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Festival of Congregational Renewal

Oct 11, 2014

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Festival of Congregational Renewal

Oct 11, 2014

Social media for

churches

Go & make disciples:

Festival of Congregational Renewal

Oct 11, 2014

Social media for

churches

Go & make disciples:

Three Conceptual Barriers

to Social Media Success

• isn’t real, therefore nothing generated with or from it-- is authentic

– “We aren’t a virtual church,”

• undermines church (the-building), therefore cannot be used to inspire attendance or participation;

– “Why would anyone come to church?”

• or should be considered a nonessential luxury because it takes too much time to learn and use.

– “Just a dream, we have to make do with what we have!”• Gould, Meredith (2013-07-09). The Social Media Gospel (Kindle Locations 240-241). The Liturgical Press. Kindle Edition

Stumbling Block

WHERE TO START?

"All this technology is

making us antisocial"

From This Point.

We Believe:

• Social media tools can be used to manage and monitor public perception of your congregation’s mission

• Social Media can enhance and create caring, Christian relationship.

We Intend Today:

• To lay a foundation of Discipleship through social media.

• To understand the “WHY” before we try to develop the “HOW”

• To identify our ‘next step’ of action.

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OUR GOAL

• To Develop a purposeful Social Media Ministry rooted in

discipleship.

• Today is not to learn the Nuts and Bolts, but to understand the

BLUEPRINTS—to see how the nuts and bolts work together.

Let’s Tweet Each Other

:WHY ARE YOU HERE?

AN example:

Social Network As PRESENCE

• We use mediums/media (technology) to extend presence.

• For your Social Media to be an effective aid in your ministry, it must be authentic, and present.

Saint Paul/Telegraph

• Saint Paul Church at Corinth:

Guttenberg Press/Broadcast

Church/Social Media

CONNECTEDNESS is KEY

What model did we use to get here?

How can we use Technology

• To build God’s Kingdom on Earth?

• To make disciples of all nations?

• To build and strengthen relationships within the

church/community?

Christ has no online presence but yours,No blog, no Facebook page but yours,

Yours are the tweets through which love touches this world, Yours are the posts through which the Gospel is shared, Yours are the updates through which hope is revealed. Christ has no online presence but yours,No blog, no Facebook page but yours.

Gould, Meredith (2013-07-09). The Social Media Gospel (Kindle Locations 290-296). The Liturgical Press.

How can we use Technology

• To build God’s Kingdom on Earth?

• To make disciples of all nations?

• To build and strengthen relationships within the

church/community?

• We start with a website as example.

Online Digital as

a medium for . . .

WEB 1.0 Broadcast with Static, Read-only content(e.g. websites, e-newsletters)

Online Digital as

a medium for . . .

Web 2.0 Interaction and engagement with use-generated content (e.g., social networking tools)

Online Digital as

a medium for . . .

Web. 3.0 portable personalized content and search functions (e.g. smartphone aps, mobile websites

Where are you?

WEB 1.0 Broadcast with Static, Read-only content(e.g. websites, e-newsletters)

Web 2.0 Interaction and engagement with use-generated content (e.g., social networking tools)

Web. 3.0 portable personalized content and search functions (e.g. smartphone aps, mobile websites

Move and Discuss:

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WEB 1.0 Broadcast with Static, Read-only content(e.g. websites, e-newsletters)

Web 2.0 Interaction and engagement with use-generated content (e.g., social networking tools)

Web. 3.0 portable personalized content and search functions (e.g. smartphone aps, mobile websites

• BROADCAST EVERYTHING Web. 1.0 !!!

• More Integrated Web 2.0.

How can we use Technology

• To build God’s Kingdom on Earth?

• To make disciples of all nations?

• To build and strengthen relationships within the

church/community?

Adapting to technology does not mean you change the message

to fit the culture. The Word of God stands and does not need to be

spiced up or watered down to fit the taste buds of any culture or

generation. The Word is alive and active as it was when God

spoke it into existence.

The only thing that must change is your mind-set about how you

must relate it to the culture around you.

- The Social Media Gospel Meredith Gould

• The underlying power in social media is not

the technology. It’s the power that comes

from human beings connecting from all

around the globe.

• ‘Media that is social. Social Media is an ongoing conversation on the internet, with new conversations beginning every time someone makes a new post. People share content (status updates, video uploads, photos and so on) and the social interaction begins.

• When you post a video, article, church event, or any type of content on a social network, you are initiating a conversation. People then Like, Comment, Share or ignore the post. This interactive element completely changes the game when it comes to church communication.’

What to post?

Your presence on Social

Media should be the same as

your presence on earth – a

direct outpouring of a life of

worship, faith, and love of the

One who gives you life

How should I post?

Cloud Culture: Walking the

Walk & Typing the Talk:

Christian Living in the Social

Media World –Chuck Giacinto, Bryce Conlan

RESOURCES

• #chsocm tweetchat

• Founder

RESOURCES

• Click 2 Save: The Digital Ministry Bible [Kindle Edition]

• Elizabeth Drescher (Author), Keith Anderson (Author)

• The Social Church: A Theology of Digital Communication [Kindle Edition]

• Justin Wise (Author)

• Rewired: How Using Today's Technology Can Bring You Back to Deeper Relationships, Real Conversations, and the Age-Old Methods of Sharing God's Love [Kindle Edition]

• Brandon Cox (Author)

• www.slideshare.net

• #chsocm

• Lunch Time: Meetup.

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