Church Tech Today shares "Why AI Doesn't Have to Repeat Social Media's Mistakes" (3-minute read), exploring what social media's documented harm to youth wellbeing means for how churches should approach AI. Author Eric Swanson draws the key distinction: social media maximizes passive consumption; AI can be goal-directed — helping users finish a task and then stop. The article offers seven design principles, from requiring a stated session purpose upfront to escalating distress to real humans, as a practical checklist for church leaders guiding healthy AI adoption..

Brady Shearer/Pro Church Tools shares "The Church Communications Masterclass" (28-minute watch), showcasing a seven-building-block framework for eliminating church communications chaos. Brady Shearer opens with a scenario every leader has lived: someone walks up after six weeks of announcements and says, "I didn't even know that was happening." The framework covers priority levels, publish policies, promotions playbooks, a weekly bulletin system, and a central hub — with free PDF downloads and a Church Chaos Score quiz linked in the video description.

ICYMI: Worship Leader Magazine shares "CCLI Launches Rehearse: A New Worship Practice Tool for Confident Teams" (4-minute read), exploring CCLI's new all-in-one rehearsal platform for worship teams. Musicians get isolated Up Mixes to focus on their own part, Down Mixes to hear the full arrangement, and looping for tricky sections — all inside SongSelect, WorshipTools, and Loop Community. Supports all twelve keys. Church-size pricing with no per-seat limits. "Confidence isn't accidental. It's prepared." — UNITED Worship Director Dylan Thomas. Editor's note: This article is sponsored content published by Worship Leader Magazine on behalf of CCLI.

Church Tech Today shares "The Video Editor Your Church Team Doesn't Know About Yet" (5-minute read), introducing Descript — an AI-powered video editor that lets church teams edit video the way they'd edit a document. Delete a line from the transcript and it vanishes from the video. The built-in Underlord AI chatbot handles the rest: removing filler words, pulling sermon clips for social, and cleaning up audio. Free plan available.

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