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Live Streaming + Church + Creativity

May 16, 2011 — 3 Comments

Are you considering utilizing online streaming tools to maximize your church’s reach?  I’m really interested in what churches and ministries will be doing with this technology in the next 5 or so years.

For an inexpensive, but sharp way into this market, look into http://livetheme.tv/ It is a WordPress based template that is well designed and has a lot of cool features.

There are so many ways that churches can experiment with these types of online tools.  I think there’s plenty of room for churches and ministries to get creative with live streaming and do more than just stream their services.  Here are some live streaming ideas for churches, pastors, and ministries:

  • stream your all staff chapels and let your volunteers tune in
  • stream a weekly devotional from the pastoral staff      Continue Reading…
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The Most Important Day of the Year for Your Church

March 31, 2011 — 2 Comments

Many churches are gearing up for Easter.  Check out this promotional video from my home church (James River Assembly)…

What creative ideas are you seeing churches use to promote their Easter services?

Undoubtedly, April 24th 2011 is one of the most important days of this year for your church.  However, I would suggest that May 1st is actually the most important date on the calendar. Why? What’s happening on May 1st? Nothing much… as far as I can tell.  (Apparently, it is the 8th annual celebration of “Global Love Day.”)

So why would I suggest that May 1st is more important than Easter?  Because, that’s the week (and the weeks following) that will measure the effectiveness of your Easter outreach.  And it’s the week where a lot of Easter visitors will decide if they should come back to your church and keep checking out what you have to say and who you are.   Unfortunately, many churches put a ton of time and energy into the 24th and forget all about the 1st.  So what are you doing to make sure all the time and energy that you invest in your Easter Celebration translates into visitors actually coming back to be a part of what God is doing at your church?

If you need some help, here are some ideas for you to consider:

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Can’t Be Done / Your DST Cure

March 22, 2011 — Leave a comment

No, impossible, and can’t be done… Those phrases have a way of making leaders cringe.  Leaders are interested in options, solutions, alternatives, plans, strategies, but not in dwelling on why progress is improbable or impossible.  And honestly that trait in leaders can be both healthy and destructive if it’s not managed properly.

I’m personally really intrigued by ideas that can’t be done and or churches that are implementing such ideas that were once shot down.  In fact, I’m so interested that I’ve decided to dedicate a category of my blog to such ideas.  If you know me, you probably know that I feel that one of my spiritual “gifts” is the ability to throw out a crazy, ridiculous, or silly idea that just might lead to a good idea.  Of course you have to know how and when to present such ideas, and have a team and a culture that allows you to do so.

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