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Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Make Your Kids Service and Resources Easy to Find Watching a Worship Experience Online with small kids is not easy. I have a 7 and 9-year-old and for them to sit and watch a service for adults for an hour is difficult. I’ve... read more
COVID-19 has dramatically altered how we all go about our daily lives, and rightly so. As social distancing protocols limit our ability to travel and interact with people in person — and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future — finding alternative ways to connect with friends, co-workers,... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Share Fun, Personal Videos If you are still 100% online, now is a great time to get creative with your Online Worship Experiences. My idea is this – Either in your countdown or as your opener, or even sporadically in your Worship Experience,... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Link Directly to Specific Giving Categories When it comes to your Online Giving, you always want to keep the WHY or What People are Giving To in front of your people. You might be communicating through Email to your congregation each week. ... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Put Videos in your Countdown Countdown Timer Videos, especially on your Online Worship Experience is real estate that I think churches don’t use to their fullest potential. Certainly, you can put just countdown numbers in your countdown. But you can easier put the actual countdown... read more
As of last week, the U.S.-based Switcher team has gone all remote. We’re tackling the same projects and holding the same meetings, but we’re doing it at a distance, hoping to do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19. We know you’re likely in the same situation, which is... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Craft Online for Online What do I mean by that? I mean plan your Online Worship Experience with your Online audience in mind. Be intentional about crafting your services specifically for online participation. And online experience is different than in in-person gathering. Here are 3... read more
Here are 10 general best practices for chat hosts across all platforms along with 4 particular tips for Facebook and CHoP from Life.Church. Utilizing these practices will make the experience engaging for your guests. All Platforms Two Hosts At Each Service – This allows the hosts to chat with each... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Use Zoom for Small Groups and Bible Studies In the past, connection has been limited. People had to work harder to be engaged in each other’s lives. It’s technology like ZOOM that has made our world smaller. If we were to take advantage of... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Engage your Givers Now is the time to meaningfully and regularly engage with the donors in your church. Though you don’t want to over-communicate giving, it doesn’t mean that giving can’t be present in your normal communication to your church body. You can connect donors to the... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Put your Pastors in the Chat. If you are using something like Church Online Platform, Living as One, Vimeo Livestream or Facebook Live or another platform, most Streaming Providers will provide you with a dedicated chat window to use to interact with viewers during... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Record in Bulk This tip is really easy. If you are pre-recording your services and not Livestreaming or if you are doing a hybrid of the two, record content in bulk. If you’re bringing your worship team into the church to record songs, go... read more