Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Be Authentic People need you right now. I want to encourage you to start where your church is and be consistent. Be authentic with your Production. Don’t be something you’re not. If you don’t have the equipment to do a multi-camera set up with... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Put your Cameras in places you Might Not Normally Put Them Using different camera angles and putting your cameras in different places is a great way to make a small space seem larger. It also gives the audience interesting views to keep them interested and engaged.... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Play to the Camera, Not Just the Room If you are still 100% online if you are Livestreaming your service from the church or you are recording from your home, play to the camera. If 95% of your audience is watching you on a screen,... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Use Pre-Made Kids Worship Experiences Even though churches are opening back open their doors for Worship Experiences, most churches that I know aren’t touching Kids and Students yet. You might heavily consider a joint family service approach when you invite people back to your building. But... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Provide Multiple Service Times for People to Watch If you are fully online, there is no reason why you can’t offer your service at multiple times throughout Sunday and even through the week. Here’s how I would do it – on Sunday... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Engage with your Kids with Online VBS Even though churches are slowly reopening – I’ve heard from many different churches that kids and student ministry they are not touching with a 10-foot pool. For a lot of churches, its just not smart or safe... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Take your Production Quality to 2.0 You might have tried different things during COVID-19 as a church. You might not have been Livestreaming before COVID, or you might have had one camera mounted in the back of the room that you streamed the service... read more
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
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
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