The Making Sunday Happen Podcast (Formerly The Church Media Podcast) is the definitive podcast for those who plan, create and execute Worship Experiences. Hosted by Carl Barnhill, the show offers training in the areas of Church Media Production, Worship, Communications, First Impressions, Service Planning, Volunteer Culture and more. Carl is the Creative Director/Owner of [twelve:thirty]media, a company that resources the Church with Media content and training to help you Transform your Wors ...
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This is the final episode of Making Sunday Happen. We've been sharing over the last couple of months that this podcast will be coming to a close and that our host will be moving over to host a brand new podcast called YOUR VISUALS MATTER. We are also moving from Twelve Thirty Media to Church Visuals. We are so excited about this change. Our new sit…
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Craig will be talking with us about his book Winning the War in Your Mind for Teens is out now. This episode is a big one as it will be our last episode with a new guest. And what a privilege to have pastor Craig Groeschel. Together we'll talk about the book Winning the War in Your Mind and also about how to have longevity in ministry, his best adv…
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Today we're talking all about volunteers with Nick Blevins. Nick is the author of The Volunteer Playbook. We’ll talk about a framework to help your church recruit, train and empower more volunteers at your church. Also as a reminder, we are changing our name from Twelve Thirty Media to Church Visuals. We are so excited about this move. Church Visua…
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Our guest today is Brian Dollar, the author of I Blew It! - and he shares about some of his biggest failures in ministry and how if he’s overcome them and how you can too. He is one of the most respected kids pastors in the country, but few people know the path he’s taken. Failures do not have to define you, instead, he'll help us see how we can le…
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On today’s episode we're talking with our friend Corey Alderin. Corey is the owner of Sermon Shots - a great new company in our space helping you do sermon clips and reels. We’ll talk today about how you can repurpose your sermon by clipping it up. SHOW NOTES - https://twelvethirty.media/podcast-episodes/episode-426-how-to-clip-up-your-sermon-for-s…
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Alright, on today’s episode we're talking with pastor and author Clarence Shuler. Clarence is the author of the book FINDING HOPE IN A DARK PLACE: Facing Loneliness, Depression and Anxiety with the power of Grace. In the book Clarence shares his own story of depression and how by God’s grace he’s learning to effectively manage it. Hopefully today, …
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On today’s episode our friend Alex Enfiedjian stops by.We're talking about how Music is the Tool, but Discipleship is the Goal.Also as a reminder we’re leading up to closing out this podcast with Episode 430.We’re launching a brand new platform full of a podcast network, courses, webinars, articles and more. So we'll be shifting over to hosting a b…
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EPISODE 423: Storytelling and The Power of Creative Communication with Jason Dyba, Martrell Harris and Sarah Gerald
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On today’s episode we're talking with three creatives in the space. Jason Dyba is a writer and producer at Dyba, LLC. He is the former Creative Project Manager at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. He was also the Creative Director at Pull Spark - a creative agency that specialized in film production and telling stories. Martrell Harris is a market…
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EPISODE 422: Planning Center Ninja Tactics and EasyWorship Updates with Jimmy Cooper and Jared Warren
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On today’s episode we’re talking with two great guys. Jimmy Cooper - Jimmy works at Open Door Church in Raleigh, NC. He is a self described Planning Center Ninja. If you need help planning and crafting the Worship Experience - we talked with Jimmy about how to use Planning Center to accomplish what you’re after. We also welcome Jared Warren. Jared …
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On today’s episode we're talking with our friend Paul Cox. Paul owns the The Church Co. They offer a fantastic solution for a customizable website at a super affordable price. They also offer custom apps, an online giving platform and more. SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makingsundayhappen/support…
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On today’s episode of the show, we welcome two great guests. Our friend Jim Thorne from Messenger AVL. Jim and his team are fantastic when it comes to LED screens for churches. We’ve worked with Jim and his team on several occasions. We'll be talking to him today about designing your stage using LED screens. We're also talking to Joe Blair. Joe is …
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Today on the podcast we welcome three great guests. An old friend of our host, Gary Molander from Floodgate Productions. Don Hopkins, the Creative Director at Transformation Church and finally Creative Director, Sherita Harkness. We’re talking creativity today and how this shows up in our Sunday gatherings. Hoping you, who make Sunday happen could …
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On today’s episode, we welcome two friends: Phil Bowdle and Dennis Choy. Phil is the Vice President of Marketing at the Slingshot Group - a great service that helps churches with staffing needs. We also then welcome Dennis Choy - Dennis the production director at Saddleback Church. We are talking all about staffing, team culture and healthy leaders…
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In today’s podcast, we talk with Caleb Weidman and Zach Snyder from Blackbar. These are some guys in our space that are doing some work with clients as well as with their podcast and training tools. We talked with Caleb about the importance of Animation and Motion Graphics in the church and how to get into animation if you’re a beginner. And then w…
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EPISODE 416: Creating an Internship Program and Avoiding Ministry Burnout with Ben Stapley and Darren Foreman
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Today we’re talking with a good friend of the podcast, Ben Stapley. Ben currently serves as the Executive Pastor at The Life Christian Church in West Orange, New Jersey. He leads staff and volunteers to execute worship experiences and more. We’ll be talking with Ben today about how to create an effective internship program at your church. We also w…
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EPISODE 415: Building a Church Studio and Worship Culture with Terryl Padilla and Kierre Bjorn
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Today we welcome Terryl Padilla, the Creative Director at the Rock Church who is also an extremely talented worship leader and musician. Terryl is responsible for composing audio, producing video, and leading a team of over 40 musicians and stage presenters each week. He oversees the production of special events and is a veteran in the space. It's …
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Today on the show, we welcome our friend Jason Morris from Resi. Jason is an innovator. He is on the team at Resi helping with new product development and tools to make your life easier for Sunday. Our host Car, interviewed Jason at SALT Conference and they had the best time together talking about all kinds of church innovation and technology tools…
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EPISODE 413: Lighting for Broadcast and Rigging for Safety with Griffin McCravy and Brandon Creel
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Today on the show, we welcome two lighting and rigging experts. Griffin McCravy and Brandon Creel. Griffin is the Broadcast Lighting Director at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham and Brandon is a Lighting and Rigging expert. We'll be talking with both of these guys about lighting and rigging for the worship experience. These interviews were rec…
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Welcome to the podcast. Today we welcome John Schlitt, the frontman of the legendary Christian Rock band Petra. John is incredibly down to earth, fun to hang out with, and a wealth of wisdom from serving in ministry. Petra is celebrating 50 years in ministry. And John has seen a lot over the years and we get to hear about a lot of it. We talk today…
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Today on the show, we're talking with Shane Barnard and Shane Evertt - Shane and Shane. We’re going to be chatting about how they use visual media in worship and how to mentor the next generation of Worship Leaders. We hope this encourages you. SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makingsundayhappen/support…
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Today we have two guests on the topic of Livestreaming. First we're talking with Tyler Sansom. Tyler is the lead pastor for First Capital Christian Church/Church Anywhere and a filmmaker for First Capital Films. He is a former college football player who has been in full time ministry for nine years. Then we welcome back once again our good friend …
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Today we have two guests on the topic of Video Directing. Andre Jones and Ben Crosson. Andre is a Production CEO and broadcast veteran. Ben is a producer, editor and director. We’re going to dive into the topic of the Role of a Video Director - what does your director need to think about and do when directing camera operators on Sunday. Is this a s…
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EPISODE 408: Effective Training for Audio Volunteers and Building Project Planning with Tommy Lozure and Aaron Blair
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Today we have two guests and two topics on the show. Tommy Lozure is the Music Production Ministry Department Chair at Visible Music College. Tommy teaches live sound and recording. He also works as a Tech Director at a church in Dallas. Tommy will chat with us today about how to train your Audio Team volunteers for Sunday. We also welcome then Aar…
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Today we welcome Pastor and Author Kyle Idleman. Kyle is the Lead Pastor at Southeast Christian Church and the author of the new book When Your Way Isn’t Working. This book is about equipping you to discover connection to God not production with God. We’re going to talk about how to find greater rest, depth and connection, how you can embrace freed…
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This is Part Four, the conclusion of our series on ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry. We’ve been doing a deep dive and focus the last month on MidJourney, ChatGPT and other AI Tools that you can use at your church or ministry to increase your productivity. Today is a Bonus Episode of the show as we welcome Dustin Stout. Dustin is a social media ent…
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We are in PART THREE of our 4 part series on ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry. If you missed Part One with Alex Lyons or Part Two with Ryan Frank, jump back and listen or watch those episodes. We also released a Bonus Episode with Rob Laughter and Jason Moore on MidJourney and using AI Imagery for Ministry - be sure to check that episode out as we…
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We are in PART TWO of our 4 part series on ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry. If you missed Part One with Alex Lyons, jump back and listen or watch that episode. We talked about ways Alex and his team are using ChatGPT along with other tools at the SC Baptist Convention including how they are taking conference breakouts and turning them into multip…
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EPISODE 404: Using ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry PART ONE with Alex Lyons
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We are starting a 4 Part Series on ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry. We recently released a bonus episode of the podcast with Rob Laughter and Jason Moore recently as we discussed MidJourney and AI Imagery. Give that a listen if you are interested in that topic. Originally we were going to have several folks together in one episode to talk about C…
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EPISODE 403: Church Communications Methods and Marketing with Katie Allred
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Today, we welcome back a friend to the show Katie Allred. Katie has worked in church world at Brentwood Baptist Church, she is the founder of the Church Communications Facebook Group, and the author of Church Communications - Methods and Marketing. She’s a great friend and today we are going to dive into the why you need a Communications strategy t…
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Lately we’ve been talking all things AI. If you missed last week’s BONUS Episode, go and check it out! Today on the show you don’t have to an AI pro to join in. We’ll be talking with Daniel Gourley from 5 Words Media. He is here and we’re looking into how to purchase LED Walls for your church. What should your thought process be, how much should yo…
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BONUS EPISODE: Tips for Using Midjourney and AI Imagery for Ministry with Rob Laughter and Jason Moore
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Welcome to this bonus episode of Making Sunday Happen. We wanted to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to talk about AI technology with some friends of the show. Rob Laughter, Jason Moore and our host, Carl Barnhill, have been playing with AI artwork over the last few months they wanted to give a report on their findings. What they’ve to…
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Today we’re talking with Greg Shields. He is the Lead Singer of the band Kashed Out - their Butter the World Tour is making its way across the country right now to sold out crowds. Greg is a singer, songwriter and a performer using InEarz Audio Monitors. We’re talking with Greg about the basics of In Ear Monitors, why you should use them in worship…
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Hey friends, welcome to the podcast. This is episode number 400 of our show, and thats a pretty big deal! It has been quite a journey. We started this podcast in 2015, so we’ve been at this for about 8 years bringing you weekly episodes of our show and we have some really exciting guests coming this year. Today we have the privilege of talking with…
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Today we welcome Elliott Wood. Elliott is a Strategic Technologist from Enable Ministries. They are a technology service provider - like an outsourced IT team that helps churches choose, implement and manage technology and software. We're talking about Church Management Software and what it can do for you on Sunday. How can technology and software …
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Today on the show we welcome two great people. Our good friend Mark MacDonald is on today. We're talking with Mark about how to make Google your Best Evangelist. How can you adjust your website and SEO for google to drive visitors to your church. Also, we'll chat with Reed Verdesoto. Reed talks about using the model of Hulu to better organize your …
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Today we have two great people on the show. First up is Simon Osamoh who is the leading security specialist focused on risk management for houses of worship and is the founder of both Kingswood Security Consulting and the Worship Security Academy. He is an expert when it comes to securing your church operations for safety teams. If you're going to …
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Today we have a special guests Todd Smith and Allan Hall from the group Selah. Selah's music has more than half-a-billion streams, they have sold over 4 million albums, and have 11 GMA Dove Awards to their credit. Selah’s Allan Hall, Amy Perry and Todd Smith have earned a reputation for not only delivering compelling new anthems but also for revivi…
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We bumped into our good friend Ben Stapley, making rounds of the conferences, just like us. CFX, SALT and more! We hung out at CFX for a few minutes and talked through the entire Worship Experience and where the best places to use video in your services would be and also give you some tips and ideas on ways you can use video that you might not have…
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EPISODE 394: 4 Keys to Developing Compelling Content in Your Communication with Laura Woodworth
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This week, we chat with Development Executive Laura Woodworth from Cooke Media Group in Burbank, CA. Laura is a Writer, Producer, Director. She is a multi platform screenwriter for VR, film, TV and new media. She is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors based in Los Angeles. Award winning producer with experience and education in multiple asp…
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Today on the podcast we welcome our friend Donnie Haulk from AE Global Media. AE Global is a world leader in audio, video, acoustic and lighting technology applications. They design and build technology systems for major facilities such as churches, entertainment, education and sporting venues. They design, develop and produce events including conc…
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EPISODE 392: Using Color in Your Lighting to Maximize the Worship Experience with Tom Stanziano and Stephen Ellison
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Today on the podcast, we're diving in deep into church lighting with two experts on the subject. Tom Stanziano is an experienced Lighting Designer in the entertainment industry. He specializes in theater, houses of worship, concerts, trade shows cruise ships and more. He has an extensive knowledge of lighting for the Church and we'll be talking to …
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Today on the podcast, we have David Leuschner from Digital Great Commission Ministries. This interview was recorded at the Church Facilities Conference and Expo a few months ago in front of a live audience so you're going to hear that and also we talk questions from the audience live. We're talking about the differences in copyright and streaming l…
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This week, we welcome a very special guest back on the show, actress Roma Downey. Roma played Monica the angel in the CBS series Touched by an Angel airing from 1994 to 2003. She produced the mini-series The Bible for the History Channel and also appeared as Mary, mother of Jesus. She has performed on stage on and off broadway. She is the President…
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This week on the show, we welcome Michele Barnett. Michele oversees the Leadership Accelerator Training Program at the Multiply Group. Our friend Mac Lake was on the show a few months ago, and he runs the Mulitply Group - Michelle works with Mac as they help leaders be better leaders. Today we’ll talk about how to motivate your team, how to lead di…
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Welcome to the podcast. So, today, we’re diving deep into the world of Virtual Reality. We’ve done a couple of episodes on VR over the last year. One with two pastors, Jason Poling and Gerald Faulkner and their experience learning and preaching in VR. Another with DJ Soto who is the pastor of arguably the largest and most influential church in the …
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Today on the show, we welcome Worship Leader John Marc Kohl. John is with the Worship Initiative and has a brand new album out called Still. We’re going to be talking about how to break through Spiritual Depression. John Marc has an incredible story of coming out of a really dark season in his life and God’s faithfulness. We’ll also hit on the majo…
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EPISODE 387: Creating a Leadership Pipeline with Mac Lake
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On the show today we welcome Mac Lake who is the founder of The Multiply Group. Mac and our host, Carl Barnhill, have known each other for a number of years. He is an incredible leader himself and is well known among pastors and church planters in helping leaders lead. Through his E-Courses, books, workshops and consulting he has helped many become…
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Today on the show, director Jon Erwin will be joining ua. His most recent project, Jesus Revolution hits theaters February 24th. Jon is a great guy. He is a filmmaker, and the CEO of Kingdom Story Company. We'll be diving into talking about the movie and how you can use it at your church. How you can support it, and how you can build worship experi…
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We welcome on the show, Thad Austin and Katie Comeau from the Ormond Center at Duke Divinity School. They have done an immense amount of research on how pastors and leaders are cared for, why folks are leaving the ministry, and what we can do to care for pastors and leaders. We'll give some biblical background on caring for leaders, we'll examine w…
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EPISODE 384: Practical Worship with Dave Dolphin
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Today on the show we have a great veteran of the Worship space - Dave Dolphin. Dave has been a Worship Leader for a long time at multiple churches. His popular Practical Worship YouTube channel has been a staple in the space for years. We'll be talking with Dave about all kinds of topics - volunteers, struggles Worship Leaders face, excellence, reh…
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