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Focusing our efforts for digital ministry success with Sammy Kelly of Digivangelism

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Sammy Kelly from Digivangelism joins us for this session of Pastoring in the Digital Parish. Sammy is going to share a vision for batching work so we can build upon some of the things we’re already doing in order to thrive in digital ministry–because you don’t need more work to do, do you? She also offers great tips for starting out on new platforms and more.

Digivangelism studies trends daily so that they can offer resources with the hope and prayer it will help you more effectively share your message of hope, healing and light online.

Maximizing time and engagement in hybrid worship

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Jason Moore brings insights for maximizing engagement both in-person and online during worship.

Jason has “secret shopped” hundreds of digital worship experiences. He shares his observations for what works and what doesn’t. We’ll get ideas for keeping our congregations engaged during hybrid worship experiences. We’ll also get some ideas for streamlining our workflow in creating an online and in-person worship experience.

Jason Moore has presented his Both/And worship training for just about every United Methodist conference in the US.  Jason runs Midnight Oil Productions and previously worked as a graphic and animation artist at the Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Ohio.

He’s co-authored several books, including From Franchise to Local Dive: Multiplying Your Church by Discovering Your Contextual Flavor, Digital Storytellers: The Art of Communicating the Gospel in Worship (Abingdon, 2002) and The Wired Church: Making Media Ministry (Abingdon, 1999). 

Wrestling with the tough sayings alongside Amy-Jill Levine

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Why did Jesus say some of the things he said? What do we make of these tough teachings today? Amy-Jill Levine provides some tools for processing.

Do we need to sell everything we own? Must we hate our mothers and fathers? At different points in his ministry, Jesus suggested to some people they do those very things. What tools can employ to make sense of those teachings today?

 

How gaming inspires a spiritual connection

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That video game you’ve sunk the last 7 nights into might be teaching you something about faith and connection. Rev. David Petty joins the Compass Podcast to share the story of the digital outreach community, CrossFire: Faith+Gaming. Rev. Petty points to the intersection of faith, gaming and community.

Visit the community at CrossFireCast.com

Making any moment a holy moment

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Douglas McKelvey details his motivation and process for crafting liturgical prayers for everyday events. Making coffee, changing a diaper, mourning the loss of a dog… these are prompts for prayer. Liturgical prayer offers words for the mundane and emotional moments when our own words fail us.

Doug McKelvey is the author of the Every Moment Holy series, collections of liturgical prayers for everyday life.

Find out more about Doug at www.dougmckelvey.com

Check out books and downloadable liturgies at www.everymomentholy.com

Best practices for writing on the web with Joe Iovino

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 The ways in which we’ve been trained to create content–especially when it comes to the written word–do not always translate well into digital space. So in this episode of Pastoring in the Digital Parish, we’re going to brush up on writing skills for the web.

Our adjunct professor for this episode is Joe Iovino, the director of Member Communications for United Methodist Communications. Joe writes for edits the denominational website: UMC.org.

Discord and digital discipleship with Nathan Webb

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Nathan Webb of Checkpoint Church reveals how a platform like Discord provides a pathway to digital discipleship.

Pastor Nate found that a chat platform like Discord is invaluable to building relationships with the members of his all-digital church. Could Discord help you build community, too? Nate makes a compelling case. We’re going to hear it. We’re also going to hear about the history of Checkpoint Church and the community life of this all-digital congregation.

Holy mischief and disruptions of kindness

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Reverend Shannon Karafanda shares #HolyMischief, a movement inspiring acts of disruption based in love.

It seems that the more kindness we show towards others, the more connected we feel towards them. So when we get stuck in cycles of negativity, or feeling like the world is against us, or feeling like everyone around us is getting on our last nerve, we’re well served by serving somebody else through an act of kindness.

Shannon is a professional Holy Mischief Maker helping others to engage in the mysterious disruption of love in action. She is an Executive Pastor at Peachtree United Methodist Church in Georgia and has a doctoral degree in transformational leadership.

Engaging and empowering Facebook Groups with Dana Malstaff

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Dana Malstaff of Boss-Mom.com lets us know why Facebook Groups matter. This session delivers ideas on building ministry-impacting, disciple-engaging groups. We’ll go from start-up to engagement-building to leadership-sharing. 

We’re also going to get some clear and relevant leadership and ministerial advice from Dana, who leads an online community of 60,000 engaged users.

Dana Malstaff is the founder of Boss Mom. She helps other mothers raise babies and businesses, offering resources and a support system. A big part of Boss Mom’s support system is digital engagement in a Facebook Group. Dana wrote the book, Boss Mom, back in 2015. She is a master content strategist, podcaster, speaker, coach… as well as being Mom and CEO.