Making Sunday Happen Podcast
422: Planning Center Ninja Tactics and EasyWorship Updates
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.
420: Designing your Stage
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.
419: The Essence of Creativity
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.
418: Staffing, Culture and Leadership Trends
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.
417: Animation 101 and Breaking into YouTube
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!
416: Creating an Internship Program and Avoiding Ministry Burnout
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.
415: Building a Church Studio and Worship Culture
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.
414: Resi and Innovation for the Church
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.
413: Lighting for Broadcast and Rigging for Safety
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.
412: 50 Years of Ministry
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.
410: Livestreaming Isn't Working and What's Next
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.
409: The Role of a Video Director
Today we have two guests on the topic of Video Directing. Andre Jones and Ben Crosson. Andre is a Prooduction 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.
408: Effective Training for Audio Volunteers and Building Project Planning
Today we have two guests and two topics on the show. Tommy Lozure is the Music Production Ministry Department Chair at https://www.facebook.com/visiblemc/. 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.