7 Steps on How to Find a Good Online Church Service during the Covid-19 Crisis

I am a Boomer and Beyond...alittle technology challenged. So churches, make it easy for us to find you and connect!

With all this free time many of us have at this time of the Covid19 virus.what an opportunity for us to see what churches are doing to serve their members and the community and get the attention of people searching for meaning in life!

Something for churches to remember!

People who search for info on the internet, do not read. They Scan for info they are looking for!

So they don't care about how great the Home page looks.
Most people do NOT go to the churches Home page.
They go to the page they are looking for.
Make it easy for us to find info we desire and need.

Church as we know it or have known it are in a period of transition!

Ok, so churches, make it easy for us to find your Online Sunday Service.

1.  We are looking for a church online service.

2..   To begin the search, we can put a search term in Google like: "Online Sunday church service in (our city) or anywhere in the world and see what comes up. Alot depends on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and how the content is optimized by the Content writer of the site.
  
3  We want to immediately see the link to the online service! It should be big and bold...pop out immediately. Even with all our free time...we want to see what we want to see and now! We don't want to see the church Home page at this time. We can look at that later! If we are a current member of a local church...we probably already know where to find the link on the church website. Maybe not. If it is more than 2 clicks to find it...it is too hard.to find. We don't want to have to look at various pages on the site and click several times to find what we want.

5.  If we don't immediately see the link for the online Sunday service, we want to see the SEARCH feature. It should stand out big and bold. When we do put in "online service", we should be immediately directed to that page! If we don't find it then, we can continue searching the site, but like other people...will or may go to another church website.

6.  It may be a Live service or a Y tube service which we can view at any time.

7.  If this is a new church service for us..we can then look at their HOME page later.
 Is the site easy to navigate?
 What are they doing for people to "connect" now that we cannot meet at the church building?
 Are they making it easy to connect? Zoom or some other service?

8. IF we are members of a church and are connected, and view the online service...Great! But what else is the church doing at this time of isolation of it's members? Anyone calling and checking in to see how we are doing?

With online church services, we can worship everyday online.
Good way to see what other churches are doing at this time.
I don't think things will go back to the old "normal"
We have reached a "tipping point".


Enough said. Hope this helps.

Zoom meetings are great, but do not take the place of face to face meetings.
We need to get creative and find ways to safely meet.
As the weather gets warmer...how about meeting somewhere and everyone bringing their lawn chairs and refreshments and sit 10 feet apart. Great idea for Life groups..

Maybe you could forward this on to friends and your church leadership!
Blessings
Richard

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Sunday afternoon. What's next?

Maybe if we are believers...and attended church this weekend...we may be contemplating the message we  heard. How important is that to us? 

Any connection to the other 6 days of our week?  

Soon it will be Monday morning...and some of us are off to work or are we?

Someone once said that if we are doing what we are passionate about...it's not work!

Sunday and Monday...any connection?

Our work: How important is it to us?


Who are we really working for?

Are we worshiping our work and working at our worship? 

Are we finding joy and peace in our everyday work?

Is this talk about finding peace confusing? 

How to find peace with God!

Spiritual Gifts:Tests and Assessments: How important are they?

At our local Saturday morning "Men's Group", we had a short teaching on Ephesians 4:1-16, and "spiritual gifts"

Our small table Discussion Questions:

 
1. How should we live in the light of our Calling?
2. What spiritual gift do you have to build up the church?
3. Why is unity Important?

 

It was interesting listening to answers to Question #2 that it was apparent that there were different "gifts" that men had that were not among the common "gifts" listed in various scripture passages. Some were "Strengths" that could be common to all people...believers and non believers. 

 

We use our "Strengths" every day!  In our families, careers, jobs, business's.

Strengthsfinder.2.0 Assessment gives one a good 16 page pdf printout showing how you can use and develope  your strengths and use them every day!

One of my prior posts explains this more fully.

 

 

Also that none of the men at my table had ever taken a "Spiritual Gift Assessment" and that there was such an "Assessment"

 

  

I had taken several such assessments years ago...and was asked to bring some resources next week. 

 

 

After doing alittle research...I decided to make this blog post with some resources.

 

 

Be wary of tests and assessments: Best to be wary of Spiritual Gift Tests & Assessments

 

 Different "Assessments" and "Tests" have different "gifts".

 

 

Alot has to do with our understanding of scripture and the denomination we come from. 

 

A good list and definition of "Spiritual Gifts"

 

A fairly good Assessment 

  

Why is this all important?

 ⁷ The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. ⁸ Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. ⁹ Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰ As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: ¹¹ whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.  1st Peter 4:7-11

 

 You might also check out these verses in various Biblical translations~

 

 

Check out 1st. Corinthians 12.

 

Going from ME to WE.

 

One body.  So whatever our "gifts" are...we are part of the body. Each  part of the body is important and needed. So we should be in a local body of Christ, where we are encouraged to serve...whatever our gifts and strengths are.

Bottom line: We are given "gifts" to serve.

Any "Assessment" one takes, requires a fairly good amount of time...but it is worth it!  Helps us find our place in ministry. 

 

The difference between natural talents or strengths and Spiritual Gifts

Hope this is of help. 

Blessings

Richard