Comments on: Does Your Church Use New Media?

By: Paul Mahony

Paul Mahony — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:54:17 +0000

No. Not at the moment but we have plans near future to provide live telecast of activities on computers for older people and take advantage of current technology in this manner.. Nice post, thanks.

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By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:50:09 +0000

Connie thanks for having me. I agree not all churches are ready for social media. Also the church I visited that used Twitter didn’t put up live feeds. They used led video walls to show screen shots of Tweets made earlier in the week by different parishioners, and then spoke about them. So that way the feeds were already filtered, because yes a live feed could be dangerous.

By: K.P. Yohannan

K.P. Yohannan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:10:51 +0000

No. for our church as only little members for thay come intensionally and not by media calls. But I think there are some though. Taking advantage of the current technology.

By: Connie Reece

Connie Reece — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:08:29 +0000

Hi, Marie. As much as I advocate for social media, I’m not sure I’d post a livestream of tweets on the wall during service — I’d be afraid some idiot might chime in with some un-family-friendly language. But maybe they use a filter, where only the tweets of certain people are displayed. That I could endorse.

Few churches are ready for social media during the worship service, but there is so much they can do. I think it’s especially effective in extending the community during the week–keeping people in touch with each other and in touch with the church leadership.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:52:48 +0000

I too am Catholic and am finding we aren’t as media friendly as many other church communities. I have attended other churches with friends and am always impressed with how involved their pastor and parishioners are. One of my friends pastor sends a Tweet out after each service and then the following week will discuss a condensed version of the responses. They also use multimedia for church, like displaying the Tweets on a video wall so everyone can see what was said incase the pastor didn’t touch base on it. I think incorporating social media and multimedia is a great idea for any church, it all helps people feel a better sense of community; although as mentioned by Lani and Connie there is the downfall of people creating their own pages per say and sending a different message than that of the community. Either way it shows people want to be involved

By: Connie Reece

Connie Reece — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:57:22 +0000

Lani, I really appreciate your insight. You raise a really good point — okay, two. The bandwidth issue is paramount for most churches or faith-based organizations. You need expertise plus volunteers, and the combination is not easy to come by. But you also point out the risk of not having a coordinated presence — people go off and do their own thing. A church could find that parishioners have already created Facebook pages, or a Twitter presence, without any guidance or or oversight, and that can send mixed messages.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

By: Connie Reece

Connie Reece — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:48:11 +0000

Keith, thanks so much for stopping by the blog and updating readers about your church’s social media outreach. It’s great to see what others are doing.