Small Church Media Podcast

4 Tips on How To Get More People to Listen To Your Sermons Online

On the show, we've talked about why you need to get your sermons online and how to do that, but we have never talked about how to get more people to find your online sermons and listen to them! In this weeks episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I provide 4 tips that will walk you through how to prepare your online sermon audio to be found online and to keep people coming back for more episodes and content.Official Podcast Sponsor: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:Four Ways to Get Your Church's Sermons OnlineHow a Small Church Pastor Started Viewing Media as a Core Part of the Church's Mission, featuring Chad HarmsConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

Easy, Cheap, and Interactive Last Second Father’s Day Gifts for Your Church

Sandwiched between Mother's Day and VBS, Father's is often the forgotten holiday, and if you found yourself in the place where you have to find gifts last second, I got you covered! In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I lay down some ground rules for Father's Day gifts and then provide 3 amazing, easy, cheap, and even interactive Father's Day gifts that the men in your congregation will love!Official Podcast Sponsor: WorshipToolsLinks Mentioned in the Show:The Super Mom LifeDown Red Bud DriveFree Father's Day Graphics: Download HereConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

An Easy, Free Way to Do VBS Registrations for Easy Pre-Event Management

With summer official upon us, Vacation Bible School is right around the corner. Your church, like most others, are begging to advertise and market your VBS, and the easiest way to make sure that your church staff is ready for all of those kids and parents is to do your registration and pre-registration all online. There are four different methods that you can utilize to handle your pre-registration, but one method rules them all.In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I break down all four methods and easy action steps that your church can take to make sure you're ready to roll when your Vacation Bible School begins.Official Podcast Sponsor: WorshipToolsLinks mentioned in this episode:EventbriteGoogle FormsConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

A New Way to Do Your Sermon Slides

The sermon series graphic is an important cornerstone to the message, but most of the time, your congregation will be seeing different slides up on the screen. From the main points and sub points to Bible passages, pastors use their screens to help let their congregations know what to write down in their notes.But what if there's a better way to do your slides? A way that helps listener retention rates and engagement? That's what we're talking about this week! Let's talk about a new way to do your sermon slides.Official Sponsor: WorshipToolsLearn about Andy Stanley's Preaching Style: Watch a VideoRead About ItConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.com

4 Reasons Why Sermon Graphics Are A Good Use of Your Limited Time

Continuing the conversation from last week about sermon graphics, you may be sitting there thinking, "Sure, sermon graphics are cool, but they take so much time and effort. Are they even worth it?" If this is you, you are not alone!In this weeks episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I give four reasons why sermon graphics are a good use of your limited time, and those reasons are full of stats and statics to back up the reasons! By the end of this conversation, I hope you begin to see the importance of church sermon series graphics and know where you can find them (if you don't want to create them yourself).Links mentioned in the episode:https://ministrypass.com/sermon-series-graphics/https://movableink.com/blog/29-incredible-stats-that-prove-the-power-of-visual-marketingWhere to get sermon graphics:https://churchmediadrop.comhttps://www.churchmotiongraphics.comhttps://www.ignitermedia.comYour Presentation software like https://www.worshiptools.comUsing a graphics creator like Canva Pro's templates (https://www.canva.com)Connect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.com

7 Rules of Church Sermon Series Graphics

Generally, most church have some sort of visual graphic for their sermon or sermon series (If you are putting something on your screen during your sermon, you have yourself a church sermon series graphic!). However, many pastors have not been taught or trained as to how to create a sermon series graphic and struggle to know how to create a great graphic . . . without paying a ton of money to get one.In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I give 7 rules that you need to follow in order to have a great sermon series graphic! At the end of the episode, I also provide some tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your graphic, and, I also talk about a new mini course that is currently in the works!Links Mentioned in the Episodehttps://unsplash.comhttps://pexels.com https://pixabay.comhttps://churchmotiongraphics.comhttps://shiftworship.comConnect with MarcSmall Church Media Online: smallchurch.mediaPersonal Website: marchyde.comFacebook: facebook.com/marchydecreativeInstagram: instagram.com/tmarchydeEmail: hello@smallchurch.media

3 Easy Social Media Posts to Help Your Sermons Last the Whole Week

When I was taught how to preach, I was told that you have to have three things attached to each point that you give in a sermon . . . or the whole sermon for that matter. Those three sections are:ExplanationIllustrationApplicationYou tell the congregation what the text is saying, you use an illustration to bring that explanation to life, and then you tell people how to apply it to his or her every day life. Although the explanation and application of a text and bullet point are arguably the most import pieces of your sermon, the illustration is what helps people remember what you taught and breathes life into the words you're saying.When it comes to creating social media posts for your church, you might as well repurpose the content you have already put a ton of time into! I believe the illustration is the best piece of sermon content that you can repurpose and recreate to grow your social media presence . . . without having to figure out what you should create next!In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I talk about three different ways that you can repurpose your sermon illustrations to help your illustrations last all week long in the minds of your people.Connect with MarcSmall Church Media Online: smallchurch.mediaPersonal Website: marchyde.comFacebook: facebook.com/marchydecreativeInstagram: instagram.com/tmarchydeEmail: hello@smallchurch.media

How to Plan, Staff, and Present a Sunday Morning Worship Service for Completely Free, featuring Adam Meyer of WorshipTools

No matter the size of the church, one thing doesn't change – the Sunday Morning Worship Service. Whether you have a complex setup or its as simple as can be, you still have to plan, structure,  organize, and then present your slides during your worship service to make sure that your congregation can worship distraction free.There are many tools out there to help you accomplish all of these things, but did you know that there is a company out there that helps you do all of this for completely free!?!Today on the Small Church Media Podcast, I am sitting down with Adam Meyer of Worship Tools to talk about how his 3 softwares help you as a small church plan and structure your worship service, schedule and communicate with all your volunteers, and then have a top-tier presentation software so display your song slides and sermon notes, and the best part is that he designed his software with the Small Church in mind! You can use all of his software for free, and plan out your entire service from the comfort of your own home!This has to be the greatest ministry media deal out there!Worship Tools Website: http://worshiptools.comWorship Tools Free Live Training (May 23, 2022): https://www.worshiptools.com/help/live-trainingConnect with MarcSmall Church Media Online: smallchurch.mediaPersonal Website: marchyde.comFacebook: facebook.com/marchydecreativeInstagram: instagram.com/tmarchydeEmail: hello@smallchurch.media

How to Keep Up with All Things New Regarding Church Media (Geared for Small Churches)

There always seems to be a new social media update, posting software, management software, texting and communication tool, graphic style, etc. Have you ever sat and wondered, "how on earth do I keep up with all of it?"In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I provide four different ways to keep up with all the trends and things as it relates to church media and tech, and inside of each group, I provide specific resources and pages to follow.Facebook Group Links:Church CommunicationsChurch Social Media ManagerCanva for ChurchInstagram Accounts:Church.fluence by DanielleSunday Social TVHashtags like #churchtech, #crtvchurch,  #churchcreative, #prochurchmediaYouTube Channels:Brady Shearer (Owner of Pro Church Tools)Church Front with Jake GosselinBlackbar with Nick, Zach, and CalebPodcasts:Small Church Media Podcast with Marc HydeSocial Media Church PodcastChurch Communications PodcastThe Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer// Connect with Marc //Facebook: facebook.com/marchydecreativeInstagram: instagram.com/tmarchydeEmail: hello@smallchurch.mediaOnline: smallchurch.mediaOnline: marchyde.com

How to Deal with Imposter Syndrome as a Small Church

As you begin your journey into using media and technology in your church, you might find yourself feeling like you're a phony – feeling like you're a tiny fish in the big pond. As a small church, it's easy to look around and compare yourself to all of the other successful churches and pastors online. In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I want to come alongside you and give you 5 Mental Changes that you can make that will help you combat Imposter Syndrome when it rears its ugly little head.// Links mentioned in the episode //https://www.verywellmind.com/imposter-syndrome-and-social-anxiety-disorder-4156469https://smallchurch.media/product/small-church-website-audit/// Connect with Marc //Facebook: facebook.com/marchydecreativeInstagram: instagram.com/tmarchydeEmail: hello@smallchurch.mediaOnline: smallchurch.mediaOnline: marchyde.com

4 Tests to See if Your Website is Doing its Job

Your church website has a job to do – provide people with all the information that they want to know about your church AND then get people to come to a worship service. Have you ever stopped and asked the question, "is my website even doing it's job well?" I mean, we ask that question of our employees all the time, so why not our church website, too?In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I provide 4 tests that you can put your church website through and based on how your website performs, these tests help you to know where you should begin with getting your church website up to speed!To help with the process of running your website through these 4 tests, I also create a free downloadable PDF Small Church Website Audit that will walk you through each one of these tests. You can download that resource here: https://smallchurch.media/product/small-church-website-audit/// Connect with Marc Online //Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaSmall Church Media Website: https://smallchurch.mediaPersonal Website: https://www.marchyde.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/marchydecreative/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tmarchyde/Google My Business: https://g.page/marc-hyde-creative

How to Use Instagram as a Small Church

Instagram is one of the top social media platforms; however, many churches have no idea how to use it. In this episode, I break down Instagram. You'll learn about the main 5 components of Instagram, what are the bare essentials for using the platform well, and how you can take your current church Instagram account to the next level. This episode speaks to both the church that doesn't use Instagram, and the church that uses Instagram but knows that they can do it better. Enjoy the episode!Download your free social media graphics pack here: https://smallchurch.media/product/social-media-graphics-pack-1/// WHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME //Small Church Media Website: https://smallchurch.mediaPersonal Website: https://www.marchyde.comSchedule a Free Call with Me: https://calendly.com/marc-hyde/free30Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marchydecreative/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tmarchyde/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBtMtOe-61–8qskd6PshgGoogle My Business: https://g.page/marc-hyde-creative