I took last Sunday off - my first Sunday off during the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. One of the many things I loved about being off on a Sunday was getting to worship from my living room - experiencing online worship from the other side of the camera. Between that experience and my work with … [Read more...]
How to Worship Online
For most of us, this is all so new and unusual. Worship online. Praying over Facebook Live and Zoom. Nothing in our faith life has quite prepared us for this moment. Our Pastors didn't teach us about this part of worship in our confirmation classes. So here are five tips for worshipping … [Read more...]
Online Metrics
In the brave new world where most of us are NOT worshiping in person and most of us ARE worshiping online, a new challenge is how we track attendance. Or, more broadly, what are the metrics for measuring our online worship? While this is a new question many parts of the church, there are others … [Read more...]
Worship in the Time of Covid-19
In Corona Virus related news today, the Houston Rodeo shut down and the NBA canceled the season. Houses of worship are not going to escape unscathed. In many parts of the US, the local governments have asked large groups to not gather together (that's us). In other locations, worship has been … [Read more...]