The Making Sunday Happen Podcast

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.

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 Comfor...

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 twelvethirty...

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 W...

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...

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 twelvethi...

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...

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 an...

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 i...

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

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...

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...

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 i...

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 l...

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 fo...

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 effe...

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...

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 co...

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/...

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...