The Making Sunday Happen Podcast

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. SHOW NOTES

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-...

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 Stalli...

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. SHOW...

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. SHOW NOTES

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. SHOW NOTES

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 ha...

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 a...

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 a...

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...

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 P...

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 Greens...

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. SHOW NOTES

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...

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 Li...

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. SHOW...

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...

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 y...

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...

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...

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 – r...

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 Experienc...

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 answe...

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 th...

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...