The Making Sunday Happen Podcast

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 toyed with and some insight into how AI can be implemented for ministry.

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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, the best models to use, and more.

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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 artist Chris Tomlin, who is the most sung Christian artist anywhere. He has sold over 7 million albums. He has been awarded 23 GMA Dove Awards, a Grammy and two platinum albums. His songs like “How Great is Our God,” “Our God,” “Whom Shall I Fear,” “Good Good Father” and others are anthems for a generation of worshippers.

With Chris we are going to talk about some of the stories behind some of the most well known worship songs.

We also have a quick peek of an interview we did with Pastor Craig Groeschel.

All this and more, for our 400th episode!

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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 help you move people into discipleship.

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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 website.

Great stuff as you think about how to improve your website for visitors.

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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 make Sunday Happen, you need to be prepared for any scenario. Simon walks through some ways to deescalate situations and be prepared for any scenario.

We also welcome Roger Blalock. Roger is an Electronics Engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

Roger talks about ways to keep your computer systems locked down and secured for Sunday. This content on the surface does not sound very exciting, but actually is extremely important for all churches.

You're in for some great content today.

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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 reviving great hymns of faith. 

They have also populated culture with such enduring hits as “Press On,” “Wonderful, Merciful Savior,” “You Raise Me Up,” “Hope of the Broken World”, “All My Praise" and more.

It was a real treat to have these guys on, they are very down to earth. 

We talked about worship in today's culture. Specifically about hymns - the importance of hymns, are we missing them in church, are we missing the theology - are we becoming more biblical illiterate.

What do you think?

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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 thought of.

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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 aspects of production in film, television, new media and radio, including conception through development, pre-production, production and post and into marketing and distribution.

Author of “Effective Writing for Ministry and Business” and editor of multiple books and study guides. 

Developer and instructor of several college-level courses on communication.

We'll be talking with Laura about 4 Keys to Developing Compelling Content in Your Communication.

This interview was recorded at the Church Facilities Expo in front of a live audience.

This is great for pastors and communicators. How do you share your message effectively?

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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 concerts, touring, seminars, sports, corporate and product launch events and more.

They are an incredible force in the church space and we're talking with Donnie all about improving the impact of the Church Building for Worship. How can you have AVL systems that really help make an impact and help people experience Jesus.

***Our interview with Donnie was recorded at the Church Facilities Expo in front of live audience.

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