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Luke McElroy is the visionary of SALT Conferences and founder of Orange Thread Media, the parent company to Orange Thread Live Events and TripleWide Media. Luke joins us to talk about what he is seeing in the creative world in response to COVID-19. How can the church play a role? Where do church creatives fit in? What is the danger of creating too much content? All this and more as Kyle, Kyler and Jayson record from their hidden remote locations.

Plus, a special offer from Luke and his team: “As we search for resources to train and develop volunteers, Salt University has created an online training library with over 400 classes to train volunteers virtually! Sign up before Easter and get a 14-day trial for $14! Find out more at saltuniversity.com.”

saltuniversity.com

https://saltcommunity.com/

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Krissy Nordhoff is a professional songwriter, co-founder of the Brave songwriting community, author, and creator of The Writing Worship Course. Realizing that her dreams were shifting away from travel and performing, Krissy began to focus on songwriting. Along the way, she garnered three Dove Award nominations for her efforts and won a Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year for the beloved anthem “Your Great Name,” inspired by her own health battle and God’s healing. Her songs have been recorded by a variety of artists including Natalie Grant, Jenn Johnson (Bethel Music), Tauren Wells, Mandisa, Darlene Zschech, David and Nicole Binion, Travis Cottrell, Prestonwood Worship, Corey Voss, Dustin Smith, Phillips, Craig & Dean and many others.

Passionate about training and encouraging the next generation of worship songwriters, Krissy now mentors, teaches and creates resources, including informative podcasts and a “Songwriter Personality Test.” She has also penned a new book, Writing Worship: How To Craft Heartfelt Songs for the Church (David C Cook) that offers spiritual and practical insights for aspiring songwriters and worship teams that want to write original songs for their congregations.

https://krissynordhoff.com

Krissy’s Book

Songwriter’s Personality Test

http://www.braveworship.com

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As things are changing every day, we wanted to record an emergency COVID-19 episode! As we prepare to move our services and work into the digital space, we wanted to take a few minutes to talk about ways to get your church online. Also, Kyler shares her five tips for surviving a quarantine!

5 Tips for Surviving a Quarantine

Don’t eat because you are bored

Try songwriting/learn a new instrument

Find ways to stay moving

Keep your space clean and organized

Keep your sleep schedule normal

Online Giving Links:

Tithe.ly: https://get.tithe.ly/

 Planning Center: https://www.planningcenter.com/

 Kindrid: https://kindrid.com/   

Live Streaming Links:

OBS Studio: https://obsproject.com/

Black Magic Converter: https://www.amazon.com/Blackmagic-Design-UltraStudio-Mini-Recorder/dp/B009D91314

How to use Facebook Live: https://churchtechtoday.com/2017/06/21/stream-church-services-facebook-live/

Mevo Streaming Camera: https://mevo.com/

Church Online: https://churchonlineplatform.com/

100 Episodes. Can you believe it? Today, we are joined by special guest, Ezra Cohen. Ezra is a filmmaker and creative director specializing in creating unique visual environments for films, commercials, and live concert environments. As a director, his work has been featured on Billboard, Apple Music, and a number of other publications, and has worked with incredible companies and music artists around the world. In 2018, he began creating visual assets and sharing them with fellow editors and creators, and since then they’ve helped hundreds of filmmakers around the world on projects for Adidas, Sony, Nike, Justin Bieber, The Chainsmokers, Jonas Brothers, Billie, Eilish, Hillsong United, Kari Jobe, and more!

https://ezracohen.tv/

https://www.instagram.com/ezcohen/

https://vimeo.com/ezracohen

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9iRoT6Kj5nGzF8LmvwT7Ww

https://www.createinitiative.org/gatherings

https://www.createinitiative.org/workshops

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Today we are joined by Mike Tosspon, the Techincal Director at Lawton First Assembly. Mike takes us through his journey from a local rapper, studio technician and church production leader. We discuss how his creative team operates, the relationship between the sound engineer and worship team and more!

Links:

Mxu.rocks

Churchmix.com

Lawton First Assembly

https://www.createinitiative.org/

https://www.createinitiative.org/workshops

Mike Watson is the Communications Pastor at Woodlake Church, in Tulsa. During today’s episode, we discover what led Mike from an electrical engineering degree to the world of Church communications and design. We also dive into what the church might be overlooking when it comes to communicating to the world, and what tools Mike uses every day.

Links:

Adobe Creative Cloud

Squarespace

Basecamp

Media.woodlake.church

Canva

Evernote

Rethink Communication - Phil Bowdle

Less Chaos - Less Noise - Kem Myer

Building a Story Brand - Don Miller

CREATE:initiative Design Workshop

Jeremy Mitchell is the creative director for the online devotionals She Reads Truth and He Reads Truth. He is also the founder of Mitchell Bat Company and Mitchell Sporting Company. Today, we talk about really believing in your work, pushing the start button, and more!

Notes:

He Reads Truth

Today's episode features Richard Smith's talk at our November 2019 Gathering. Richard challenged us to remember that there is only one Creator: God, and we aren't Him. He discusses the prefix "re" and how we can do many things to begin again: re-mix, re-do, re-imagine, etc. We hope you enjoy hearing from Richard and take his message to heart!

Notes:

CREATE:gatherings

CREATE:workshops

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What's a better way to ring in the new year than with Kyle, Kyler and Jayson? In this special episode, they discuss their 2020 resolutions, book lists and more! 

Thank you to all the faithful listeners, gatherers and supporters of the CREATE:initiative. We have loved walking on the journey with you and can't wait to see what happens in 2020!

Show Notes:

Jesus Feminist

Alone Together

The Shallows

Unwinding

Dominion

Audible.com

CREATE:gatherings

CREATE:workshops

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Additional Music:

Auld Lang Syne by The Seasons

Licensed through soundstripe.com

Scott McTaggart is one-third of the Canadian band, Allswell. Joining his brother, Drew, and sister-in-law, Danielle, Allswell creates music designed to bring peace in a hurried world. Their new album, Arise, is now available, and Scott stops by the show to detail how the album was born and what the collaborative creative process looked like.

https://www.allswellmusic.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/allswell_music/

https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZpLnEtS6V4VjeqnVZtCKN?si=jrqGOVP2QWCh_QgG4xkC-Q

https://www.createinitiative.org/gatherings

https://www.createinitiative.org/workshops

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Jingle Bells by Be Still the Earth