We saw, all last week, many remembrances of ourselves one year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic first took over our lives in a real way in most of the United States. We all vividly recall when our churches, schools and workplaces made statements to the effect that things were ‘shutting down for a few weeks,’… Read More
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Add a Welcome Card to your website
Does your website have a welcome card? A welcome card is the online version of a guestbook or pew card, used to collect basic information so that a follow-up action can be taken. A simple version of a website welcome card is easy to create and helps your congregation welcome new online visitors. You’ll want… Read More
Resurrecting the Church, Post-COVID
COVID-19 is a real disruption – to our daily lives, to our work, to our churches – to everything, really. When this pandemic and its lockdowns began a year ago, we could not foresee where we would end up. And we still don’t really know how this is all going to turn out. The same… Read More
“But I’m not good with technology!”
What is the one trait that your volunteers need to succeed with digital ministry? I get it. I’ve heard from so many of you that you’re tired of doing this digital ministry thing alone – if you could just find some volunteers to help, it would lift such a burden and allow you to focus… Read More
Quick Resources for Lent
As discussed last week in our Facebook Live video, we’re happy to share these three resources that can help you this Lenten season: Pastor Keith Anderson with quick learnings on basics of Lutheranism – Two Minute Lutheran –> https://udlc.org/twominutelutheran Preparing Lenten kits? Maybe some of these resources would be great to add – Illustrated Ministry –> https://store.illustratedministry.com/collections/lent… Read More
Ministry in a Digital World
The following is excerpted from the ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Connect Journal. Digital ministry has been a challenge churches have faced for two decades. And it’s been a challenge that, if we are honest, many of us have struggled with. Christianity is an incarnational religion, after all, and digital incarnation just doesn’t feel quite right…. Read More