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Helping churches thrive and reach more people.We want to help your church communicate well, reach more people, and engage with your community. Every episode we’re bringing you practical advice, tips, and expert interviews with real church practitioners. Learn more at SundayU.com

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  1. Christians & Politics

    Justin Dean, Brian Mann, and John Heinz chat about politics and how Christians and churches can be responding in this tumultuous election season. Three Christian guys who love Jesus, but disagree when it comes to politics. Enjoy! This episode brought to you by Ramsey+. Did you know one of the...

  2. Digital Giving Trends with Troy Pollock

    Troy Pollock from PushPay and Church Community Builder shares the latest digital giving trends as we come out COVID and churches are re-opening. Learn more about PushPay at https://pushpay.com Today's episode is sponsored by Samaritan's Purse: Did you know that since Operation Christmas Child...

  3. Rick Dunham and the State of Giving in the Church Amid Uncertain Times

    Justin Dean talks with Rick Dunham from Dunham and Company about the state of giving in the church, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest happening in the country. Dunham and Company conducted a poll of donors in April of 2020 and released a free report for you to review....

  4. The New Church Paradigm

    The Coronavirus crisis has forced churches online. We’re now doing ministry digitally, and God is at work in ways like never before. When the crisis ends, will the church be able to go back to “normal?” Chuck Scoggins thinks church has changed for good, and we need to adapt. In today’s episode he...

  5. COVID-19 Coronavirus & Your Church

    As we come to the end of an unprecedented week in the U.S., churches everywhere are scrambling to figure out how to respond and what to do about the growing concern for the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic hitting our country. In today’s episode of the Sunday to Sunday Podcast, Justin Dean has some...

  6. First Time Guest Gift Ideas

    One of the questions we get asked or see asked in Facebook Groups most often is this: “What’s everyone doing for first time guest gifts?” It’s a great question, but it’s amazing how many churches get it wrong. Chuck Scoggins walks through some first-time guest gift ideas for your church. Read…

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  7. SEO Best Practices with Hannah McNaughton

    SHOW NOTES Do you want to improve SEO for your church or organization? Wondering how to do it? To dive into the details of SEO, Meagan Ranson interviewed Hannah McNaughton of Metric Marketing. Hannah is the founder of CEO of Metric Marketing and has been in the business of SEO best practices for...

  8. Last Minute Christmas Marketing Tips

    Chuck Scoggins shares his last minute Christmas marketing tips for your church. Check out SundayU.com/Services for some extra helping hands this holiday season.

  9. The New Metrics of Social Media Success with Jonathan Malm

    Justin Dean chats with Jonathan Malm from SundaySocial.tv and got his perspective on The New Metrics of Social Media Success... specifically what your church should be monitoring and measuring online to determine if your social media efforts are successful. Check out http://SundaySocial.tv for...

  10. The Importance of a Social Media Policy

    Part of your social media strategy at any organization, but especially a church, should include the use of a social media policy. Download an editable version of the policy in DOC, Pages, and PDF format: https://sundayu.com/product/church-social-media-policy/ Read more on SundayU.com:...

  11. The Church Communications Credo

    Justin Dean shares 5 guiding principles and values for church communicators and marketers. You can also find the credo at SundayU.com/credo if you want a copy or want to comment with your own thoughts. Today's episode is brought to you by Northpark University. Head on over to www.northpark.edu to...

  12. Tik Tok, Snapchat, and How Your Church Can Do Better

    Everyone's going crazy over Tik Tok, the newest, shiniest, if-your-church-cares-about-millennials-it-will-use-this social network. So let's take a look... should your church be on Tik Tok... or is it another Snapchat? Justin Dean walks you through it. Today's episode is sponsored by…

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  13. Why Every Church Should Do A Family Fall Festival Event

    Chuck Scoggins from SundayU walks you through the reasons why your church should do a family fall festival event (or Trunk or Treat), and gives you practical steps to making yours the most successful it can be by setting up an automated email sequence funnel for guest follow-up! Fall Resources…

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  14. Creating a Communications Manual

    Meagan Ranson walks through why you need a communications manual for your church, and how to build one.

  15. What Even is Branding? (And Why It Matters)

    It's more than a logo! Brandon Swain sits down with Paul J. Daly to talk about branding... what is it, why does it matter, and why does the church need to even bother with this stuff?

  16. How to Break Up Your Sermon Throughout the Week

    You spend so much time preparing and delivering a sermon message every week. It's the main focus of everyone's job at your church. But then it's over... or is it? Brandon Swain walks through some practical steps to get the most reach out of your message and how to break up this valuable content…

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  17. SEO 101 for Churches with Meagan Ranson

    Learn the ins and outs of Search Engine Optimization and how it's vitally important for your church's web and communications strategy. Meagan walks you through the SEO basics and best practices.

  18. Are You Promoting Your Church or Pointing People to Jesus

    Take a look at your social media posts from this past week. Are you promoting your Sunday services and events more than you are promoting Jesus? Are you using your platform to engage with people and build relationships, or just advertising Sunday mornings?

  19. How Jeremy Schroeder & Declaration Church Survived Hurricane Harvey

    Justin talks with Jeremy Schroeder, the Communications Director from Declaration Church in Houston, TX. Jeremy got his start at Declaration during the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey... volunteering to utilize social media to mobilize his church to help the community. His story is amazing. Listen...

  20. Year-End Giving Tips for Churches

    Year end giving tips for churches!

  21. Welcome to Sunday to Sunday

    What is the Sunday to Sunday Podcast all about?

  22. Church Communicators & Senior Pastors -BFF's 4EVA with Seth Muse

    Learn from church communications expert, Seth Muse, why church communicators and pastors should be best friends.

  23. Why Your Church Needs a Wordpress Website with Adrian Campos

    Today Justin talks church websites with Adrian Campos, a communications specialist in Iowa who runs Church Online Solutions. Adrian shares his passion for Wordpress and why its a better option for your church website than Squarespace, Six, or any of the others.

  24. What are Distributed Churches? with Nathan Clark

    Nathan Clark is the Director of Digital Innovations at Northland Church down in Florida. He's also the founder of Wondermade - a fun marshmallow delivery service (wondermade.com). Nathan shares how they've grown locally through "distributed churches" and other innovative techniques to reach their...

  25. Building Effective Church Websites with Brandon Swain

    Brandon Swain from Lakeshore Baptist shares tips for building effective church websites.

  26. Social Media Strategies from the Phoenix Suns with Jeramie McPeek

    Jeramie McPeek has a long history working with the NBA and the Phoenix Suns running digital communications, as well as social media for the Houston Super Bowl Committee. Now he runs his own marketing agency and volunteers as the Social Media Manager for Mountain Ridge Church. In our interview…

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  27. Bonus Episode - Giving via Digital with Tithely

    Our friends at Tithely share some great statistics regarding how to help move your church to online giving. http://get.tithe.ly/

  28. How to Get $10,000 in grant money from Google with Chad Hugghins

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Chad Hugghins is the Marketing and Content Manager at CV North America. He loves connecting churches to Seekers through CV Outreach. His BFA in...

  29. Implementing the SCOPE system for Communication Requests with Joanna la Fleur

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Joanna la Fleur. She is the Creative Communications Director at C4 Church in Toronto Canada suburbs. Joanna received her undergrad in International...

  30. Digital Micro Churches with Nathan Clark

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Nathan Clark. In the last 13 years Nathan has founded and led online ministry at Northland Church. Northland was a pioneer in online worship and the...

  31. The Easiest Way to do a Church Newsletter You've NEVER heard of with Matt Morrison

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Matt Morrison. Matt is the 32-year-old founder of Church OS based in Vancouver, Canada, where he lives with his wife Chelsea and their two…

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  32. The church guest experience from the street to the seat with Mark Weaver

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Mark Weaver. Mark is on staff at Vale Church in Bloomington, IL. He has an incredible passion to see people from where ever they are in life’s...

  33. Key Ways for Churches to Engage with Members and People They Want to Attract to their Church with Heather Heuman

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Heather Heuman. She is going to be talking with us about Key Ways for Churches to Engage with Members and People They Want to Attract to their…

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  34. To Group or Not to Group? with Ryan Bilello

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is with Ryan Bilello. He is a foster parent and adoptive daddy living with his wife and 3 children in Milwaukee, WI. When it's not football season or when he’s not...

  35. Easter Production and Event Advertising with Lauren McAllister

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is...well...interesting to say the least. We’re joined by Lauren McAllister who is the Social Media Manager for 1st Baptist in Jacksonville, FL. Lauren is going to be...

  36. Is Your Marketing Color Blind? with Mark MacDonald

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is with a new friend of ours, Mark MacDonald. Mark is a Bible Teacher, author of Be Known For Something, speaker, and communication strategist for...

  37. Social Media Trends for 2017 with Travis Walser

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is with a new friend of ours, Travis Walser. In the church world you may have heard of people being Reformers. Well Travis is actually just a Former. Specifically, he…

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  38. Writing a Church Email That Gets Opened with Seth Muse

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is with our buddy Seth Muse. Seth Muse serves as the Social Media and Web Associate at The Heights Church in Richardson, TX. He blogs about practical church leadership...

  39. Leading a Creative Team with Ben Stapley

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode if with our Ben Stapley. Ben is the Creative Arts Pastor at Liquid Church. Liquid in located in New Jersey with 6 campus’. Ben is responsible for the weekend service,...

  40. Blogging & Podcasting for Your Church with Rob Laughter

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is with our friend Rob Laughter. Rob is a Christian, a husband, and a father to two beautiful girls. Rob has 15 years' experience in website design and development…

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  41. Maximizing Instagram with Jacek Obolewicz

    Jacek Obolewicz has been running a digital agency www.mediayouneed.com for 4 years. Recently he started a blog called www.techchurch.co to share what he have learned. He is also a youth pastor in the north of Poland.

  42. No Excuses to Starting an Online Church with Steve Fogg

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode if with our friend Steve Fogg. Steve launched a Church Online in Australia that grew to Megachurch size in a country that you wouldn’t think could happen. Him…

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  43. Creative Volunteer Teams and Blogging with Alec Tod of E91 Church

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode if with our buddy Alec Tod with E91 Church where he is the Communications Director We’re on the topic of leading an all volunteer creative team and how to best utilize...

  44. Part 2: Facebook Advertising with Andrew Riis and Richy Hirtle

    Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is part 2 of a 2 part podcast with Andrew Riis And Richy Hirtle with Reach Out Marketing. http://www.reachout-marketing.com We’re on the topic of doing FB Ads the…

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  45. Part 1: Facebook Advertising with Andrew Riis and Richy Hirtle

    Happy New Year! Welcome back to our first podcast of 2017. So excited about all the guests that we’re bringing you to start off this new year. We think the list is pretty impressive... Seth Muse Jacek Obolewicz Rob Laughter Ben Stapley Travis Walser Ryan Bilello Mark Weaver Steve Fogg Alec Tod…

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  46. 3 Ideas Not To Be Confused: Branding, Marketing & Advertising with Adam McLaughlin

    Adam oversees Marketing and Communications at Life Church in Fort Myers, Florida, blogs at ChurchMarketingIdeas.com, loves coke slurpees and recently released his first church marketing ebook: Trust Glue – 11 ways to create a first impression that sticks. In our interview with Adam he shares the...

  47. Youth Ministry Tools with Tom Pounder

    Tom Pounder has a background in Student Ministry, working over 17 years with teenagers. He currently serves as a Student Ministry Coach and Online Campus Pastor at New Life Christian Church in Chantilly, VA. He blogs and runs a podcast at YMSidekick.com. In this interview, Tom shares with Van and...

  48. Getting Things Done When You Have Lots of Responsibilities with Justin Allison

    Justin Allison is the Pastor of Small Groups and Media at Greenwood Baptist Church in Weatherford TX. He just finished a Ph.D. in Old Testament and occasionally teaches OT and Hebrew classes at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also blogs about technology and the bible over at...

  49. You Gotta Get Weird to Reach Millennials with Jeremy Poland

    Jeremy Poland is the Multimedia & Marketing Manager at 4640 Student Center, a youth group in Colorado. Jeremy creates web & live visuals, operates multiple church media accounts, & administrates an international community of Church Social Media Managers. In our interview with Jeremy he shares…

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  50. The Vision Behind Church Online with Jay Kranda

    In this interview Van Baird and Jay discuss the church online strategy and vision at Saddleback, and what it takes to foster community through an online platform.

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Helping churches thrive and reach more people.We want to help your church communicate well, reach more people, and engage with your community. Every episode we’re bringing you practical advice, tips, and expert interviews with real church practitioners. Learn more at SundayU.com

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How many episodes does The SundayU Podcast have?

The SundayU Podcast has 66 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 7, 2020.

What is The SundayU Podcast about?

Helping churches thrive and reach more people.We want to help your church communicate well, reach more people, and engage with your community. Every episode we’re bringing you practical advice, tips, and expert interviews with real church practitioners. Learn more at SundayU.com

How often does The SundayU Podcast release new episodes?

The SundayU Podcast publishes monthly, based on its 66 episodes since March 2016.

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The SundayU Podcast is created and hosted by SundayU.com.
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