This week on the show, we welcome back our friend Mark MacDonald.
Mark talks with us today about church websites and how to fix them.
We’ll talk about what kinds of visitors you are getting on your site, why they are visiting, and what they are looking for.
We’re going to press into what makes a bad church website and some things we can do to improve it.
We’ll talk about the most visited pages on your website, what your calls to action should be and more.

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EPISODE 342: Your Church Website Sucks and How to Fix It with Mark MacDonald

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 Worship Experience. Watch or listen to each episode of the show, download transcripts, and even grab some sh Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makingsundayhappen/support

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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 site (coming soon!) has over 30,000 pieces of Ready-Made Media that you can download instantly. You can also come to us for Custom Media for your church and ministry.
And as it relates to this podcast, we are massively expanding our training library. More podcasts, courses, webinars, articles, books and much more.
All coming soon to ChurchVisuals.com
So this week will be a Big Show Retrospective of some of our favorite clips and interviews from some milestone episodes. We'll hear from a few of our well known guests as well as stop in to some key moments in time from the past years. So here's the final episode.
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EPISODE 430: Show Retrospective

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 advice for new pastors and ministry leaders and more. 
Next week’s final episode of Making Sunday Happen will be a retrospective on the show with some clips from the last few years of guests - you don’t want to miss our big ending celebration.
We are changing our name from Twelve Thirty Media to Church Visuals. We are so excited about this move.
Church Visuals is our new name and brand and It will feature over 30,000 pieces of Ready-Made Media that you can download instantly.
You can also come to us for Custom Media.
And as it relates to this podcast, we leading up to closing out this podcast with Episode 430. Fear not though, we are massively expanding our training library. More podcasts, courses, webinars, articles, books and more, including a new weekly show with our host Carl Barnhill. 
All coming soon to ChurchVisuals.com
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EPISODE 429: Winning the War of your Mind with Craig Groeschel

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 Visuals is our new name and brand and It will feature over 30,000 pieces of Ready-Made Media that you can download instantly.
You can also come to us for Custom Media.
And as it relates to this podcast, we leading up to closing out this podcast with Episode 430. Fear not though, we are massively expanding our training library. More podcasts, courses, webinars, articles, books and more, including a new weekly show with our host Carl Barnhill. 
All coming soon to ChurchVisuals.com
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EPISODE 428: The Volunteer Playbook with Nick Blevins

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 learn from them and move forward. 
If you are looking for more content from Brian Dollar, check out this interview he did for the Kidmin Tribe Podcast with our host Jason Noble on the same topic. 
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EPISODE 427: Failures in Ministry with Brian Dollar

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-social-media-with-corey-alderin/

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EPISODE 342: Your Church Website Sucks and How to Fix It with Mark MacDonald

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