Small Groups and Social Media

Are you a group leader who connects with members through the week on facebook? Are you a group director that has established a facebook group for your coaching team? Do you have a group twitter or blog? Does your group connect through online bible applications like YouVersion?  Are you a group that has created a [...]

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Circles of Influence

For the past two weeks, my online group has reached out, and prayed for, twitter followers and facebook friends during our regular meeting time…inspired by our leader, Tony Steward, and this missional challenge from LifeChurch’s ChurchOnline.  We individually posted on both forums that we would pray for anyone who gave us a prayer request over [...]

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Social Media Workshop – Sticky Church

Here are a few notes from the Social Media workshop at the Sticky Church conference hosted by Suncrest last week. Countless media exist, and the experience of our group was varied, so we decided to focus on a few major SM ideas. Handout available here.
Why suggest the church use Social Media? It is a [...]

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Sold!… on Twitter – an update

In a previous post I told how the salesperson in the Apple store shrugged off Twitter, in fact called twitterers narcissistic. Since this is the only Apple store within a reasonable driving distance, I returned there to buy my new computer last week.
I bumped into the same salesperson who said, “Hey you’re the twitter person, [...]

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Sticky Church Conference

Does it matter how many people are coming through YOUR front door if YOUR back door is wide open?
There are plenty of ways to get people to come to church.  Keeping them there is another matter.  Many of our churches seem more like Teflon than Velcro.  So what will it take to make your church [...]

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The Reason Your Church Must Twitter – A Review

It’s not news if you know me that I’m a fan of Twitter.  In fact, I’d say Twitter was the smartest thing I did in 2008!  So, when Twitter friend Anthony Coppedge gave me the chance to review his e-Book, “The Reason Your Church Must Twitter”, I grabbed it!
Let me say it here, this book [...]

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twitter me

It’s no secret that I love twitter. And I am not alone! Twitter use grew by over 700% in 2008. So, my question…

Have you tried twitter yet?

If you don’t know why you should twitter, you need to see Scott William’s
50 Things Twitterers Like About Twitter!
See what all the buzz is for yourself. It’s [...]

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Sold!…on Twitter

Had a great time Christmas shopping with my sister Sandi this week. By the end of the day, our fingers were numb from carrying plastic bags heavy with presents.  Through it all we talked, smiled and laughed.  Oh, yeah, and we ate!  I had made a list, checked it twice or more, but there was [...]

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