Lunch & Learn for Leaders:
Podcasting for Churches

Thursday, May 19th, 2022 from 12:00 - 12:50 pm

Podcasting for Churches - interested in starting a church podcast, a local community podcast, or improving your existing podcast? We will be covering the basics of how churches of all sizes and budgets can start or improve a podcast. We will address podcast topics, formats, workflow, software, hardware, and any other questions you might have.
 

Lunch & Learn for Leaders Workshop Series

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Lunch & Learn for Leaders is a new FREE monthly series starting in January hosted by the Center for Transformational Leadership. Every third Thursday, join us at noon for a 50-minute session of learning and discussion. Each month we will offer a bite-size opportunity to learn valuable concepts and practices from a subject expert. Our wide-ranging topics are relevant to areas of mission and ministry that you, our clergy and lay leaders, have indicated are timely for your congregations.

The schedule includes:

May 19: Reaching Your Community-Church Podcasts 101
Over the last decade, podcasting has grown into one of the most important media methods for reaching individuals and communities. How can your congregation enter the world of podcasting? How do you begin? What topics, themes might be of interest? How can creating a podcast help your congregation make a deeper community connection?        
Presenter: Rev. Eric Fistler, Senior Minister for the First Congregational Church of Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake IL., and host of the podcast, Pulpit Fiction, exploring the lectionary and engaging contemporary authors and theologians.  Pulpit Fiction boasts a wide audience and is celebrating its 10^th year.

June 16: Conflict and Community
​Do you ever feel conflict is keeping your congregation from flourishing? Churches often are locked in the “basement” level of communication – precariously hovering between conflict and compromise. This workshop explores how to better “navigate the nonsense” in churches and avoid bad habits that break down communication instead of building it up.  Clergy can inadvertently amplify church conflict when trying to help others. Their problem-solving efforts often only make matters worse, which gives life to “the church monster” that devours congregations. This workshop seeks to uncover hidden pathways to higher levels of communication that promote community and creativity in ministry.
Presenter: Rev. Doug Bixby

In just a few weeks, we will launch our 2022 programs, starting with our new monthly Lunch & Learn for Leaders series on Thursday, January 20 (see ...