CHURCH COMMUNICATION BLOGS

What if your sermon presentation could be more than a simple tool to help people read along? What if you could actually use your worship presentation software to make worship services more engaging? We believe you can. Here are 7 ways you can use church service presentation elements to keep...

We’ve all seen it. The service was great, and it’s almost time to go. Folks are starting to think about picking up their kids from children’s ministry, getting home to let the dog out, and making decisions about where they and their small group may  eat for lunch. About this...

Most pastors wear many different hats at their church, no matter what their title may be. Some are not only the pastor but are also the janitor, greeter, and van driver. Sometimes it is hard for us as congregants to know how to best help our pastor, especially when it...

Planning is a major part of any worship pastor, lead pastor, or tech director’s job. There are many tasks to complete, people to communicate with, and moments to orchestrate. Nevertheless, sometimes things change last minute, or the pieces don't come together until the moment you're all in the room together....

Does your worship team and media team work cohesively together to accomplish all the tasks that need fulfilling on Sunday mornings? If not, this can be a big hindrance in your overall  worship ministry. From the planning for worship services to actually executing gatherings live on Sundays, worship teams and...

COMMUNICATIONS, PRODUCTION Responding to COVID-19 in our Churches Steve Dirks The Coronavirus pandemic in the US has impacted people’s health, communities, relationships, sports (NBA Season, NCAA tournament cancellations), and so much more. One of the ripple effects that we, the collective body of Christ, felt was that many of us chose...

Watch as worship leader, songwriter, and producer Don Moen and MediaShout president Eric Eitel have an in-depth conversation about worship and media. If you’ve been in worship ministry at all over the last thirty years,  you know the name Don Moen. After traveling for many years with Terry Law, Don...

      In the video above, MediaShout President and Owner, Eric Eitel, shares about his ongoing victory over stage-4, metastatic, terminal lung cancer. A lot has changed since we last emailed about Eric’s diagnosis. Watch this update to hear from Eric himself about his journey.    A Walking Miracle:...

“To stream or not to stream?”  Should churches consider this question for their worship services?    Church streaming can be a polarizing subject. In fact, one of the main reasons why churches ultimately decide on streaming comes down to the subject of church growth. On the one hand, some believe...