Church Disrupt '21 Host Transitions (Session 1)

Intro

(Braylon Oliver)

Hey everyone, welcome to the second Church Disrupt! I’m Braylon, part of the Pushpay family and one of your hosts today. We are so excited to be able to do this with you once again - last year’s conference was fantastic, with speakers like Judah Smith, Nona Jones, Carey Nieuwhof, Louie Giglio, all of whom you can go re-watch at Pushpay University. Just go to pushpay.com/university to access all the material from last year, as well as other great Thought Leader content and practical learning.

Now, we’re probably all sick of hearing it, but this last year was a year of disruption. What amazed us here at Pushpay was seeing so many churches not only survive, not only thrive, but actually engage their congregation by leveraging technology to connect with them, and to go on to impact their communities. We’re excited to have them share their stories and insights with you, to help equip you with ideas on how to make a mark in your communities by using the digital engagement tools and technology that are coming out. We’re also going to be hearing from innovative Church leaders, as well as leading experts on where the future of church tech is going. You can check out the entire line-up for the day in the Church Disrupt app, so if you haven’t downloaded it yet, now’s the time to do so. Just text the word DISRUPT to 77977, or look up Church Disrupt in the App Store or Google Play. The app will give you a more rounded experience with the conference today, allowing you to find out more about our speakers, see what subjects will be discussed, as well as take notes, and receive push notifications. Make sure to create a profile, as that will allow you to not only check-in to the conference but make it easy to join our giving challenge and donate to the charity we’re partnering with today, Convoy of Hope.

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If you want to make a gift to Convoy of Hope, you can do so through the Church Disrupt app by clicking More on the bottom right of the app and selecting Give - Pushpay will be matching total donations up to $5,000 to help Convoy of Hope make a difference in the lives of people all across America and the world. We’ll be sending push notifications throughout the event to let you know how much we’re raising for this awesome cause, as well as posting updates on Facebook.

And speaking of social media, we want to see you joining in today! Post your favorite mic drop moments, or photos of you and your team watching the conference today to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, follow our accounts, and you could win one of three gift cards from Amazon for $50. Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag churchdisrupt when you do!

Today is going to be a fantastic day, and we’re going to be hearing from Pastor DawnChere Wilkerson shortly, but first, if you haven’t been aware, we’ve been running a song competition these past couple of months, thanks to our new Lyric and Chord Chart Editor feature.

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LCCE #1

(Erin Retka)

Hey everyone, Erin from the Product Management team at Pushpay here. We were blown away by how many great submissions we received to our competition - and if you were one of those churches, thank you for sending them to us, it was an honor to be able to listen to your song. A big shout out to Christian Copyright Licensing International (or CCLI for short) and Loop Community for sponsoring this competition, we really appreciate your help with going through all the entries. We’re going to get to listen to all three songs today, and then you get to help us choose the winner. At the end of the conference you’ll receive a push notification, just open the app up, and vote for your favorite song. Simple. And don’t worry, the songs will all be available for you in the app, so you can listen to them on repeat before you vote. We’ll be interviewing the winner live on our Facebook page right after the conference, so visit our page and hit that Follow button to hear from the winner, and maybe even keep up to date with everything we’re up to!

Now let’s listen to our first finalist!

Keynote #1 Intro

(Braylon Oliver)

Remember, this and our two other finalists’ songs are in the app so you can listen to them again before voting, so make sure to refresh your homescreen to see them as well as other key highlights from today. Excited to find out who the winner’s going to be!

Now, I’m pumped to be able to introduce today’s first keynote speaker. Hailing from Miami, FL, she’s had an incredible journey of faith, not just in leading VOUS church alongside her husband, but in her personal life as well. A singer, songwriter, and speaker, Pastor DawnChere brings her infectious joy and zeal to everything she does, so make sure you get that app open to jot some notes down as she talks with us about finding what you value by looking at what you celebrate.

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LCCE #2

(Erin Retka)

In just a few seconds we’re going to listen to the next finalist from our Lyric and Chord Chart Editor song competition, but before we do, I just wanted to say thank you to CCLI and Loop Community for sponsoring the competition. The winner (which, don’t forget, you’re helping us choose!), will get a single-song publishing deal from Loop Community, to professionally record and release their song on Spotify and Apple Music. CCLI will also work with them to get their song listed on SongSelect, and professionally film a music video of them performing an acoustic version of their song. Plus we’ll be throwing in up to $1,000 in travel vouchers to help them cover travel expenses to and from CCLI’s headquarters in Vancouver, WA.

Now, sit back and have a listen to our second finalist!

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Keynote #2 Intro

(Kim Almacen)

Hi everyone, I’m Kim, a Customer Support Agent at Pushpay. We wanted to take a quick second to say thank you if you’ve allowed us to partner with you at any point over the years. We truly appreciate the opportunity to serve you and your ministry. We know that this past year has been a crazy one, and we hope that the content you hear today is going to really set you up to make a huge impact on your community moving forward.

If you haven’t yet, we just wanted to encourage you to make a donation to Convoy of Hope. They’re a great cause doing fantastic work both in the States and internationally, and remember, Pushpay will be matching total donations up to the first $5,000, so let’s show them our support.

We also wanted to take a minute to thank our sponsor, Checkr. If you don’t know, Checkr is a solution designed to help you remove the friction of doing background checks to ensure that your ministry is in safe hands. A huge thankyou for helping us get this conference up and running! You can connect with all of our sponsors through the Market Place in the Church Disrupt app, so make sure you check that out.

Our next speaker is an acclaimed Gospel musician, having released five albums and been nominated for multiple Grammy and Stellar Awards. He and his wife have been leading Forward City Church since 2015 with a mission to engage and redefine culture for God. Let’s give a virtual hand to Pastor Travis Greene.

<Travis Greene>

Session 1 Outro

(Kim Almacen)

Thank you to both DawnChere and Travis, we truly appreciate you taking the time out to share with us today. We’ll be sharing all keynotes and breakouts on the app at the end of the conference, so make sure you’ve downloaded it and created your profile. The app really showcases how interactive you can make your own services, with push notifications, interactive polls and so much more - this is a really great chance to see for yourself what your congregation experiences with your church app.

We just wanted to quickly thank Full Method for sponsoring Church Disrupt. Full Method is a data and people management suite that helps churches and non-profits reduce their administrative tasks to increase focus on their people and mission. You can connect with all of our sponsors through the Market Place in the Church Disrupt app, so make sure you check that out.

We’ll be heading into the breakouts shortly, so make sure you choose which one you want to attend, and click on the breakout session below to open a new tab.

If you’re in a watch party and want to watch a different breakout to the others, now’s the time to find somewhere quiet to watch, or grab some headphones - just make sure you register for Church Disrupt if you haven’t already. We’re going to head into a short break, we’ll see you all again in a couple of minutes at your breakout!