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Jump on this feature for 2026!

Churches can now livestream both horizontal and vertical at the same time, and this is a huge win for reach, accessibility, and consistency.

Why this matters…

Your online audience isn’t all watching the same way. Some are on TVs. The Majority are on phones. Some discover your church through vertical feeds first.

This feature lets your service meet people where they already are, without running two separate streams.

Here’s how to set it up:

• Go to YouTube Studio (Dashboard)
• Click Create → Go Live
• Enter the Live Control Room
• Turn on Dual Share
• YouTube will automatically generate a vertical livestream feed
• Connect your encoder (OBS, ATEM, RESI, etc.)
• Go live like normal

No separate stream key.
No second chat to manage.
Just a better distribution.

This is exactly the kind of update churches miss when they’re not staying trained and up to date.

Inside Church Launch University, we break down new platform changes, workflows, and Sunday systems so your team stays ahead, not behind.

If you want to stay trained and current, comment the word “Training” to join the University or for a one time training session. Simple ⚡️ by @churchlaunch

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Comment NOTES for the access link ⚡️

If you are only posting video recaps of your Sunday message, you are missing out on a massive opportunity.

Text-based carousels are one of the highest-converting formats on social media right now. Your audience wants clear, punchy takeaways they can actually read, save, and apply to their week.

That is exactly why we just introduced the new Sermon Notes Canva template inside Church Launch University.

This 7-slide pack gives you everything you need to build a complete recap in minutes. You get a bold cover slide with a custom cutout space for your pastor, clean scripture layouts, high-impact anchor points so powerful statements do not get lost, and practical application pages.

The entire pack is fully customizable in Canva, meaning you can drop in your own text and match your church’s branding without any design hassle.

Comment NOTES below and we will send you the direct link to unlock this template, plus access to over 50 premium media trainings for your entire team ⚡️ by @churchlaunch

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Add this to your church👇🏻

Earlier last year we visited @mercyculture church and noticed this motion graphic countdown…

The countdown highlighted:
- the time (most important)
- community photos (church highlights)
- color graphics

This brought a dynamic feel to service 🔥

Comment “template” for the link.

We created a countdown and now you can use it for your church! by @churchlaunch

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9 months ago

Make your stream look cinematic 👇🏻

That soft, blurred background you see on professional broadcasts comes down to how you set your camera’s aperture (or f-stop).

If your feed looks flat and sterile, here is how to dial in your lens aperture for a cinematic look without spending a fortune on gear: 👇

1. Your camera’s aperture controls how wide the lens opens. Lower f-stop numbers open the lens wider, pulling in more light and creating a soft background blur (bokeh) that isolates your subject.

2. Look for f/2.8 over standard f/4.0. Standard kit lenses usually cap out around f/4.0, which keeps almost everything in sharp focus and leaves your stream looking flat. To get that blurred background effect, you need glass that reaches at least f/2.8.

3. Dial in the f/2.8 to f/4 sweet spot. Setting your lens between f/2.8 and f/4 gives you the perfect balance: pin-sharp focus on the speaker with enough depth of field to keep them sharp, while softly blurring away stage clutter behind them.

Mastering your glass settings gets you a high-end broadcast look without buying overpriced equipment.

Save this post to reference during your next camera exposure calibration⚡️ by @churchlaunch

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Your team should be arriving 2 hours before service 👇🏻

When your team arrives right before the opening song, there is zero time to catch signal drops, fix bad framing, or test audio levels.

That is why we recommend a mandatory 2-hour call time before service starts.

Here is the exact pre-flight routine your team should execute during those 2 hours:

1. Camera prep: Mount camera bodies, lock down fluid drag tension, turn on Rule of Thirds grids, and lock manual white balance and exposure across every lens so colors match on stage.

2. Cable management: Inspect long SDI cable runs, verify micro-converter power connections, clear floor clutter on camera risers, and make sure every dummy battery is plugged into wall power.

3. Stream health: Run a 10-minute private test stream inside OBS or ATEM. Check for dropped frames, verify bitrate stability, check lower-third lyrics, and make sure broadcast audio meters are hitting clear -12dB peaks without clipping.

Save this post to share with your media team during your next tech meeting.

We offer personalized 1-on-1 consultations to audit your setup, train your volunteers, and streamline your entire media workflow.

Comment Next Step or click the link in our bio to book a consultation call with our team ⚡️ by @churchlaunch

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7 days ago

Fix your livestream audio 👇🏻

We’ve seen most churches use their house board audio for their livestream and it doesn’t work…

Why?

Because you’re forcing a room mix onto a smartphone or TV speaker. It wasn’t mixed for that!

When you send a raw house feed to a phone:
❌ Vocals drown in low-end mud
❌ Drums sound paper-thin
❌ The room feels completely dead and isolated

Your livestream needs its own dedicated, independent broadcast mix.

1. Separate Your Stream Feed: Send your board channels to a dedicated Aux Bus or Matrix Output so you can balance levels specifically for mobile drivers.

2. Roll Off the Mud: Apply High-Pass Filters (HPF) on speech and vocal channels between 80–100Hz to clean up low-end rumble.

3. Add Room Mics (our secret): Blend 10–15% of dedicated ambient/crowd mics into your stream feed so the online congregation feels the room atmosphere.

Want to learn from us?

We cover complete broadcast audio mixing, routing and EQing inside Church Launch University 🎓

⚡️ Comment “AUDIO” below and we’ll instantly slide the audio training link straight into your DMs! by @churchlaunch

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Fix those flicker lines 👇🏻

Have you ever pointed your camera at the stage screen and it immediately starts flickering?

It’s not a broken camera or a bad LED wall but it’s most likely your shutter speed.

Don’t worry here’s how to fix it:

1. The 180-Degree Rule: Always lock your shutter speed at double your frame rate. (Shooting 24fps? Your shutter is 1/50. Shooting 30fps? Your shutter is 1/60).

2. Don’t Use Shutter for Exposure: If the stage is too dark or too bright, adjust your ISO, aperture, or lighting. Never touch your shutter speed to fix brightness!

3. Kill the Flicker: If you follow the 180-degree rule and still see rolling black bands on your screens, your camera is clashing with the screen’s refresh rate.

If none of that worked, just raise or lower your shutter speed a few points until the lines completely disappear 🫠

Save if this helped ⚡️ by @churchlaunch

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12 days ago

Switch better with these tips 👇🏻

If your livestream feels slow or sometimes boring, it could be your camera cuts or video directing.

Video switching is storytelling.

If your cuts don’t match the energy in the sanctuary, you pull your online audience completely out of the worship moment.

Use these steps shown in video:

1. Cut on the Downbeat
Match the tempo and rhythm of the room. Time your camera cuts to land directly on the musical downbeat or dynamic song transitions.

2. The 30-Second Limit
Don’t trap your viewers on a single camera angle for more than 30 seconds. Even the best teaching shot begins to feel static and disengaging after 30 seconds.

3. Compose your camera shots
Every camera shot must serve a specific purpose. Ensure your operators are framing shots that match the atmospheric weight of the room.

SAVE THIS POST before your next call time ⚡️ by @churchlaunch

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Do this to fix your stream audio 👇🏻

If your church’s livestream audio sounds thin, distant, or completely muddy, it’s usually not a mixing problem but a routing problem.

Most churches route their main house mix directly into their video switcher or stream encoder, expecting it to automatically sound great online. But a mix built for massive PA speakers will never translate to tiny phone or TV speakers.

When you send that raw line feed straight to a smartphone screen, your vocals drown in room mud, the drums sound flat, and the room feels completely dead.

If you want to learn how we mix for our stream…

⚡️ Comment “AUDIO” below and we’ll send you the audio training link straight into your DMs! by @churchlaunch

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Live video directing for church 🎥

This was our midweek worship concert at @harvestfields a few weeks ago and our role was video directing/switcher.

Some rules I follow when video directing:

1. Ensure all cameras are properly exposed and composed
2. Communicate to operators clearly and effectively
3. Don’t over switch, but switch intentionally

Question! (leave your answer in the comments)
What are some tips you use for directing? 👇🏻 by @churchlaunch

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25 days ago

Comment TRIPOD for the link ⚡️

Good news! You don’t have to spend $500+ on camera tripods when a $99 setup can give you the exact same broadcast results.

We just picked up a game changing tripod for our church cameras that completely fixes Sunday camera movement without killing our budget.

Here’s some perks:

1. True Fluid Drag Friction: Cranking up the resistance forces operators to use smooth, organic muscle movements instead of micro-twitches. No more shaky pans.

2. Heavy-Duty Stability: Built with thick aluminum legs so you don’t have to worry about your feed shaking or tipping on the camera riser.

3. 79” Max Height (6.5ft): Easily shoots right over the heads of a standing congregation during worship or altar calls without getting your shot blocked.

✅ Tripod Model 👇🏻
NEEWER 79” Heavy Duty Aluminum Video Tripod

WANT THE DIRECT LINK?

⚡️ Comment TRIPOD below and we’ll slide the direct Amazon link straight into your DMs!

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Get these updates for under $100 👇🏻

Stop dropping $2,000 on new camera bodies when a $50 hardware bottleneck is what’s actually ruining your live stream.

Most churches think improving their broadcast requires expensive camera upgrades.

But if your basic hardware infrastructure is unstable, even a high-end cinema camera will look amateur, flicker, or crash online.

Here are 3 game-changing gear upgrades under $100 that will instantly stabilize your Sunday stream:

1. AC Power / Dummy Batteries ($35)
A wall-powered coupler adapter guarantees your camera won’t die mid-sermon, during worship, or during an extended invitation call.

2. Bi-Directional Micro Converters ($75)
Converting to SDI right at the camera body gives you locking BNC connectors and signal-shielded runs up to 300ft with zero signal loss.

3. Heavy-Duty Fluid Drag Tripod Heads ($49)
You don’t need a $3,000 pedestal rig to get smooth shots. Adding proper fluid drag resistance forces your volunteer operators to use smooth, organic movements instead of jerky micro-twitches.

If this helped save this post and follow @churchlaunch for more Sunday Media Training ⚡️ by @churchlaunch

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