The Making Sunday Happen Podcast

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 Kenny Jahng. Kenny is the editor in chief at Church Tech Today.

Both of these guys were interviewed live at SALT Conference and we talked about why Livestreaming at your church may not be working and what’s next on the horizon. Both Tyler and Kenny offer some great insights into where church online could be headed.

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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 staff only role? How do you train your Video Director volunteers?

We’re going to talk about all that and more today.

We recorded both of these interviews in front of a live audience at the Church Facilities Expo and SALT Conference.

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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 Aaron Blair. Aaron is the COO at Churches by Daniels. They specialize in Church construction and facilities - they help you create your spaces where Sunday happens at your church. Aaron will talk to us about some best practices in creating spaces where ministry can really happen effectively on Sunday.

We recorded both of these interviews in front of a live audience at the Church Facilities Expo.

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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 freedom from the pressures of performance and production in ministry and more.

To make Sunday happen at your church, it takes a toll and we’re going to talk today about how to get unstuck if you’re hitting a wall.

Feel free to jump back as we just completed a 4 part series on how to use ChatGPT and AI Tools for Ministry. We had Alex Lyons, Ryan Frank, Kenny Jahng and Dustin Stout on a bonus episode talking about his new product Magai that gives superpowers with the ChatGPT interface. All that is available in the feed at MakingSundayHappen.com Check it out.

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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 enthusiast, designer, consultant and speaker. He is the creator of tools such as SoVisual.co and SocialRemix. His new product Magai is pretty astounding.
Some of the features of this product that we’ll go over today is Magai is a wrapper that uses ChatGPT and GPT-4 technology. You can create chat folders, you can paste a link and Magai will read it to ChatGPT, you can store and organize your prompts, you can create personas and more. 

If you’re an avid user of Chat GPT, Magai is going to take your workflow to the next level. Dustin is the creator of the product so you’re going to hear the thinking behind it, how to use it and what’s on the roadmap for him to add.

You can use our special link to subscribe to Magai if you’re interested in the product.

Just go to twelve thirty media.com/magai to get started.

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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 well. It’s all at MakingSundayHappen.com

We’ve been talking about ways to sue ChatGPT and other AI Tools - what we can do with them, how we can be more efficient, the legal and ethical questions surrounding these tools, what the future may look like and more.

Today we are talking with a friend of the show Kenny Jahng.

Kenny is the Editor in Chief at Church Tech Today. He is the founder of the AI for Church Leaders Facebook Group - he has been really in the trenches of exploring new AI tools and what they mean for the church space.

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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 multiple pieces of training content for churches. We walked through how you can do that too at your church.

Today, we continue our series by talking with Ryan Frank.

Ryan is the man behind KidzMatter - he’s an author, speaker, conference director and entrepreneur. He is a leader in the Kids Ministry space specifically so you’re going to hear ways today that you and your Kids Ministry Leaders can use ChatGPT to create more content than ever before. Ryan shares some really practical ways him and his team are using AI to be more efficient.

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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 ChatGPT, but the content is so rich that we decided to split it up into 4 episodes - we’re going to do a deep dive into what ChatGPT is, and some effective and unique ways to use it for Ministry.

We’ll have Alex Lyons on today, then we’ll have Ryan Frank from KidzMatter, then our friend Kenny Jahng, and we will conclude the series with a bonus episode with Dustin Stout and talk about his new tool that gives ChatGPT superpowers.

So today, we've got Alex Lyons. Alex is the Creative Director at the South Carolina Baptist Convention - Alex and Carl do several state events together with the convention.

We’re going to talk very elementary when it comes ChatGPT and define some terms but also talk through how they are using it with great effect at the SC Baptist Convention - mainly, how they are being able to produce a mountain of additional content at lighting speeds.

Also we'll talk through several other AI tools Alex and his team are using.

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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 to reach people in your community.

We’ll talk about the difference in Traditional and Church Marketing, Branding for your church, creating your logo, tips for your Email Marketing and more.

We think this will be helpful information as you seek to improve your church communications.

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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 you expect to spend, where should you put them in your space and more.

So sit back, relax and let’s get to it.

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