Pastor Audio Recordings give pastors the opportunity to record a short audio message that is featured on their parish's Hallow community page for our Growth and Expansion partners.

This is a powerful way to welcome parishioners to Hallow, encourage participation in prayer challenges, promote parish initiatives, or share a personal message in a familiar and trusted voice.

Pastor Audio Recordings can support a variety of parish initiatives, including:

Tip: Audio messages tend to perform best when they are personal, concise, and focused on one specific invitation or initiative.

Record a message that is approximately 2–4 minutes long using a smartphone, computer, or recording device.

You may:

Send your recording to your Hallow Parish Lead.

Important: Please submit your recording at least 4 weeks before your desired launch date to allow time for editing, review, and scheduling.

Our team will:

Once the recording is available, you can add it to your featured content section through the Hallow Admin Dashboard.

For the best audio quality:

Pro tip: A quiet office or meeting room often produces better results than a large church sanctuary.

Please submit your recording at least 4 weeks before you would like it to go live.

This allows time for:

Pastor Audio Recordings should be between 2 and 4 minutes long.

Shorter recordings tend to have higher engagement and are more likely to be listened to in full.

Pastor Audio Recordings are typically featured on the parish page for 7 days. This gives parishioners an opportunity to discover and listen to the message while it is relevant to the associated initiative or campaign.

Please submit your recording as an MP4 file whenever possible.

Note: Most smartphones automatically save recordings in a compatible format. If your device creates a different file type, your Parish Lead can help determine whether it can be accepted.

Many smartphones automatically save recordings as video files, even when only audio is being captured. MP4 files are easy for our team to process and edit, making them the preferred format for submission.

Please send your recording directly to your Hallow Parish Lead. Your Parish Lead will review the request and coordinate with the appropriate internal teams for editing and upload.

Yes. You can find some sample scripts in the Google Drive folder. Your Parish Lead can also provide recommendations based on the purpose of your recording, whether you're welcoming parishioners, promoting a prayer challenge, supporting a giving campaign, or sharing a seasonal message.

The number of Pastor Audio Recordings included each year depends on your partnership level.

Growth Partnerships include 1 Pastor Audio Recording per year.

Expansion Partnerships include 2 Pastor Audio Recordings per year.

Tip: We recommend using your recordings strategically to support key parish initiatives, such as Advent and Lent prayer challenges, giving campaigns, parish missions, or major liturgical celebrations.

Yes. Parishes may submit a recording with multiple voices but we recommend recording your pastor only.

Yes. We encourage parishes to plan ahead, especially for major liturgical seasons, giving campaigns, and parish-wide initiatives.

Tip: The earlier you submit your recording, the easier it is to coordinate the launch date with your broader parish communications and events calendar.

Absolutely. Pastor Audio Recordings are especially effective during liturgical seasons such as Advent and Lent, when parishioners are actively seeking ways to deepen their prayer lives.

Many parishes use these recordings to:

No. Pastor Audio Recordings are separate from prayer challenges and do not use any of your parish's challenge credits.

Our audio team can often reduce background noise and make minor improvements to recordings.

However, audio recorded in noisy environments or with significant quality issues may have limitations that cannot be fully corrected during editing.

Important: For the best results, we recommend recording in a quiet environment using a smartphone or dedicated recording device.

Pastor Audio Recordings require review, editing, and upload before they can be published.

Important: Please allow at least 4 weeks between submitting your recording and your desired launch date.

Parishioners can access the recording from your parish's Hallow community page when it is featured by a parish administrator.