This post originally appeared on The Production Pastor My plan for Christmas this year was to spend a good amount of time and investment making this year’s program special for folks who have really missed being part of regular worship services. The idea was to have multiple virtual choir pieces, a modified opening... read more
I’m a big movie buff. Last year, I went to the movie theater to see the Elton John biopic “Rocketman.” Also, around the same time I went to see this movie, I worked remotely at a Starbucks a couple of days during the week “Rocketman” was in theaters. While at... read more
Music is powerful. If you’re like me, you can easily get a commercial jingle, a movie score, a TV theme song, or other tune stuck in your head and be humming or singing it all day. It can also be powerful in giving us words to praise our King and... read more
At 12:30, we’ve produced hundreds of Sermon Bumpers and Series Trailers over the last few years. You can View our Sample Library of some of the Bumpers we’ve produced here. You can View our Sample Library of some of the Series Trailers we’ve produced here. I’m going to give you... read more
Not every church has a designer on staff. This can leave the pastor, tech volunteers, or worship team guessing when it comes to making good design decisions for the Sunday slides. There’s good news, though—you don’t need to be a designer to make a functional church presentation that adds to... read more
I was recently asked by my friends at The Church Memo to answer – 8 questions on the topic of media, production and creativity in the church. I pray these answers will give you some ideas to think about when it comes to leading these areas in your ministry. 1.... read more
On our Making Sunday Happen Podcast before COVID hit, we had several folks sending in questions about Sermon Bumpers and Series Trailers. We produce a lot of Bumpers and Trailers for churches, so I thought I’d put a couple of our most asked questions about these videos together. My prayer is... read more
Your church now has two important worship experiences. Each one is important and valuable in their own specific way. How you prepare and lead your production teams, and really all your teams, during this time will help determine if you continue moving forward and making progress or if you slide back to... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: This week, we are talking to Zach Synder and Caleb Weidman. These are two of the founders of Blackbar, an online ministry dedicated to empowering churches to reach their communities with digital tools. They have released some great videos helping churches... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: Today, we welcome back to the podcast, Kyle Kutter from the Life Church team. We’re going to really dive into Church Online Platform today. We are talking with Kyle about how you can use it, how you can enhance your user... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Focus On Audio In this moment, it is okay to bring down the video production quality of your service. If your service is overproduced right now, it will not connect as well. Take for example all major talk shows – The Tonight Show,... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: This week we welcome Marc Gawith from Switcher Studio to the podcast. Switcher Studio is basically a switcher in your pocket. This is a mobile solution to connect 9 different sources and live switch those sources from your phone or iPad.... read more