Hey, Zach Brown here with Church Media Training,

and today I want to talk about what we use at our church for a checklist and resources for our media team.

If you're like us, you might share a similar experience where our media team at our church has actually grown a lot in the last year, and now each team member has a lot of tasks to perform before and during each service. To ensure that things don't start falling through the cracks each and every week, we've developed a system to help us stay on top of every moving piece during the service.

We also wanted a place for our team members to go for quick and helpful resources related to each job that they're doing, now there's a lot of different ways to approach this, but this is just what we've landed on.


We've decided to use a project management and note-taking app called Notion.

Also, just a little side note, if you haven't heard of Notion, you should seriously check it out, it's awesome.

I've used it pretty much every...

Let's not waste any time. If you want a video explaining step-by-step how to upgrade your mac mini, you can watch the video here:

We're upgrading a used Mac mini from 2012. We are upgrading the RAM and the SSD. And I'm going to show you step-by-step how to do just that. So let's get started.


This is everything that you need.

• Mac Mini (can probably find this cheaper on ebay): https://amzn.to/3iTExWu
• SSD: https://amzn.to/34fBBPI
• RAM: https://amzn.to/328Udy6
• Install Kit (Lower Drive Bay): https://amzn.to/2YfBHTD

You obviously need a Mac mini. You need the new hard drive, the couple of sticks of RAM, and then also a little toolkit with a few tools to be able to unscrew some things and open some things up. 

 All right. Today, I want to talk about budget editing computers, and more specifically, I want to take a look at what I think might be the best budget-friendly editing computer available.

And that's a used 2012 Mac Mini.

So what's the reasoning for getting a used 2012 Mac Mini? Well, there are a couple of reasons.

First off, it is the oldest Mac Mini that you can buy that you can still upgrade all the way up to Catalina. And with this being a Mac Mini, I can still go in and swap out some internal components, which I need to do in order to make this a usable machine for me, and it's what needs to be done in order to make this a usable editing machine.


So the first thing I did was take the old HDD storage in the Mac Mini and switch it out for an SSD. This increases the read and write speed on the drive in the Mac Mini so that when you're editing, the files can be accessed quickly.

I also upgraded the Ram in the Mac Mini and I took it from four gigs to 16 gigs. This...

Hey everyone,

Zach here!

Today I want to talk about the Black Magic Design ATEM Television Studio HD..

Man, that’s a mouthful. 

A lot of what I’ll be talking about in this video actually covers topics that most people haven’t mentioned when talking about this switcher. Now I assume that the main reason being is that their audiences may be more familiar with streaming in general so they don’t have to go into as much detail. But as a church just getting into live streaming, there are some key points missing that I think are worth discussing so you have all the facts and can make the best decision for your church.

Also, if you stick around to the end of the article, I’ll end with giving some pros and cons to this switcher as well as suggestions for alternatives that may be worth looking into.

With that being said, let’s dive in.

Everything You Need in Order to Use the Switcher

First off I want to go over EVERYTHING...