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Unseminary October 10, 2014 24m

Steven Murphy on Effective Video Announcements

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  1. L ladies and gentlemen welcome to the L ladies and gentlemen welcome to the unseminary podcast are you looking for unseminary podcast are you looking for unseminary podcast are you looking for practical Ministry help to drive your practical Ministry help to drive your practical Ministry help to drive your ministry further faster have a sinking ministry further faster have a sinking ministry further faster have a sinking feeling that your ministry training feeling that your ministry training feeling that your ministry training didn't prepare you for the real world didn't prepare you for the real world didn't prepare you for the real world hey you're not alone join thousands of hey you're not alone join thousands of hey you're not alone join thousands of others in pursuit of stuff that we wish others in pursuit of stuff that we wish others in pursuit of stuff that we wish they had taught in seminary buckle up they had taught in seminary buckle up they had taught in seminary buckle up and let's get started with this week's and let's get started with this week's and let's get started with this week's unseminary podcast all right everybody unseminary podcast all right everybody unseminary podcast all right everybody Welcome to the unseminary podcast happy Welcome to the unseminary podcast happy Welcome to the unseminary podcast happy Thursday hope you've had a great week as Thursday hope you've had a great week as Thursday hope you've had a great week as you kind of countown to this weekend at you kind of countown to this weekend at you kind of countown to this weekend at your church today we've got a real treat your church today we've got a real treat your church today we've got a real treat uh Church leader that I met years ago uh uh Church leader that I met years ago uh uh Church leader that I met years ago uh who's got a it's a real expert in the who's got a it's a real expert in the who's got a it's a real expert in the area that we're talking about today so area that we're talking about today so area that we're talking about today so I'm excited for this we've got Stephen I'm excited for this we've got Stephen I'm excited for this we've got Stephen Murphy on the line today Stephen welcome Murphy on the line today Stephen welcome Murphy on the line today Stephen welcome to the show thank you very much for to the show thank you very much for to the show thank you very much for having me this is awesome I'm so glad having me this is awesome I'm so glad having me this is awesome I'm so glad you're here we you know we bumped into you're here we you know we bumped into you're here we you know we bumped into each other a few years ago when you were each other a few years ago when you were each other a few years ago when you were at a previous engagement uh when you at a previous engagement uh when you at a previous engagement uh when you were working at se coast and uh which were working at se coast and uh which were working at se coast and uh which was a great experience SE Coast is a was a great experience SE Coast is a was a great experience SE Coast is a great church currently you work at Joyce great church currently you work at Joyce great church currently you work at Joyce Meyer Ministries why don't you tell us a Meyer Ministries why don't you tell us a Meyer Ministries why don't you tell us a little bit about your background give us little bit about your background give us little bit about your background give us the step Murphy story the step Murphy story the step Murphy story uh well the nutshell side of it is that uh well the nutshell side of it is that uh well the nutshell side of it is that I I got into television uh when I was I I got into television uh when I was I I got into television uh when I was actually a full-time oh hardly a actually a full-time oh hardly a actually a full-time oh hardly a full-time I guess more just a very high full-time I guess more just a very high full-time I guess more just a very high capacity volunteer in youth ministry and capacity volunteer in youth ministry and capacity volunteer in youth ministry and we actually toyed with the idea of doing we actually toyed with the idea of doing we actually toyed with the idea of doing a public access show for really for a public access show for really for a public access show for really for teens and U me and one of the other guys teens and U me and one of the other guys teens and U me and one of the other guys went down and took a an eight hour went down and took a an eight hour went down and took a an eight hour training course at the cable company and training course at the cable company and training course at the cable company and with that eight hours of training you with that eight hours of training you with that eight hours of training you were then authorized to use their stuff were then authorized to use their stuff were then authorized to use their stuff wow uh honestly that that show never

  2. wow uh honestly that that show never wow uh honestly that that show never came to fruition but that was the the came to fruition but that was the the came to fruition but that was the the kickstarter for what became a a hobby kickstarter for what became a a hobby kickstarter for what became a a hobby and then ultimately a career and that's and then ultimately a career and that's and then ultimately a career and that's been over 25 years that I've been in been over 25 years that I've been in been over 25 years that I've been in television production uh did a lot of television production uh did a lot of television production uh did a lot of live sports when I was living in Phoenix live sports when I was living in Phoenix live sports when I was living in Phoenix Arizona uh traveled all over the world Arizona uh traveled all over the world Arizona uh traveled all over the world doing that for all the big networks and doing that for all the big networks and doing that for all the big networks and then in about 2004 2005 basically my then in about 2004 2005 basically my then in about 2004 2005 basically my wife and I just got to a point it's like wife and I just got to a point it's like wife and I just got to a point it's like how can I take what I've always done how can I take what I've always done how can I take what I've always done with TV and video into the church world with TV and video into the church world with TV and video into the church world and I took my took my first church gig and I took my took my first church gig and I took my took my first church gig in 2005 and worked for a couple big in 2005 and worked for a couple big in 2005 and worked for a couple big churches as you mentioned SE Coast one churches as you mentioned SE Coast one churches as you mentioned SE Coast one of them uh and how's this for a segue of them uh and how's this for a segue of them uh and how's this for a segue and in in my church experiences was uh and in in my church experiences was uh and in in my church experiences was uh tasked with putting together Church uh tasked with putting together Church uh tasked with putting together Church uh video announcements ni what what started video announcements ni what what started video announcements ni what what started off as a well what do you want what are off as a well what do you want what are off as a well what do you want what are we doing with this became kind of a we doing with this became kind of a we doing with this became kind of a passion of all right how do we do this passion of all right how do we do this passion of all right how do we do this well how can we use this medium to the well how can we use this medium to the well how can we use this medium to the best and uh just communicate well and so best and uh just communicate well and so best and uh just communicate well and so that's that's why it became kind of a that's that's why it became kind of a that's that's why it became kind of a passion for me and that I don't I don't passion for me and that I don't I don't passion for me and that I don't I don't want to just phone this in I want I want want to just phone this in I want I want want to just phone this in I want I want to do it well right you know it's so to do it well right you know it's so to do it well right you know it's so funny the video announcement thing I funny the video announcement thing I funny the video announcement thing I think in the last few years and again think in the last few years and again think in the last few years and again you're the expert on this but it seems you're the expert on this but it seems you're the expert on this but it seems like over the last even five years it's like over the last even five years it's like over the last even five years it's become a you know a more and more become a you know a more and more become a you know a more and more standard practice in churches a lot of standard practice in churches a lot of standard practice in churches a lot of churches are doing video announcements churches are doing video announcements churches are doing video announcements is that your impression as well very is that your impression as well very is that your impression as well very much so in fact I I tweeted a I I'll much so in fact I I tweeted a I I'll much so in fact I I tweeted a I I'll just call it a crack um that video

  3. just call it a crack um that video just call it a crack um that video announcements has kind of become the announcements has kind of become the announcements has kind of become the church clip art of the church clip art of the church clip art of the 90s no and and sadly I feel like so many 90s no and and sadly I feel like so many 90s no and and sadly I feel like so many churches are doing video announcements churches are doing video announcements churches are doing video announcements because all the other churches are doing because all the other churches are doing because all the other churches are doing video announcements and I think that's video announcements and I think that's video announcements and I think that's where the where it kind of degrades a where the where it kind of degrades a where the where it kind of degrades a little bit and it's just like well gosh little bit and it's just like well gosh little bit and it's just like well gosh we're the last church that's not doing we're the last church that's not doing we're the last church that's not doing them we should do them and and I think them we should do them and and I think them we should do them and and I think churches jump into to them with little churches jump into to them with little churches jump into to them with little or no research little or no uh even or no research little or no uh even or no research little or no uh even expertise on their staff and to me that expertise on their staff and to me that expertise on their staff and to me that is one of those areas where it's like is one of those areas where it's like is one of those areas where it's like this is a part of the first impression this is a part of the first impression this is a part of the first impression that that visitors are getting of your that that visitors are getting of your that that visitors are getting of your church and uh for that matter um I'm I'm church and uh for that matter um I'm I'm church and uh for that matter um I'm I'm a metaphor guy and when I look at a a metaphor guy and when I look at a a metaphor guy and when I look at a church service I look at it as real church service I look at it as real church service I look at it as real estate and that you've got about you estate and that you've got about you estate and that you've got about you know 60 to 90 minutes of real estate to know 60 to 90 minutes of real estate to know 60 to 90 minutes of real estate to to use well first of all to Foster an to use well first of all to Foster an to use well first of all to Foster an environment where people can encounter environment where people can encounter environment where people can encounter the power and presence of our God and the power and presence of our God and the power and presence of our God and secondly to really give them uh the secondly to really give them uh the secondly to really give them uh the postage stamp version of what the life postage stamp version of what the life postage stamp version of what the life of your church looks like and so I it of your church looks like and so I it of your church looks like and so I it just kind of grates on me when I see just kind of grates on me when I see just kind of grates on me when I see churches uh dive into that haphazardly churches uh dive into that haphazardly churches uh dive into that haphazardly right and take three to five minutes of right and take three to five minutes of right and take three to five minutes of of very valuable real estate and and of very valuable real estate and and of very valuable real estate and and misuse it and absolutely that's the part misuse it and absolutely that's the part misuse it and absolutely that's the part that kind of just come on do better yeah that kind of just come on do better yeah that kind of just come on do better yeah it's funny we um last spring we were I it's funny we um last spring we were I it's funny we um last spring we were I was on a missions trip a clean water

  4. was on a missions trip a clean water was on a missions trip a clean water trip our church does a lot of stuff with trip our church does a lot of stuff with trip our church does a lot of stuff with kind of Clean Water efforts around the kind of Clean Water efforts around the kind of Clean Water efforts around the world and had the privilege of taking a world and had the privilege of taking a world and had the privilege of taking a te a team uh to Nicaragua the second you te a team uh to Nicaragua the second you te a team uh to Nicaragua the second you know poorest country in the Western know poorest country in the Western know poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and um on the Thursday night Hemisphere and um on the Thursday night Hemisphere and um on the Thursday night we had an incredible privilege um we got we had an incredible privilege um we got we had an incredible privilege um we got to go to Thursday night church at um in to go to Thursday night church at um in to go to Thursday night church at um in Granada just outside of Granada in Granada just outside of Granada in Granada just outside of Granada in Nicaragua and um you know we pulled up Nicaragua and um you know we pulled up Nicaragua and um you know we pulled up it was a great service I speak uh it was a great service I speak uh it was a great service I speak uh you know I speak about as much Spanish you know I speak about as much Spanish you know I speak about as much Spanish as I do Russian you know I just don't as I do Russian you know I just don't as I do Russian you know I just don't speak very much at all but it was a speak very much at all but it was a speak very much at all but it was a wonderful experience that's just the wonderful experience that's just the wonderful experience that's just the whole thing it was great but it was whole thing it was great but it was whole thing it was great but it was interesting in the middle of the service interesting in the middle of the service interesting in the middle of the service you know we're out in this kind of you you know we're out in this kind of you you know we're out in this kind of you know Barn of a facility um you know know Barn of a facility um you know know Barn of a facility um you know they've got a you know it was it was they've got a you know it was it was they've got a you know it was it was really nice super well-kept but you know really nice super well-kept but you know really nice super well-kept but you know not not you know a fancy location not not you know a fancy location not not you know a fancy location whatever but in the middle of all that whatever but in the middle of all that whatever but in the middle of all that here was video announcements you know here was video announcements you know here was video announcements you know the uh this this church had found you the uh this this church had found you the uh this this church had found you know they they actually with guy we knew know they they actually with guy we knew know they they actually with guy we knew the guy who you know he uses a little the guy who you know he uses a little the guy who you know he uses a little camcorder and pulls together video camcorder and pulls together video camcorder and pulls together video announcements every week at their church announcements every week at their church announcements every week at their church so I was like clearly the video so I was like clearly the video so I was like clearly the video announcement thing is is widespread why announcement thing is is widespread why announcement thing is is widespread why why don't we dig into it what are some why don't we dig into it what are some why don't we dig into it what are some of the when you talk about some of the of the when you talk about some of the of the when you talk about some of the things that go wrong um in video things that go wrong um in video things that go wrong um in video announcements or some of the things that announcements or some of the things that announcements or some of the things that kind of pitfalls maybe uh churches kind of pitfalls maybe uh churches kind of pitfalls maybe uh churches should should avoid when they think should should avoid when they think should should avoid when they think about video announcements um well like I about video announcements um well like I about video announcements um well like I was saying I feel like a lot of churches was saying I feel like a lot of churches was saying I feel like a lot of churches just dive in feeling like they're behind just dive in feeling like they're behind just dive in feeling like they're behind so they just they just go for it with so they just they just go for it with so they just they just go for it with with little or no plan um I'm very much with little or no plan um I'm very much with little or no plan um I'm very much a why guy uh read a great book uh about

  5. a why guy uh read a great book uh about a why guy uh read a great book uh about a year and a half ago called start with a year and a half ago called start with a year and a half ago called start with why and it really helped kind of why and it really helped kind of why and it really helped kind of crystallize my thoughts on okay this is crystallize my thoughts on okay this is crystallize my thoughts on okay this is this is what makes sense you've uh you this is what makes sense you've uh you this is what makes sense you've uh you can't just read the bulletin for five can't just read the bulletin for five can't just read the bulletin for five minutes right um I think if you're going minutes right um I think if you're going minutes right um I think if you're going to go with video announcements then you to go with video announcements then you to go with video announcements then you got to start thinking visually you can't got to start thinking visually you can't got to start thinking visually you can't just move a talking head from a podium just move a talking head from a podium just move a talking head from a podium to a screen uh that's what I think to a screen uh that's what I think to a screen uh that's what I think really uh one of the first things that really uh one of the first things that really uh one of the first things that happens is that well we just read the happens is that well we just read the happens is that well we just read the bulletin and we put it on video well bulletin and we put it on video well bulletin and we put it on video well then you're not really maximizing what then you're not really maximizing what then you're not really maximizing what that medium is good for right be visual that medium is good for right be visual that medium is good for right be visual right you were just you were just right you were just you were just right you were just you were just talking about mission trips well it's talking about mission trips well it's talking about mission trips well it's one thing to just stand up and say well one thing to just stand up and say well one thing to just stand up and say well we've got a great mission trip coming up we've got a great mission trip coming up we've got a great mission trip coming up to Nicaragua it's in six weeks if you to Nicaragua it's in six weeks if you to Nicaragua it's in six weeks if you want to go you should sign up well you want to go you should sign up well you want to go you should sign up well you haven't really communicated other than a haven't really communicated other than a haven't really communicated other than a date time right give people a reason why date time right give people a reason why date time right give people a reason why you're going give a reason why your you're going give a reason why your you're going give a reason why your church is passionate about serving the church is passionate about serving the church is passionate about serving the people of Nicaragua and then mix in some people of Nicaragua and then mix in some people of Nicaragua and then mix in some photos or some video from the last time photos or some video from the last time photos or some video from the last time that you went or for that matter I'm I'm that you went or for that matter I'm I'm that you went or for that matter I'm I'm very much a fan of story get a quick 30- very much a fan of story get a quick 30- very much a fan of story get a quick 30- second synopsis from somebody who was on second synopsis from somebody who was on second synopsis from somebody who was on the last trip that just obviously the last trip that just obviously the last trip that just obviously they're going to speak very passionately they're going to speak very passionately they're going to speak very passionately about what that trip meant to them and about what that trip meant to them and about what that trip meant to them and why they're going back these are the why they're going back these are the why they're going back these are the things that are going to wet people's things that are going to wet people's things that are going to wet people's appetite more than just calendar fodder appetite more than just calendar fodder appetite more than just calendar fodder I think very much in our churches we're I think very much in our churches we're I think very much in our churches we're very much about what we've got plenty of very much about what we've got plenty of very much about what we've got plenty of stuff to do but we rarely give the why stuff to do but we rarely give the why stuff to do but we rarely give the why we rarely give the reasons why our

  6. we rarely give the reasons why our we rarely give the reasons why our church is giving things like this the church is giving things like this the church is giving things like this the time and the and the calendar space to time and the and the calendar space to time and the and the calendar space to happen so uh and then second to that is happen so uh and then second to that is happen so uh and then second to that is if you really want to do video if you really want to do video if you really want to do video announcements identify somebody on your announcements identify somebody on your announcements identify somebody on your staff or start thinking about a hire uh staff or start thinking about a hire uh staff or start thinking about a hire uh one of the things that's really occurred one of the things that's really occurred one of the things that's really occurred to me lately is that you would would to me lately is that you would would to me lately is that you would would just grab somebody off the street and just grab somebody off the street and just grab somebody off the street and say hey why don't you lead Worship in say hey why don't you lead Worship in say hey why don't you lead Worship in our services right I don't I don't know our services right I don't I don't know our services right I don't I don't know anything about your background or your anything about your background or your anything about your background or your skill but this is just something we skill but this is just something we skill but this is just something we really want to do right but I feel like really want to do right but I feel like really want to do right but I feel like that's that's one of the things that that's that's one of the things that that's that's one of the things that happens in in churches well you know the happens in in churches well you know the happens in in churches well you know the youth guy he kind of knows a little bit youth guy he kind of knows a little bit youth guy he kind of knows a little bit about video well that youth guy's about video well that youth guy's about video well that youth guy's probably already pretty strapped on his probably already pretty strapped on his probably already pretty strapped on his schedule and now you're putting this on schedule and now you're putting this on schedule and now you're putting this on his plate right and you you go in his plate right and you you go in his plate right and you you go in without a plan you go in without any without a plan you go in without any without a plan you go in without any kind of a real uh Long View as to what kind of a real uh Long View as to what kind of a real uh Long View as to what what look like for the next six months what look like for the next six months what look like for the next six months and you start them and you start them and you start them MH yeah I know in um in our world we we MH yeah I know in um in our world we we MH yeah I know in um in our world we we do video announcements every week I do video announcements every week I do video announcements every week I think our guys do a really good job just think our guys do a really good job just think our guys do a really good job just to kind of underline a couple things to kind of underline a couple things to kind of underline a couple things there um you know I I we don't want to there um you know I I we don't want to there um you know I I we don't want to just kind of transfer the talking head just kind of transfer the talking head just kind of transfer the talking head thing like we had one person just thing like we had one person just thing like we had one person just standing up there we want to actually standing up there we want to actually standing up there we want to actually show as much you know the term I've show as much you know the term I've show as much you know the term I've heard used before b-roll or footage from heard used before b-roll or footage from heard used before b-roll or footage from you know actually seeing things happen you know actually seeing things happen you know actually seeing things happen let's actually illustrate what you know let's actually illustrate what you know let's actually illustrate what you know what it's like uh to be in this whatever what it's like uh to be in this whatever what it's like uh to be in this whatever event or that that you're you know event or that that you're you know event or that that you're you know promoting how much time do you think promoting how much time do you think promoting how much time do you think obviously it's a little bit of a obviously it's a little bit of a obviously it's a little bit of a bottomless pit right like television bottomless pit right like television bottomless pit right like television commercials are 30 seconds long and they

  7. commercials are 30 seconds long and they commercials are 30 seconds long and they can take half a year to put together um can take half a year to put together um can take half a year to put together um you know but what what's a kind of a a you know but what what's a kind of a a you know but what what's a kind of a a rule of thumb do you think that a church rule of thumb do you think that a church rule of thumb do you think that a church should be using when they think about should be using when they think about should be using when they think about okay what how long it might take between okay what how long it might take between okay what how long it might take between shooting and editing to pull together shooting and editing to pull together shooting and editing to pull together you know a decent video announcement I you know a decent video announcement I you know a decent video announcement I think the the reasonable time frame is a think the the reasonable time frame is a think the the reasonable time frame is a good day and a half and that's just good day and a half and that's just good day and a half and that's just because I look at it the standard Church because I look at it the standard Church because I look at it the standard Church week and that you're usually talking week and that you're usually talking week and that you're usually talking about a 4-day work week and that I I about a 4-day work week and that I I about a 4-day work week and that I I hope that churches either given their hope that churches either given their hope that churches either given their staff a Monday or a Friday off that staff a Monday or a Friday off that staff a Monday or a Friday off that you're really trying to cram a whole lot you're really trying to cram a whole lot you're really trying to cram a whole lot you're into that four days right so you're into that four days right so you're into that four days right so you've got a day's worth of work as far you've got a day's worth of work as far you've got a day's worth of work as far as planning scheduling shooting and then as planning scheduling shooting and then as planning scheduling shooting and then the edit and I would always even throw the edit and I would always even throw the edit and I would always even throw out that you've got to throw in a little out that you've got to throw in a little out that you've got to throw in a little extra time that I hope that somebody extra time that I hope that somebody extra time that I hope that somebody gets a chance to review that thing and gets a chance to review that thing and gets a chance to review that thing and that you might have to go back and do a that you might have to go back and do a that you might have to go back and do a a re-edit tweak something before you a re-edit tweak something before you a re-edit tweak something before you actually kick it out and have it ready actually kick it out and have it ready actually kick it out and have it ready for the weekend and that's just one of for the weekend and that's just one of for the weekend and that's just one of those things to where I just don't think those things to where I just don't think those things to where I just don't think a lot of leadership knows yes what what a lot of leadership knows yes what what a lot of leadership knows yes what what it takes to put together a video it's it takes to put together a video it's it takes to put together a video it's like well what it's just two minutes how like well what it's just two minutes how like well what it's just two minutes how hard could it be well it's like there's hard could it be well it's like there's hard could it be well it's like there's a lot of hours that come out in making a lot of hours that come out in making a lot of hours that come out in making that two to three minute video and it's that two to three minute video and it's that two to three minute video and it's it's not so easy it's it's just tedious it's not so easy it's it's just tedious it's not so easy it's it's just tedious and timec consuming at times yeah we've and timec consuming at times yeah we've and timec consuming at times yeah we've you know I found that uh part of my role you know I found that uh part of my role you know I found that uh part of my role has been internally trying to has been internally trying to has been internally trying to communicate with people when they ask communicate with people when they ask communicate with people when they ask for video stuff from our video guys to for video stuff from our video guys to for video stuff from our video guys to just articulate how long that takes um just articulate how long that takes um just articulate how long that takes um and you know coming up with um you know and you know coming up with um you know and you know coming up with um you know some sort of calculation that's like

  8. some sort of calculation that's like some sort of calculation that's like well if the video is going to be 3 well if the video is going to be 3 well if the video is going to be 3 minutes long you know generally it's you minutes long you know generally it's you minutes long you know generally it's you know three hours per finished minute so know three hours per finished minute so know three hours per finished minute so it's that's going to take about nine it's that's going to take about nine it's that's going to take about nine hours work for us to do and you know the hours work for us to do and you know the hours work for us to do and you know the thing I and every you know editor is thing I and every you know editor is thing I and every you know editor is going to be a little different and every going to be a little different and every going to be a little different and every Situation's going to be a little Situation's going to be a little Situation's going to be a little different but it's good to kind of different but it's good to kind of different but it's good to kind of figure out what that is because a lot of figure out what that is because a lot of figure out what that is because a lot of times people just say like because all times people just say like because all times people just say like because all they see is the finished product and it they see is the finished product and it they see is the finished product and it actually does it takes longer than you'd actually does it takes longer than you'd actually does it takes longer than you'd ever anticipate um it it taking um so ever anticipate um it it taking um so ever anticipate um it it taking um so what else should we be thinking about what else should we be thinking about what else should we be thinking about when we think about video announcements when we think about video announcements when we think about video announcements um one of the things that occurred to me um one of the things that occurred to me um one of the things that occurred to me in the last year and that uh even though in the last year and that uh even though in the last year and that uh even though I'm out of having to do it the week to I'm out of having to do it the week to I'm out of having to do it the week to week I still just like to to watch and week I still just like to to watch and week I still just like to to watch and see what's happening out there is the see what's happening out there is the see what's happening out there is the propensity to have a boilerplate section propensity to have a boilerplate section propensity to have a boilerplate section and that okay you do a search on on and that okay you do a search on on and that okay you do a search on on YouTube or Vimeo for church video YouTube or Vimeo for church video YouTube or Vimeo for church video announcements and you'll find this in announcements and you'll find this in announcements and you'll find this in 90% of them hi welcome to such and such 90% of them hi welcome to such and such 90% of them hi welcome to such and such Church we're so glad to see you this Church we're so glad to see you this Church we're so glad to see you this weekend if you could take a moment and weekend if you could take a moment and weekend if you could take a moment and please fill out the visitor card that's please fill out the visitor card that's please fill out the visitor card that's in the seat in front of you and drop in the seat in front of you and drop in the seat in front of you and drop that in in it's like okay we get that that in in it's like okay we get that that in in it's like okay we get that part right right to me that's something part right right to me that's something part right right to me that's something that actually should come from a human that actually should come from a human that actually should come from a human okay and I I think that we again we okay and I I think that we again we okay and I I think that we again we we've started to look at video we've started to look at video we've started to look at video announcements as this weird catchall for announcements as this weird catchall for announcements as this weird catchall for those kind of things and I would just those kind of things and I would just those kind of things and I would just much rather see that from a pastor or much rather see that from a pastor or much rather see that from a pastor or other staff member that is up on stage other staff member that is up on stage other staff member that is up on stage and right in front of the People video and right in front of the People video and right in front of the People video is a great way to get messages across is a great way to get messages across is a great way to get messages across it's a great way to be visual but

  9. it's a great way to be visual but it's a great way to be visual but something like that to me should be more something like that to me should be more something like that to me should be more personal that should come from a human personal that should come from a human personal that should come from a human right in front of you that is making you right in front of you that is making you right in front of you that is making you feel welcome as a new person or as maybe feel welcome as a new person or as maybe feel welcome as a new person or as maybe somebody who hasn't been in that church somebody who hasn't been in that church somebody who hasn't been in that church for a year save that real estate for for for a year save that real estate for for for a year save that real estate for for actual announcements save that that time actual announcements save that that time actual announcements save that that time for making things stick you mentioned for making things stick you mentioned for making things stick you mentioned again you mentioned uh mission trips again you mentioned uh mission trips again you mentioned uh mission trips that's one of those things that I think that's one of those things that I think that's one of those things that I think that that is a great medium because you that that is a great medium because you that that is a great medium because you can be so visual with it um at the Sea can be so visual with it um at the Sea can be so visual with it um at the Sea Coast we had this ongoing relationship Coast we had this ongoing relationship Coast we had this ongoing relationship with uh Habitat for Humanity yep that we with uh Habitat for Humanity yep that we with uh Habitat for Humanity yep that we had teams going out on a regular basis had teams going out on a regular basis had teams going out on a regular basis well don't just give a date I I grabbed well don't just give a date I I grabbed well don't just give a date I I grabbed one of the guys and I'm like let's go one of the guys and I'm like let's go one of the guys and I'm like let's go shoot on the site then the just the shoot on the site then the just the shoot on the site then the just the location itself becomes a part part of location itself becomes a part part of location itself becomes a part part of the announcement and you've got 2x4s and the announcement and you've got 2x4s and the announcement and you've got 2x4s and hammering and nailing and stuff going on hammering and nailing and stuff going on hammering and nailing and stuff going on behind it's like that to me is all the behind it's like that to me is all the behind it's like that to me is all the more enticing than just somebody giving more enticing than just somebody giving more enticing than just somebody giving dates and times uh let the medium work dates and times uh let the medium work dates and times uh let the medium work for you instead of just well we know for you instead of just well we know for you instead of just well we know video announcements is 3 minutes this video announcements is 3 minutes this video announcements is 3 minutes this week and here it is right right nice and week and here it is right right nice and week and here it is right right nice and then then everybody down the line is then then everybody down the line is then then everybody down the line is just kind of phoning it in and then I just kind of phoning it in and then I just kind of phoning it in and then I don't know I I my heart goes out to the don't know I I my heart goes out to the don't know I I my heart goes out to the video guy who's got to make that work video guy who's got to make that work video guy who's got to make that work every week right definitely now have you every week right definitely now have you every week right definitely now have you uh kind of encouraged churches or seing uh kind of encouraged churches or seing uh kind of encouraged churches or seing churches you know they might get into a churches you know they might get into a churches you know they might get into a regular pattern and then take a break I regular pattern and then take a break I regular pattern and then take a break I know you know we've we've done this know you know we've we've done this know you know we've we've done this actually just two weeks ago we had a actually just two weeks ago we had a actually just two weeks ago we had a Sunday where we didn't have uh we Sunday where we didn't have uh we Sunday where we didn't have uh we actually didn't have any announcements actually didn't have any announcements actually didn't have any announcements at all um and I remember in the Monday

  10. at all um and I remember in the Monday at all um and I remember in the Monday meeting going into that next weekend I meeting going into that next weekend I meeting going into that next weekend I was like yeah there's no announcements was like yeah there's no announcements was like yeah there's no announcements this weekend at all and people were like this weekend at all and people were like this weekend at all and people were like what and I was like yeah yeah can we do what and I was like yeah yeah can we do what and I was like yeah yeah can we do that yeah are we allowed to do Church that yeah are we allowed to do Church that yeah are we allowed to do Church Without we're asking and I said listen I Without we're asking and I said listen I Without we're asking and I said listen I want times in our schedule where um we want times in our schedule where um we want times in our schedule where um we just aren't we're not constantly just aren't we're not constantly just aren't we're not constantly Shilling for stuff and you know give it Shilling for stuff and you know give it Shilling for stuff and you know give it bit of a break a bit of a you know a bit of a break a bit of a you know a bit of a break a bit of a you know a breather a bit of a Sala moment um and breather a bit of a Sala moment um and breather a bit of a Sala moment um and obviously the same is true with video obviously the same is true with video obviously the same is true with video announcements right taking a taking a announcements right taking a taking a announcements right taking a taking a break every once in a while is a good break every once in a while is a good break every once in a while is a good thing I just to kind of keep it fresh thing I just to kind of keep it fresh thing I just to kind of keep it fresh absolutely I'm I'm all in favor of I absolutely I'm I'm all in favor of I absolutely I'm I'm all in favor of I always call that going dark uh if you always call that going dark uh if you always call that going dark uh if you don't have some real meaty things that don't have some real meaty things that don't have some real meaty things that you need to promote that week then go you need to promote that week then go you need to promote that week then go with out there's nobody in the crowd I I with out there's nobody in the crowd I I with out there's nobody in the crowd I I just I dare say if you did an exit poll just I dare say if you did an exit poll just I dare say if you did an exit poll of people walking your church did you of people walking your church did you of people walking your church did you miss video announcements I didn't even miss video announcements I didn't even miss video announcements I didn't even think about it right I think that all think about it right I think that all think about it right I think that all too often our video announcements may too often our video announcements may too often our video announcements may end up being way too internally focused end up being way too internally focused end up being way too internally focused and well that one Ministry really wants and well that one Ministry really wants and well that one Ministry really wants their thing on it's like well I remember their thing on it's like well I remember their thing on it's like well I remember one time we didn't have going anything one time we didn't have going anything one time we didn't have going anything going on and I was asking around it's going on and I was asking around it's going on and I was asking around it's like you got anything and his one guy like you got anything and his one guy like you got anything and his one guy says well we got a financial says well we got a financial says well we got a financial seminar and I remember thinking I can't seminar and I remember thinking I can't seminar and I remember thinking I can't make that real visual d That's the only make that real visual d That's the only make that real visual d That's the only thing that we have yeah yeah right thing that we have yeah yeah right thing that we have yeah yeah right that's that's going to be tough I just that's that's going to be tough I just that's that's going to be tough I just don't think that that your service will don't think that that your service will don't think that that your service will suffer any if you go without for one suffer any if you go without for one suffer any if you go without for one week right yeah and obviously that week right yeah and obviously that week right yeah and obviously that speaks to connecting it to the broader speaks to connecting it to the broader speaks to connecting it to the broader communication strategy right like you communication strategy right like you communication strategy right like you don't want to you know you want to let

  11. don't want to you know you want to let don't want to you know you want to let the like you said earlier kind of let the like you said earlier kind of let the like you said earlier kind of let the why Drive first why are we doing the why Drive first why are we doing the why Drive first why are we doing this what piece does this play how does this what piece does this play how does this what piece does this play how does this fit into the overall mix you know this fit into the overall mix you know this fit into the overall mix you know what you know what piece of the kind of what you know what piece of the kind of what you know what piece of the kind of our strategy does this fulfill um and our strategy does this fulfill um and our strategy does this fulfill um and let that be the preeminent thing rather let that be the preeminent thing rather let that be the preeminent thing rather than okay well we just have to fill a than okay well we just have to fill a than okay well we just have to fill a time slot let's you know let's watch time slot let's you know let's watch time slot let's you know let's watch paint drwing in the senior room because paint drwing in the senior room because paint drwing in the senior room because because that's what we because we have because that's what we because we have because that's what we because we have to or whatever for sure yeah they get to or whatever for sure yeah they get to or whatever for sure yeah they get they I think that they just get on this they I think that they just get on this they I think that they just get on this kick of well we have to have video kick of well we have to have video kick of well we have to have video announcements this week right definitely announcements this week right definitely announcements this week right definitely I'm never going to be a proponent of I'm never going to be a proponent of I'm never going to be a proponent of that to do it just because you can right that to do it just because you can right that to do it just because you can right um you're wasting somebody's time right um you're wasting somebody's time right um you're wasting somebody's time right now are there churches that you think do now are there churches that you think do now are there churches that you think do a particularly great job that you know a particularly great job that you know a particularly great job that you know if people want to kind of look at or you if people want to kind of look at or you if people want to kind of look at or you know kind of explore what other people know kind of explore what other people know kind of explore what other people are doing who who would you kind of are doing who who would you kind of are doing who who would you kind of Point them in the direction of that do Point them in the direction of that do Point them in the direction of that do you think do a great job on video you think do a great job on video you think do a great job on video announcements uh the real easy one right announcements uh the real easy one right announcements uh the real easy one right off the top of my head is Elevation off the top of my head is Elevation off the top of my head is Elevation Church in Charlotte uh and they post Church in Charlotte uh and they post Church in Charlotte uh and they post their stuff on Vimeo they they blow their stuff on Vimeo they they blow their stuff on Vimeo they they blow everybody out of the water um I early on everybody out of the water um I early on everybody out of the water um I early on one of the real big uh Sparks for me was one of the real big uh Sparks for me was one of the real big uh Sparks for me was that I went to a service at North Point that I went to a service at North Point that I went to a service at North Point in Atlanta and they do a phenomenal job in Atlanta and they do a phenomenal job in Atlanta and they do a phenomenal job they do a 10-minute announcement thing they do a 10-minute announcement thing they do a 10-minute announcement thing that starts well before the service but that starts well before the service but that starts well before the service but but that's because they've got full but that's because they've got full but that's because they've got full seats in a captive audience yes um and seats in a captive audience yes um and seats in a captive audience yes um and an amazing team uh elevation just has an amazing team uh elevation just has an amazing team uh elevation just has really done a great job of capturing the really done a great job of capturing the really done a great job of capturing the story element and just really telling story element and just really telling story element and just really telling what the church is doing on an ongoing what the church is doing on an ongoing what the church is doing on an ongoing basis as opposed to here's a thing

  12. basis as opposed to here's a thing basis as opposed to here's a thing coming up it's like just look what your coming up it's like just look what your coming up it's like just look what your money has been doing look what your money has been doing look what your money has been doing look what your involvement is doing in changing our involvement is doing in changing our involvement is doing in changing our community um it's it's a great unifier community um it's it's a great unifier community um it's it's a great unifier in a church like that that's you know in a church like that that's you know in a church like that that's you know got I don't know a good dozen sites now got I don't know a good dozen sites now got I don't know a good dozen sites now that really uh shows people what that that really uh shows people what that that really uh shows people what that church is all about and I'm I'm just a church is all about and I'm I'm just a church is all about and I'm I'm just a big fan of that that when you switch it big fan of that that when you switch it big fan of that that when you switch it from calendar fodder to this is our DNA from calendar fodder to this is our DNA from calendar fodder to this is our DNA right this is what our church is about right this is what our church is about right this is what our church is about and I think that that is that's and I think that that is that's and I think that that is that's something that's just got teeth something that's just got teeth something that's just got teeth absolutely as opposed to just spouting absolutely as opposed to just spouting absolutely as opposed to just spouting dates and times all the time definitely dates and times all the time definitely dates and times all the time definitely great is there anything else that you great is there anything else that you great is there anything else that you want to share with our uh our listeners want to share with our uh our listeners want to share with our uh our listeners before we jump into the lightning round before we jump into the lightning round before we jump into the lightning round yeah um honestly it's just it's be yeah um honestly it's just it's be yeah um honestly it's just it's be strategic um figure out what you want strategic um figure out what you want strategic um figure out what you want that thing to look like and not just that thing to look like and not just that thing to look like and not just this week what do we want the next six this week what do we want the next six this week what do we want the next six months to look like or the next year to months to look like or the next year to months to look like or the next year to look like to where you're really look like to where you're really look like to where you're really maximizing what that Medium can do for maximizing what that Medium can do for maximizing what that Medium can do for your church um instead of just spouting your church um instead of just spouting your church um instead of just spouting calendar dates instead of just taking calendar dates instead of just taking calendar dates instead of just taking up several minutes I don't know it just up several minutes I don't know it just up several minutes I don't know it just cracks me up sometimes when I come cracks me up sometimes when I come cracks me up sometimes when I come across video announcements that are across video announcements that are across video announcements that are seven and 8 minutes long that to me says seven and 8 minutes long that to me says seven and 8 minutes long that to me says this is a church with no strategy whatso this is a church with no strategy whatso this is a church with no strategy whatso ever right pick the top two or three ever right pick the top two or three ever right pick the top two or three items that you really think are going to items that you really think are going to items that you really think are going to apply well to your church and then go apply well to your church and then go apply well to your church and then go after them with with you know with a after them with with you know with a after them with with you know with a fervor that says we want to tell this fervor that says we want to tell this fervor that says we want to tell this story we want to really sell this to our story we want to really sell this to our story we want to really sell this to our people in a way that lets them know this

  13. people in a way that lets them know this people in a way that lets them know this is what our church is about this is the is what our church is about this is the is what our church is about this is the unseminary podcast stuff you wish they unseminary podcast stuff you wish they unseminary podcast stuff you wish they taught in seminary well we're going to taught in seminary well we're going to taught in seminary well we're going to jump into the lightning round that part jump into the lightning round that part jump into the lightning round that part of the show where we uh answer similar of the show where we uh answer similar of the show where we uh answer similar questions or ask similar questions questions or ask similar questions questions or ask similar questions everybody who's on the today we're super everybody who's on the today we're super everybody who's on the today we're super excited to have Stephen Murphy with us excited to have Stephen Murphy with us excited to have Stephen Murphy with us we're talking about video announcements we're talking about video announcements we're talking about video announcements and just how do we use those to make a and just how do we use those to make a and just how do we use those to make a difference in our church Stephen are difference in our church Stephen are difference in our church Stephen are there is there an online resource that there is there an online resource that there is there an online resource that you're using these days that's you know you're using these days that's you know you're using these days that's you know been particularly helpful uh to your been particularly helpful uh to your been particularly helpful uh to your ministry um well the simple answer I ministry um well the simple answer I ministry um well the simple answer I guess is is YouTube and Vimeo I'm a big guess is is YouTube and Vimeo I'm a big guess is is YouTube and Vimeo I'm a big I don't know I guess one side of it is I don't know I guess one side of it is I don't know I guess one side of it is research and then the other side is just research and then the other side is just research and then the other side is just inspiration I mean there just some inspiration I mean there just some inspiration I mean there just some really uh like I mentioned elevation really uh like I mentioned elevation really uh like I mentioned elevation there's some there's some Churches doing there's some there's some Churches doing there's some there's some Churches doing some amazing work in in great some amazing work in in great some amazing work in in great storytelling and I just I don't know I'm storytelling and I just I don't know I'm storytelling and I just I don't know I'm subscribed so to speak and that I just subscribed so to speak and that I just subscribed so to speak and that I just love to see what they're up to uh that love to see what they're up to uh that love to see what they're up to uh that inspire me to to want to tell better inspire me to to want to tell better inspire me to to want to tell better stories absolutely very cool is there a stories absolutely very cool is there a stories absolutely very cool is there a book you're reading these days or have book you're reading these days or have book you're reading these days or have read uh you know in the last six months read uh you know in the last six months read uh you know in the last six months or so that's had an impact on your or so that's had an impact on your or so that's had an impact on your thinking you mentioned start with why thinking you mentioned start with why thinking you mentioned start with why earlier by Simon cynic that's a that's a earlier by Simon cynic that's a that's a earlier by Simon cynic that's a that's a fantastic book that's a mustre book in fantastic book that's a mustre book in fantastic book that's a mustre book in my mind yep that is a must read my mind yep that is a must read my mind yep that is a must read absolutely um for especially for absolutely um for especially for absolutely um for especially for churches even though it doesn't have a churches even though it doesn't have a churches even though it doesn't have a churchy Bend um it's just very much um churchy Bend um it's just very much um churchy Bend um it's just very much um good critical thinking and then the good critical thinking and then the good critical thinking and then the other one that I've been working on for other one that I've been working on for other one that I've been working on for about the last 3 months is called die about the last 3 months is called die about the last 3 months is called die empty by Todd Henry who wrote The empty by Todd Henry who wrote The empty by Todd Henry who wrote The Accidental creative which is another Accidental creative which is another Accidental creative which is another fantastic book especially in Ministry um fantastic book especially in Ministry um fantastic book especially in Ministry um D empty is just very much about uh just

  14. D empty is just very much about uh just D empty is just very much about uh just really great thinking on how you can really great thinking on how you can really great thinking on how you can maximize your creativity how do you maximize your creativity how do you maximize your creativity how do you maximize your downtime even uh in in maximize your downtime even uh in in maximize your downtime even uh in in collaboration as well as just your own U collaboration as well as just your own U collaboration as well as just your own U personal creativity and how you approach personal creativity and how you approach personal creativity and how you approach your work um to not just make it tasky your work um to not just make it tasky your work um to not just make it tasky but to make it actually mean something but to make it actually mean something but to make it actually mean something very cool all right other Ministries very cool all right other Ministries very cool all right other Ministries that are um inspiring you these days that are um inspiring you these days that are um inspiring you these days you're looking at saying like wow those you're looking at saying like wow those you're looking at saying like wow those guys are doing amazing stuff uh well guys are doing amazing stuff uh well guys are doing amazing stuff uh well like I mentioned elevation uh New Spring like I mentioned elevation uh New Spring like I mentioned elevation uh New Spring Church in uh in South Carolina uh I've Church in uh in South Carolina uh I've Church in uh in South Carolina uh I've got the great pleasure of calling some got the great pleasure of calling some got the great pleasure of calling some of those guys my friends as well just of those guys my friends as well just of those guys my friends as well just being inspired by the way they approach being inspired by the way they approach being inspired by the way they approach story and for that matter the way that story and for that matter the way that story and for that matter the way that they have masterfully integrated video they have masterfully integrated video they have masterfully integrated video into their services I can't remember if into their services I can't remember if into their services I can't remember if it was this past Easter or the Easter it was this past Easter or the Easter it was this past Easter or the Easter before pardon me but they did one of the before pardon me but they did one of the before pardon me but they did one of the most phenomenal jobs of integrating most phenomenal jobs of integrating most phenomenal jobs of integrating video into the gospel message where they video into the gospel message where they video into the gospel message where they they basically went and shot probably they basically went and shot probably they basically went and shot probably half of Perry's message in Jerusalem yes half of Perry's message in Jerusalem yes half of Perry's message in Jerusalem yes yeah uh and and having watched the whole yeah uh and and having watched the whole yeah uh and and having watched the whole service the week after it was just service the week after it was just service the week after it was just fantastic the way that they flowed in fantastic the way that they flowed in fantastic the way that they flowed in and out of the video and to me that's and out of the video and to me that's and out of the video and to me that's you know as a video guy I love seeing uh you know as a video guy I love seeing uh you know as a video guy I love seeing uh the medium leveraged in such a way where the medium leveraged in such a way where the medium leveraged in such a way where it's not just getting to a point in the it's not just getting to a point in the it's not just getting to a point in the message and saying and now here's a message and saying and now here's a message and saying and now here's a video right just weaving in and out of video right just weaving in and out of video right just weaving in and out of it in in our culture that is just so

  15. it in in our culture that is just so it in in our culture that is just so video minded and people are used to video minded and people are used to video minded and people are used to seeing great things on screen and so I'm seeing great things on screen and so I'm seeing great things on screen and so I'm just I love it when a church can uh take just I love it when a church can uh take just I love it when a church can uh take and use that medium in such a maximum and use that medium in such a maximum and use that medium in such a maximum way and I know it takes a lot of work way and I know it takes a lot of work way and I know it takes a lot of work but I think the payoff is always just but I think the payoff is always just but I think the payoff is always just fantastic very cool all right two last fantastic very cool all right two last fantastic very cool all right two last questions if you could get 15 minutes questions if you could get 15 minutes questions if you could get 15 minutes with any leader alive uh who would you with any leader alive uh who would you with any leader alive uh who would you want to get some time with and why uh want to get some time with and why uh want to get some time with and why uh first guy that comes to mind and this first guy that comes to mind and this first guy that comes to mind and this may be cliche right now but that would may be cliche right now but that would may be cliche right now but that would be Bob gof in that oh nice yeah yeah be Bob gof in that oh nice yeah yeah be Bob gof in that oh nice yeah yeah just knowing that you mean I think this just knowing that you mean I think this just knowing that you mean I think this guy was an attorney or maybe still is an guy was an attorney or maybe still is an guy was an attorney or maybe still is an attorney that he's not he's not a pastor attorney that he's not he's not a pastor attorney that he's not he's not a pastor but he has just f figured out a way to but he has just f figured out a way to but he has just f figured out a way to influence people with the simple love of influence people with the simple love of influence people with the simple love of the Gospel he doesn't try to over the Gospel he doesn't try to over the Gospel he doesn't try to over complicate it he doesn't try to uh complicate it he doesn't try to uh complicate it he doesn't try to uh soapbox it he just you know he's just soapbox it he just you know he's just soapbox it he just you know he's just got this way about loving people and got this way about loving people and got this way about loving people and encouraging other others to do the same encouraging other others to do the same encouraging other others to do the same and it's like I would love to do more of and it's like I would love to do more of and it's like I would love to do more of that to where it's just a part of your that to where it's just a part of your that to where it's just a part of your daily Rhythm like it seems for him very daily Rhythm like it seems for him very daily Rhythm like it seems for him very cool all right when you're uh not cool all right when you're uh not cool all right when you're uh not working on videos in in uh you know your working on videos in in uh you know your working on videos in in uh you know your work when you're not busy producing uh work when you're not busy producing uh work when you're not busy producing uh you know what you do for fun how do you you know what you do for fun how do you you know what you do for fun how do you just kick back and enjoy yourself uh just kick back and enjoy yourself uh just kick back and enjoy yourself uh well if it's if it's more the very well if it's if it's more the very well if it's if it's more the very personal side like with my wife we love personal side like with my wife we love personal side like with my wife we love to to go antiquing my love my wife loves to to go antiquing my love my wife loves to to go antiquing my love my wife loves to my wife loves to find old pieces and to my wife loves to find old pieces and to my wife loves to find old pieces and refinish them and and make them new refinish them and and make them new refinish them and and make them new again so I love to go out and while I'm again so I love to go out and while I'm again so I love to go out and while I'm terrible at it I just love hanging out terrible at it I just love hanging out terrible at it I just love hanging out with her and kind of helping her flesh with her and kind of helping her flesh with her and kind of helping her flesh out a vision for what a a piece of

  16. out a vision for what a a piece of out a vision for what a a piece of furniture might look like and then more furniture might look like and then more furniture might look like and then more for just the me side I'm actually kind for just the me side I'm actually kind for just the me side I'm actually kind of a nut for paintball really okay you of a nut for paintball really okay you of a nut for paintball really okay you see like such a mild-mannered see like such a mild-mannered see like such a mild-mannered man most people would say that put me on man most people would say that put me on man most people would say that put me on a paintball field with some buddies and a paintball field with some buddies and a paintball field with some buddies and I can I can be a bit psychotic that's I can I can be a bit psychotic that's I can I can be a bit psychotic that's just it's a fun little rush and and just it's a fun little rush and and just it's a fun little rush and and we're getting to the time of year where we're getting to the time of year where we're getting to the time of year where it's like ah this is when you like to go it's like ah this is when you like to go it's like ah this is when you like to go out and do that so oh fun it's kind of out and do that so oh fun it's kind of out and do that so oh fun it's kind of prime time for that nice well Stephen I prime time for that nice well Stephen I prime time for that nice well Stephen I really appreciate you being on the show really appreciate you being on the show really appreciate you being on the show today you've got a Blog if people want today you've got a Blog if people want today you've got a Blog if people want to get in touch with you how could they to get in touch with you how could they to get in touch with you how could they do that uh the blog is Murphy 24p at orw do that uh the blog is Murphy 24p at orw do that uh the blog is Murphy 24p at orw WordPress WordPress WordPress and I I haven't updated that much and I I haven't updated that much and I I haven't updated that much recently but that's been one of my list recently but that's been one of my list recently but that's been one of my list of things to do as the year is wrapping of things to do as the year is wrapping of things to do as the year is wrapping up I want to get a better blog schedule up I want to get a better blog schedule up I want to get a better blog schedule again and my Twitter feed is just @ again and my Twitter feed is just @ again and my Twitter feed is just @ Murphy 24p nice thanks so much I really Murphy 24p nice thanks so much I really Murphy 24p nice thanks so much I really appreciate you being on the show today appreciate you being on the show today appreciate you being on the show today and taking some time out to talk to this and taking some time out to talk to this and taking some time out to talk to this whole video announcement thing really whole video announcement thing really whole video announcement thing really appreciate it absolutely it's been a appreciate it absolutely it's been a appreciate it absolutely it's been a pleasure thank you for tuning in to this pleasure thank you for tuning in to this pleasure thank you for tuning in to this week's unseminary podcast don't be shy week's unseminary podcast don't be shy week's unseminary podcast don't be shy we'd love to connect check out we'd love to connect check out we'd love to connect check out unseminary inbox you can sign up at unseminary inbox you can sign up at unseminary inbox you can sign up at unseminary training resources every week plus training resources every week plus you'll gain immediate access to our you'll gain immediate access to our you'll gain immediate access to our exclusive members area with tons of exclusive members area with tons of exclusive members area with tons of resources you can use connect with Rich resources you can use connect with Rich resources you can use connect with Rich on Twitter at Rich Birch or through on Twitter at Rich Birch or through on Twitter at Rich Birch or through email Rich unseminary email Rich unseminary email Rich unseminary docomo notes for this episode at docomo notes for this episode at docomo notes for this episode at unseminary tocom it includes links to unseminary tocom it includes links to unseminary tocom it includes links to what we talked about today and more what we talked about today and more what we talked about today and more leave a comment we'd love to hear from leave a comment we'd love to hear from leave a comment we'd love to hear from you did you enjoy today's episode drop

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This podcast episode of Unseminary addresses the gap between seminary training and practical ministry needs. It features Stephen Murphy, an expert in media production, who shares his journey from volunteer youth ministry to a career in television and then transitioning those skills to church contexts. The takeaway is that practical, real-world skills in areas like media are essential for effective ministry today, even if not explicitly taught in traditional theological education.

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