Automated publishing of sermons to website and social media

Purpose

1.1 Automate the publishing of sermons on the church website and synchronize distribution to all major social media channels.
1.2 Include video, audio, and transcript formats for accessibility.
1.3 Timestamp and categorize each sermon by date, preacher, and series or occasion.
1.4 Ensure posts are scheduled for consistent release in line with service dates or online broadcast plans.
1.5 Apply tagging and cross-linking to relevant sermon series and events.
1.6 Send notifications to parishioners and interested followers.

Trigger Conditions

2.1 New sermon file (audio/video) uploaded to church media drive or content management system.
2.2 Scheduled date/time for online service or sermon broadcast.
2.3 Manual trigger after sermon editing/approval marked “complete.”
2.4 RSS feed update from recording platform.

Platform Variants

3.1 WordPress
• Feature/Setting: REST API – Posts endpoint; auto-create new sermon post, assign category, schedule for publication.

3.2 YouTube
• Feature/Setting: YouTube Data API – Videos:insert; upload sermon video, set title, description, tags, and playlist.

3.3 Facebook Pages
• Feature/Setting: Graph API – /page-id/videos or /page-id/feed; publish video or post with caption, schedule/time post.

3.4 Twitter (X)
• Feature/Setting: POST statuses/update (v2 API); send post with sermon link and hashtags.

3.5 Instagram
• Feature/Setting: Instagram Graph API – /media & /media_publish; publish image/video snippet with caption.

3.6 LinkedIn
• Feature/Setting: Share API (UGC Posts); auto-post sermon summary and link.

3.7 Vimeo
• Feature/Setting: /me/videos endpoint; upload sermon video and set privacy, tags, and description.

3.8 Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: /campaigns endpoint; trigger newsletter creation/publishing with sermon highlights.

3.9 Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: /files/upload_create; source new media files for triggers.

3.10 Google Drive
• Feature/Setting: Drive API – Files:watch; detect new uploads for processing.

3.11 Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks/Triggers; connect unintegrated systems to main automation flow.

3.12 OneDrive
• Feature/Setting: /drive/root:/sermons:/children; monitor for new sermon files.

3.13 SoundCloud
• Feature/Setting: POST /tracks API; upload sermon audio for podcasting.

3.14 Transistor.fm
• Feature/Setting: POST /api/v1/episodes; auto-create podcast episode from recording.

3.15 Squarespace
• Feature/Setting: Content Management API – createPage, createPost.

3.16 Slack
• Feature/Setting: chat.postMessage; notify team of published sermon.

3.17 Discord
• Feature/Setting: POST /api/webhooks/{webhook.id}/{webhook.token}; announce new sermon to community.

3.18 Buffer
• Feature/Setting: POST /updates/create; schedule cross-platform posts.

3.19 Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Events:insert; add sermon release to public parish calendar.

3.20 Trello
• Feature/Setting: POST /cards; track sermon media workflow.

3.21 Airtable
• Feature/Setting: POST /v0/{baseId}/{tableName}; log each sermon publication event.

3.22 Notion
• Feature/Setting: POST /v1/pages; create new database entry for sermon archive tracking.

Benefits

4.1 Standardized and timely sermon publication with minimal manual intervention.
4.2 Rapid multi-channel exposure increases outreach and engagement.
4.3 Reduces redundancy, data entry, and risk of omissions or delays.
4.4 Enables analytics and feedback on post engagement and reach.
4.5 Improves accessibility by serving different media preferences and ensuring up-to-date content across platforms.