Interaction is very important when church is forced online only. But making church interactive using this medium is not quite as easy as it sounds.
Before I make some practical suggestions, I do want to make a few points to consider. These are not rules, just things to consider.
- Be careful not to make church so different that it becomes something else entirely. Remember that we will come back to a stage where we will be able to do church again the way we used to.
- Try to keep church about fellow congregation members fellow shipping together, and not just the parish members watching the staff do church.
- Interaction is important as it will help to prevent church online from becoming purely entertainment.
- Try to keep as many elements as possible that are part of your church identity. The character of your church is what it is because of these elements and maintaining them if at all possible will help to maintain a sense of community.
- There will be some things that you do as church that will be public and some that will be more private. These lines were probably a bit more blurred previously. Now they need to be a bit clearer. Don’t forget that some of the people watching you stream may have never attended your church.
So back to the topic of how to make your live stream more interactive. Here are some suggestions. If you want to know more then please get in touch.
- Do a live cross to skype or zoom – and interview a congregation member
- Ask members to text in questions about the sermon
- Pre-record testimonials from members and play the recording back as a segment during the livestream
- Have multiple people doing different parts of the service.
- Encourage commenting on the live-streaming platform and spend time responding afterwards.
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