If you are a longtime reader of my blog, you may remember that I have been reluctant to use Instagram for ministry, both for my own and for my ministry clients. Instagram features what the name implies instant images/photos or videos that share a message. It is a mobile platform requiring use of a mobile device. Usually the user takes a photo or video on the device and then shares…
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Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
This weekend we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The Entrance antiphon speaks of God feeding his people with finest wheat. We are reminded in the prayers and the readings that through this wonderful sacrament of the Holy Eucharist we are fed with the Body and Blood of Christ. The United States Catechism for Adults tells us that “By the Power of the…
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Roads and Country Lanes: Preparing Your Holy Week Posts
Palm Sunday is this coming weekend and it is time to make sure that we have included meaningful and helpful online posts as part of our communications for all the events that will take place during Holy Week. This means preparing posts for the website and any social media sites your parish has. The first thing we have to take care of is answering the questions people have when they…
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Social Media Sites That Serve Our Audiences
These past few weeks, I have been writing in some detail my answer to the question “how to convince ministry leadership to use social media”. “Getting on social media” cannot be the main goal. Our goal is bigger than that. Our goal is to share our good news with the audiences we serve using every means at our disposal. Today social media is one of those means.
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The Social Media Minister
Believe it or not, finding a person who will administer your social media sites as a ministry is not that easy. Social Media is a relative newcomer to the communication world. As we know it today, social media is less than 20 years old. Facebook began in 2004; YouTube in 2005; Twitter began in 2006 and Instagram in 2010. New platforms continue to emerge. Social media as a ministry is…
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Connecting with Young Adults on Social Media
One of the most talked about topics in the Church today is young adult Catholics. Where are they when it comes to Church? Where are they when it comes to the practice of their faith? As we watch our active church members age, we know that the younger generations are not with us in large numbers any more. The world that they have grown up in and are now navigating…