The Making Sunday Happen Podcast

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. twel...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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 .

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 .

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

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 l...

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...

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 shar...

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 an...

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 Ki...

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. twelveth...

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 a...

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...

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 trick...

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...

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...

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 com...

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 leade...