june 9th class 3
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The Church Website
Who is / should be the target?
What are the most important features?
What would you want to see in the 1st 5 seconds?
How would you describe GPC in a word? In a
sentence? With a picture?
That is thinking social media-ly
Blogs (and Podcasts)
What do you want to read? Local? Global?
Theological? Faith & Culture?
What can blogs do for the church?
What would you want to write?
Interviews? Who?
Topics? Curation? Lists? How To‟s?
Spontaneous and planned prayer times
Spontaneous polls that make a difference
Mission blogs
Video communication
Brand marketing / Post publicity
# hashtag – a way to catalogue tweets
#conferences
#encouragement
#live sermon tweets
#church/class publicity
YouTube (don‟t forget vimeo.com)
1 Minute Bible Lesson // Faith Lesson
Weekly update for church, committees, other
New brand of outreach, invitation, publicity
Share interesting theological, inspirational vids
Keep a video journal of spiritual journey, missions, life, etc…
Google+
Stay connected facebook style
Have live discussion via „Hangouts‟
Yelp!
Increase popularity of church, class or service
by leaving a review and asking others to do the
same.
foursquare
Check in when at church or bible study or youth
group…publicize to facebook and twitter
automatically
Share your faith life through pictures
Create a themed photo journal that invites
people to return for updates
Take 101 pictures of the church that look like art
Take pictures around the church that create an
alphabet in photos
Create themed boards and host shares
Check out what matters to others and leave a
comment or re-pin
Online Integrity In A Tweet
The Digital Sabbath
John O‟Keefe - ignatianlife.org
“Before I left, I turned off all my email and vowed not to check it for 7 days, even though my retreat was only 3 days. The retreat place had almost no cell service, so I was unplugged there is well. It actually felt fantastic to disconnect. I am one of those people who is perpetually plugged in, almost obsessive about checking my email when I see the little numbers ticking up on the inbox icon on my iPhone. Not this week. I walked into the retreat center and started a technology fast along with this long-delayed encounter with silence”
The Digital Sabbath
John O‟Keefe - ignatianlife.org
“I have to say, it was fantastic for me. I pray
regularly, so I do make space for silence in my
daily life, but there is no substitute for serious
silence and for time dedicated to prayer. A retreat
is time for focused discernment and for clearing a
space for the spirit of God to work it‟s way to the
forefront of our attention. For this we need time,
we need rest, and we need silence....”
The Digital Sabbath
John O‟Keefe - ignatianlife.org
“I never did turn back on the automatic fetch
feature on my iPhone. One of the fruits of silence
was the clear message that I don‟t need to be
controlled by the tyrannical upticks of email counts
on my mobile devices. God is good.”
Via www.contemplativecomputing.org
sabbathmanifesto.org
Avoid technology
Connect With Loved Ones
Nurture Your Health
Get Outside
Avoid Commerce
sabbathmanifesto.org
Light Candles
Drink Wine
Eat Bread
Find Silence
Give Back
