When I retired from pastoral ministry in 2015, I decided that I would do several important things: I would remember to say ‘no,’ and feel good about it. I would only be involved in things that I was passionate about. I would play golf at least once a week. I would visit a different church…
We didn’t just start asking this question last week. It has always been a big question – “How do we get the word out about what’s going on?” It has never mattered in what age human beings have lived. It has always been a big question. It didn’t matter if you communicated by smoke signal…
In fourteen years of ministry in the local church, I’ve heard one complaint from parishioners and staff above all others: “The church doesn’t communicate well.” One of my good friends in ministry calls this NETMA, which means “No one ever tells me anything!” The truth is, we could all get better at communication. If you…
It’s 2018, and social media is here to stay. Students are using it, and if we want to reach them so should we! Whether or not we personally like social media or not, we can’t afford to ignore it. Unfortunately, too many youth workers are either not using social media or aren’t using it well….
There may not be much that our society agrees on these days, but I think we can agree on this one thing: social media is an essential tool for connecting families to our ministries. No matter which platform you choose to use, social media helps keep families in the know in a timely manner, in…