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Understanding and getting started on Twitch

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In this session of Pastoring in the Digital Parish, we’re talking Twitch. Have you heard of this platform? Curious about whether or not a livestreaming platform like Twitch has relevance for your ministry? Are you curious about how to get started and build a following on Twitch?

Russel Dornisch and David Petty from CrossFire: Faith+Gaming talk us through the uses of Twitch and how we can get started streaming. They also share the story of CrossFire–an online faith-based community that aims to break down the barriers many gamers face: social isolation, disconnection, and stigma.

Pastoring in the Digital Parish is your online class for answering questions like this and finding community for ministry in the digital space.

Hope when life gets messy with Jake Owensby

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What is God doing when bad things happen? In this episode, we discuss this question and the place of hope in the midst of our messy lives with Bishop Jake Owensby.

Hope is not merely wishful thinking. Hope digs deeper and moves us in a way that wishful thinking cannot. There is hope because we act in hope. And we’ll see that because there is hope, there is a movement of the Divine.

Jake Owensby is the Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Western Louisiana. Author of five books on everyday spirituality, a speaker, and a retreat leader, Jake focuses on helping people discover meaning and purpose in their own lives. His most recent book is Looking for God in Messy Places.

Growing your ministry with email

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Click-through rates, drip campaigns, list segments, marketing funnels–we’re talking about it all with Randy Greene of Church of the Resurrection. Randy is a digital media director passionate about helping churches communicate better.

In this episode, we learn about how to build engagement and relationships through email communication.

The journey from viewers to members

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How do you move people from being passive viewers of online content to active members of a faith community?

Steven Adair shares the story of Glendale United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee–a small church that created a big digital footprint. This dwindling congregation used their digital presence to fuel a season of growth that continues today. Steven shares their learnings and practices.

Steven Adair is a lay member of Glendale United Methodist Church and the Director of Local Church Services for United Methodist Communications. In this latter role, he helps local churches communicate the good news to their communities.

Glendale’s social links are

Facebook.com/GlendaleUMC

Twitter.com/GlendaleUMC

Instagram.com/GlendaleUMC

YouTube.com/GlendaleUMC

Living the word in digital space

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We’re going to work on adapting our world-changing message regarding God’s grace for a digital-first culture. Let’s explore living the good word in digital space.

This episode itself is an adaptation. It’s repurposed content from a training Ryan Dunn did. It answers questions about how we repurpose content for sharing across multiple platforms and how we position our own digital representations as ambassadors for our ministries.

For more: www.resourceumc.org/digital-parish

Encountering the Divine through reading

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Feeling a bit disconnected? Utilizing a reading plan helps us connect in community and feel connected to the Divine.

In this episode, Pierce and Ryan outline simple plans, note the benefits of investing in reading scripture, and offer a special invitation!

Building influence through TikTok

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Joseph Yoo is a church planter whose plans were upset by the pandemic. Instead of planting a church in a traditional model, he found himself building influence through TikTok. Several of his videos have garnered hundreds of thousands of views.

In this session, Joseph talks about the influence of TikTok: the good, the bad, the in-between. The lessons the platform has taught Joseph about influence. And how this kind of medium has impacted his experience in planting a new church during a pandemic.

Bonus episode: Building community around your podcast

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Happy International Podcast Day!

In this bonus episode of Pastoring in the Digital Parish, we’re going to explore getting people to listen to and talk about our podcasts. If you’re looking for tips about growing an audience and getting people to engage with your podcast, then this bonus episode is for you!

Digital community as a fresh expression of church

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Rosario Picardo and Michael Beck are co-authors of Fresh Expressions in Digital Space and are our adjunct professors for this session of Pastoring in the Digital Parish.

Pastoring in the Digital Parish seeks to provide resourcing and community for those engaged in some form of digital ministry–whether as a solo pastor in a church who is trying to keep connected with a congregation who has scattered into to digital space or as a digital pioneer seeking to build new community spaces in a virtual sense. Michael and Roz speak into both of those contexts. They’re both pastors at small or mid-sized churches with limited resources. And they’re also both passionate about empowering the church to find news of expressing itself as a discipling community.

They’re sharing with us how digital expressions of faith communities can both empower an existing congregation and reach new people with good news.

Simple life rhythms for balance and peace with Joan Chittister

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One of the marks of monastic communities is that they establish a rhythm of life that calls attention to the holy.

Sister Joan Chittister, who is herself part of a Benedictine monastic community, has translated a number of these practices into everyday life for us. You may have heard of Sister Joan–she’s a well-known activist and has made a couple of appearances alongside Oprah Winfrey. She’s also authored 60 books and has won numerous awards. We’re talking with her about her recent release: The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life.