over 100 million people in the United States alone. They also produced the remake of Ben Hur, the movie Son of God, Woodlawn, Resurrection, and others.
She is listed by Variety Magazine as one of the 100 most Powerful Women in Hollywood.
Her new book Be An Angel is a devotional book that you can use in your church or in your small groups.
It is a joy to have her back on.
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This week on the show, we welcome Michele Barnett. Michele oversees the Leadership Accelerator Training Program at the Multiply Group. Our friend Mac Lake was on the show a few months ago, and he runs the Mulitply Group - Michelle works with Mac as they help leaders be better leaders.
Today we’ll talk about how to motivate your team, how to lead disciple makers, how to value the personalities on your team, how to maximize the strengths of the people on your team and more.
Jam packed episode on leadership today.
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Welcome to the podcast. So, today, we’re diving deep into the world of Virtual Reality.
We’ve done a couple of episodes on VR over the last year. One with two pastors, Jason Poling and Gerald Faulkner and their experience learning and preaching in VR. Another with DJ Soto who is the pastor of arguably the largest and most influential church in the Virtual space - VR Church.
We got some good feedback on our episode with DJ. So today, we are talking with our friend Jeff Reed. He has written a new book called VR and the MetaVerse Church.
We’re going to define a lot of terms for you so if you’re a beginner still learning about church in the MetaVerse, we are going to try really hard not to lose you or go over your head, we’re going to keep things real simple so that you can learn about this world and also consider if its something for your church to consider.
Since interviewing Jeff, one of the major communities that we discussed that a lot of VR Churches meet within - AltSpace VR is completely shutting down. So you’ll hear us talking about AltSpace - they will be no more. Which means the other communities or worlds is where churches will move to. - You’ll hear us talk about VR Chat - that is where the mission field is. Then there are other words like RecRoom, Meta Horizons and BigScreen where churches will have to move to.
We are going to dive into a lot today with Jeff so hang in there. This might be an education for you learning about VR or you might be a veteran. Hopefully either way, you’ll learn a lot today and we’ll give you some things for your church to consider.
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Today on the show, we welcome Worship Leader John Marc Kohl. John is with the Worship Initiative and has a brand new album out called Still.
We’re going to be talking about how to break through Spiritual Depression. John Marc has an incredible story of coming out of a really dark season in his life and God’s faithfulness. We’ll also hit on the major struggles of Worship Leaders and the hurdles of songwriting.
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On the show today we welcome Mac Lake who is the founder of The Multiply Group. Mac and our host, Carl Barnhill, have known each other for a number of years. He is an incredible leader himself and is well known among pastors and church planters in helping leaders lead.
Through his E-Courses, books, workshops and consulting he has helped many become better leaders.
We'll first share a short 2 minute video of Mac answering the question: " Why am I developing Leaders?"
And then we'll jump right into our usual style interview.
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Today on the show, director Jon Erwin will be joining ua. His most recent project, Jesus Revolution hits theaters February 24th. Jon is a great guy. He is a filmmaker, and the CEO of Kingdom Story Company.
We'll be diving into talking about the movie and how you can use it at your church. How you can support it, and how you can build worship experiences around it.
They have provided all types of resources for you to use on Sundays to promote and incorporate the film into your teaching, into your flow.
The film follows the Jesus Movement in the 70s and the beginning of Calvary Chapel.
It has an incredible cast including Kelsey Grammar, Jonathan Roumie who you might know from the Chosen, Kimberly Williams Paisley and more. We'll talk to Jon about bridging the gap between Hollywood and the faith community, how you can use this film on a Sunday and more.
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We welcome on the show, Thad Austin and Katie Comeau from the Ormond Center at Duke Divinity School.
They have done an immense amount of research on how pastors and leaders are cared for, why folks are leaving the ministry, and what we can do to care for pastors and leaders.
We'll give some biblical background on caring for leaders, we'll examine why it matters that pastors are cared for, we'll look at what types of networks support pastors and more.
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Today on the show we have a great veteran of the Worship space - Dave Dolphin. Dave has been a Worship Leader for a long time at multiple churches. His popular Practical Worship YouTube channel has been a staple in the space for years.
We'll be talking with Dave about all kinds of topics - volunteers, struggles Worship Leaders face, excellence, rehearsals, mixing for the room vs mixing for the Livestream and more. We cover a lot of ground, so put your seatbelt on, our interview with Dave Dolphin, coming up right after this.
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Today on the show we welcome Von Glitschka. Von has been in the world of design a long time. He is well known from his books used as college textbooks on design and for his branding expertise.
We’re talking with Von about Design Apologetics —how can we understand God's aesthetic and how can it influence our design.
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We hope you had a great Christmas and are getting some time away with your family. We have a lot of folks on this end of year episode of the show listen while they are traveling back from the holidays so if that's you, be safe on the road.
On this episode you get our host, Carl Barnhill and he'll be sharing the talk that he's given several times this year at conferences. It's all about how to Revise your Work without losing your soul - some tips for how to help you with revisions and how to deal with your leadership - and if you are the senior leader - ways to have great collaboration with the content creators on your team.
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Today we welcome Ryan Hollingsworth to the podcast. Ryan is the Creative Director at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC.
We're talking with Ryan today about the ups and downs of ministry. He has been in the game a while and will try to speak to some topics that ministry leaders face when it comes to staying in ministry for the long haul.
You might have noticed on the podcast, that Making Sunday Happen involves so much more than knowing the right button to push - it's about people. Taking care of people - both who we serve and who we serve with. And even taking care of ourselves. So you'll notice episodes in our podcast library about self care and how to deal with the emotional and spiritual pressure of Sunday or the Weekend as well as just the how.
Ryan will be talking about Recognition, Validation, Contentment, Ambition, persevering during hardship in ministry and more.
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This week is going to look a little different.
We want to give you a big introduction into the MetaVerse and our thoughts on where this is going for the church.
For this episode, we interviewed DJ Soto who is the pastor of VR Church - a 100% Virtual Church experience in the MetaVerse.
We have attended VR Church with DJ and what we found, which we talk to DJ about is it is not just your avatar watching a screen within the environment, but the Metaverse is its own environment.
At DJ's church, they are creating worlds that you walk around in and the see the Bible come to life. The graphics are a little video gamish, but the concept is getting there quickly.
Ministry is taking place.
This is not something to write off as silly or too out there.
This is really happening.
Church in Virtual Reality.
You're going to learn a whole lot more from our conversation with DJ.
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Today on the show, we welcome Jim Keat. Jim is the Digital Minister at The Riverside Church in New York City.
Today, we’re going to be discussing how to track your online attendance. Should you stream to one place or should you be on all the platforms? What is peak concurrent viewers? What if there are multiple people watching our Church Online Experience in the same house?
How do I count those?
We’re going to dive into all of that today.
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Do you struggle with comparing yourself to others and find yourself lacking? How do we identify that? Why does it matter to us?
How can the Holy Spirit help us deal with it?
We’ll talk about this today on the show with Nona Jones.
Nona is a much in demand author and speaker. She works for Meta or Facebook. Nona and I could talk about a lot of different topics, but we chose one that really roars its ugly head with a lot of us and that is insecurity and comparison. Feeling like you don’t measure up, that you’re not good enough, or that you’re being left out. Comparing yourself with others.
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Today on the show, we welcome Justin Kendrick.
Justin is an author, and the pastor of Vox Church.
We're talking with Justin about The Call to Radical Christian Community and how that relates to those who make Sunday Happen.
We’re going to hit on the theology of "us," how Christians see themselves as a connected member of the body of Jesus, can we really be connected with people online, and more.
We pray this encourages you!
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Today on the show, our guest is Chris Abbott. Abbo has been friends with our host Carl for a while. He has been a great voice in the church marketing space.
On this episode we’re talking about Landing Pages. Specifically, how to be intentional about building Landing Pages to drive people to visit your church. Talking mainly physical Worship Experiences. How can we be intentional about your community planning their visit, what should you include on your landing pages, how are they effective.
All that and more on today’s episode.
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Today on the show, we have a really special guest, Davy Flowers.
Davy is a Worship Leader and Songwriter.
Our host, Carl actually served on staff at the same church just at different times. After Carl left, she came in to lead worship.
Her first album is being released - produced by Shane Bernard of Shane and Shane. She has been in ministry a while, and has a diverse background of denominations and churches.
We loved having Davy on the show and we think you're going to really enjoy our conversation.
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Today on the show, we're talking with our friend Darrel Girardier from Brentwood baptist church.
We're talking about how to evaluate your Worship Experiences - specifically your big Sundays of the year, but some of techniques we discuss can apply week in and week out for you.
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Today on the show we’re talking with Dave Shrein.
Our host Carl has known Dave for a while - he is a former Communications Pastor and is currently a podcast host and ministry leader and continues to serve those in ministry through his marketing work.
We’re talking with Dave today about preaching through the Bible. We'll dive into several topics and tips for pastors on how to preach through books of the Bible and how to preach through different church and cultural seasons at your church.
We'll also talk through tips for how to promote your series.
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Today on the show we welcome Tyler Staton. Tyler is a pastor in Oregon and the author of the new book Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools.
We're talking today about how you can enhance your prayer life personally, how you can pray for the team you serve and how your prayers can be a major factor in making Sunday happen.
We think this interview will bless you.
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On today’s show, we welcome Justin Trapp. Justin is the founder of Ministry Pass and Sermonary. They help pastors with media content and sermon helps.
We'll be talking with Justin about Sermon Illustrations.
How we can use Illustrations to explain scripture.
How to deliver great illustrations.
How to use visual aids and props.
All this and more, on today's episode!
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On today’s show, we welcome Adam Muhtaseb. You’re going to love this guy. He is a former Muslim. He is now a Church Planter in Baltimore, Maryland. We are going to talk about how the American Church can be about flash, show, lights, camera entertainment at times and how we need to rely on God’s Word and the Holy Spirit to transform - that God’s Word is enough.
Powerful insight from a former Muslim coming from the Islamic Church and the power of Christ in his life. Really incredible story and a great message for church planters and pastors.
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On today’s show, we welcome Elias Dummer.
He led the band The City Harmonic for years. Absolutely no stranger to ministry, music and the stage.
We're talking with Elias about the term Worship Leader, we’ll talk about worship vs. performance and more.
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Today on the show, we welcome interior designer Jillian Lawson. Jillian focuses her company on helping churches create great physical spaces.
Spaces that are inviting and that really help you share your branding and vision with guests and attendees.
Environments really do matter when it comes to Making Sunday Happen.
We’ll talk all about this with Jillian.
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Today on the show, we welcome our friend David Olshine.
David is the Lead professor of Youth Ministry, Family and Culture Department at Columbia International University. He has a brand new book out called The Mystery of Silence and we’re going to talk today about the times when you feel like God is completely distant, silent or not giving you answers. How do we wrestle with that in ministry?
Ministry Leaders struggle with this stuff. Making Sunday Happen is not just about what button to push or what fader to move. Its about how we do ministry. How can we hear and be close with God so that we can pastor our people well. If you’re a Tech Director, you’re a pastor of people.
Don’t forget that.
The Mystery of Silence with David Olshine.
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Today on the show, we welcome our dear friend Trevor Miller.
Trevor writes a lot of our content at 12:30 - our scripts for videos, scripts for custom media work we do for clients and more.
Today we’ll be talking with Trevor about Sermon Prep ideas. He is a full time pastor at one of the largest methodist churches in the country. There he helps lead the teaching team in preaching and developing new sermon series. He has some great tips for pastors on prepping your sermon for The Weekend.
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Today we welcome George Klippel. George is the Sales Director for Live U.
Live U could be used in your church for your Livestream. Today we’re going to learn about what it offers, what equipment you need, some next steps to test and use the platform at your church and more.
We hope this helps your ministry!
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Today we welcome our good friend Ben Stapley.
Ben and Carl are talking today about the importance of a Sermon Review. Carl is not a pastor or keynote speaker, but have been the Video Director on staff at large churches. He has has been the content creator for the pastor’s sermons - from Bumper Videos, Testimonies, photos to show to help illustrate a point.
So what you’re going to hear in this interview is Ben’s perspective as a communicator and working with pastors. And the Carl's perspective from a technical side - both will be helpful to set your staff and volunteers up well to execute Sunday with excellence.
This is a little bit of a casual chat among friends on this topic, so little less formal today. We think this conversation will help you as you think through best practices for your own context.
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Today on the podcast, we welcome Sean Feucht.
A couple of years ago when the government told churches they weren't essential and they issued a temporary ban on indoor singing in places of worship, Sean stood up.
Speaking to CBN, Sean said: “The freedom to worship God is the constitutional right of every American citizen and those who exercise this right should not be unfairly targeted for criticism."
He began leading a campaign called LET US WORSHIP which involved him touring across American cities and holding worship concerts outdoors.
He faced steep criticism from in and out of the Church.
We’re talking with Sean today about the new documentary SUPERSPREADER that chronicles that journey and what came from the LET US WORSHIP movement.
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Today we are talking with Marty Sawyers. Marty is the CEO of Full Strength Network.
Full Strength Network exists to help ministry leaders discover full strength in wellbeing in areas like richer spiritual health, deeper relationships, and increased leadership capacity.
They pastor pastors.
Marty is going to share some great tools for us to overcome loneliness as a leader.
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Today is a family episode as we're talking with our Director of Ready Made Media and Creative Director Geoff McLarty.
Geoff leads the charge in helping craft amazing ready made and custom media at our ministry. And also has experience as a communication director in the church world.
So today we'll cover how can you structure your church's communication team to serve the other ministries in your church like an agency. And we'll dive into what are the best ways your team can craft, promote and execute powerful worship experiences.
We'll talk about this and more with Geoff Mclarty.
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Today we’re diving into the topic of business practices for ministry.
Now, we understand you’re a church, not a business. Trust us, we’re fully aware that we are in the spiritual business. In the business of seeing Life Change happen - salvation and discipleship.
If we have an open mind, we must ask though, are there things we can learn from Business practices that can help us Make Sunday Happen?
Sunday has become a huge content source for the local church. How can we leverage that content to have a greater impact in your physical gatherings, in your online gatherings on Sunday, and throughout the week?
As a leader in a church, you are dealing with Budgets, HR and Personnel, Sales and the like. Sometimes there is a need to mix Business acumen and ministry together to have great impact in your community.
That’s what we are talking about today with Joel Engle.
Joel has been in ministry a long time in several different fields or industries as a Christian Music Recording Artist, a church planter, a pastor.
Hear Joel’s heart today in how you can incorporate business practices and also have a passion and heart for ministry.
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Today we welcome back our good friend Phil Cooke. He has been a guest on the show a few times.
Our host, Carl, and Phil help at an event together each year - the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.
Phil has a brand new book out called Ideas on a Deadline that we're going to talk about. There's no deadline quite like Sunday. Sunday is always coming down the track.
So how do we execute high quality ideas quickly? How do we work within deadlines?
We're going to talk about how Budgets and Deadlines can actually fuel our creativity.
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Welcome to the show.
Today we're talking with author and pastor Talbot Davis. Talbot has been a pastor for almost 30 years.
He had a revelation of sorts a few years ago where he realized that the sermon outline like he had been doing, with fill in the blanks, alliteration, quippy points that all start with the same letter - that this approach was not making the impact with his people that he desired.
He heard Andy Stanley and others that influenced him to move to a one point message approach. Sermons with only one singular takeaway.
Join us today as we answer these questions:
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How does he do it?
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How does he craft a message with only one clear bottom line?
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What is his framework? - How does he start his sermons?
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Does he preach off the cuff or with a Manuscript?
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What are the lasting benefits or success stories of simplifying the message?
This and more, on today's episode!
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Today we welcome to the show Paul Ranheim and Kirk Sauers.
Paul is a minister and songwriter in Colorado with a heart for resourcing the church’s worship through song and cultivating leaders.
Kirk is a Worship Leader in Georgia with a passion to shepherd a diverse body of Christ through music.
These guys collectively are known as The Wood Drake Sessions.
Their brand new album From the Valley to the Golden Shore is a collection of songs for the Church that helps us worship our Lord through the cultural moments we are facing in the world today.
We recorded this interview a few weeks ago right after the school shooting tragedy in Ulvade Texas. And a shooting that occurred in Tulsa, OK around the same time.
You’re going to hear the heart of these guys and how you too, as pastors, worship leaders, church staff can help your people process some of the crazy things we are seeing, heartbreaking things we are processing.
We pray this interview blesses you and inspires you as you lead.
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We’re talking with two pastors who are experimenting with VR at their church.
First up is Gerald Faulkner, who has just started to implement VR at his church in North Carolina.
And then we chat with with Jason Poling. Jason is the Lead Pastor at Cornerstone Yuba City, in Yuba City, CA.
They both have a full VR campus and are staffing the campus just like they would a physical campus.
At both of these churches, these pastors believe the Church can be anywhere at anytime with anyone - even in the MetaVerse.
These are pastors that are reaching people for Jesus in a VR world.
We’re excited to have them on the show!
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Summer is usually a time in church world where we catch our breath a little due to the the nature of the church calendar. So we hope you are getting some rest and maybe even a little vacation. We have a lot of audio listeners to our podcast that listen on drives or on vacation or while they are setting lyrics for Sunday in the booth - you know who you are.
Today on the podcast we're talking with Church Audio master James Attaway. James is a church sound tech, he is a YouTuber, he has extensive experience with audio and mixing, training volunteers in this area and more.
We’re going to be talking about how to lead your Church Sound Team, the uphill battle audio techs face, how to cast vision and direction to your sound team and more.
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This week we welcome back to the podcast our friend Jason Moore.
Jason has a new book out called BOTH/AND Maximizing Hybrid Worship Experiences for In Person and Online Engagement.
Jason and 1230media have a lot of the same views and thinking around Hybrid Worship Experiences. We believe it should be BOTH/AND. We should have great In Person Gatherings. We should also have great Online Gatherings. There's different approaches to Hybrid Worship.
There's the straight Livestream, there's the pre-produced online experience, there's a mixture of both - Jason and will dive into each today and walk through advantages and disadvantages of all of those approaches and more.
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This week on the show, we welcome two veteran ministry leaders.
Author of The 5 Love Languages and many other books Dr. Gary Chapman returns to the podcast, along with another incredible author, speaker and pastor - Clarence Shuler.
Gary and Clarence have been friends for decades and they wrote a book together on race relationships. We’re going to talk about Healing Racial Divides in your Congregation. We’ll also talk about how that relates to the Sunday Worship Experience - what things should you be doing on stage and in your Services that will help you reach more people in your community.
We also want to encourage you to go grab their new book.
It's called Life Changing Cross Cultural Friendships - How You Can Help Heal Racial Divides, One Relationship at a time.
Many of us want to do something to improve race relations, but we don't know where to start or even if we can make a difference.
Each chapter of the book will guide you into a deeper level of understanding about what friendship is and about the benefits of cross-cultural friendships on an individual and national level.
We pray this episode is insightful for you.
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This week on the show we welcome Ryan Dahl. Ryan has served churches like North Langley Community Church and Pacific Rim Church in Langley British Columbia. Ryan is the founder and owner of PraiseCharts.
Praise Charts serves Worship Leaders and churches with sheet music, chord and lyric sheets, arrangements and more.
We talk with Ryan about the history of PraiseCharts, some big projects they are working on, the best ways to search for stuff on their site, and more.
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Family episode this week as we welcome Jason Noble.
Jason is the former children’s ministry lead for the Assemblies of God denomination.
He is a pastor and church planter.
Jason was also the real life pastor in the story of Breakthrough - if you saw that movie about the kid that fell through the ice and died and the prayers of his mom and those around him brought him back to life.
Jason is also the host of our brand new Kids Podcast called The KidMin Tribe.
We just launched it and we will be dropping new episodes every other week. So on our new Kids platform, we’ll have a new blog or a new podcast episode every Tuesday. So send your kids leaders and pastors to 1230kids.com
Today we’re talking with Jason today about how to transform your Kids Worship Experiences and the heart behind the new podcast.
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Welcome to this bonus episode of Making Sunday Happen.
In this episode we welcome Abby Johnson to the show. Abby was a Director at Planned Parenthood before she saw what really happened in an abortion and decided to resign and is now the founder of And Then There Were None which helps abortion doctors and workers come out of the abortion industry.
We wanted to have Abby on to talk about the recent Supreme Court leak showing that there is a good chance Roe vs Wade will be overturned.
We talked with Abby about how this decision, if it does go through, will affect churches.
We also talked about what role the Church should play as this unfolds.
What are some things you could do in your Worship Experiences or at your church if this goes through?
How can you continually provide ongoing help to those in need?
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Huge milestone for us, 350 Episodes of our show!
In the last year, we’ve had some amazing guests on the show.
Folks like Phil Joel from the Newsboys, Dr. Gary Chapman, Carey Nieuwhof, Gabe Lyons, Alex Kendrick, Will Doggett, Lee Strobel, Dennis Worley, William Vanderbloemen and dozens of other incredible guests.
We’ve talked about production, worship leading, staffing trends and culture, songwriting, church websites, changing your ‘church online’ game and more. We’re having so much fun. And we’re not slowing down!
This week, our guest is former Elevation Church Worship Leader Wade Joye.
Wade Joye served as the Worship Pastor at Elevation Church under the leadership of Pastor Steven Furtick for over 14 years until transitioning off of staff in late 2021 to serve churches across the country through his teaching and coaching ministry.
During his time at Elevation, Wade oversaw the development of worship culture and staffing for over 20 locations, and spearheaded the growth and pastoring of Elevation Worship.
In addition to building worship culture across all Elevation locations, Wade was instrumental in creating the systems that allowed Elevation Worship songs to go around the world as he led the record label and touring teams.
He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the topics of Worship Leading, leadership, culture and more.
We’re very excited to welcome Wade Joye.
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On this episode of our show, we welcome Ron Hunter.
Ron is the co founder and director of the D6 Conference. He is the CEO of Randall House and D6, a family discipleship ministry that produces incredible curriculum for all ages.
Ron talks with Carl about Family Discipleship on Sunday and beyond.
Ron has some great insights how to incorporate family discipleship into your sermons, how to craft Worship Experiences with families in mind and more.
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On this week’s episode of the show, we welcome Conservative Commentator Andrew Klavan.
Andrew was a part of starting Daily Wire, that’s right Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, Candace Owens and that team.
He has a brand new book out called The Truth and Beauty - about how he researched the great Romantic poets of history and how they were seeking after Jesus and how you can see that in their writing.
We’ll also talk about how pastors can use these poets as examples of how to seek Jesus in a culture that is increasingly against believers.
This episode is a little unique for our podcast, but Andrew is such a great mind and thought leader in the Conservative space, we thought it would be cool to get his perspective on the Church today, and more.
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On this week’s episode of the show, we welcome Worship Leader Justin Rizzo.
Justin serves on staff at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. He has been there for over 15 years. He is a Coach that leads other Worship Leaders across the country. He also owns Firelight Creative - a great production company putting on some amazing shows.
Today, we’re talking with Justin about 10 Keys to being a Successful Worship Leader.
What does a Successful Worship Leader even mean and look like?
We’ll chat through that today.
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Today we have an interview with International Evangelist Nick Hall.
Nick is an incredible speaker and evangelist. He was mentored and influenced by Billy Graham, Greg Laurie and others. Nick is the founder of the Pulse Movement and their big event - Together 22 is happening in just a few months - June 24-25th at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Nick has preached the Gospel to more than 5 Million people and is regularly featured as a speaker for pastors gatherings, and events around the world.
We'll hear from Nick about how to reach the next generation. Nick and his team are reaching young people with with their events.
He'll answer questions like:
How can we craft our Worship Experiences to reach a younger generation?
What do we need to stop doing that is a turn off to younger people?
What can we see happen in the Church today?
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On this week’s show, we’re talking with Trey Van Camp.
Trey is a pastor, church planter, and YouTuber. He is the pastor at Passion Creek Church.
We are going to talk with Trey today about creating killer digital content for your platforms.
Trey has been vlogger for a long time, he has made hundreds of YouTube videos.
You’ll get to see how Trey creates content. So if you are a pastor, a tech leader, communications director, we pray that Trey will give some great tips here for you to think about.
This may mean you take content from your Worship Experience and cut it up in a unique way to use during the week. Or it may mean that your pastor can make videos using the same sermon content or go deeper during the week.
How can we make great digital content and get it out there for the world to see and hear our message. The answer to that and more, on today’s episode!
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On this week’s show, we’re talking with our friend Mark Harvard.
Mark is the Communications Director at Clearbranch United Methodist Church in Alabama.
He has had a career in radio and broadcast ministries as well as Communications.
We’re going to talk about Crisis Management and controlling the narrative if your church gets in the news.
Whether that’s for a good reason or negative attention via a scandal or some event.
We’ll talk through how to respond, how to communicate to the press and how it might affect your Worship Experiences. Ultimately we hope to answer the question: how do you manage the attention?
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On this week’s show, we’re talking with Dave Fry.
Dave is the Director of Product Development and Senior Technician at MediaShout.
We’re going to talk all about the software, all about some great tips for Lyric and Video Operators - no matter which presentation software you use.
Dave is an integral part of the inner workings of designing the Mediashout software really gives some great insight into how to build and accomplish the needs of presentation operators on Sundays.
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This week on the show, we welcome back our friend Mark MacDonald.
Mark talks with us today about church websites and how to fix them.
We’ll talk about what kinds of visitors you are getting on your site, why they are visiting, and what they are looking for.
We’re going to press into what makes a bad church website and some things we can do to improve it.
We’ll talk about the most visited pages on your website, what your calls to action should be and more.
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It's a amily episode this week as we welcome our Director of Ready Made Media at 12:30 - Anthony Racaneillo (RAC for short).
Rac also serves on staff at one of the largest churches in Philadelphia - Epic Church.
He has an incredible story that we talk about on the show, he has a background as an entrepreneur, a business owner, a fashion mogul - he has designed shoes for some of our country’s top athletes and companies.
God got a hold of him the last couple years and has redirected his life toward ministry.
On the show today we’ll be taking a deep dive today into how Epic Church is changing the game when it comes to Church Online.
They produce an entire online production specifically for digital platforms - meaning when you attend Epic, it is not the same thing as what you see online. The teaching content, the sermon series might be the same, but the delivery is not.
Rac is playing a big role in how Church Online is done and brings lots of fresh ideas to the table.
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We rearranged our schedule this week for you to hear from our friend Oksana Vijuk, who is from the Ukraine.
She is currently a Worship Leader at the church at Harpeth Heights in Nashville and we had recorded an interview with her for the podcast. We spoke with her about worship and women in leadership and we think this episode will encourage you.
In light of her episode airing and all that is going on in the Ukraine right now, we reached out to her for an update and to hear about things from her perspective. Oksana shares with us some stories that she has heard from family members still in the Ukraine and gives us some specific things we can be praying about.
We believe both the recorded interview as well as the update on what is going on in the Ukraine will bless you and serve as a reminder for you to pray for her country.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome back our good friend Yancy.
Yancy is a Singer / Songwriter, Worship Leader and now author.
Her brand new book Sweet Sound is available now and we’re talking all about the book and the power of discipleship in Worship.
A great book for Worship Leaders and especially those who lead the song set for Kids. Still, great insight today for anyone who leads people in worship through song.
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This week on the Podcast we welcome Grant Norsworthy back to the show. Grant is a Worship Leader and artist in New Zealand.
We've had Grant on before to chat about Virtual Choir Videos - this time we’re going to talk about how Worship is More than Music.
He will give us great encouragement on how we can use our language a posture a little different when it comes to worship.
Is worship more than the music we sing and the time spot in our church service?
We’ll dive into that today with Grant.
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Carl, our host, attended Winshape Retreat - put on by the Winshape Foundation, from Chick Fil-A - and was invited to join the Fatherhood Commission to talk about fatherhood and small business.
There he met a new friend by the name of David Murrow. David is the author of Why Men Hate Going to Church and Drowning in Screen Time, to name a few. Great books that he will hit on briefly today, but should have episodes of their own.
David has a long career in television and media as a producer and many other roles.
Today, we’re going to be talking about how to Transform your Online Preaching.
David walks through some practical tips for how to get attention online and how to preach effectively to the masses.
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On today’s episode of the show, we welcome Worship Leader Michael Boggs.
Michael was a member of the band FFH back in the day. Currently, he is a Worship Leader of the College experience Kairos, in Nashville.
He is a songwriter whose songs have been sung by great Christian artists over the years. Great guy. You’re going to love hearing from Michael.
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Today we welcome Barbara Carnero to the show to talk about discovering your church's voice!
Barbara has a background working in the agency world and she gave it all up to work for the Local Church. Quite an amazing story.
We'll be talking with Barbara about some of this on the show today.
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On today’s episode of the show, we welcome our friend Tom Bump.
Tom is the founder of Restoring Leaders.
He is also the author of the new book Valleys over Mountains - a book you should have in your personal library. Its a book about overcoming the valleys in ministry and how to get through the hard seasons.
And we always say if you haven’t gone through a tough season or bumps along the way in ministry, you just haven’t been in it long enough. They will come.
Today, Tom is going to talk through how to prevent burnout in ministry.
You may be in a season after this pandemic where you are weary. You are worn down and you are in a fog. You could be coming out of that or you could still be in it. So we are going to talk about some real practical ways to prevent frying out completely.
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On today’s episode of the show, we welcome William Vanderbloemen.
William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of professional executive search.
Prior to his founding The Vanderbloemen Search Group, William studied executive search under a mentor with over 25 years of executive search at the highest level. His learning taught him the very best corporate practices, including the search strategies used by one of the largest and most reputable search firms in the world.
He is the author of "Search: The Pastoral Search Committee Handbook," "Culture Wins: The Roadmap to an Irresistible Workplace" and "NEXT: Pastoral Succession that Works."
You’re really in for a treat today.
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On today’s episode of the show, we welcome Nic McElveen.
Nic is the Product Owner of Video and SFX at Soundstripe.
We talked to Nic about how to create video and other media projects using stock video, music and sound effects.
Nic has a background in ministry and is really able to speak to how to use stock elements and it can help you make Sunday Happen.
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Happy New Year! Welcome to 2022! We made it!!
On this week’s episode of the show, we welcome a good friend, John Shelton.
John served on staff with our host, Carl, at Newspring Church where they had a lot of fun together.
They have both since moved on to new adventures. Carl started 12:30 Media in 2015 and John left to serve as a Chaplain and as a minister to pastors - a shepherd to shepherds.
John and his wife Linda founded More 3:20 recently - a non-profit ministry that serves ministry leaders with free counseling and support.
Note from Carl:
"John has been a great counsel to me and my family - you’re going to hear me get a little vulnerable in this episode with some ministry struggles that I’ve had in my past and John and I walk through experiences we both have had and how to deal with them and still survive in our faith and in the ability to serve others.
I hope our openness and honesty will be an encouragement to you if you might be struggling with some of the same things John and I have seen in ministry."
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Welcome to the show. We hope you are having a very Merry Christmas.
Another light episode this week - a family episode as we welcome a small group of team members from our 12:30 team.
We’re going to chat about what we have seen in the Church this past year, some trends we think might continue into next year and more.
This is just a few of the members of our incredible team at 12:30. We are building something really special and we love to do ministry with these incredible people.
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Welcome to the show.
Lighter episode this week as we head into Christmas.
You might be catching this episode as you are driving to or from a visit with your family, so we hope you survived or hope you can make it out alive this week.
Our host Carl was recently a guest on the Black Bar Podcast where he got to talk to Zach, Caleb and Nick from the Blackbar team all about Creating Media in a Crunch. You’ll hear a little of his story as well as the crew dive into conversation about deadlines and some ideas on how to work ahead and how to create stuff when you’re just plain out of time.
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In today’s episode of the show, we welcome a veteran in Worship Ministry.
Dennis Worley from Brentwood Baptist will be joining us for a conversation.
Dennis has been on staff at Brentwood nearly 30 years and has mentored dozens of young Worship Leaders.
He is a powerhouse in the industry. You are in for a treat today.
We’ll be talking through Worship Leading over the years and also hit heavily on what Worship Leaders should say between songs when they are leading worship.
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On this episode of our podcast, we'll be sharing interviews that we conducted at the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Onward Worship Leader Conference.
We got to spend some time with Worship Leader and Songwriter Justin Tweito as well as Megan Holifield who is on staff at North Greenville University - she works in the Worship Ministry department at NGU and has a good pulse on where worship is, what Worship Leaders are learning and where we are going.
Great insight from both of these guests today.
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This episode of the show is brought to you by the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Apologetics.
And Lee Strobel is our guest today.
Lee Strobel is an Athiest turned Christian. He is the former award winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. He has written more than 40 books and sold over 14 million copies of those books.
After investigating the evidence for Jesus for nearly two years, Lee became a Christian in 1981.
His journey of discovery was chronicled in his book and the motion picture The Case for Christ.
He has since become a teaching pastor at 3 of America’s largest churches.
We dive deep into his latest book The Case for Heaven and also talk about evangelism and the local church.
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We’re back in the studio this week after doing some shows on location at SALT21.
This week, we have a really awesome guest. Rob Mortensen will be joining us.
Rob is the Production Pastor at Irvine South Campus of Saddleback Church. We talked with Dennis Choy from Saddleback a couple weeks ago, so we are getting the Saddleback treatment here on the podcast.
Rob is a great guy. We talked with him about how they train and pastor their volunteer teams, how they execute Sunday, how they craft their Worship Experiences and more.
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This is our second week of podcast episodes from SALT Conference 2021.
If you are in Church Media and Production, Worship, Communications - if you are staff or volunteer, this is a great conference to come to, its one we don’t miss each year.
Luke McElroy and his great team run the show there and they are good friends of 12:30media.
We as a team really love about coming to these conferences and meeting you, our 12:30 fam. We get to hang out and talk with you and hear what God is doing at your church. Hear about your struggles and victories as you make Sunday happen and ministry in general happen in your community.
So this week and next week on the show, you’ll hear interviews with folks who are here at SALT with us.
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This week and next week and next we’ll be bringing you podcast episodes from SALT Conference 2021.
If you are in Church Media and Production, Worship, Communications - if you are staff or volunteer, this is a great conference to come to, its one we don’t miss each year.
Luke McElroy and his great team run the show there and they are good friends of 12:30media.
We as a team really love about coming to these conferences and meeting you, our 12:30 fam. We get to hang out and talk with you and hear what God is doing at your church. Hear about your struggles and victories as you make Sunday happen and ministry in general happen in your community.
So this week and next week on the show, you’ll hear interviews with folks who are here at SALT with us.
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Today we welcome back our guest our guest Paul Cox.
Paul was on the show on last week's episode and we talked about how to build your church website in a week.
We talked through a lot of tips and tricks when it comes to your website.And we received great insight from Paul and we would encourage you to check it out if you missed it.
This week, Paul is going to be talking to us about Tips for Local SEO - Search Engine Optimization.
Basically - how do you get your website in the top local searches on google so that people can find you?
We’re going to get pretty specific here on some things you can do to increase attendance at your church.
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Today we welcome Paul Cox on the show.
Paul is the owner of the Church Co.
He is a great guy.
He was on staff at Hillsong for a number of years. You’ll hear that story here.
He leads a team that helps churches create affordable websites.
Paul zoomed in from Australia and will be on they show this week and next.
This week we’re going to talk all about church websites.
How you can get one affordably if you don’t have one.
What the most popular pages on your church website are.
How to automate your site so there’s never outdated stuff on it and more.
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On today’s episode, we're talking with a member of the 12:30 team - he also is the owner of ChurchVoiceover.com -- Joe Symanski.
Joe is a voiceover artist. He has worked for some amazing ministry and corporate clients like Gateway Church, Life Church, Newspring Church, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and others. Him and his team have voiced dozens of our video projects for churches and ministries.
We'll talk with Joe about the ins and outs of voicing video content and other projects.
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On today’s episode, we will be sharing two more interviews that we did while we were at Experience Conference in Orlando recently.
We'll be talking with Worship Leader Jason Brooks - Jason shares about how to raise up leaders in your Worship Choir.
And also we chatted with Ableton Master, Will Doggett.
Will takes on a deep dive into Ableton, and specifically how and why to use Multi-Tracks and more.
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On this episode, we will be sharing two interviews that we conducted while we were at Experience Conference in Orlando. Which is a great Worship Leader Conference where we had a great time seeing you guys and meeting new friends.
We had the chance to talk with Aaron Stewart. Aaron is the Co-Founder of Planning Center.
Aaron shared about how Planning Center started, how to utilize Planning Center to its fullest potential, and of some new features on the way, and more.
We also chatted with our good friend Stephen Brewster. Brewster has been on the podcast a number of times and this time we talked about the circle of creativity, why every church should release its own worship music and more.
We hope these conversation will help encourage you in your ministry.
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Today we are wrapping up our three part series of Backstage Interviews from NRB 2021. We recorded these interviews at the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Grapevine, TX at the Gaylord Texan.
If you’ve never attended NRB, we’d love to encourage you go sometime.
If you’re a Christian Communicator of any kind, this is a great place to come, to network, to be a part of. If you’re a Pastor, Church Media Staff or Volunteer, if you have any broadcast ministry on TV, radio, podcasting, you will be blessed by this event.
If you missed our NRB interviews last two weeks, feel free to check those out. You can go to makingsundayhappen.com and look for episodes 315 and 316.
Today, we'll hear an interview with Mark DeYmaz. Mark is the founding pastor of Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas, a multi ethnic diverse church. Mark is also the author of Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church, Ethnic Blends, MultiEthnic Conversations and others.
And we’ll also hear from international Worship Leader Joshua Aaron.
Joshua is an award winning American-Israeli singer and songwriter. He was been listed as one of the “Jewish Global 100” Influencers.
He lives near the Sea of Galilee in Israel with his wife and 5 kids. A great guy, you’re going to enjoy hearing from him.
As always we hope this episode encourages you and your work each week in Making Sunday Happen.
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Welcome friends, we are taking the next few weeks to share some episodes we recorded from the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Grapevine, TX at the Gaylord Texan.
If you missed our NRB interviews last week, feel free to check those out at twelvethirty.media/315
And if you’ve never attended NRB, we’d love to encourage you come sometime.
If you’re a Christian Communicator of any kind, this is a great place to come, to network, to be a part of. If you’re a Pastor, Church Media Staff or Volunteer, if you have any broadcast ministry on TV, radio, podcasting, you will be blessed by being here.
This week, we’ve heard from folks in TV - like the team from the Chosen TV Series, Dennis Quaid and the new Reagan movie coming out next year, and dozens of pastors, ministries and organizations.
We’ll be sharing with you exclusive interviews with folks at the convention. Today and over the next 3 weeks, you’re going to hear from leaders at Thrive, Faithlife, Museum of the Bible, Gateway Church and more.
Today, you’ll get to hear from Clint Lewis and Tia Brown and we hope these conversations encourage you in your specific area of ministry.
We're also throwing in a BONUS Interview with Shannon Benett
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This episode of the podcast comes to you from the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Grapevine, TX at the Gaylord Texan.
If you’ve never been to NRB, we’d encourage you to check it out.
If you’re a Christian Communicator of any kind, this is a great place to come, to network, to be a part of. If you’re a Pastor, Church Media Staff or Volunteer, if you have any broadcast ministry on TV, radio, podcasting, you should consider coming as well.
At the conference we heard from folks in TV - like the team from the Chosen TV Series, Dennis Quaid and the new Reagan movie coming out next year, and dozens of pastors, ministries and organizations.
We’re going to be sharing with you interviews with folks at the convention. Over the next three weeks, you’re going to hear from leaders at Thrive, Faithlife, Museum of the Bible, Gateway Church and more.
Today, we’ll share our interviews with Dan Chyrstal from Thrive Conferences and Bayside Church. And Bob Pritchett - CEO of Faithlife who are doing some great things in the technology space. We’ll also talk with Stephen Kendrick of the Kendrick Brothers and find out what their team is working on.
We hope this episode will encourage you!
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On Today’s Show, it’s a family episode as we welcome Grant Murphy from our 12:30 Team. Grant is one of our Video Producers and has produced literally hundreds of videos for our Worship Media library and Custom clients. Today we’re going to be talking all about Talking Head and Testimony Videos. We’re going to walk through some very basic as well as advanced tips and tricks for shooting those types of videos at your church.
From what gear to use, how to lighting your subject, tips on audio recording, making your subject feel comfortable, how to choose on screen talent and more.
Also on Today’s Show, a veteran Church Media guy who went from serving on a Church Staff to producing feature films - Alex Kendrick will be here. You know Alex from the Kendrick Brother’s movies Fireproof, War Room, Courageous, Overcomer. He and his brother Stephen have a new documentary hitting theaters this week called SHOW ME THE FATHER.
When we talk about how to shoot and craft testimony videos - this is a powerful example of that as the film showcases several fathers and their stories. The film hits theaters September 10th and we’ll be talking with Alex about how they shot the documentary, and what to expect from the film and how you can support it.
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Nikki has a strong passion for the church. And specifically has a desire to see unification in the church through worship.
Her heart for people will encourage you today and come across through this conversation.
She will also be at SALT 2021 pre-conference workshops talking about all things worship.
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On this episode we are talking lighting and LED walls today with Justin Firesheets and Adam Hobson. They serve in the production realm at the Church of the Highlands.
Enjoy this conversation which will be both technical but easy to understand about how to set up and use LED walls in effective and creative ways. Seeing the wall almost as a canvas and set design tool, not just a playback screen for your videos.
If you are using this tool, or thinking about branching into this world, check out this episode, we think it will help you.
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This month on the podcast we are playing some sessions from SALT 2020. We had an inspiring time hearing from Carey Nieuwhof and Gabe Lyons last week
This episode we are hearing from worship leader, singer and song writer, Kierre Lindsay.
He will talk about developing a culture on a worship team. How to create a team, instruct them, and how to develop that team. Truthfully though, these principles can be used on any team!
We think this will be of great use for you all who help lead teams in your churches and contexts.
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This week’s episode of the show is going to be very unique. We are going to share a main session from SALT 2020 with you today.
We’ll welcome Carey Nieuwhof - founding pastor of Connexus Church, Author, Podcaster, Speaker
and Gabe Lyons - Gabe is the founder of Q - which educates and mobilizes Christians to advance the common good in society. He is the author of multiple books, served on the team that launched Catalyst and more.
This will be an interview with these two guys, moderated by our friend Joseph Sojourner. And he alked to these guys about the future of the church - what’s next?
Keep in mind, this session was recorded late last year, so there may be some things that they talk about that may or may not apply to your church any more. What we really want you to hear is some of the insight from these guys on where the church is headed - trend lines that we’re seeing in churches.
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Today on the podcast, we’ll wrap our conversation with Brad Zimmerman.
Brad is the Creative Director at Watermark Church in Grand Haven, Michigan.
You also might know Brad as the ProPresenter Tutorial guy. He has done a lot of training videos for Renewed Vision and other things.
We’ll dive in mid-conversation with Brad talking about more innovative ways to take your Livestream up a notch.
If you missed Part One of this series with Brad, feel free to jump back to episode 308 of our show.
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Today on the show, we welcome Brad Zimmerman.
Brad is the Creative Director at Watermark Church in Grand Haven, Michigan.
We’re going to be talking about some innovative ways to Master your Livestream or to take your Livestream to another level.
We’re all now doing a Livestream or Online Church (if you’re not, you’re behind).
If you are, its really time to look at how to enhance it if you haven’t.
Its time to pour more time, energy, staff, money into upping your Online Worship Experience game.
That’s what Brad will be talking to us about this week and next.
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Today on the show, we welcome Grant Norsworthy.
Grant is a Worship Leader, musician, and Christian Music Artist currently living in New Zealand.
Grant was a member of the Paul Colman Trio years ago and also served in the band Sonicflood. Today he is a Worship Leader that has a heart to serve and coach others. He travels the world speaking and coaching worship leaders, bands and musicians through More Than Music Mentor.
If you are a Worship Leader, we’d love to encourage you to check out Grant’s work.
Today we are going to talk about how to create Virtual Choir Videos.
Now we know what you might be thinking, why did we need virtual choir videos when I have my folks back in church? Well we believe we should be crafting our experiences and our content to serve those who come into the building and those online.
We think we can do both well.
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This week, we welcome our friends Brian Blackmore and Eric Bramlett to a bonus episode of the show.
Brian is the head of Church Production Magazine which has fantastic articles and resources available to church tech and production folks.
Eric is the Creative Arts Lead at Community Christian Church in Illinois and will be a speaker at the Capture Summit August 3-4 in Raleigh, NC. This is a conference for church filmmakers and content creators.
We'll be talking with Brian and Eric about the status of church content creators. And asking questions like:
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Are we feeling burnout?
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Are we seeing more demands on us?
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What’s it like to continue to produce content and execute great physical and online experiences as well?
Brian and Eric are going to give some encouragement for that today.
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Well we are continuing this week with the Making Sunday Happen podcast filmed on location from FILO 2021 Conference in Chicago.
FILO (First In, Last Out) is a ministry for Church Tech Artists who serve the church. Our Twelve:Thirty Media team was blessed to attend and participate in the conference this year.
During our time there we interviewed several folks from the conference and so we are continuing with those interviews this week!
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This week on the Making Sunday Happen podcast we have some special interviews filmed on location from FILO 2021 in Chicago.
FILO (First In, Last Out) is a great conference for Church Tech Artists who serve the church. Our Twelve:Thirty Media team was blessed to attend and participate in the conference this year.
We even had the privilege of interviewing several folks from the conference and we will be posting some of those interviews this week and next.
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This episode we are going to continue our chat with Michael Lukaszewski from Church Fuel on barriers to church growth that face pastors today.
Michael brings some great insight on the topic and we are excited to see how it can encourage you as you seek to Make Sunday Happen.
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On todays episode we welcome our friend Michael Lukasewski from Church Fuel to talk about some barriers to church growth that face pastors today.
When we talk about Making Sunday Happen, and how we want to see growth at our church. Michael brings some great insight on the topic. We will have Michael on this week and next week to talk about Church Growth Barriers pastors face.
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This week, more content from the Be Church Conference.
We are sharing an interview with two Senior Pastors in the Southeast -
Allen Holmes, Lead Pastor at Definition Church - who will share some incredible stats about you - pastors and church staff members. The stats Allen shares are pretty alarming.
And in the podcast today, you’ll hear from pastor Shannon O’Dell - Lead Pastor of Brand New Church.
Also, later in the show, we'll share a bonus interview with Tom and Deane Grossclose from Cross Purpose Ministries. This is a husband and wife team that has a ministry that serves you - pastors and church staff members at churches and those in the ministry. They serve you with free Biblical counseling and teaching to help you have great relationships.
You’ll notice a theme on today’s show from Allen and Shannon about the stats seen in the Church today - that our divorce rate is 50%, that its lonely at the top, that pastors and staff have very little outlet to share their struggles with anyone.
Tom and Deane are a part of the solution - they can provide the help you might need. Its okay to ask for help. So, we’ll share my interview with this couple at the end of the show to share how you can get help if you need it.
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In Episode 301 our host Carl Barnhill had the privilege of chatting with a few of the speakers of the Be Church Conference.
We’re going to share those interviews with you this week and next week on the show.
This week, we check out the interview with the Senior Pastor of Abba’s House in Chattanooga, TN - our friend Ronnie Phillips, Jr.
Also in this episode, you’ll hear from the author of the Five Love Languages and all its spin offs - Dr. Gary Chapman.
You’re going to love hearing from both of these guys today.
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Welcome to Making Sunday Happen.
This is Episode 300 of our podcast.
It has been an incredible journey over the last 5 years to bring this podcast to you all. And we are just getting started.
This week, we welcome musician and Worship Leader Phil Joel.
You might know Phil as the bassist for the Newsboys or as the Lead Singer for the band Zealand.
Phil is a veteran in the Christian music industry.
We're talking with Phil today about his career and his heart for Worship.
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In today’s episode of the show, you’re going to hear from the Top 3 Leaders of the Staff of the NRB.
CEO Troy Miller, Communications Director Dan Darling, and Director of Convention and Expo Beth Wakefield.
We talked with these guys about how NRB is leading the way in Equipping broadcasters in the areas of digital, radio, TV, podcasting and more - NRB is an incredible Advocacy group - protecting our freedoms to make Sunday Happen every week.
They are behind the scenes working with lawmakers and elected officials making sure that you have the freedom to preach and teach at your church and be on the air.
This is a really good one.
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This week on the podcast, we will wrap up our conversation with our friend Paul Wingfield.
Paul is the Senior Pastor at White Flag Christian Church in St. Louis.
We are jumping right back into part two of our conversation.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome our friend Paul Wingfield.
Paul is the Senior Pastor at White Flag Christian Church in St. Louis.
Paul took a 3 month sabbatical last year during the craziness and came back fired up.
He did a sermon series when he came back called You Deserve to Know, where he laid out where his church and their leadership stood on cultural issues of the day.
Those sermons alone have been watched over 40,000 times from folks all over the world. That’s how impactful this message was.
Paul is going to share all about that and more this week and next week on the show.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome Justin Nava from Mr. Church Marketer.
Justin has some fantastic ideas when it comes to Church Websites, Social Media, Church Apps, some tips for working with an Agency and more.
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We are really excited about this week’s episode of our show as we welcome Joanna La Fleur.
Joanna is an author, a blogger, a communications consultant, a tv host, she does it all.
This week we are going to chat with Joanna about your church website from the eyes of a First Time Visitor.
What are things that you need to make sure you focus on when it comes to visitors to your site.
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If you missed last week’s episode of the show, we started a two part series with the Founder of FILO - Todd Elliott. You have full permission to stop this episode and go back and listen to PART ONE of this conversation with Todd to catch up.
We started a great discussion all about Church Tech Arts. Todd and Carl have served at large churches in the United States, and both have come from small churches as well as having a background of working with what you have to make things work for Sunday.
Todd has a similar passion to reach people for Jesus and to use tech arts as just that - an art form to share the Gospel.
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Today, we're talking with the founder of FILO, Todd Elliott.
FILO stands for First In, Last Out and is an organization created for staff and volunteers in the tech and communications space. There are training renounces on their website and a Conference coming up in May of 2021.
We’ll be chatting about Todd’s book I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas - Tackling the Challenges of Being a Church Technical Artist.
We are going to cover a lot of ground this week and next week on the show with Todd.
From talking about the difference in a Techie and an Artist, the value of Production, Collaboration, Leadership, and more.
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This Week on the show we welcome our good friend Matt McMorris.
Matt is a church planter and the Lead Pastor of Grace Valley Church in Wisconsin.
We’re going to talk about how to lead church plants and smaller churches.
We are going to do a case study of Grace Valley - which runs about 30 members or so on a Sunday and growing.
We'll answer questions like
How does a church of 30 do it?
What are some affordable ways that they have excellent quality on a very small budget?
How are they live-streaming?
How are they reaching people in their community?
What does their Sunday look like?
This and more on the episode today!
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This week on the show, we are talking with Nathan Spicer from CV Global on the topic of Hope through Digital Media.
CV serves thousands of churches around the world with resources for pastors, church planters and leaders.
We’ll talk about the shift in churches and how the churches they are serving are using digital media to reach people with the Gospel.
We are excited for this interview with Nathan, because we are going to get a taste of what churches are doing around the globe not just here in the United States.
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This week on the show, we'll be talking with Alex Sawyer. Alex is a tech director at a church and also runs The Production Pastor dot com - a great resource for you to gain some knowledge on church media - audio, lighting, video and more.
Alex and I will be chatting today about Tips for Video Directors. So if you have IMAG - Image Magnification at your church - which is technical lingo for Camera Shots on Screens - we’re talking today about the importance of Transitions, your lingo on your Comms, Framing and Composition, White Balance and more.
Get ready to dive into a quick masterclass on directing video at your church.
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This week on the show, we are talking with our friend Justin Kennedy. Justin is the Head of the Faith Division at Vimeo.
We'll be talking to Justin about how to use Vimeo for your Livestream at your church and what they are learning as they help thousands of churches around the world navigate the time we’re in.
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Family Episode this week as I welcome my buddy Daniel Stevanus, Stal as we call him. Stal handles all of our blog, podcast and social media here at our ministry. He also serves as a Student Pastor at a large methodist church in our community.
I’ll be talking with Stal about how to Take a Sabbath when you work on Sundays. If we burn out, there is no way we can minister to those in our care - we’ve done a few episodes on Soul Care and this week we’ll focus on how to take time off so you can make Sunday happen. Sounds contradictory? We don’t think so.
We’ll talk about that today.
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If you missed last week’s episode of the show, we started a chat with Jason Moore and Ros Picardo - authors of the book From Franchise to Local Dive - How to Multiply your Church.
The premise of the book is to not be a cookie cutter church - to really understand your community and create a fresh expression that can resonant with the community you’re trying to reach.
This week we’ll get into more of the how you can craft your Worship Experience for your local dive.
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Today on the show we welcome Jason Moore and Rosario Picardo - authors of the book From Franchise to Local Dive - How to Multiply your Church. They wrote this book and released it early last year and we were going to have them on but then the pandemic hit and we moved some things around. We did have Jason on and that was episode 243 if you want to take a dive in the archives.
But we thought we would circle back and talk about this book From Franchise to Local Dive - the premise is to not be a cookie cutter church. Don’t expect to copy another church or even your own church if you’re starting another campus or church plant. Really look at how your church can minister to the community its in - so what does that look like when it comes to music, service flow, what creative elements we include in the Worship Experience and more.
We’ll also talk about how to take your Worship Experience beyond Sunday and ‘live in the city’ you’re in. We’ll dive into how to make your local body unique and memorable to your community.
That’s all coming up this week and next on the show.
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If you missed last week’s episode of the show where we started our conversation with Savannah Kimberlin from Barna, you need to stop right now and go back one space and watch or listen to that episode.
It will really give you context going into Part Two of our chat with Savannah.
Savannah Kimberlin is Barna’s Director of Published Research.
Today, with Savannah, we are going to be talking about what the New Sunday Morning looks like for a Christian family, what do the stats show that people actually do on Sunday now? Are they skipping church? Are they gathering the family to watch? What do they do with the kids?
We’re talking about the burning question of Millenials and Gen Z and how those age groups are engaging or disengaging with Church online.
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This week, I’m going we interviewed Savannah Kimberlin from Barna. She is Barna’s Director of Published Research. We’ll be walking through some of the top findings from Barna showing real stats on Church Online, Church Attendance, the State of where the Church is and more.
This week and next week with Savannah, we're going to get a real sense of the state of where we are.
Sometimes we we can guess and say “I think the Church is seeing x, y, z…” But today you’re going to hear stats based on mountains of research.
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This week, we’ll continue our chat with Mark MacDonald.
We’re talking more about what should be the thread that connects every ministry in your church. We’ll also talk through the words BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING and what each of them mean, the benefits of being known for something and more.
Enjoy part two of our exclusive interview.
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This week we're talking with another leading voice in the Branding and Church Communications space - Mark MacDonald.
Mark is the author of Be Known for Something and we can learn a ton from Mark about making sure to have a consistent thread in our church or ministry that runs through the entire organization and that it speaks to the audience and is not instead internal speak.
Together we’re going to walk through some of gold found in his book this week and next.
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Today on the podcast, we talk with our friend Chuck Scoggins. Chuck is a Church Communications guy. We are going to be talking about how you can reach your community digitally through your Worship Experiences and other activities in your church.
We hope this is a helpful conversation for you and your church as we continue in 2021 with a strong online presence being the norm.
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On this week’s episode of the show, we continue our conversation with author and innovator Doug Paul. Doug is the author of Kingdom Innovation for a Brave New World. If you missed Part One of our series with Doug, feel free to jump back to last week’s episode of the show to get caught up.
We'll talk with Doug about what the church looked like PRE COVID and what it can look like now.
Today we'll focus on where where the church is headed and how we can innovate, to reach people with the Gospel.
Doug is the author of Ready or Not: Kingdom Innovation for a Brave New World. In this interview, we'll talk about his 5 phases of Kingdom Innovation.
The 5 Phases of Kingdom Innovation
- Identification - We must locate the big idea and frame the problem we’re trying to solve.
- Ideation - We must generate whole new practices, concepts, and ways of thinking if we’re going
to solve our innovation challenge. 3. Experimentation - We launch, test, adjust, and relaunch the innovation until the prototype we
are testing achieves the measured goals set out. 4. Mobilization - Once our prototype has seen breakthrough, we need to know why and how it
worked so that we can mobilize many to multiply it. 5. Multiplication - Make the innovation scalable, removing as many barriers as possible, for as
many people as possible, so we can invite them all into a brand new breakthrough.
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On this first episode of the NEW YEAR we welcome Doug Paul. Doug is the author of Kingdom Innovation for a Brave New World. We'll talk with Doug about innovation and specifically what the church looked like PRE COVID and what it can look like now.
We’ll talk about his 5 phases of Kingdom Innovation and more, this week and next.
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This week, we’re doing a very informal family episode. We've invited the 12:30 Media Lead Team to come and hang out today.
You’ll hear from the team as we reflect on this crazy past year and also look ahead to 2021.
We’ll talk about what we’ve seen in the churches we serve and how things are looking for next year.
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On this week’s episode of the podcast we'll be wrapping up our two part series with Worship Leader and Mentor Zach Neese. Zach is the author of How to Worship a King - and we are going to continue our chat on the topic of Worship and what he is seeing in the Church today.
We'll jump into mid-conversation with Zach so if you missed part one, be sure to look catch Episode 276.
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On this week’s episode of the podcast we'll be talking with Zach Neese. Zach is a Worship Leader, a mentor to other Worship Leaders and the author of How to Worship a King - a fantastic book that needs to be on the shelf of every Worship Leader in ministry.
We'll spend two weeks with Zach talking about Biblical Truths of worship, whether Biblical Worship is commonly practiced in our modern church, how God wants to know you not use you and more. A jam packed couple weeks on the topic of Worship.
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Bonus Episode this week! We sit down with the creators of Altar Live and talk about having Hybrid Worship Experiences.
Altar Live is a brand new service created this year through the pandemic that allows you to merge physical and digital worship experiences together. It's incredible! We talk with Stephanie Antonucci Leathe and Andy Mahon all about it and we walk through features of the service, what you can do with it and how it can help your church.
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On this week’s episode of the podcast we will continue our conversation with Josh Brown from His Productions.
Josh will talk about how to Turn your Worship Experiences into a Podcast.
We started in on this topic last week and talked about Podcasting Stats, how the Church can use podcasting to reach a younger audience, the cost involved in podcasting, how to re-engage church members, how to structure your podcast, and more.
If you missed that episode, feel free to jump back to Episode 274 first to and catch up.
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I On this week’s episode of the podcast we welcome Josh Brown from His Productions. Josh will be talking about how to Turn your Worship Experiences into a Podcast.
We’re going to really explore this topic this week and next week on the show. We’ll hit on Podcasting Stats, how the Church can use podcasting to reach a younger audience, the cost involved in podcasting, how to re-engage church members, how to structure your podcast, whether you should do audio or video, and more. We’re going to pack a lot of content into this week’s and next week’s episodes.
Give it a listen and let us know if it’s helpful.
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We continue in the conversation this week with Kenny Campbell from Stuff You Can Use and Grow Curriculum. Join in the discussion as we talk about practical strategies for volunteer teams. With Kenny's experience in student ministry in recruiting, training and equipping his helpers, and his proven strategy turned into resource on his site, we know this interview will help each of us.
Kenny is going to share his playbook with in this 2nd part of the interview.
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We are excited for another episode this week on the podcast as we welcome Kenny Campbell from Stuff You Can Useand Grow Curriculum. Kenny is a powerhouse in the student ministry space and has pioneered some very practical strategies when it comes to volunteer teams.
Kenny is going to share his playbook with in this 2 part exclusive interview.
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Bonus Episode this week! We are welcoming Paul Richards back to the Podcast. Paul is the Chief Streaming Officer at StreamGeeks. And today we are talking with Paul today about Vmix - which if you are unfamiliar - Vmix is a Live Production and Streaming Software for Windows.
You can create processional live video productions and you can also livestream to your favorite streaming providers like Facebook Live, YouTube, Twitch.
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Today we welcome back our friend Steve Fogg. Steve is master when it comes to Google and Facebook Ads for the Church and for Ministries. Last week we took a dive into the best ways to use Google Ads and this week we are going to talk all about Facebook Ads.
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On this week’s episode of our show, we welcome our friend Steve Fogg. Steve has some amazing resources for the church in the way of Facebook and Google Ads - including how you can get grant money for your non-profit, how to make the best use of Google and Facebook, and more.
We’re going to be going pretty deep on those two platforms this week and next. This week we will tackle Google Ads and next week we’ll look at Facebook.
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On this week’s episode of our show, we welcome our friend Dean Stelow. Dean has recently launched his own ministry called ReOrient Mentoring. It is a ministry to help lead leaders. It is a ministry to you. To help you balance your ministry and personal life and to help center you so you can minister to others.
We’ll also share an interview we did with Jenni Catron from SALT last year on how to lead yourself well and how you steward the influence God has given you.
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On this week’s episode of our show, we welcome our friend Jeannette Yates.
Jeannette works with the team at Text in Church to help churches follow up with their guests in an effective way. We’ll be talking to Jeannette today about how to create a great guest experience.
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This week, we welcome Holly Tate. Holly is the Vice President of Business Development at Vanderbloemen. They have just launched a sister company called Christian Teams - a ministry dedicated to helping you find the right supporting staff members for your church or organization. They help staff and recruit your support roles.
We’ll talk with Holly today about how to recruit the right talent for your church, how to hire during a pandemic, what to look for on a resume and what are some red flags, the difference in Furloughs and Layoffs and more. Its an episode about helping you craft the right team for your Worship Experiences and your church.
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On this week’s episode of our show, we’ll welcome back Nate Bramsen. Nate and Carl will be talking about ideas for using stories in your messages and communication on Sunday. He has some great stories about some famous hymns that he’ll share and some other ideas that you can take and use in your teaching this weekend or anytime.
We’ll also share an interview with speaker and communicator Joseph Sojourner. How do we tell the story of our church better? How do we tell stories about our community?
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On this week’s episode of our show, we continue our conversation with our friend Ryan Wakefield from Church Marketing University. Last week, we started a discussion with Ryan about some great church visitor gift ideas and how you can go over the top in how you treat guests at your church.
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On this week’s episode of our show, we welcome our friend Ryan Wakefield from Church Marketing University. Ryan does an incredible job at CMU helping churches with their marketing plan and helping them retain first time guests. Today, Ryan and Carl will be talking about some great church visitor gift ideas.
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In this Bonus Episode of Making Sunday Happen, we welcome Jeff Reed. Jeff has been working directly with churches and church planters through Stadia Church Planting and through his website TheChurch.Digital. His platforms are a resource to help churches understand how to make disciples online. He is a great guy putting out some really great resources for the church.
We talked with Jeff about what he is seeing with churches and how we are coming out of the COVID pandemic and into a new normal. Also covered are some stats on church attendance, how to to craft online worship experiences, how we see the church moving more online how the pandemic is affecting church planters and more.
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This week, we welcome Nate Bramsen from ROCK International and Creative Arts Director Phil Bowdle.
Nate is an evangelist that travels around the world sharing the Gospel. It is not uncommon for Nate to speak dozens of times over a month and be anywhere in the world. He is the Executive Director of Rock International - a great ministry that serves and equips the church with tools to reach and disciple people in nations around the globe.
We also share an interview that we did last year with our friend Phil Bowdle how to put Jesus on display through our Worship Experiences.
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This week, we welcome back Seth Muse. Seth served as the Communications Director at Hope Fellowship in Frisco, TX. He is a Communications consultant and host of the Seminary of Hard Knocks Podcast.
Seth and Carl discuss the Curse of Success. How Success as a church or ministry can actually breed things like Laziness, Arrogance, Confusion and other things. We’ll dive into that today.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome our friend Seth Muse to the show. You might know Seth from the world of Church Communications. He hosts the Seminary of Hard Knocks Podcast and the Instagood Show on Facebook. This week we’re talking about ways to make your Worship Experience last all week. How you can repurpose and cut up content from your Worship Service into small parts and redeliver that content to your congregation during the week.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome Paul Richards. Paul hosted the Worship Summit Live conference in July. Great online event for Worship Leaders and Church Media folks. Paul is the Chief Streaming Officer at the Streamgeeks - an online platform that helps churches and other clients with Livestreaming and Digital Experiences.
Today, we are going to be walking through Paul’s book “Helping your Church Livestream” - we’re going to hit on why churches should adopt Livestreaming technology if you haven’t, how to get started, how to move from one way communication that Livestreaming provides to two way communication using Zoom and other tools. We’ll take a deep dive into how to use Zoom breakout rooms to engage your congregation, we’re going talk through OBS, selecting the right gear and more. Jam-packed episode of the show this week.
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This week on the show, we’ll dive into Part Two of our conversation with Adobe AfterEffects Master Trent Armstrong. Trent is the Lead Motion Designer at Igniter Media. If you missed Part One of my conversation with Trent - be sure to Watch Episode 259.
We talked with Trent last week about his experiences at Igniter and we started to dive into things like Fractal Noise, Set Mattes, Gradient Wipes and more. If you want to learn Motion Graphics and you create media content for your church - these episodes are perfect for you. And you’re learning from the Great One.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome Motion Graphics Legend Trent Armstrong. Trent is the Lead Motion Designer at Igniter Media.
If you create video content at your church, we’re going to dive into a quick Adobe AfterEffects class with Trent.
A lot of folks are scared of AfterEffects - citing it is really complicated. And granted it does take some time to learn, you can get there.
Trent and Carl talk about some basic and more advanced features and effects like Fractal Noise, Set Mattes, Gradient Wipes, Beams, and more.
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This week on the podcast, we continue our discussion with Gary Molander on the topic of Pursuing Christ, Creating Art.
We're talking about Purpose, the difference in being a Creative and an Artist, your Identity, your Pursuit, Authority, Creative Blocks, and more. We’ve dive straight back into my conversation with Gary in just a minute.
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This Week on the podcast, we welcome a regular on the SALT stage, and a ministry veteran – Gary Molander
Gary is a great guy. We’re going to be talking with Gary this week and next week all about Pursuing Christ and Creating Art, which is the title of his 2011 book.
Over the next two weeks, we’ll be talking about Purpose, the difference in being a Creative and an Artist, your Identity, your Pursuit, Authority, Creative Blocks, and more.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome Daniel Gil and Meredith Andrews to the podcast. Daniel has served as a Worship Leader and motivational speaker. He is also an incredible athlete and competes on the show American Ninja Warrior.
We also welcome Singer/Songwriter Meredith Andrews to the show.
We put both of these interviews together because we talked to Daniel and Meredith both the importance of staying humble as a Worship Leader and as someone on stage. Both of these individuals have been on stage in front of thousands of people at a time
How do we stay humble?
How do we stay humble as our platform and influence grows?
We’ll tackle that question and more this week on the podcast.
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Today on the podcast, we welcome a member of our Twelve:Thirty Team - Shawn Reece.
Shawn works on our team to provide design and video direction to our custom media projects to dozens of churches every month.
He has experience in communications, marketing, video, filmmaking and more. He has been on staff a some larger churches including Faith Promise in Knoxville.
We are talking with Shawn today about how we churches can rebound from COVID.
Today is more of a family episode, very informal, just Carl and Shawn hanging out talking through how to measure your church attendance, how to think small, how to be consistent with your worship experiences and more.
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Today on the podcast, we welcome the CEO of Minno - Erick Goss to the show. Erick is a former Amazon Marketing Executive - he worked directly under Jeff Bezos. He played a key role in the very first Amazon Ebook and Print on Demand Business. If you have purchased an Ebook on Amazon - Erick’s team created the platform to do that.
He now serves as the CEO of Minno. Minno has done a great job of curating media content and programming and producing Church at Home Worship Experiences for your Online Kids Services.
We're talking with Erick about how to have some great online content to make Sunday Happen for your kids and families that attend your church.
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Today on the podcast, we welcome Alan Smith. Alan is the Communications Arts Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Columbus, GA. Today we are going to talk about how to remove distractions and enhance your graphics for worship.
We do not want to be a distraction. So what is a distraction when it comes to our graphics and how to do we remove those distractions so that people can engage with our message?
Also, we were planning on sharing Carl's entire talk from Design Revival last year on how to Enhance your Screen Visuals on the podcast, but Alan had such great content that we wanted to keep all of it. So, we are dropping the talk from Design Revival in its entirety right here in the Show Notes for this episode. See the full Workshop Session below.
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This week on the podcast, I welcome my friend Kenny Jahng.
We’re going to be talking all about how to use video to Reach People online, because - video is the name of the game online. Images are great, text is fine - but video is taking your online presence - both in your worship experiences and in your social media engagement to the next level.
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Today on the podcast, we’re going to share a talk from Carl Barnhill and Luke McElroy from NRB - the National Religious Broadcasters Convention a few months ago. The talk is all about Podcasting. How to start one, how to grow a podcast, how to turn your church’s content into a podcast - lots of great information and how your church or ministry can repurpose or take your Worship Experience beyond Sunday through a podcast.
Also, we share an interview with the host of the Say Goodnight Kevin Podcast - YouTuber Kevin McCreary. Kevin has worked in radio, he has worked at Focus on the Family, and now has a massively successful YouTube channel and podcast where he brutally reviews Christian films and media. Kevin has grown his audience to over 30,000 subscribers on YouTube
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Our 250th Episode Special! Can you believe it!? We've been bringing you fresh podcasts every week for over 5 years!
We have some really big guests for this episode of the show.
Worship Leader, Songwriter, Christian Music Artist Matt Maher.
Author of The Road Back to You - An Enneagram Journey of Self Discovery - Ian Morgan Cron.
And if you’re a baseball fan, you might remember this guy - former Atlanta Braves first baseman Sid Bream.
Sid is a believer and speaks at churches all over the country.
This episode is a milestone for us and we hope you'll check out our podcast archive for more episodes of our show.
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This week on the podcast, we continue our look into ProPresenter 7 and how to make the most out of the software for your church.
We welcome Renewed Vision Marketing Director Cody Patterson. Where last week, Brad Weston gave us the origin story of Renewed Vision and the theory behind Pro7, Cody dives into the specific features of the software and walks through how to use the new interface.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
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An Overview of the New Interface of Pro7
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How to use Multiple Bible Display
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How to use Easy View
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The Brand New Editor in Pro7 and how to use it
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How to use the new Stage Display
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What the New Announcements Layer does and how it is useful
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How to use Built-In Multi-Screen
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How Pro7 Auto-Detects your Outputs
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New features with Countdown Timers
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This week on the podcast, we welcome the Founder of Renewed Vision and ProPresenter creator Brad Weston.
We talked with Brad about how ProPresenter came to be and how you can use the software to its fullest potential at your church.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
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The Origin Story of Renewed Vision and ProPresenter
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How ProPresenter has been used by Houses of Worship as well as companies like Apple, Disney, and in Live Shows in Las Vegas
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The Story Behind the move to ProPresenter 7
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The Why Behind retooling Pro 7 for the future
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The New Interface of Pro 7
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The Windows version of the software
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What upgrades are on the way
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Most Popular Features of ProPresenter 7
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Integration with Planning Center, CCLI and other software
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In this Bonus Episode of the Podcast, we welcome back Church Media Consultant Phil Cooke.
Phil has some great insight into how to lead your team through uncharted territory. What does the new normal of Leading our Team look like?
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
How does my credibility as a Leader matter more than ever right now?
How important is it to ditch my assumptions as a leader and admit when I’m wrong?
How can we start listening to everyone on our team through this time?
What are some ways to communicate my church’s Post-COVID Plans to my church?
What are some ways that churches should adopt a gradual approach back in?
How do you advertise your church more during a crisis?
How important do you see equal attention being given to the in-person and online worship experiences?
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This week, we are talking to Zach Synder and Caleb Weidman. These are two of the founders of Blackbar, an online ministry dedicated to empowering churches to reach their communities with digital tools.
They have released some great videos helping churches navigate Livestreaming, Communications, and more.
Zach is the Video Director at Lifehouse Church, and over the past 7 years, he's lead teams in both video production and live production environments. He's also a host and co-leader of Blackbar, a ministry whose purpose is to inspire, educate, and encourage church and ministry creatives. Zach is passionate about seeing media used for the advancement of the Gospel and the edification of the church.
After over a decade of professional marketing and graphic design experience, Caleb is now the multimedia and marketing director at Grand Rapids First in Grand Rapids, MI. He oversees the production of media content, advertising, and online presence for the ministries of the church. He also is the president of Blackbar.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
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Church Video Announcements
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Photographing your Church Service
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Creative Blocks
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Killing the Church Bulletin
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Fonts
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Fast and Cheap Ways to Livestream
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Improving your Church Livestream for Free - Audio vs. Video
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In this Bonus Episode of the podcast, we get an update from Matt Freeman and Alex Lyons from the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Matt is the Associate Director of Worship and Music. Alex is the Creative Director for the convention.
We got an update from these guys on how the over 2,000 churches across the state of South Carolina are welcoming people back to their church buildings and locations.
Topics covered in this episode:
How soon are churches reopening their locations?
Are churches using Drive Up Church as a stepping stone to reopening their buildings? Are churches talking about multiple services or limited seating?
What are churches doing for Kids and Student Ministry?
What are churches still struggling with?
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This week on the podcast, we welcome Arron Hart and Dan Griffin.
Arron is the Communications Director at CityView Bible Church in Round Rock, TX. We’re doing a case study with Arron on how CityView has done Church Online. We’ll walk through what’s on their website and why, how they have recorded their services, their process, the results they have seen and more.
CityView has really done it well and I thought they would be a great church to look at to give you ideas on how to make your online experiences excellent. These ideas apply even after COVID-19. We’ll talk to Arron about how CityView has done it.
You’ll also hear from Dan Griffin. Dan has been in ministry a long time and has a unique perspective as he has a toe in ministry and his wife is on staff at a large church, she serves as the Worship Leader for a Traditional Venue. And Dan is also a Chapter Leader of C12 which is a Christian business mastermind group that helps Christian Leaders around the country.
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Today, we welcome back to the podcast, Kyle Kutter from the Life Church team. We’re going to really dive into Church Online Platform today.
We are talking with Kyle about how you can use it, how you can enhance your user experience on the platform, some ideas for engaging your viewers and more.
We really hope today’s episode will give you lots of ideas and will help you.
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This week we welcome Marc Gawith from Switcher Studio to the podcast.
Switcher Studio is basically a switcher in your pocket. This is a mobile solution to connect 9 different sources and live switch those sources from your phone or iPad. You can hook in cameras, a computer with your Presentation software like ProPresenter or MediaShout, or other inputs to create your Live Worship Experience on the Fly. You can also use Switcher Studio to record all your inputs for editing later.
We wanted to have Marc on the podcast to walk through how you can use Switcher Studio at your church for your Worship Experiences or remote shoots.
We want you to know the tools available to you that might be a good fit for your church to Transform your Worship Experiences.
Marc and Carl walked through all the features and benefits of Switcher, how it works and some creative things you can do with the software.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome Jason Moore. Jason is an author, speaker and worship coach. He is the author of 10 books, his latest From Franchise to Local Dive is out now. He is the co-founder of Midnight Oil Productions and is a creativity consultant for numerous denominations.
We have shifted our podcast schedule around to bring you the most relevant content as we are still in the middle of COVID-19. So we asked Jason to come the podcast because he has put together an incredible webinar called Telling the Old Story in a New Time, all about how to shift your worship experience to Online.
We’re going to talk through best practices for worshipping online and beyond in a physically distanced world.
We covered topics like:
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How to consolidate content for your Online Worship Experience.
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Creating Experieces from your Sweet Spot
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How to encourage participation in your Online Gatherings.
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How to handle Online Giving
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Re-Imagining Church
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Embracing our Limitations
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How to Build Community Online
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How to Creatively follow up with Guests and Members after your Livestream
and more.
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This week, we talk to Tyler Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Text in Church. Tyler and the team at Text in Church are passionate about helping churches thrive and communicate to their members and guests using text and email.
Through the podcast, you'll learn three effective strategies for how to effectively reach your community during uncertain times.
STRATEGY #1: The Online Attendance Bump
- How sending 2 simple text messages at the right time can increase your online attendance by 10-15%.
STRATEGY #2: Gather your Attendees Contact Info
- You'll learn how do I get more new guests to leave their contact info.
STRATEGY #3: Live Stream Guest Follow Up
- How to use good communication methods to create a guest follow up plan.
If wanting to know more about how to stay connected to your church and guests, today's episode is perfect for you.
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This week, we're sharing three interviews we did at SALT19 Conference last year.
We talked with Andy High, Darrel Girardier and Jay Kranda all about how to enhance your Online Presence.
Obviously right now you are probably 100% online. So we want to give you some practical tips for how to enhance how people find you and engage with you online.
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This week, we conclude our NRB Backstage Pass series. This week, we chat with two Church Communicators – Consultant, Author, Speaker Natchi Lazarus and Justin Dean from ThatCC.
We talked with both of these guys about Social Media, Digital Marketing, Communications Strategies and more.
Additional Resources: * The Connected Church – Natchi Lazarus’ book on how Social Media can impact churches and non-profits * Sunday U – Justin Dean’s online training platform for everyone behind the scenes at your church
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In this episode of the podcast, we return to our NRB Backstage Pass recorded last month at the National Religious Broadcaster’s Convention in Nashville, TN.
This week we welcome Legendary Bible Teacher Kay Arthur and treasured Biblical Counselor June Hunt to the show. Both of these ladies give great encouragment to pastors.
We also welcome three pastors, Ray Barnhill, Brian Rogers and Barry Stallings. These three passtors give unique perspective into how they prepare their messages for Sunday.
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This week we talk with Kevin Hertel from Outreach.
Outreach has released a tool called FreeOnlineChurch .com that allows you to create a free landing page for your Livestream.
You can embed your Facebook or YouTube feed to give your visitors a dedicated page to view your content to keep them more engaged.
Kevin walks through how to use the platform and what’s being added in the weeks to come.
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Today, we’re going to focus on Video for your Livestream.
We’re welcoming Collin Jones and Nate Anderson from Living as One to the show.
We talked with these guys about how to engage your community with your livestream, how to get started quickly, we talked through video gear, encoders, your system, your streaming destinations, and more.
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Welcome to a very special Bonus Episode of Making Sunday Happen on Coronavirus and the Church.
We welcome James Wasem back to the podcast. James and Carl talked through some best practices and tips for Audio on your Livestream.
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This is a very special Bonus Episode of Making Sunday Happen on Coronavirus and the Church.
Obviously the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of how we do church.
Making Sunday Happen looks a whole lot different than it did last week.
Many of you guys are scrambling to know how to continue to do church.
You’ve been forced to do church online and not meet at your physical location.
Some of you have been livestreaming already and you’re working on a plan for how to use what you have more effectively.
Some of you, this is your first move to streaming and you’re looking for answers.
You can do this. We are going to get through this time.
It might look different. Things may never go back to normal, but we’re going to make it.
And there are many people in the Body of Believers who have stepped up to help.
In an effort to let you know what the ministries that serve you are doing, we asked several leaders in our industry to come together for a special roundtable discussion to talk through several things.
We talked through...
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The State of the Church - where we are and what we are seeing
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The State of Conferences - what’s being cancelled and moved and what’s not at this time
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Resources and Training available to you.
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Some Communications strategies and more.
We’ve gathered a powerhouse lineup of leaders in our space.
Luke McElroy - SALT
Justin Dean - ThatCC
Katie Allred - Church Communications
Kenny Jahng - Church Communications
Luke Miller - Worship House Media
Ryan Wakefield - Church Marketing University
Ben Stapley - author, speaker, communicator
Stephen Brewster - consultant
We want you to hear the heart of these leaders. We are for you. We are with you. You’re not alone.
We can and will still make Sunday happen.
Our Leader Roundtable discussion on Coronavirus and the Church.
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This week, we are recording the show in Nashville, TN at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.
We continue our look backstage at NRB, sharing interviews with Church Media Consultant Phil Cooke and Worship Leader Yancy.
We talked with Phil about 10 ways to lead church creatives.
We talked with Yancy about the importance of using media in worship, how she uses lyric media in her concerts and more.
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This week, we are recording the show in Nashville, TN at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.
This week in our look backstage at NRB 2020, we share interviews with Kevin and Sam Sorbo and actress Ashley Bratcher. We talked with them about some upcoming projects of theirs that would be great to get your congregation involved with.
If you’re looking for movies especially to use as tools and resources to reach the people in your community, these are the guys producing these projects and we want to encourage you to support them.
Churches can play a huge role in the success of faith-based projects.
So, although these guys don’t directly hit those who make Sunday Happen, We want deviate just a little and let you know about some upcoming projects headed your way for your church to get behind.
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This week, we are recording the show in Nashville, TN at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.
And as a guest, we're welcoming singer/songwriter Jeremy Camp.
The brand new movie I Still Believe is coming to theaters March 13th. We'll be talking with Jeremy about the movie, about songwriting, about worship leading and how to walk by faith when tragedy hits. It’s going to be a little different episode this week, but a good one.
You can get resources for your church at the movie's website.
Check out these resources Carl mentions in this episode:
- Camera Training Guide for Volunteers
- Advanced Tips for Camera Operators
- How to use Volunteer Camera Operators
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This week we’re talking with Wayne Bolin who is the Co-founder of The Volunteer Memo. Wayne has a passion for volunteers and we’ll talk through how to structure and execute great Volunteer huddles before your Worship Experiences.
You’ll hear the best ways to
- Cast Vision to your Team
- Inform them of the Specifics of the Day
- Walk through a Devotional
- Take Prayer Requests from your Team Members
- Pray with your Volunteer Team
For a companion resource for your Volunteer team, you might check out The Ultimate Production Team Handbook. It comes packed with documents and training materials that will give you a massive jumpstart in creating your own manual for your production team.
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This week, we will be continuing our conversation with Tony Valdes. Tony is a former Miami pastor and is now the founder of Be Church Ministries. We are talking about the best ways to prep for sermons and prepare as a Teaching Pastor each week. If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to catch up on last week’s show. Tony will be leading the Be Church 2020 Conference coming up in April in Greensboro, NC if you can make it. Speakers include Dr. Gary Chapman, Rebekah Lyons, Matt Peterson, Dr. Caronline Leaf and other pastors, authors and leaders, Worship by Catherine Mullins and Rita Springer. Visit Be Church Ministries to register for the event. And check out some great encouragement to pastors and leaders. SHOW NOTES
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This week on the show, we welcome Pastor Tony Valdes. Tony was a pastor in Miami and is now working in North Carolina. He is the founder of Be Church Ministries. Tony will be sharing some tips for Pastors all about Spirit Led Sermon Prep.
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This week, we continue our conversation with James Wasem. James has spent the last 20 years performing and touring in bands as a drummer, mixing live sound for churches, schools, and theaters. He has extensive experience working as an audio systems installer and designer.
He is also the author of Great Church Sound, which is a comprehensive guide to how you can have incredible sound at your church.
His new book Great Live Sound gives a very practical guide to sound techs.
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This week, we welcome James Wasem. James has spent the last 20 years performing and touring in bands as a drummer, mixing live sound for churches, schools, and theaters. He has extensive experience working as an audio systems installer and designer.
He is also the author of Great Church Sound, which is a comprehensive guide to how you can have incredible sound at your church.
His new book Great Live Sound gives a very practical guide to sound techs.
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Did you know in a survey of Ex-Pastors:
64% consider themselves overworked
71% have experienced burnout
77% feel there are unrealistic demands
85% have considered leaving ministry
Overworked and burned out leaders is a problem in the Church. So what are we doing about it?
This week on the show, we will wrap our conversation with Ben Stapley up about how to pastor communicators and creatives.
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Did you know in a survey of Ex-Pastors:
64% consider themselves overworked
71% have experienced burnout
77% feel there are unrealistic demands
85% have considered leaving ministry
Overworked and burned out leaders is a problem in the Church. So what are we doing about it?
This week on the show, we will talking with Ben Stapley all about how to pastor communicators and creatives.
Ben and Carl walk through practical steps to pastor up, pastor down and pastor in.
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This week on the show, we will wrap up my conversation with Worship Leader Doug Hood. Doug has authored the book The Worship Unicorn all about finding your uniqueness as a Worship Leader.
It’s time to discover what makes you “you”. You have a story to tell. You have a style, and a voice, and a way of communicating that is unique to you. Embrace that! If you allow yourself to be raw and real with your congregation, you will be a better leader, people will grow more connected to you, and ultimately you can lead in a more powerful, authentic, and God-honoring way.
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This week on the show, we start a two part series with Worship Leader Doug Hood. Doug has authored the book The Worship Unicorn.
His thinking is that too many churches are consumed with copying each other, specifically in the area of music and worship. Where is the uniqueness? Where is the individuality? How do you find your voice as a Worship Leader. That’s what we’re talking about this week and next.
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This week on the show, we’ll wrap our conversation with my friend Holly Tate from Vanderbloemen.
We will continue to talk about leading up, how to build processes and systems, how to adapt your team to the ever-changing landscape of communications and more.
Vanderbloemen is an amazing organization if you don’t know about it.
They help churches, ministries, schools and other non-profits with hiring, succession plans, compensation, culture, coaching and more. We have the privilege of producing the Vanderbloemen Leadership Podcast with some of the best minds in the faith space – recent episodes include interviews with Beth Moore, Joe White, Dr. Michael Lyndsey, Pastor Tim Lucas and more. It’s all at vanderbloemen.com if you want to check them out.
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This week on the show, we are talking with Holly Tate from Vanderbloemen.
Vanderbloemen is an amazing organization if you don’t know about it.
They help churches, ministries, schools and other non-profits with hiring, succession plans, compensation, culture, coaching and more. We have the privilege of producing the Vanderbloemen Leadership Podcast with some of the best minds in the faith space – recent episodes include interviews with Beth Moore, Joe White, Dr. Michael Lyndsey, Pastor Tim Lucas and more. It’s all at vanderbloemen.com if you want to check them out.
This week, Holly and Carl will be talking about how to build a Church Communications Team that scales up. They talk about leading up, how to build processes and systems, how to adapt your communications team to the ever-changing landscape and more. If your audience to your Worship Experiences doubled – would your systems be able to handle it? That’s a major question we will wrestle with on this week’s episode.
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Today on the show, we’re going continue our series on how to use Print Design to Create a Worshipful Atmosphere
We are talking about the printed handout pieces that you use in your Worship Experience.
– Should you even use handouts?
– What should they look like? What’s on them?
– Is less information better?
– How do bulletins and handouts help move people to their next step in my Worship Experience.
Last week, we talked to Lee Snow from Warm Springs Rd. Church of Christ in Columbus, GA. Lee pastors a church of under 100 people weekly, so I wanted to get his perspective on this.
This week, I’m talking with Will Gann, who is the Communications Director at Bayside Community Church in Bradenton, FL. Bayside is a multi-site church averaging over 10,000 people on a weekend, so I want you to see the contrast of how these two churches use print design in their Worship Experiences.
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Today on the show, we’re going to be talking about Print Design in your Worship Experience. The printed handout pieces that you use in your Worship Experience.
– Should you even use handouts?
– What should they look like? What’s on them?
– Is less information better?
– How do bulletins and handouts help move people to their next step in my Worship Experience.
Those questions and more will be answered this week and next week.
You’ll hear from two guys on this on this topic.
Lee Snow from Warm Springs Rd. Church of Christ in Columbus, GA – the pastor of a church of under 100 people on a Sunday.
And Will Gann, who is the Communications Director at Bayside Community Church, a multi-site church in Bradenton, FL.
We’ll hear from Lee this week and Will next week on the show.
We are excited for you to see the contrast and the overlap of what both these guys do to engage the congregations at their church.
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This week’s episode of the podcast is brought to you by the new MediaShout 7, and we are continuing our conversation with the legend Aaron West – who is the Director of Customer Experience at Mediashout – which means he is THE guy to talk to when it comes to the user experience of the software.
Aaron played a major role in the writing and coding of MediaShout 7 and is going to continue to walk through the new features of the software and how it will make your life easier. We also tackle the most popular users questions and he’s going to give some sneak peeks as to what is to come. We’ll wrap our interview with Aaron up today.
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This week’s episode of the podcast is brought to you by the new MediaShout 7, which we are pumped because today, we are going to be talking with our good friend Aaron West – who is a developer at MediaShout and played a major role in writing and coding this new version of MediaShout.
We’re talking about the new features like Sermon Builder, Presenter View, Starter Packs, Keyboard Shortcuts and more. If you use MediaShout, especially if you are considering making the jump from MediaShout 6 to 7 – this week and next week is right up your alley.
For show notes, video interview and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/221
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This week, we welcome Chris Sharpe from Subsplash.
Chris is the Vice President of Business Development at the company and we are going to talk all about ways you can utilize your church app in your Worship Experiences.
Several years ago if was a stable to have a “Silence your Cell Phone” type Slide in your Announcement Loop. We are going to suggest that it might be okay for people to silence their phones to prevent distractions, but lean into people having a device in their pocket – utilize that to your advantage – use it to engage people in your journey.
Chris and Carl walk through several ways you can do that.
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This week, we welcome Troy Pollock from PushPay.
Troy is the Vice President of Community Innovation at PushPay.
We are talking with Troy about how your church can use your Worship Experience and the content you create for your Worship Experience to engage your community.
We are going to talk about how to be KNOWN and to be SEEN, how to RECEIVE and how to PARTICIPATE.
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We believe the Worship Experience is the journey you take your audience on from the parking lot to the parking lot on a Sunday.
You might be on your church’s First Impressions Team, Worship Team, Production Team, Teaching Team, or Communications Team. This is the podcast for you.
This week is no exception – as we are talking to the Lead Singer of the band Sanctus Real – my new friend Dustin Lolli will be joining me. Dustin was a Worship Leader at a church for years before joining the band Sanctus Real, where he continues to lead worship to thousands of people through their songs and concerts.
We are talking with Dustin about how to handle those moments in your ministry when you question your calling, when you feel like giving up, when you don’t know what God is doing.
There was a time recently when the band was struggling – struggling to know what was next. It was out of this place that the song “Confidence” came.
You don’t have to be a Worship Leader to connect with this episode. If you’ve ever been at a place where you have questioned your calling, you will resonant with what Dustin has to say.
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This week on the show we are wrapping up Carl’s Visual Bootcamp Workshop from SALT18
We are walking through every aspect of screen content in a Worship Experience –
Your Announcement Loop, countdowns, worship slides, performance songs, message and series content and more.
For the full workshop PDF to follow along, you can visit 1230.media/visualbootcamp and get the entire workshop plus some free resources for you.
Here are some additional free resources Carl discussed in last week’s MailBag segment:
- Getting or Inviting Volunteers was a big issue you guys mentioned
Go to 1230.media/invite 2. Training
Go to 1230.media/basicstraining 3. Vacation Replacements
1230.media/invite 4. Volunteers not Showing up, Not Being Consistent or Not Being Committed
1230.media/VolunteerScheduling
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This week on the show we are wrapping up Carl’s Visual Bootcamp Workshop from SALT18.
We are walking through every aspect of screen content in a Worship Experience -Your Announcement Loop, countdowns, worship slides, performance songs, message and series content and more.
For the full workshop PDF to follow along, you can visit 1230.media/visualbootcamp and get the entire workshop plus some free resources for you.
Here are some free resources Carl discussed in this week’s MailBag segment:
- Getting or Inviting Volunteers was a big issue you guys mentioned
Go to 1230.media/invite 2. Training
Go to 1230.media/basicstraining 3. Vacation Replacements
1230.media/invite 4. Volunteers not Showing up, Not Being Consistent or Not Being Committed
1230.media/VolunteerScheduling
For show notes, video interview and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/216
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This week on the show we are jumping right back into Carl’s Visual Bootcamp Workshop from SALT18.
We are walking through every aspect of screen content in a Worship Experience –
Your Announcement Loop, countdowns, worship slides, performance songs, message and series content and more.
For the full workshop PDF to follow along, you can visit 1230.media/visualbootcamp and get the entire workshop plus some free resources for you.
For show notes, video interview and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/215
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In this episode of our podcast, we are going to be showing you Carl’s full, unedited Visual Bootcamp workshop from SALT18.
In this workshop we will walk through how to enhance your screen visuals for your Worship Experience.
So if you think about your Worship Experience and everything that goes on your screens:
Announcements,
Countdown,
Worship Slides,
Sermon Bumper
Message Content
Performance Songs and more…
We will explore all of those elements in your Worship Experience and give you a ton of ideas on how to enhance those elements and use those times in your worship service more strategically.
This will be Part 1 of a 3 part series.
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Every service planning process needs a proven method of distilling creative big picture ideas into manageable tasks and timelines. We don’t want to stifle creativity but we also don’t want chaos.
This week, we finish the second half of Shannon Scott’s SALT18 Workshop on “Service Planning Made Simple.” Shannon also joins Carl by video to wrap up the talk and share some additional material on how you can plan your Worship Experiences more effectively.
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Every service planning process needs a proven method of distilling creative big picture ideas into manageable tasks and timelines. We don’t want to stifle creativity but we also don’t want chaos.
Our guest today will show us the Creative Board process – the same process many of the engineers from Disney World and other organizations have implemented to increase clarity, creativity and communication.
Listen for how to be intentional about putting together a setlist for your church.
Listen for how to work with your pastor and your team in the process of selecting songs.
And listen for some effective ways to introduce new songs and know when they are working or not.
If you’re a Worship Leader, Pastor or help plan the experiences at your church, today’s episode is really practical.
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This week our guest is the Lead Vocalist for the band Big Daddy Weave – Mike Weaver is in the house!
We are talking with Mike about how to do ministry when you are in the middle of a storm.
The band has been through some incredible hard times lately, with deaths in their family to major health issues, and other things, they have been hit extremely hard the last few years.
Can you relate?
Are you going through some personal struggles, a down moment in your ministry?
Are you being hit so bad by the storm of your circumstances that its hard to barely even breath, let alone try to pastor other people?
This week’s episode is for you.
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Some say it’s the lens, some say it’s the chip, but most will agree that it’s the right lighting that makes video look so good! In this episode, we’ll learn from touring expert and lighting designer for The Belonging Co on what it takes to get a great image on camera with lighting. From basic principles to in-depth techniques, everyone will learn something about exceptional lighting environments.
This week on the show, we welcome back Andy Rushing. Andy serves on the team at The Belonging in Nashville. He is an incredible Lighting Designer. Today we’re going to continue our chat about Lighting for the Camera Lens.
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Some say it’s the lens, some say it’s the chip, but most will agree that it’s the right lighting that makes video look so good! In this episode, we’ll learn from touring expert and lighting designer for The Belonging Co on what it takes to get a great image on camera with lighting. From basic principles to in-depth techniques, everyone will learn something about exceptional lighting environments.
Carl talks with Andy Rushing about lighting for Lauren Daigle, Kari Jobe, weekly worship experiences and more.
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This week on the show, we conclude Christine Kriesher’s workshop from SALT18 on how to build and sustain a Thriving Volunteer Ministry.
Through Christine’s workshop, you’ll learn how to recruit volunteers in a way that almost always guarantees a “yes”, you’re learn new ways to appreciate your volunteers, you’ll identify the keys to a great volunteer culture, you’ll learn how to get your volunteers to recruit others, and more.
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This week on the show, we are going to be showing you another full, unedited workshop from SALT18, Christine Kreisher’s talk on how to build and sustain a Thriving Volunteer Ministry.
This week and next week, through Christine’s workshop, you’ll learn how to recruit volunteers in a way that almost always guarantees a “yes,” you’ll learn new ways to appreciate your volunteers, you’ll identify the keys to a great volunteer culture, you’ll learn how to get your volunteers to recruit others, and more.
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Over the past two decades, the church has sought to incorporate technology into its worship services in ways that mimic modern society; professional audio consoles, stage lighting, projection screens, and theatrical sets are now customary. Because how people experience sacred space forms their views about it, what technical artists do in practice also shapes the congregation’s beliefs about God.
This week, we continue our conversation with Dr. Josiah Way. Dr. Way shares the theology behind why we do church the way we do church. From worship to audio, lighting, video – the history behind creative arts.
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Over the past two decades, the church has sought to incorporate technology into its worship services in ways that mimic modern society; professional audio consoles, stage lighting, projection screens, and theatrical sets are now customary. Because how people experience sacred space forms their views about it, what technical artists do in practice also shapes the congregation’s beliefs about God.
This week, we welcome Dr. Josiah Way to the podcast. Dr. Way shares the theology behind why we do church the way we do church. From worship to audio, lighting, video – the history behind creative arts.
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What if every weekend, you had a road map to help get more out of your service programming? North Point Community Church has designed “the funnel” programming method to make sure that every element works to drive home the main message. You are about to learn all about that process from their Director of Experience – Mitchell McGhee.
In this episode, we share Part Two of Mitchell’s Mitchell’s full unedited workshop from SALT18 about “The Funnel“ – Programming Sundaywith a Purpose.
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What if every weekend, you had a road map to help get more out of your service programming? North Point Community Church has designed “the funnel” programming method to make sure that every element works to drive home the main message.
You are about to learn all about that process from their Director of Experience – Mitchell McGhee. In this episode, we share Mitchell’s full unedited workshop from SALT18 about “The Funnel“ – Programming Sunday with a Purpose.
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This week we welcome Rob Thomas from Igniter Media. We’ll be talking a little with Rob and also sharing his entire talk from the SALT18 conference about Laughing on Sunday.
Attention spans are shorter than ever and audiences do not tolerate boredom like they use to. In fact, it’s showing up in church attendance stats. In this episode, we share the full, unedited workshop “Laughing on Sunday“ that Rob presented at SALT18. In the workshop, Rob explores why church engagement is more important than ever and how to practically use humor as a vital tool towards increasing it.
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First off this week, we are making a pretty big change with our podcast starting this week if you haven’t noticed already.
We are renaming the podcast to “Making Sunday Happen.”
Let us give you some reasons why:
When we started the podcast several years ago, we were directly targeting Church Media and Production folks, but as our ministry has grown and as our podcast audience has grown, the show has really morphed into talking to everyone involved in planning and executing the Weekend Worship Experience.
We are talking to those who make Sunday Happen. That’s production people yes, but also Worship Leaders, Communications folks, Pastors, First Impressions and Guest Services teams and more.
So we wanted the name to reflect the fact that we are talking to everyone who makes the Worship Experience happen.
“But my church has a Saturday night Worship Experience. Why just Sunday?”
Well, the content will apply to any Worship Experience – whether that is on Saturday, or you’re doing a special camp, conference, concert or event. But we all know that Sunday is the major game day for the church. Sunday is when most of church services happen. So, we’re calling it Making Sunday Happen and letting the content apply to all Worship Experiences.
So, that’s all we are changing. Same format, same type of guests, just changing the name. That’s it.
This will be the definitive podcast for those who plan and execute Worship Experiences.
We hope you continue to join us the next 200 episodes of the podcast.
This week we welcome back Drake De Long Farmer to the show. Drake and Carl chat about How to Help your Senior Pastor Succeed.
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We cannot believe it has been 200 episodes of our show. Amazing!
We are going to take a big trip down memory lane this week, so hang tight!
We also have a very special guest later in the show – we welcome Steven Curtis Chapman to the show. Steven was on the SCC Solo Tour earlier this year and we talked about the tour, his incredible career and some tips for worship leaders.
We first take a little trip down memory lane of the past 25 episodes of our show.
You’re going to hear clips of my interviews with
Meredith Andrews, Will Doggett, Bill Swaringim, Greg Long from Avalon, Rebecca St. James and others.
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So, a few years ago, we started doing some custom media work for Seeds Family Worship – a great ministry that produces word for word scripture songs and resources for family worship. Through those guys, and some other connections we have really become a go to for Kids Ministry content. Just several years later, we’ve produced over 200 lyric videos, hundreds of promotional graphics and other video content for Seeds, Answers in Genesis, Brad G Music, Doorpost Songs, Yancy and others.
We have had the great privilege of producing song videos to some of Yancy’s best selling songs. We’ve also helped her produce countdowns and content for her new Heartbeat Curriculum which teaches kids and Worship Leaders the heartbeat behind worship.
You can find out more about Yancy by visiting yancyministries.com
Yancy has been a worship leader for a long time and has written hit songs like “I Don’t Want to Go” which was recorded by Avalon. She has been in the worship space nearly all her life as her Dad is a known name in Children’s Ministry. This week we wrap up our conversation with Yancy on the topic of creating a culture of worship for every generation.
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So, a few years ago, we started doing some custom media work for Seeds Family Worship – a great ministry that produces word for word scripture songs and resources for family worship. Through those guys, and some other connections we have really become a go to for Kids Ministry content. Just several years later, we’ve produced over 200 lyric videos, hundreds of promotional graphics and other video content for Seeds, Answers in Genesis, Brad G Music, Doorpost Songs, Yancy and others.
We have had the great privilege of producing song videos to some of Yancy’s best selling songs. We’ve also helped her produce countdowns and content for her new Heartbeat Curriculum which teaches kids and Worship Leaders the heartbeat behind worship.
You can find out more about Yancy by visiting yancyministries.com
Today, I’ll chat with Yancy about creating a culture of worship for every generation.
She has been a worship leader for a long time and has written hit songs like “I Don’t Want to Go” which was recorded by Avalon. She has been in the worship space nearly all her life as her Dad is a known name in Children’s Ministry.
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This week, we welcome the guys behind the giving app Tithe.ly – Dean Sweetman and Frank Barry. I’ll be talking with these guys today about Event Registration and Service Planning Solutions.
So, we know that a Worship Experience doesn’t just happen on Sundays. You have big, huge events as well – you’re doing conferences, camps, men’s and women’s retreats and more. You need a solution for how your folks are signing up for that event and getting the information they need – that is apart of the experience. We also talk to Dean and Frank about Tithe.ly’s solutions for helping you plan and execute your Worship Experience.
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his week on the show, we conclude our chat with Phil Bowdle. Phil and Carl chat about the changes in communication we’ve had in the church the last few years. We finish walking through Phil’s new book Rethink Communication.
Phil is the Creative Arts Pastor at West Ridge Church in Atlanta. He is passionate about creating high impact experiences that lead people to Jesus Christ. He ministers to church communications leaders, creative teams, church planters and more. He also speaks, offers communication and creative coaching, and blogs about communication, leadership, and the creative church.
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This week on the show, we welcome Phil Bowdle back to the podcast. Phil and Carl chat about the changes in communication we’ve had in the church the last few years. We walk through Phil’s new book Rethink Communication.
Phil is the Creative Arts Pastor at West Ridge Church in Atlanta. He is passionate about creating high impact experiences that lead people to Jesus Christ. He ministers to church communications leaders, creative teams, church planters and more. He also speaks, offers communication and creative coaching, and blogs about communication, leadership, and the creative church.
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This week on the show, we welcome Communications strategist and Owner of Graphics.Church Ryan Holck back to the podcast. We’re talking about why outsourcing your design needs at your church is the smart choice. For show notes, video interview and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/194
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This week on the show, we welcome Communications strategist and Owner of Graphics.Church Ryan Holck to the podcast.
We’re talking about why you need to have some strategy first before you dive into your content. If you’re a Communications Director or staff member at your church, this one is a good one for you guys.
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This week two more classic Christian music artists to the podcast – Greg Long from the group Avalon and Billy Goodwin from the group Newsong. These two guys are Worship Leaders. They have led thousands of people in worship for decades.
Greg is on staff as a Worship Leader at The Woodlands Church and Billy has been in the Christian Music industry for nearly 4 decades.
Both of these artists are now on the Greatest Hits Live Tour so be sure to catch them in a city near you.
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This week and next week, you’re in for a treat as I welcome 4 of your favorite classic Christian music artists to the podcast. All 4 of these folks are Worship Leaders. They have led thousands of people in worship for decades.
Here’s the lineup:
This week I’m talking with Rebecca St. James and Nicole C. Mullen about worship leading, their incredible careers in music, their songwriting and more.
All four of these artists are now on the Greatest Hits Live Tour so be sure to catch them in a city near you.
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This week on the show, I welcome back Church Communications strategist Adam McLaughlin and the Owner of Church Banners Kenten Waldrum. We’ll be finishing our conversation about their new book Huddle Up which is all about First Impressions at your church. We believe that the Worship Experience starts in the parking lot so everything you everything you do leading into the room on Sunday matters.
Adam and Kenten talk about the 5 key players you need to have on your First Impressions team.
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This week on the show, we welcome Church Communications strategist Adam McLaughlin and the Owner of Church Banners Kenten Waldrum. We’ll be talking about their new book Huddle Up which is all about First Impressions at your church. We believe that the Worship Experience starts in the parking lot so everything you do leading into the room on Sunday matters.
We’re talking with Adam and Kenten about the key players you need to have on your First Impressions team.
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Carl Barnhill has served on staff an an international ministry that produced a daily television program to over 98 million homes worldwide and as a content creator on two large church staffs. He is the Creative Director and Owner of Twelve:Thirty Media, specializing in producing Worship and Custom Media content for churches and ministries all over the world.
This week, Carl spends this episode sharing from his own playbook 5 game-changing ideas for Video Content Producers.
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This week, we’re going to continue our discussion and talk about about choir practices, rehearsals, volunteers, how to keep things fresh, run-throughs and more as it relates to a traditional or blended worship experience. So if you are at a church where you help plan and lead a more traditional style service – this is the two part series for you.
All of our podcast episodes you can get good information from, but these are the episodes for traditional worship venues.
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This week, we welcome Dan and Melodie Griffin – both of them have extensive experience in the area of worship – both traditional and contemporary, but have spent a large chunk of their ministry in traditional venues.
They have both served as Music Directors in churches across the Southeast – leading choirs, orchestras, production teams, volunteers and more.
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This week we talk welcome Bill Swaringim back one final time to talk about the peanut gallery. How to deal with experts in the pew. You know you got’em.
Bill and Carl discuss how to graciously handle feedback from your congregation, and how to balance that with producing an incredible Worship Experience for your entire audience.
Bill is a veteran in church media and production. He serves as the Creative Arts Director at The Crossing and multi-site church in St. Louis. Bill has served in the local church through tech arts for the past 20 years. He has also been part of the leadership team of Church Technical Leaders.
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This week, we wrap our 2-week series with Bill Swaringim on the topic of How to Succeed through Technical Glitches. What happens when your world falls apart on Sundays?
Bill is a veteran in church media and production. He serves as the Creative Arts Director at The Crossing and multi-site church in St. Louis. Bill has served in the local church through tech arts for the past 20 years. He has also been part of the leadership team of Church Technical Leaders.
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This week, we start a 2-week series with Bill Swaringim on the topic of How to Succeed through Technical Glitches. What happens when your world falls apart on Sundays?
Bill is a veteran in church media and production. He serves as the Creative Arts Director at The Crossing and multi-site church in St. Louis. Bill has served in the local church through tech arts for the past 20 years. He has also been part of the leadership team of Church Technical Leaders.
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This week, we wrap up our conversation with Stephen Brewster. We cover the last few ways that you can change your volunteer culture. These are practical things that you can do. You can also download a PDF below of these easy steps.
Stephen was on the show way back in Episode 56 of the podcast. We talked about Leading Creative Teams. You can check that out at thechurchmediapodcast.com/056. For show notes, video interview and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/182
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This week, we welcome Stephen Brewster back to the podcast. Stephen has worked for several churches on staff and is a creative consultant, coach and author. Carl and Stephen talk give 10 Powerful ways to change your volunteer culture.
These concepts are simple and will work in any volunteer setting – whether you’re leading Worship, Production, First Impression or other volunteers. Powerful, practical steps you can implement right away!
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Will Doggett returns to the podcast this week. Will has served the church in many different Creative and technical leadership roles. He was previously the director of the production track at Ocean’s Edge School of Worship and the Director of Products at Multitracks.com. He is a musician, sound designer and Ableton Live Certified Trainer.
He has recently stepped out on his own to start a brand new company called From Studio to Stage helping churches make their worship experiences sound awesome. Carl and Will discuss 8 easy steps to help break down some of the barriers we can experience between the Worship Team and the Tech Teams at our church.
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Our guest this week is Will Doggett. Will has served the church in many different Creative and technical leadership roles. He was previously the director of the production track at Ocean’s Edge School of Worship and the Director of Products at Multitracks.com.
He is a musician, sound designer and Ableton Live Certified Trainer. He has recently stepped out on his own to start a brand new company called From Studio to Stage helping churches make their worship experiences sound awesome. Carl talks with Will about the basics of Ableton Live, the advantages of playing with a click track, integrating Ableton and ProPresenter and more.
If you are in or lead the Worship or Production Teams at your church, this episode is going to be full of extremely informative content for you.
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This week on the show we welcome Kathleen Cooke. Kathleen Cooke. Kathleen is a founding partner and Vice President at Cooke Pictures in Hollywood. She is an award winning actress and key creative leader. She is a national speaker and adjunct professor. She is on the advisory board for the Hollywood Prayer Network and serves on as a National Board Member of the Salvation Army.
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Today, we will be wrapping up my conversation with Christian music recording artist Meredith Andrews. Meredith is an incredible Worship Leader and will encourage us today on about what the heart of a Worshipper looks like.
Her popular worship songs “How Great is the Love” and “Not for a Moment” are sung in Worship Experiences and on radio stations worldwide. She has won GMA Dove Awards – for “Praise and Worship Album of the Year” for “As Long as it Takes” and “Worship Song of the Year” for “How Great is the Love”. She’s been on tour Natalie Grant, Big Daddy Weave, Jason Grey and a host of other artists.
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This week, we are going to dive into the topic of Worship Leading. Worship is a huge part of your Experience. Your Worship Leader can be one of the driving forces for the journey you are taking your audience on. It is imperative that this person conveys the heart of your church.
So, what should the heart of a Worship Leader look like? If you are a Worship Leader listening, today you’re going to hear about how to handle spiritual warfare, what are the best ways to engage your audience and know if they are engaging with you, how to know when a song has run its course and other great content.
You’ll hear from Christian Music recording artist Meredith Andrews. She is a powerful worshipper. We want you to hear from someone who embodies the heart of a Worship Leader.
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This week, we’re going to be taking a look back at some of our most popular episodes of 2018. This past year, we have had some incredible guests on the show.
We’ve had Jay Kranda from Saddleback Church, David Arthur, who is the CEO of Precept Ministries International, Our friend Luke McElroy, Another SALT speaker and coach Dr. Andrew Johnston Ben Stapley Brian Mann Kyle Kutter Alex Kendrick the CEO of MovieGuide Dr. Ted Baehr the CEO of Pureflix Entertainment Michael Scott Comedians Victoria Jackson and Mark Lowry Nikki Leonti Edgar from the Edgar Family Band and others.
It has been an incredible year. In this episode, Carl shares snippets of some of our most popular and favorite interviews from 2018.
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On this week’s episode of the podcast, we are going to do something really fun. We have our 12:30 Core Team in the house. We are going to be chatting about some memorable Christmas Worship Experiences and you don’t want to miss it because along the way today, we are going to be giving away some massive discounts and free stuff. Hey – its Christmas! We’re talking free Worship Media, Custom Media and training resources to help you transform the Worship Experiences at your church.
We have never given away so much stuff in one podcast – so you will want to stay with us all the way through and to the end today.
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This week, we wrap our discussion up with legendary church media pioneer Bill Thrasher. Bill was the Head Audio engineer for Disney, the Super Bowl, Billy Graham crusades and more. He is a master at his craft and we are so blessed to have him on the show (part 1, part 2). If you’ve missed the last two weeks of the show, be sure to catch up and listen to our full interview with Bill. It is an incredible story.
Plus Bill shares his insight to new church tech staff and volunteers.
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This week, we continue our conversation with audio legend Bill Thrasher. Bill has been the head audio engineer for such projects as Disney’s Epcot Center, the Super Bowl, and Billy Graham crusades, just to name a few. He has also consulted and helped with installs at dozens of churches to enhance the sound of their worship experiences. The man is a true pioneer in the church media space. He has mentored dozens of church audio staff and volunteers to help their experiences sound awesome.
If you are an audio staff member or volunteer, a worship leader, a church media director – this is a great episode for you to listen to.
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Today we’re starting a 3 part series with audio pioneer Bill Thrasher. Bill has worked for decades in media and ministry – he has been a consultant, designer, engineer, instructor, and mentor. His work includes projects with Disney and was Billy Graham’s sound man for dozens of rallies and crusades. Bill has also worked with The Gaithers, Pat Boone, and as the Principal sound engineer for the Super Bowl. He has helped dozens of churches install their audio equipment. He has mentored dozens of church audio staff and volunteers to help their experiences sound awesome.
This man is a rock star in the audio space. If you’re an audio staff member or volunteer, a worship leader, a church media director – this is a great 3 part series for you.
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This week, we continue our conversation with Mike Graff, founder and owner of Coresound Music and Coresound Pads. Pads can really transform your worship experience. They help with the mood, the atmosphere, transitions, they make your environment sound fuller, thicker and all around awesome. So if you are a Worship Leader, band member or production staff or volunteer, last week’s episode and this week’s can really help you as you are gathering and implementing pads into your worship settings.
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This week on the podcast, I’m talking with the owner of Coresound Music and Coresound Pads, Mike Graff. Mike has become a fast friend of ours. His projects are all about helping you enhance your media content with great music and enhance your worship experience with incredible pads for your Worship Leaders. This week will start a two week series with Mike.
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We in the middle of a two part series with the Executive Producer and Co-Creator of the television show When Calls the Heart, Brian Bird. Brian is a 30 year veteran of Hollywood. He worked on several shows in the 90s including Step by Step and Touched by an Angel. He has penned several movies including the Last Sin Eater, Captive, The Case for Christ and others.
Brian talked about those projects and the true story behind the crazy popular hallmark show When Calls the Heart. He also talked about how the show has turned into a movement of people that help and care for others.
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This week, Carl interviews Hollywood veteran Brian Bird. Brian is a 30 year veteran in the entertainment industry. He is a writer and producer. He has written and produced dozens of episodes of television shows and screenplays for movies you know – do you remember the show Step by Step in the 90s with Patrick Duffy, Suzanne Somers, the Cod Man. Brian wrote that show, he was the Executive Story Editor. Touched by an Angel with Roma Downey – Brian was a writer and producer of the show. He has also written and produced films like the Last Sin Eater, The Ultimate Life, Saving Sarah Cain, Captive, The Case for Christ. He is also the Writer, and Executive Producer of a little show called When Calls the Heart for the Hallmark Channel. This man is a veteran of film and television and he is a committed Christian.
Over the next two weeks, we’ll be talking with Brian about his journey over the years, some behind the scenes stories of When Calls the Heart and some writing and producing tips that you can take and use as you create your own content and serve your team at your church.
We can all look at other churches to see what they are doing and how they are accomplishing things. That’s wise. But we also want us to learn from all kinds of people in the media industry – music artists, writers, producers, directors, performers.
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We welcome back one more time Rich Birch to our show. Today we talk with him about Church Announcements. We have all sat through these, the good, the bad and the ugly ones. How do we make this part of our service intentional, more effective, and an overall better part of our service. Rich talks through five tips taken from his latest book.
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Rich Birch is back and today we are talking about Social Media and Community Engagement. Rich continues to share with us about the spokes of the flywheel and how to lean into these elements to grow. Hear him talk about why to be on social media, and how to do it creatively. And listen as he unpacks the value of impacting the community where your church is located. He then ends by talking about Internal Communication and how to think through the different types of people you are reaching.
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The conversation continues with Rich Birch! In this episode we talk with him about sermon series. How they can be useful for teaching, but also to increase the growth in our church attendance. Also Rich helps us navigate the age old issue between planning and deciding last minute. He gives some helpful insight into balancing the tension that is often found between creative teams and teaching pastors.
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Rich Birch is all about church leadership. He has seen a lot in his years of ministry at fast growing churches and he is wanting to help other gatherings reach big impact. Recently he has released his new book Church Growth Flywheel to help churches identify effective areas to focus on in order to grow. You will be encouraged by his enthusiasm and motivated by his knowledge in the area of church growth.
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Fun conversation with Allen Keys. As a real techie, this executive pastor, talks about the technology he and his staff use to better collaborate. Hear how his position in the church evolved due to growth and how their need for technology grew along side it. In order to stay in close communication and work well together this staff turned to software management software and cloud storage. Hear some tips and tricks when it comes to working digitally with your team.
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Join us for the final installment of our conversation with Jason Dyba and Ryan McCormick of Passion City Church. These guys have encouraged and challenged us over the past few episodes when it comes to creativity and the church. They have talked to us about how to work with leadership, and how to put our creative ideas into motion. Today they talk to us about the ideal prep time behind creative ideas, the question that everyone wants an answer to!
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Switching topics we talk still with Jason Dyba and Ryan McCormick. Have you ever wanted to know how to take your creative ideas and turn them into reality? In this interview Carl and and his guests talk about creative meetings, pitching your ideas well to leadership and how to delegate what needs to be done. There are tips on how to dream up ideas as well as practical ways to get your team on board. Great content we think will help you as you lead in the area of creativity.
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Our host, Car Barnhill, continues in his conversation with Jason Dyba & Ryan McCormikc. These guys work for Passion City Church and Passion Conference along side of pastor, speaker and author Louie Giglio. Listen today as they talk about getting a pastor, who isn’t as geared towards creativity, on board with your vision for excellence. You will hear how it is less about strategically convening him, and much more about building and bettering your relationship with him. It’s great stuff and we trust you will be challenge by this conversation.
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Join Carl, our host, as he talks this episode with two guests Jason Dyba & Ryan McCormick. These guys work for Passion City Church and Passion Conference along side of pastor, speaker and author Louie Giglio. They know the production world well and understand what it means to be a creative on a team with others week in and week out. They share from their world what it looks like to collaborate well with your Pastor. If ever you’ve thought you could improve that relationship, then give this a listen, you won’t be disappointed.
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We continue our conversation with recording artist Plumb. She’s recently released her new album Beautifully Broken, which is featured in a movie by the same title and she is the author of the book Fight for Her. Plumb talks about these projects and about her journey in brokenness and how tough times can lead to something good through God, if we allow it. She encourages worship leaders and shares some insights from her life on the road.
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Awesome guest today, artist Plumb, joins us to talk about her life. She tours, writes and speaks, is a wife and mother and she shares how she handles it all. Plumb also tells us about her book, the inspiration and ideas behind it as well as her desired reach for this resource. Be sure to listen till the end as she also jumps in to some practical advice, tips and even hacks for tech pros.
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Our third installment of our conversation with master communicator Ken Davis is here! We’ve talked with him about his SCORRE method of delivering a talk or a presentation in week one. We then took time to learn about how to prepare for our talks, the work that goes in behind the scenes. Today we are getting practical and talking about delivery, body language, microphone placement tips and more. These episodes are perfect for pastors, teachers, and hosts that talk from the platform in your Worship Experience. And if you are looking for technical tips and tricks, you will find those here as well.
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Welcome! We are continuing this week with Part 2 of our 3 part series with master communicator Ken Davis. Ken is a well sought after speaker and teacher. He also teaches people how to speak. Through the SCORRE conference, his workshops, books and training material, Ken and his team have equipped thousands of pastors, speakers and communicators around the world. These episodes are perfect for pastors, teachers, and hosts that talk from the platform in your Worship Experience. Ken will be sharing today about how you can prepare your talk and deliver it more effectively.
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Today we are starting a 3 week series on the show. We are talking with serious powerhouse in the topic of communicating and public speaking – Ken Davis. Ken is a best selling author, speaker, entertainer, entrepreneur. His business partner for years was life coach Michael Hyatt who you might have heard of. Ken has decades of experience in teaching others the SCORRE method. In today’s interview, we introduce you the SCORRE method and give practical tips to any speaker, teacher, preacher communicating in a Worship Experience or anywhere.
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This week we are wrapping up our 3 part series on Christians in Media. This week we’ll feature interviews with three film directors in the faith space – Jon Erwin who just directed the film I Can Only Imagine which did very well at the box office. We’ll also talk to Lisa Arnold who directed Caged No More and the upcoming One Nation Under God. And we’ll chat with Reuben Evans who directed the documentary film Fragments of Truth.
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We’re continuing our 3 part series on Christians in Media this week. Last week we featured interviews with 3 powerhouse producers in the faith space and this week is going to be another marathon episode as we welcome as our guests 3 Christian performers: Victoria Jackson, Mark Lowry, and Jaci Velasquez.
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Welcome to our 150th Episode Special! We are excited to be celebrating this week.
We want to take a minute to tell folks that have been with us since the beginning – Thank You so much! Its because of you that we are one of the top church tech podcasts in the country – consistently listed on lists of the top podcasts for church creatives – its really incredible.
This is a little longer episode this week to celebrate our 150th with 3 powerhouse interviews with Producers in the Christian space. In this episode, you’ll hear my interviews with Director/Producer Alex Kendrick who you know from starring in and directing such films as Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Courageous and War Room. You’ll also hear my chat with Movieguide CEO Ted Baehr and Pureflix Entertainment CEO Michael Scott.
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We are talking with Nikki Leonti Edgar who started her career as a contemporary Christian music artist in the late 90s. Things began to crash for her when she got pregnant out of wedlock and the Christian community distanced themselves from her. Listen to hear her story and find out about the hope that lead her back to ministry. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/149
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Hello and welcome to the church media podcast! Carl Barnhill, our host, is live here reminding church techs and their teams to unplug. To take some intentional time to rest from serving, and attend a worship service. In fact we think this practice will help you and your volunteers to be rested, stronger and therefore be better prepared for service. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/147
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Hello and welcome to the church media podcast! Today we hear directly from our host, Carl Barnhill. Check out these 9 reasons why you should take your Production Team to see what other Campuses or Churches are doing. We think you will benefit from the content of this episode and trust God will help grow your team through these experiences. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/146
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Hello and welcome to the church media podcast! Today we continue to talk with Luke McElroy to discuss his book Creative Potential: Principles for Unleashing Your God-Given Calling. Listen as he talks about calling, excellence and juggling responsibilities in your creative position. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/145
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Hello and welcome to the church media podcast! Today we are interviewing Luke McElroy to discuss his book Creative Potential: Principles for Unleashing Your God-Given Calling. Listen as he encourages creatives with practical steps to unleash their potential. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/144
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Welcome to the church media podcast! Join us for our final talk with Steve Dirks regarding ProPrsenter. Listen for some tips and ticks when it comes to labeling and setting your software ahead of time, so that you can be quicker on the fly. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/143
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Welcome to the church media podcast! Today we are continuing to talk with Steve Dirks about ProPrsenter. How to better set up and use this software with our team. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/142
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Welcome to the church media podcast! Today Steve Dirks of Shandon Baptist Church, in Columbia, SC talks to us about ProPresenter. Check out this episode for tips, tricks, best practices and more… For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/141
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Welcome to the church media podcast! Today we are continuing to talk with Brian Mann, the Creative Director at Ecclesia Houston, in Texas. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/140
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Welcome to the church media podcast! Today we are talking with Brian Mann, the Creative Director at Ecclesia Houston, in Texas. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/139
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Welcome to the church media podcast! Ben Stapley will be joining Carl this week and next. They’ll be talking about how to Avoid Predictable Worship Experiences. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/138
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Welcome to the church media podcast! Ben Stapley will be joining Carl this week and next. They’ll be talking about how to Maximize your Message Content. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/137
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This week, we’re going to wrap up our 3-part series with author, speaker, coach Dr. Andrew Johnston about Firing up your Creative Team. If you’ve missed the last 2 episodes of the podcast, we give you permission right now to stop this episode and go catch up. Andrew has shared some fantastic thoughts on how to kindle the spark in your team. For show notes, transcripts and free resources for your team, visit thechurchmediapodcast.com/136
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This week on the show, Carl’s discussion with Andrew Johnston continues as they walk through his book Fired Up: Kindling and Keeping the Spark in Creative Teams. This is a must have book for any creative leader. thechurchmediapodcast.com/135
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Guys – this week on the show, another prominent member of the SALT Community stops by – Andrew Johnston. Over the next 3 weeks we’re going to be chatting with Andrew walking through a lot of the content of his new book Fired Up: Kindling and Keeping the Spark in Creative Teams. For Episode Show Notes visit: thechurchmediapodcast.com/134
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This week, we’ll wrap up Carl’s discussion with our friend Luke McElroy about Discerning your Creative Calling. Luke’s book Creative Potential is broken up into two Acts – Act 1 is all about Luke’s story and how he found is calling in creative ministry. We’ll follow up in a few weeks and have him back to talk about Act 2 of the book. That’s coming your way in a few weeks. Today on the show, Luke and Carl continue their chat about wrestling with how to know your call, hopefully you may find yourself in his story and it will encourage you today. thechurchmediapodcast.com/133
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This week on the show Luke McElroy from OrangeThread Media and SALT Conferences stops by. We’ve had Luke on the show a couple of times to share. We serve with each other a few times a year, whether at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention or be hanging out a SALT conference, or just calling each other up every now and then to shoot ideas around – this is a guy to follow. He has a new book coming out called Creative Potential: Principles for Unleashing Your God-Given Calling. We’ll talk all about it today. thechurchmediapodcast.com/132
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This week we have an incredible interview that we can’t wait to share with you. The CEO of Precept Ministries International, David Arthur will be joining Carl. David’s mother is Kay Arthur, who is an internationally known Bible Teacher – she has written literally hundreds of books and bible studies and has taught people all of the world how to study God’s word for themselves. David took over the ministry for her a few years ago.
You might be thinking what does Precept have to do with church media? David is going to share how you can teach your volunteers how to study the bible for themselves and give you some resources you can use with your team to help them grow in their walk with Christ. thechurchmediapodcast.com/131
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This week you get Carl again. We’re hoping the title of today’s episode caught your eye as you’re thinking – what, Fire a Volunteer? Why on earth would you do that? Well, if you’ve led a volunteer team of any kind, you know you wish you could get rid of some people. Come on be honest, there are some people that just are not a good fit for your ministry team. Carl’s going to teach you today the best way he’s found to encourage those folks. thechurchmediapodcast.com/130
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Welcome to the podcast. This week, you get Carl all the way through. He’ll be sharing with you 8 Resources you can put in your control room or tech booth that will transform your volunteer culture. thechurchmediapodcast.com/129
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This week we have Kyle Kutter who leads the Open Team at LifeChurch.tv. He also oversees Church Metrics, Church Online Platform and Develop.me. Open is LifeChurch.tv’s media content – they produce all sorts of sermon series and ministry graphics. Kyle will walk through how you can pick up tons of free content for your church here in a bit. thechurchmediapodcast.com/128
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Welcome back Adam McLaughlin to the show. Adam’s new book Snorkelfork is all about inspiring a response from your stage announcements. We’re going to completely dissect the book today on the show. Adam will share why he wrote it and we’ll walk through all the major concepts he discusses in the book and we’ll tell you how you can pick it up for free later in the show. thechurchmediapodcast.com/127
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This week we welcome Kade Young to the show. Kade is the founder of collaborateworship.com. They help church sound techs and worship leaders. They review audio equipment, write leadership training material, provide tons of song resources for worship leaders, and more. We’ll be chatting about all that and more today on the show. thechurchmediapodcast.com/126
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This week we welcome back Jay Kranda from Saddleback Church to the show. Jay and Carl continue their in-depth look at how Saddleback Church executes their Online Worship Experiences. thechurchmediapodcast.com/125
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Today we welcome Jay Kranda from Saddleback Church to the show. Jay is no stranger to the Weekend Experience. He came into Saddleback’s system as a volunteer and was asked to take on more and more responsibility. Which is a good note for anyone serving and leading teams – some of the best people to fill positions at your church can come from volunteers you’ve raised up. We’ll spend two weeks with Jay chatting about Saddleback’s Online Campus strategy and what Jay and his team have done to reach thousands of people worldwide through creating a powerful online worship experience. thechurchmediapodcast.com/124
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Happy New Year everyone – Welcome to the Church Media Podcast. On this week’s episode of the show, we’re going to be taking a look back at some of our most listened to, most popular episodes of the show. You’ll hear snippets of interviews with Christian music artists Jason Roy and Joel Smallbone, ministry coach Carl Cartee, filmmakers Kevin and Sam Sorbo and Dallas Jenkins, and more. thechurchmediapodcast.com/123
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Merry Christmas everyone – this week we welcome back to the show Alex Enfiedjian. We’ll be chatting about How to Craft Incredible Worship Sets, something Alex has written an incredible eBook on. thechurchmediapodcast.com/122
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Welcome to Episode 121 of the Podcast. On today’s show we welcome Alex Enfedgian from worshipministrytraining.com for the first of two episodes. He’ll be with me this week and then next week in our Christmas special, we’ll be talking about how to Craft Incredible Worship Sets. thechurchmediapodcast.com/121
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Today, we welcome back Drake De-Long Farmer from Gateway Alliance Church in Canada for Part Two of our discussion about side hustles, millennials and building a great team. thechurchmediapodcast.com/120
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Today, we welcome Drake De-Long Farmer from Gateway Alliance Church in Canada. Drake is a great guy and we’re going to be chatting about side hustles – hobbies or jobs outside of your ministry position, millennials – which is a big buzz topic in church culture right?. We’ll also talk to Drake about building a great team. thechurchmediapodcast.com/119
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Alright, this week Carl’s going to share with you 5 Ways to Develop Young Leaders on your team. We’ve gotten some great feedback from you guys that you want to hear more from me and how he’s led volunteer teams in the past. We’ve listened, and we’ll have more interviews coming your way – but this week, Carl will be sharing with you some things he’s learned along the way and we hope these ideas and strategies will help you as you lead your team. thechurchmediapodcast.com/118
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This week, we welcome Sly King from The Worship Center in Birmingham. Sly is the Marketing and Social Media Consultant and Online Campus Coordinator for the church. He leads a volunteer team that’s sole job is to create and maintain an amazing online worship experience. Sly is going to share all about how they create their online campus. thechurchmediapodcast.com/117
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On this week’s show, we’re going to dive right into part two of Carl’s interview with Justin Firesheets from Church of the Highlands. They discuss how tech guys can be more intentional about the ministry side of their position and more. thechurchmediapodcast.com/116
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Justin Firesheets from Church of the Highlands joins us this week on the show. Justin shares the passion that pastoring your people should be your first priority when it comes to your team. He discusses some ways you can prevent being a one-man show at your church and raise up leaders that will help you accomplish more ministry. thechurchmediapodcast.com/115
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On this week’s show Carl welcomes back Kenny Jahng from Church Butler. They’re going to be talking more about Church Communications and how you can leverage your social media platforms to bring attention to your Worship Experiences. thechurchmediapodcast.com/114
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Carl and Kenny Jahng talk about communications and how you can leverage your social media platforms to bring attention to your Worship Experiences. They also discuss social media engagement, building your email list, your email subject line, predictions for social media platforms and more. thechurchmediapodcast.com/113
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There are times when volunteers leave your ministry for good reasons. There are times where volunteers need to be moved to another ministry or asked not to serve on your team. That happens. But as far as it depends on us as leaders, we need to make every effort possible to keep and retain the volunteers we have. In this episode, Carl gives some reminders for all of us that if we take action on, we’ll see more volunteers stay in our ministry. More free resources for your team at thechurchmediapodcast.com/112
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This episode will be completely focused on helping you build and create a solid, thriving, excellent Volunteer Team. Carl will be sharing excerpts from his e-book The Ultimate Production Team Handbook which is packed with tons of training guides, checklists, scheduling tools, org charts and more. All to help you build an incredible volunteer culture at your church. And he’ll be giving you a coupon code to use as a discount on the book on our online store. thechurchmediapodcast.com/111
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This week is part two of Carl’s exclusive interview with author, speaker, professor David Olshine. David is a Professor of Youth Ministry, Family and Culture at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC. If you missed last week episode where we began our discussion on Soul Care, go back and listen to it – all show notes and archive episodes are at thechurchmediapodcast.com.
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This week Carl welcomes David Olshine – he is a Professor of Youth Ministry, Family and Culture at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC. He gives some real practical ways you can take care of yourself so you don’t fry to a crisp. thechurchmediapodcast.com/109
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Dan is the founder of churchhacks.com among other companies that help churches across the country. Today on the show Dan and Carl will be continuing our discussion on Facebook Live and broadcasting your service. thechurchmediapodcast.com/108
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Welcome back Daniel Irmler to the show. Dan is the founder of churchhacks.com among other companies that help churches across the country. His company hosts hundreds of church websites and his insight is very practical for your web presence at your church. Today on the show Dan and Carl will be diving into Facebook Live and broadcasting your service. thechurchmediapodcast.com/107
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Carl welcomes back Jonathan Drake. They talk about shooting B-Roll at your church. Jonathan is a member of our production team. He and several other videographers shoot all of our Video Announcements for churches across the country. He is a fantastic shooter, editor, designer, and producer. thechurchmediapodcast.com/106
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Welcome back Jonathan Drake for this week’s church media podcast. He is an incredible shooter, editor, designer, and producer. He leads a team that shoots all of our Video Announcements and through his own production company JDrake Productions has produced an incredible list video and graphic design projects. Jonathan and Carl are going to continue their discussion on how to shoot your own video announcements at your church. Check it out! thechurchmediapodcast.com/105
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This week we welcome a member of our production team on the show. Jonathan Drake shoots all of our Video Announcements and through his own production company JDrake Productions has produced an incredible list video and graphic design projects. An incredible shooter, editor, designer, producer – Jonathan and Carl are going to give you 5 tips for shooting your own video announcements at your church. thechurchmediapodcast.com/104
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This week we welcome back Katie Allred. Katie is the Web Content Manager at Brentwood Baptist Church. She handles all social media and web content for the church and heads up the Church Communications Facebook Group. And speaking of that group – if you are in communications in any way at your church – social media, web, promotions, project management – this is a great group for you to be connected to. They have grown very quickly. Just search Church Communications on Facebook to find it. thechurchmediapodcast.com/103
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On the show today, Carl is talking with Church Communications guru Katie Allred. Katie is the Web Content Manager at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, TN. She’ll be here this week and next week as they discuss ways you can improve your communications, web, and social media. churchmediapodcast.com/102
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This week Carl is talking with two incredible church media guys who have tried their hand at directing and producing feature films. Dallas Jenkins is on staff at Harvest Bible Church in Chicago. You may have seen one of his films – Midnight Clear starring Stephen Baldwin, What If with Kevin Sorbo, the short film The Ride or his latest project The Resurrection of Gavin Stone. Also, later in the show you’ll hear from Judd Brannon, who is the staff Video Producer at First Baptist Woodstock in Georgia. His debut feature film Champion is on its way to video in the coming months. These guys are still Church Media guys at their churches as their churches have allowed them to step out and produce and direct these larger projects. Carl talked with both about their staff roles and what it’s like to move to features as well. twelvethirty.media/101
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It has been 100 episodes. Amazing! We are going to take a big trip down memory lane this week, so hang tight! There are some very special guests later in the show as well – Carl welcomes Kevin and Sam Sorbo to the podcast for the first time. Carl served with them at a conference in Orlando earlier this year. They’ll talk about their take on faith in Hollywood, “Faith-based” films, politics and more. They’ll also talk about their latest project Let There Be Light releasing later this year. twelvethirty.media/100
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Welcome David Leuschner back for part two of Carl’s interview with him on how to lead hundreds of volunteers. He currently leads a team of over 500 volunteers every week. David knows his stuff, he is not one you’ll hear from that claims to know about ministry and never served on a church staff – he has years of experience with the good and the bad and knows what it takes to grow a huge team of effective volunteers and leaders. twelvethirtymedia.com/099
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David Leuschner from Gateway Church in TX helps churches realize their true potential of fulfilling the Digital Great Commission through the use of Technology. His website is audiovideolighting.com – be sure to check that out. David has been leading volunteer teams for years. He currently leads a team of over 500 volunteers every week. A massive task and today he’s going to share how to lead hundreds of volunteers with us. twelvethirtymedia.com/098
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Welcome back Daniel Irmler to the show. Dan runs churchhacks.com. His company hosts hundreds of church websites and his insight is very practical for your web presence at your church. Dan and Carl will be continuing their discussion about how to take your website to the next level. twelvethirtymedia.com/097
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This week and next week’s episode we welcome Daniel Irmler to the show. Dan runs churchhacks.com and is no stranger to ministry. Dan and Carl Barnhill will be talking about how to take your website to the next level. twelvethirtymedia.com/096
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This week on the show, Carl Barnhill is going to talk about how to create an exciting volunteer atmosphere. He’ll walk you through 5 things that he has implemented with the teams he has served, and it’s made a massive difference in the culture. twelvethirtymedia.com/095
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This week on the show, we’re going to talk about how to take your audience on a journey. Carl Barnhill is going to give you 6 things to think about when creating a dynamic service flow. And later in the show, he’s also going to talk specifically about Transitions – which is one of the secrets to a great worship service and one major ingredient in taking your audience on a journey. twelvethirtymedia.com/094
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This week Carl Barnhill is going to share with you how to create a core volunteer team. We’ve gotten some great feedback from you guys that you want to hear more from him and how he’s led volunteer teams in the past. We’ve listened, and we’ll have a few interviews coming your way, but we’ll also be adding in some episodes featuring content from his playbook as well. twelvethirtymedia.com/093
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This week I’m going to share with you how to teach your team your process and systems. We’ve talked a lot on this podcast about how to set up systems for your team. Today I’ll be sharing with you how to get that information out to your team. Pretty quick episode this week, but I pray its very practical as you lead your team. twelvethirtymedia.com/092
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On this week’s show, I welcome back Paul Alan Clifford for a third round. Paul owns and operates Trinity Digital Media. He has tons of videos, courses, and training resources available at trinitydigitalmedia.com. We will be wrapping up our list of 10 Powerhouse ProPresenter Hacks to help you execute our Sunday experience more efficiently. twelvethirtymedia.com/091
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On this week’s show, I welcome back Paul Alan Clifford. Paul owns and operates Trinity Digital Media. He has a number of videos, courses, and training resources available on his website. He also manages the ProPresenter Users Facebook Group – a great community for users of the software. This week we dive into more from our list of 10 Powerhouse ProPresenter Hacks. twelvethirtymedia.com/090
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On this week’s show, I welcome Paul Alan Clifford. Paul owns and operates Trinity Digital Media. He has a number of videos, courses, and training resources available on his website. He also manages the ProPresenter Users Facebook Group which offers some really great community for ProPresenter operators. This is Part One of a 3-Part series we’re doing with Paul giving you 10 Powerhouse ProPresenter Hacks. twelvethirtymedia.com/089
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This week on the show I welcome Ben Gowell, the Lead Programming Pastor at Christ’s Church of the Valley in Arizona, serving 7 campuses across the state and beyond. I talked with Ben all about how to program dynamic services – from planning and prep, to music styles, execution of ideas and a whole lot more. twelvethirtymedia.com/088
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This week I welcome a fellow Carl to the show – Carl Cartee. He spends his time coaching and training Worship Leaders, writing and recording songs for Fellowship Bible Church in Nashville. Can’t wait for you to hear from him today. twelvethirtymedia.com/086
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This week I’m going to share with you the most effective way I’ve found to schedule your volunteers. I’ll be opening up my playbook and giving you ideas for how to provide an easy to understand scheduling rotation for those you lead. Pretty quick episode this week, but I pray its very practical as you lead your team. twelvethirtymedia.com/085
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This week on the show, the final piece to my chat with Matt Leucht and Chris Tripputi from the Creative Church Company. We’ve been chatting about creativity in the church, graphic design, video, and more. Part one and two can be found at twelvethirtymedia.com/082 and twelvethirtymedia.com/083.
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This week on the show I welcome back the guys from CreativeChurch.co – Matt Leucht and Chris Tripputi. Last week we talked about creativity in the church and the model that churches are moving to, to accomplish more creative work. You can check out that episode at twelvethirtymedia.com/082. The conversation continues today, check it out at twelvethirtymedia.com/083.
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This week on the show I welcome two friends of mine – Matt Leucht and Chris Tripputi. These guys own and operate CreativeChurch.co – a ministry dedicated to helping churches with custom graphics design and media content. We have a great interview with these guys today, its coming right up! twelvethirtymedia.com/082
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This week on the show I welcome Adam McLaughlin. Adam owns and operates churchmarketingideas.com. I chatted with Adam about his latest ebook TrustGlue – 11 Ways to Create a First Impression that Sticks. We talk a lot about how to create your experiences at your church. Adam and I discuss how to make a first impression before new people even walk into your auditorium. You’re going to get a lot of great ideas from today’s episode. twelvethirtymedia.com/081
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This week on the show I welcome Ben Stapley. Ben is on staff at Liquid Church in New Jersey as their Video Director and Church Online Pastor. Ben is a blog author on our site and has extensive experience in creating moving and memorable moments. He has produced and created some inventive ways to engage audiences. If you’re looking for some cool ideas for elements to add to your weekend experience and how to create memorable moments that people remember, buckle up because Ben shares some great stuff with us this week. twelvethirtymedia.com/080
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This week on the show I welcome back Jared Hogue. Jared served at Church on the Move for several years. If you missed last week’s episode where we talked about creating an effective internship program, be sure to check that out. This week I talked with Jared about how to change your volunteer culture. If you want a growing, thriving culture of volunteers at your church and on your team, Jared shared some good stuff for you today. twelvethirtymedia.com/079
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This week on the show we welcome Jared Hogue. Jared served at Church on the Move for several years and is going to be with us this week and next week. This week we are going to tackle the idea of creating an effective internship program. We talk a lot about volunteers on the podcast, and an internship program is a way that you can take your cream of the crop volunteers and really pour into them and disciple them. twelvethirtymedia.com/078
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This week on the show I’ll share my interviews with two insanely creative and innovative guys in our field – powerhouse Christian artists Jason Roy and Joel Smallbone. Roy who is the Lead Singer and founder of the band Building429. We talked about how the band creates concert experiences and other live events for thousands of fans around the world. Joel Smallbone is the Lead Singer of For King & Country and I talked with him about the band and his new movie Priceless and the creative process of making that film. twelvethirtymedia.com/077
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This week on the show – you get me! Its been awhile since we’ve tackled a topic. We’ve been in interviews for quite some time, and I thought it would be a nice change up for me to share some of my strategies for providing consistent training opportunities for your volunteer team. I’m going to open my playbook and share the entire training process that we created at Newspring Church. twelvethirtymedia.com/076
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This week on the show – part two of my interview with Jason Watson from deviantmonk.com. Jason is one of the best motion designers in church media today. Last week we talked about Jason’s process of producing motion graphics content, and how you can get started in brining your projects to life. We talked about how he scripts his videos, where he pulls music and elements from, the software and tools he uses and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/075.
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This week on the show one of the best motion designers in church media today, Jason Watson from deviantmonk.com, stops by. Some of the most popular mini-movies and videos in church today – on sites like worshiphousemedia.com, sermonspice.com and others – were really produced in partnership with Jason. Guys like Dan Stevers, Share Faith and others – Jason is the mastermind behind some of those projects. He really knows his stuff and you’re going to learn a ton of him today and next week about Motion Graphics. twelvethirtymedia.com/74
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This podcast features Chris Denning. Chris is the Creative Arts Pastor at Journey Church in Huntersville, North Carolina. He is also the founder of PCOguru.com – a website dedicated to helping churches get the most out of Planning Center Online. If you’re church uses Planning Center in any way, shape or form – this episode is going to blow your mind. Chris gives tons of hacks and tricks to help you get the most out of the software. twelvethirtymedia.com/073
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Jonathan Pearson is on the show this week. Jonathan serves at Cornerstone Community Church in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was instrumental in launching millennialleader.com – resourcing young leaders with tools to lead their teams well. We talked about how your church can reach more millennials and young families, how to be a better leader, the importance of preparation, his book “Next Up”, his podcast, and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/072
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Today I welcome Cole NeSmith to the show. Cole is an all around artist and innovator. He is the pastor of City Beautiful Church in Orlando, Florida. We talked about how to create immersive, interactive experiences – he has had the opportunity of being heavily involved in projects in Orlando that he cares about. He also shared some great ideas of things you can implement in your services each week. twelvethirtymedia.com/071
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On today’s episode of the show I welcome Justin Wise from Think Digital. Justin is a digital communications expert – if you want to grow your digital platform at your church – social media, your website, your digital strategy – this is the guy to listen to. We chatted about digital marketing, social media apps and platforms, rules for social media, the 80/20 principle when it comes to posting content online, and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/070
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This week Jenni Catron joins the podcast. Her new book “The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership” is available now. We talked about leading in the midst of chaos – which we as creatives know a little about serving on Sundays. We also talked about leading with your heart, soul, mind and strength and how to take your leadership from ordinary to extraordinary. If you are a leader of volunteers at your church, listen up, Jenni has some really practical helps for you as you lead your teams. twelvethirtymedia.com/069
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Today we welcome Justin Trapp to today’s podcast. Justin comes from a ministry background – serving as a pastor and in other role for the local church for years. He is the founder and owner of Ministry Pass – they produce sermon series graphics and content for thousands of churches around the world. He’ll share with us today some tips and tricks for creating a compelling sermon series – everything from planning to topics, outlines, prep work, resources and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/068
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This week I welcome Matt Ehresman to the show. Matt is the Creative Media Director at First MB Church in Wichita, Kansas and the author of “Upstream – 8 Counter Cultural Ways to Live a Better Life”. He has worked for Focus on the Family for years and we talked about his experience there and in church world. We stirred our conversation to the topic of getting stuck in the Performance Trap – how we as leaders can sometimes fall into the trap of performing and don’t take the necessary time to disengage and unplug from our work. twelvethirtymedia.com/067
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This week I welcome back my friend James Wasem, author of Great Church Sound. I talked with James about how to train your church audio team. I asked him about how to train a volunteer that’s very green when it comes to audio, how he breaks up his serving opportunities on Sundays to smaller jobs. We also talked about a 17 video lesson course that he is offering for beginner volunteers. James is extremely knowledgeable on the topic with over 20 years of experience in performing and touring in bands as a drummer, mixing live sound for churches, schools, theaters and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/066
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On this week’s podcast, I welcome my friend James Wasem to the show. James is a seasoned audio engineer and the author of the book Great Church Sound which is a must-have for your shelf as a church tech. James is also a co-author with me on a book called The Ultimate Production Team Handbook which will be on the market soon, so be sure to be on the look out for that. We will be discussing a list of topics related to church sound and your volunteer audio team. twelvethirtymedia.com/065
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On this week’s episode, we dive into part two of my interview with church media consultant and producer Phil Cooke. Phil is an internationally known writer and speaker and is one of the absolute best in our field. His books are available on Amazon and on his website at philcooke.com. I talked with him about Ben Hur and other recent faith-based films. We also had some fun with some rapid fire questions on where to find creative ideas, the biggest mistakes church leaders make, convincing your pastor to catch a vision for media and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/064
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This week on the show we have Phil Cooke, one of the nation’s leading church media consultants. He is an internationally known writer, speaker, and has produced media programming in more than 50 countries worldwide. Phil is a powerhouse voice in media and programming and you’re going to get a ton of practical advice and insight in the content he shares. Part two of my interview with Phil is next week on the show, so stay tuned. Helping Churches Not Suck at the Media with Phil Cooke (Part One) twelvethirtymedia.com/063
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In this week’s show, I welcome Phil Bowdle. Phil is the Creative Arts Pastor at West Ridge Church in Atlanta. I talked with Phil about how the church can be more creative in reaching people. We talked about digital communications, having a communications plan, how to reach millennials and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/062
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In this week’s portion of the interview, Matt Fridg is going to share some other ways and places that you as a creative can find inspiration for your content or experiences. I hope these tricks will help you. twelvethirtymedia.com/061
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This episode I welcome Matt Fridg. Matt is a professional filmmaker, cinematographer and director. He has produced content for such clients as the Discovery Channel, the NFL, GNC, The Pittsburgh Pirates and more. He has some very practical tips about what kind of gear to purchase, some steps for working with green video volunteers and more. Second part of interview is next week, so stay tuned! twelvethirtymedia.com/060
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This week on the show, I welcome an old friend – Social Media Strategist Sandy Ellingson will be sharing with us today how to use inbound marketing and other techniques to reach the next generation for Christ. twelvethirtymedia.com/059
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This episode I welcome back my friend Luke McElroy to the show. Luke runs Orange Thread Media and is the author of the recent book “Environmental Projection” which we talked about a few weeks ago on the show. Nick Rivero also joins us this week. Nick is the Experience Director at Salt Conferences. He has toured as a video engineer and director with Mumford & Sons, Lady Antebellum, Hillsong United, Chris Tomlin, and others. He also runs a video production company called Meptik. This talked to these guys about SALT, an annual conference for church creatives and media junkies like you and me. twelvethirtymedia.com/057
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On this week’s podcast I welcome Stephen Brewster. Stephen is the Creative Arts Pastor at Cross Point Church and has been in ministry for years – he is a sought after speaker and leader. We chat about one thing I’m really passionate about as well, leading creative teams. I asked Stephen about his experience in leading creatives – both staff and volunteers – talking about everything from setting expectations for your team to understanding the different personality types on your team. twelvethirtymedia.com/056
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On this week’s podcast, the topic is really cool. We’re going to be talking about branding your church with Cody Bridenbaugh, a member of Newspring’s Creative Team. He was one of the leads on the team that rebranded the church, helping lead the creative and execution of the church’s new logo, marketing, roll-out and more. I can’t wait for you to hear how Cody and his team tackled the rebranding of Newspring Church. Some really practical insight for you. twelvethirtymedia.com/055
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On this week’s podcast, I’m interviewing Van Baird. Van is a church communications advisor and entrepreneur. He is all about helping the Church use digital means to reach people. He is the co-founder of That Church Conference – a regional conference filled with church communicators, church media guys and gals and workshops for you and your team. twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 054.
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On this week’s podcast, I welcome a very special guest to the podcast- The Head Engagement Officer at a company called Start with Why, Stephen Shedletzky. Stephen is a well sought after speaker, consultant and coach. He talks about Church World and about how we should start with “WHY” when leading our teams. If why you exist as a team is clear, concise and compelling, your team members will follow you anywhere. Stephen gives some practical insight into how to discover our why and the most effective ways to motivate our team. He shares some incredible content with us. twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 053.
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On this week’s podcast, I sit down with my friend Luke McElroy. Luke is the founder of Orange Thread Media – they have created experiences for dozens of ministries, artists, conferences and more. He is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur, like myself. If your church uses Environmental Projection or your thinking about it, this is the episode for you. Luke has literally written the book on it. We’ll chat about why he wrote the book, about creating experiences for ministries all around the world and more.. twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 052.
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On this week’s podcast, I caught up with John Schlitt, lead singer of Petra, on what he has been up to the last several years. We talked about how he plans his concerts, what media and other elements are produced for his live shows, using click track videos and more. twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 051.
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In this episode, we’re welcoming a very special guest for our 50th show – Victoria Jackson. A veteran from Saturday Night Live – she was a cast member on the show from 1986-1992. She is a born again Christian and we’ll walk through her career as she talks about living out her faith in Hollywood and through other experiences she’s had. She’ll also talk about supporting faith based film projects. twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 050.
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This episode is part two of my interview with Shane Duffey. We are continuing our talk about leadership – how you can be a better leader yourself and how to raise up and develop leaders in your ministry. Shane is the Executive Pastor at one of the largest churches in the nation – NewSpring Church. When we left off last week, Shane was giving us 10 Leadership principles from the Bible, so you’ll hear the last five in this episode along with Shane’s list of 5 Things Every Leader should be. twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 048.
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In this episode, we are talking about leadership – how you can be a better leader yourself and how to raise up and develop leaders in your ministry. I interviewed Shane Duffey. Shane is the Executive Pastor at one of the largest churches in the nation – NewSpring Church, and our chat was so rich with great leadership thoughts and principles that I’ve split it up into two episodes. Half this week and half next week, so be sure to listen to next week’s show as well. For complete show notes, transcripts, and other free content at twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 047.
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In this episode, we are talking about you. That’s right, you. Last week, I had a chat with Jason Houser, the founder of Seeds Family Worship. We talked about how the ministry began and ways you can use Seeds as a resource for media production volunteers and their families. This week I’m bringing you part two of my interview with the Seeds founder and author. Jason’s new book, “Dedicated: Training Your Children to Trust and Follow Jesus” is all about leading your family well. It’s about how to stay dedicated to your family. We talked about how this applies to church staff members and pastors and how we can lead our families well while at the same time serving in ministry. For complete show notes, transcripts, and other free content at twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 046.
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In this episode, I want to share a resource for you to help you minister to your team. I recently had a chat with Jason Houser, who is the founder of Seeds Family Worship. We talked about how the ministry began and we also talked about ways you can use Seeds and how it can be a resource for media production volunteers and their families. Jason is a ministry guy and a pastor at Lighthouse Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. He has a passion for ministry and for media and it shines through in our conversation on this week’s podcast. For complete show notes, transcripts, and other free content at twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 045.
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This week we are focusing on content and design and who knows more about that than VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer. Phil has been using media to reach families in the church for decades. He started VeggieTales in the early 90’s and is now the creator of What’s in the Bible – a children’s series that teaches kids how the Bible came to be and what’s in it for them- recently featuring the grand adventures of Galaxy Buck. For complete show notes, transcripts, and other free content at twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 044.
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This week is a leadership and ministry focused episode where we are going to chat with one of the most highly acclaimed performers of our time – five-time Grammy winner Sandi Patty. Sandi is the most awarded female vocalist in Christian music history – she has 40 Dove Awards. She was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2004 and as an Indiana Living Legend in 2007. She has released over 30 albums, authored 9 books and ministered to thousands of people through her music for nearly 4 decades. For complete show notes, transcripts, and other free content at twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 043.
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In this episode, Carl talks with the highest grossing female comedian of all-time, Chonda Pierce. Carl and Chonda talk about how to deal with the fact that ministry is hard and how to go about surviving it. We’ve included clips and interviews about Chonda’s newly released DVD “Laughing in the Dark”, complete show notes, transcripts, and other free content at twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast. Click on Episode 042.
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This week, Carl shares 5 more faith-based movies that are worth seeing and sharing with your team. Check out interview clips from Atlanta Hostage Hero Ashley Smith Robinson, Vice President of AFFIRM Films Rich Peluso, and powerhouse Film Executive DeVon Franklin. For complete show notes, transcripts, and free content, visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast and click on Episode 041.
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Part of you pastoring your people first, is providing them with positive, productive content – whether that be prayer requests, encouragement, books, devotionals, movies, and more. In this episode, Carl shares 5 faith-based movies that are worth seeing and sharing with your team. Hear interview clips with War Room actor TC Stallings, actress Ashley Bratcher, acting coach Irene Santiago, Ray Comfort, and Producer Kevin Downes. For complete show notes, transcripts, and free content, visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast and click on Episode 040.
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Carl welcomes two powerhouse film directors to the show this week. Paul Munger – who just wrote, produced, and directed his first feature film Princess Cut. And Donald Leow, who has directed three feature films to date and has produced and directed hundreds of short films, documentaries and pieces all over the world. For complete show notes, transcripts, and free content, visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast and click on Episode 039.
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Kirk Cameron and Kevin Downes join Carl on the show this week to dive into the world of Faith-Based Filmmaking. Kirk Cameron you know as Mike Seaver on Growing Pains and from starring in such films as Fireproof, the Left Behind triology, and more. Kevin Downes you may know as Officer Shane Fuller in Courageous, from Mom’s Night Out and others – he recently served as a producer on the film Woodlawn which is now available on DVD and Digital HD. For complete show notes, transcripts, and free content, visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast and click on Episode 038.
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Carl welcomes Jeremy Smith to the show this week. Jeremy is a blogger, techie and social media guy. He is the Senior Staff Writer for ChurchMag which is another online resource for church media peeps. ChurchMag is a digital community that resources the Church with timely, relevant, and practical content focused on technology and creativity. They are passionate about how the Church, ministries, and non-profits use technology to effectively fulfill their mission to the world. For complete show notes, transcripts, and free content, visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast and click on Episode 037.
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This Week, Carl welcomes Brady Shearer to the show. Brady is the CEO of ProChurch Tools and the host of the Pro Church Podcast. He is a leader when it comes to media training for churches. He is also an expert when it comes to writing, shooting, and producing Church Video Announcements which we will talk about in this episode. For complete show notes, transcripts, and free content, visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast and click on Episode 036.
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This week, Dan Bracken returns to the podcast. Dan is the Senior Media Producer at one of the most prominent Methodist churches in the nation, Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio. He is a graduate of Asbury College and has been on staff at Ginghamsburg since 2006. He leads a team of more than 80 volunteers. Dan has had the opportunity to travel the country and the world capturing and producing short films, testimonies and documentaries. In this episode, Dan shares some incredible insight into how he produces short films for his denomination and his church and offers 4 ways you can produce short films for your church more effectively.
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This week Carl welcomes Dan Bracken, the Senior Media Producer at one of the most prominent Methodist churches in the nation, Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio. Dan is a graduate of Asbury College and has been on staff at Ginghamsburg since 2006. He leads a team of more than 80 volunteers. In this episode, Dan shares five powerful interview techniques you can use when capturing testimonies and life change stories at your church. For complete show notes, related articles, and other free content visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode, Carl shares the best way to structure your volunteer team. He explains a new approach for breaking your large team up into smaller teams to accomplish more and how to be very intentional about leading them. For visual aids and complete show notes for this episode visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode, Carl welcomes author and pastor Barry Stallings. Barry is the Senior Pastor at Pleasant Grove Original Free Will Baptist Church in Pikeville, NC. He is very involved in church media as he is the host of “Together Again with Barry Stallings” which airs on WHFL-TV43 in Goldsboro, NC. He also hosts a TV and Radio ministry called “Pleasant News from the Grove” which airs weekly. Carl interviewed Barry in late 2015 to discuss the faith-based film and tv projects that had been released throughout the year. They also talked about how pastors and church leaders can get involved and support production companies, producers, directors, and others involved in bringing faith-based content to the big screen. For complete show notes and free resources for your team visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week’s content is a follow-up to what Carl talked about last week. On the last episode, we tackled the Number One question we get asked as we travel, speaking and coaching to media production teams around the country and that is, “how do we get new volunteers on our team?”. In this episode, Carl shares with you how to provide a clear on-ramp for new volunteers that join your team. What do we mean by “on-ramp”? We mean the pathway or the funnel or the steps someone who shows interest in your team can get from interest to a well-trained veteran volunteer on your team. For complete show notes and free resources for your team visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week we are going to tackle the Number One question Carl gets when speaking and coaching with media production teams. And that is – How do I get people interested in serving on my team? How do I recruit new people? We will dive into that in this episode as Carl gives you 6 ideas for inviting new volunteers to your team.
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This week Carl is giving away tons of free tools and resources to make your life and job easier. He is also giving away his new resource E-Book called The Ultimate Church Media Toolbox absolutely free! In this episode, Carl talks about 10 of the 57 tools mentioned in the book. They are tools that will help you be more effective and productive in your ministry to your team.
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This week Carl shares a tool with you that will change the game for you when it comes to organizing and accessing your digital media files – the Plex Media Server. This is a tool to organize and access your entire digital media library. Movies, TV Shows, home videos, photos, – everything – all your digital media can be stored and accessed through your Plex Media Server. I share ideas for using Plex in Church Media and just for fun. Also included Carl’s interview with Plex’s Vice President of Marketing, Scott Hancock.
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In this episode Carl welcomes Jeff McIntosh. Jeff is the mastermind behind ChurchMotionGraphics.com, a top-selling church media producer that specializes in motion backgrounds, announcement motions, and countdown timer videos. He is also the author of the Worship Media Handbook. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode, Carl welcomes back Chad Collins from Lifepoint Church in Nashville. Lifepoint has 5 campuses across the country and around the world. 3 campuses across Smyrna and Mufreesboro TN, one campus in Brussels, Belgium and one in Bangkok, Thailand. Chad serves as a Graphic Designer and Production Lead and is one of the mastermind Creatives behind some very innovative stuff that Lifepoint is doing. In this episode Chad gives 5 Do’s and Don’ts for the Graphic Design World. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode Carl welcomes Chad Collins from Lifepoint Church in Nashville, TN. Lifepoint has 5 campuses across the country and around the world. 3 campuses across Smyrna and Mufreesboro TN, one campus in Brussels, Belgium and one in Bangkok, Thailand. Chad serves as a Graphic Designer and Production Lead and is one of the mastermind Creatives behind some very innovative stuff that Lifepoint is putting out. Carl and Chad walk through the process of how Lifepoint develops a sermon series. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl gives more four things to never forget when creating your experience. These are things to keep at the forefront of your mind and your project list. Your “experience” is your worship services, your classes, your events, your Vacation Bible School, your conferences. Anything where you are creating an environment where people are engaging in worship or coming together in a large group setting. These principles can apply to church media staff and volunteers. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl gives four things to never forget when creating your experience. These are things to keep at the forefront of your mind and your project list. Your “experience” is your worship services, your classes, your events, your Vacation Bible School, your conferences. Anything where you are creating an environment where people are engaging in worship or coming together in a large group setting. These principles can apply to church media staff and volunteers. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl welcomes back Trevor Miller. Trevor serves as the Director of Worship Production at Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church, a powerhouse, trend-setting church in the Methodist denomination. Trevor lead worship and production staff and volunteers at the church. This week, Trevor and Carl talk about how to create core values for your production team. Trevor lays out four foundational principles when resetting your team’s most important goals. People must come first. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl gives three powerful ways that you can cultivate spiritual growth in your volunteer team. He talks about how you might be the best technical mind around, how you might know everything there is to know about gear and technology – but in ministry, if people aren’t your top priority, under your growing relationship with Christ, your ministry will not be effective. People must come first. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl welcomes Trevor Miller. Trevor currently serves at the Director of Worship Production at Mt.Horeb United Methodist Church in Lexington, SC. Mt.Horeb is a trend-setting church in the Methodist denomination, offering multiple Traditional and Contemporary style worship services each weekend. This week Carl talks with Trevor about how his church juggles both styles of worship and how he leads their worship and production teams. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl welcomes Josh Williams back to the studio. Josh has over 10 years of experience in the church media world and currently leads worship, production and stage design teams at Velocity Church in Greenville, SC. This week, Josh and Carl continue their discussion about adapting ideas from other churches. They give 3 filters for taking ideas and making them your own. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl welcomes back Josh Williams. Josh has over 10 years of experience in the church media world and currently leads worship, production and stage design teams at Velocity Church in Greenville, SC. This week, Josh and Carl talk about adapting ideas from other churches. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl welcomes Josh Williams. Josh has over 10 years of experience in the church media world and currently leads worship, production and stage design teams at Velocity Church in Greenville, SC. This week, Josh and Carl talk about using Periscope for ministry and give you 15 creative ways to use the app at your church. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl welcomes back Josh Blankenship. Josh is the host of The Creative Church Show – a podcast with tips, tricks and shortcuts to make church media easy. He also offers great insights on leadership, technology, and social media on his blog at joshblankenship.me. This week, Josh and Carl talk about how to shoot video like a pro. They offer 6 ways to shoot video that doesn’t suck. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week on the podcast, Carl welcomes Josh Blankenship. Josh is the host of The Creative Church Show – a podcast with tips, tricks and shortcuts to make church media easy. He also offers great insights on leadership, technology, and social media on his blog at joshblankenship.me. This week, Josh and Carl dive into the world of social media and discuss 11 mistakes churches are making when it comes to their platforms. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week, Carl welcomes back Creative Entrepreneur and Author Jonathan Malm to the podcast. Jonathan is the author of several books on church culture including Set the Stage and Unwelcome. He is also the creator of some powerhouse church media sites like churchstagedesignideas.com, sundaymag.tv, and seriesideas.com. In this episode, they discuss Jonathan’s devotional “Created for More” – a devotional designed specifically for creatives. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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This week, Carl welcomes a very special guest – Jonathan Malm. Jonathan is the author of several books on church culture including Created for More and Unwelcome. He is also the creator of some powerhouse church media sites like churchstagedesignideas.com, sundaymag.tv, and seriesideas.com. In this episode, they discuss Jonathan’s latest eBook “Set the Stage: A Manifesto for Church Stage Design”. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode, Jonathan Hawley, Production Director at Newspring Church Lexington, SC shares 5 tools within MailChimp that will transform the way you use the service with your team. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode, Jonathan Hawley, Production Director at Newspring Church Lexington, SC shares 4 tips for producing dynamic worship services for churches in a portable facility. If you do church in a high school, a theater, or other portable facility, Jonathan gives some helpful and practical tips for enhancing your experience. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode, Carl talks with Jonathan Hawley, Production Director at Newspring Church Lexington about how his campus prepares for church on Sunday while being in a portable facility. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode, Carl recommends using MailChimp as your E-Mail Service and offers six powerful ways you can set your production team up for success for Sunday. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Carl shares three filters for designing your next project and discusses how leaving things out of your project might be more powerful than leaving everything in. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Carl shares five more reasons why someone serves as a volunteer at your church. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Carl shares five reasons why someone serves as a volunteer at your church. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Carl shares 5 Media Recommendations for Churches that average under 1,000 in Weekly Attendance. He shares notes on pricing for media content and gear, quick tips for executing lyrics and more. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Carl shares 10 ways you can win the hearts of your volunteers. He shares how if you can win the heart, your volunteers will follow you and the vision for your ministry anywhere. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Carl talks about the importance of pastoring your volunteers. He shares 7 powerful ways that you can put people over your processes. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Carl shares 12 more Ways to Use Video and gives you some ideas on how to implement these elements into your worship services and the ministries in your church. For complete Show Notes, video examples and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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In this first episode of the podcast, Carl shares 13 Ways to Use Video and gives you some ideas on how to implement these elements into your worship services and the ministries in your church. For complete Show Notes, video examples and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast
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