The Making Sunday Happen Podcast

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 w...

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. For show notes, a transcript and resource...

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 a...

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 Sto...

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. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your produc...

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 Int...

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 pasto...

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 g...

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...

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 id...

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 boar...

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 con...

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...

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 s...

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. For show...

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 mo...

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 pasto...

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...

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...

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. For show notes, a transcript and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/1...

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 l...

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,...

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 yo...

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 produc...

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