The clip has to stand alone
A sermon builds over half an hour or more; a clip has seconds. The edit looks for passages that make sense without the build-up and trims the lead-in, so someone who never attended still understands the point.
Churches / Ministries / Media teams
Sunday's sermon, turned into clips for the whole week.
Share the service recording. Esteban picks, with your team, the moments that make sense on their own and edits them into captioned vertical clips in Spanish, English or both.
Based in Fort Lauderdale, working across Miami-Dade and Broward. Remote editing: from $100 per video. On-location filming is a paid add-on scoped per project; the Local Presence package is from $800 per production day.
What a sermon clip needs from the edit.
Captions for silent scrolling
Most clips are watched without sound. Burned-in captions in Spanish or English, with Bible references written out correctly, make the message readable on a phone in a waiting room or on a bus.
Respect for the room
Worship moments and congregation shots involve people who did not agree to be on social media. The edit favours the pulpit and the stage, and leaves out identifiable members, especially children, unless the church has permission.
How does a sermon become a week of clips?Choosing the moments, and a weekly rhythm a media team can keep.
Which parts of a sermon work as clips?
Passages with a beginning and an end inside the same minute: a single clear statement of the main point, a short story that illustrates it, the explanation of one verse, a practical application the listener can act on that week, or a question the pastor asks the room. Moments that depend on something said much earlier usually do not work alone, and neither do announcements, which go out of date.
A good habit is for the pastor or a media volunteer to note a few moments right after the service, with the approximate time in the recording, while they are fresh. The edit starts from those notes, adds a title card with the theme and the reference, and keeps the pastor's words intact rather than rearranging them into something that was never said.
What weekly rhythm can a church media team actually keep?
One that starts with the Sunday recording and ends with clips scheduled through the week. The recording is shared once the service ends, the selection is agreed with the pastor, and the finished clips are spread across the following days, with the strongest one first. A clip in the middle of the week reminds people of the message, and the last one can point to the next service or an event.
Spanish and English clips can alternate when the church holds services in both languages. The Growth plan holds that calendar and a monthly report, and the content repurposing service applies the same method to any long recording, such as a conference, a retreat or a podcast.
Before you send footage
Questions before a church sends a recording.
What recording does a church need to send?
The highest-quality file you have: the original camera or livestream recording, not a copy downloaded from social media, with the sermon audio taken from the soundboard if possible. Add the date, the sermon title and the passages or timestamps the pastor wants considered. If several services are recorded, say which one is the main version, so the clips come from the clearest take.
Can the clips include worship music?
Only if the church has the rights to use it on social platforms. Songs performed in a service are often under copyright, and licences for streaming or reposting are the church's to hold and confirm. When that is not clear, the clips focus on the spoken message, which avoids most music claims and keeps the attention on the sermon.
How much does sermon clip editing cost?
Remote editing starts with the Starter package, from $100 per video, and a church that wants a weekly rhythm with a content calendar can look at the Growth plan, from $640 per month. Filming a service or an event on site is a paid add-on scoped per project. A written quote sets the number of clips and the scope.
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Send the project in one useful message.
Start with the service, goal, assets, deadline, and where the work will be published. That gives Esteban enough context to answer with a useful next step instead of a long back-and-forth.
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Hi Esteban, I need help with sermon clips for our church. Goal: share Sunday's message through the week. I have the service recording, the sermon title and the moments the pastor chose. Can you quote this?
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