TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• Natchi Lazarus: Anthropic, Google Cloud, Perplexity AI and YouTube news.

• Hootsuite: Social media trends 2025.

• Nonprofit Tech for Good: Print-on-Demand merchandise.

• Churchfront: Addressing wireless microphone drop outs.

Connected Church News

Natchi Lazarus shares “Connected Church News // Perplexity AI, Claude, Google, Instagram, YouTube…” (7-minute watch), highlighting new Instagram features like collage-style stories and customizable nicknames for DMs. The video also highlights AI enhancements from Anthropic, Google Cloud, and Perplexity AI, and YouTube’s rollout of a 3-minute limit for Shorts and tips for optimizing content for connected TV’s (leveraging over 1 billion daily watch hours).

Social Media Trends 2025

Hootsuite shares “Social Media Trends 2025: Embracing Social Media Agility” (90-minute watch consisting of a 30-minute keynote and 60-minute deep-dive), highlighting how to use the latest trends and insights in social listening, generative AI, and content experimentation to build agility into your social strategy for 2025. Registration required.

Print-on-Demand Merchandise

Nonprofit Tech for Good shares “Boost Your Nonprofit Fundraising with Print-on-Demand Merchandise” (3-minute read) highlighting how Churches can utilize print-on-demand services to offer custom products like apparel, mugs, and bags without inventory risks. Print-on-demand eliminates production, shipping, and storage challenges. Churches should balance this modern approach with Biblical principles, avoiding the commercialization of ministry (John 2:13-17, where Jesus cleanses the temple of merchants prioritizing profit over purpose).

Experiencing Wireless Microphone Drop Outs?

Finally, Churchfront shares “How to Stop Wireless Audio Drop Outs || RF Wireless 101…” (21-minute watch), addressing common wireless microphone issues such as dropouts and interference during services. The video starts with background information including legal and regulatory considerations, and progresses to tips on selecting, installing and operating compliant equipment.

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