How can you incorporate streaming or podcasting into the ministry of the church—beyond Sunday? Let's talk about how your church can take its podcasting and live streaming strategy to the next level.

Most people avoid uncomfortable and awkward conversations. But sometimes it's critical to deal with the elephant in the room, and it doesn't always have to be a negative discussion.

As you build healthier and robust volunteer teams, relationships are key. And an important part to building deeper relationships with your volunteers is to show your appreciation of them. So what does volunteer appreciation look like? Here are some ideas to help boost your creativity as you think about integrating appreciation into your regular rhythms of team building.

Not every church has a paid staff person devoted to church communications. In a lot of churches, the marketing and communication elements of ministry fall on volunteers. What's different (besides pay) for a volunteer communications lead? How do volunteers do things differently than staff? Today we talk with Tammy Pallot, who serves in many volunteer leadership roles in her church, and we talk about what it's like to be a volunteer in leadership and how your church can take steps to empower its volunteers.

Volunteers drive ministry forward; and as church leaders, building a healthy team of volunteers is a primary responsibility. In this episode of the Church Juice Podcast, Jeanette and Bryan talk with Mary Ann Sibley, founder of MatterSpark, about ways to recruit, train, and care for volunteer teams in any church ministry.

Graphic design helps communicate clearly, and it helps deliver your message well. Yet, most churches don't have the budget to hire a full-time, in-house graphic designer (there are people who get full degrees in graphic design!). Instead, design often falls to a person who has lots of other responsibilities, and little time to learn the art and science of graphic design. In this episode, we talk with Josh Starr, founder of Pixel Painters, about how your church can take its communications to the next level with improved graphic design.

Is it ever okay to NOT be on a social media platform? Rather than trying to hop on the latest trend, or even simply staying afloat with your current profiles, maybe it's time to evaluate where you need to be in the social media realm. In today's discussion, we discuss what you need to know about the platforms your church ought to consider utilizing, plus how to determine when it's right for your church to use a social media channel, stay on that platform, and when it's okay to leave.

For most of us, digital technology has become ubiquitous to daily life. The way we make purchases, consume content, and interact with each other—nearly every facet of our lives and the culture around us has been impacted by the digital revolution. But what about “church” culture? We’re talking with Dr. Corrina Laughlin, author of "Redeem All: How digital life is changing evangelical culture" about the impact of technology on the church.

Most churches recognized the value of digital platforms and tools through the last few years. But now that meeting in person is an option again, what happens to those invaluable tools? Let's develop digital missionaries for the future of the church. We talk with Jeff Reed, founder of The Church Digital, about how ministries can embrace the digital frontier and equip people to be missionaries in their neighborhoods and in their digital circles, as well.

Now that most churches have enabled some form of online church, what's next? How can a church look long-term and embrace both online and in-person worship—and what does that even look like? We talk with Jason Moore, author and church consultant, about the future of hybrid church and how your ministry can benefit from embracing this new normal.