Yes, it had its share of challenges, disruptions, and hardships. But we were blessed to see God at work in the midst of those difficulties.

That’s what Christmas is really all about isn’t it?

The light of Jesus breaking into the darkness.

Our prayer is that all of us who follow Jesus would stay focused on Him during this holiday season. That we wouldn’t get distracted by all the busyness. But we would experience Him, and share his peace, hope and love with those around us.

Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. -Luke 2:10

We look forward to helping you live out your mission online in 2025.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the OurChurch.Com team!

If you’re still working on Christmas communication, continue reading Your Christmas Playbook

Paul Steinbrueck

Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com

Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.

An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.

Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication. 

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Before we get to the Thanksgiving videos, we want you to know OurChurch.Com is all about giving you the tools, resources and services you need to live out your God-given mission. This includes:

• Christian and church website design
• Christian and church search engine marketing
• Do-it-yourself website builder
• 12 Thanksgiving Church Outreach Ideas

You can also find more Thanksgiving social media content to share in:

• 25 Thanksgiving Quotes to Inspire Gratitude
• 25 Thanksgiving Bible Verses and Scripture to Inspire and Share

We hope you, your family and friends have a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving! Now on to the…

Inspiring and Funny Thanksgiving Videos

1) Gobble, Gobble – Matthew West

2) That’s one tough bird to handle

3) Turkey stand-up comedy

4) How not to cook your Thanksgiving turkey

5) Thanksgiving Star Wars X-box style

6) Thanksgiving dinner – will it blend?

7) The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving classic

8 ) What are turkey’s thankful for?

9) So that’s where the pie went?

10) Johnny Cash sings a Thanksgiving prayer

11) Inspirational Thanksgiving slideshow

12) The Christian origins of Thanksgiving

Help others catch the spirit of gratitude by sharing these videos (or the whole post) on Facebook, Twitter, or via email.

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. -William Faulkner

Our website builder, website design and search engine marketing can help your church, school, ministry or business better live out its mission online. Click to learn more or complete the form below to schedule a complimentary strategy call!

Comment and Discuss

• Which of these videos is your favorite?
• Got another funny inspirational Thanksgiving videos we missed? Post a link in the comments.

Continue reading more ways to express gratitude during the Thanksgiving season!

Paul Steinbrueck

Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com

Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.

An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.

Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication. 

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I really enjoyed the chance to speak to the room full of teachers and school staff, and I hope I was able to spur them on towards making better use of their websites, giving them guidance on how to do that.

The interaction in the workshop was also fantastic!

Many of the ideas shared below came from workshop participants.

Online Tools for More Effective School Communication

With any team, good communication is essential.

What happens when communication fails? The team fails. For example, check out these classic NFL football bloopers…

The impact of poor communication isn’t limited to sports. Here’s a funny commercial that highlights a communication failure in education.

Benefits of using your website to improve communication

There are many benefits to using your website to improve communication, here are 6 that stand out:

1. Prevents miscommunication (misunderstandings)
2. Prevents missed communications (lost papers)
3. Save time – parents can get the info themselves.
4. Saves money – less paper copies.
5. Strengthen relationships. When communication is good and people are “in the loop” they feel more connected, more a part of the team.
6. Increases retention. When people feel connected, they don’t want to leave.

12 Ways to Use Your Website to Improve Communication

Let’s start with school-wide communication. (Then we’ll look at class-specific communication.)

1) Put all info for prospective students on the website

• Calendar
• Tuition
• Test book and curriculum info
• Uniforms
• Extra Curricular activates
• School rules
• Lunch Menu
• Staff directory
• Email for teachers
• Pictures of activities
• School philosophy
• Location
• Contact info
• Scholarship info (red text indicates these were suggestions from Paul)
• Application form
• Admissions process
• History of school
• Introductory video
• Virtual tour of school/map
• Commonly asked questions

2) Put all forms and policies on the website.

• Handbook
• Dress code
• Emergency form for athletics
• Permission forms
• Acceptable Use for  (photos and computers)
• Lunch menus
• Field trip
• Driver form
• Insurance forms for parents (field trips)
• Background check form

3) Put all school-wide communications on the website.

• Parent Teach Partner meeting forms
• Special day announcements
• Any paper you send home with students should also be on the website before they leave the school.

4) Email all school-wide communications to parents.

5) Have a calendar on your site and make sure it’s ALWAYS up to date.

• Must be up to date.
• Must include everything.
• If its not up-to-date or doesn’t include everything, people will not trust it and won’t use it.

6) Post & email a weekly note from the principal. Perhaps a blog.

7) Online event registration

• Sign up for extra curricular activities.
• Parent volunteer sign-ups.
• Allows parents to sign up anywhere.
• Helps to organize all sign-ups in one database.
• Prevents handwriting/reading mistakes

8) Pay for tuition, lunch online

Now let’s look at class-specific communication…

9) Maintain a class web page.

• Update at least once a week.
• At the very least put each week’s homework assignments and test schedule on it.  Other things can include…
• Syllabus
• Spelling list/memory verses/reading assignments
• Field trip info
• Links to outside resources
• Photo gallery
• FAQs
• Kids blog
• Podcast
• Course Description
• Research paper formats
• Class policies
• Daily schedule
• Teacher/classroom needs list
• Tests online
• Patrol list
• Weekly newsletter
• Phone extension

10) Put all class-wide communications from each teacher online.

11) Email all docs or a link to them to parents

12) Private student pages for grades & progress reports

• These are usually done through a special school portal rather than the website itself.

Changing the Communication Culture

If your parents and students are used to paper hand outs, paper sign-up forms, calling teachers and administrators for info, etc, they’re not going to adapt to new communication overnight…

• It takes consistency.
• It takes communication.
• It takes time.
• Creative incentives help. (Giving students points/prizes when their parents engage in communication)

Eventually it will catch on because your website will save parents time.

The two biggest reasons schools don’t do these things?

1. Money.
2. Time.

However… not putting all the info parents of prospective students are looking for costs you time and money.  Not putting all forms and policies on the website costs you time and money.

A better website will SAVE you MONEY and TIME.

The bottom line…

Education is a team effort. With any team, good communication is essential.

If a better website would help your school (or church, ministry or business) improve communication, check out our website design services.

And if you want to increase school enrollment, we have had tremendous success bringing in new families with school SEO and Google Ads!

Take the next step… Complete the form below (mobile) or to the right (desktop) to schedule a free call.

Comment & Discuss

• Which idea shared above resonates most with you and why?

Continue reading: Making the Most of the “Back to School” Season

Paul Steinbrueck

Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com

Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.

An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.

Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication. 

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Seriously: 97% of people are within 3 feet of their mobile devices 24 hours a day. We’re on the phone at work and home, when we’re commuting and socializing—we’re even on the phone in the bathroom and the bedroom. 

That might speak to a problematic addiction, but it’s the reality we live in. If you want to connect with people, it’s a good bet you can find them on their cell phones. (And you can speak to that addiction problem by modeling a more responsible way to use mobile devices.)

So what’s the best way to connect with someone on their phone? 

• Apps? They’re a ton of work to create and face a huge barrier to entry to install.
• Social media? You can pay to reach your own audience or roll the dice with the algorithms.
• Email? Inboxes are overflowing and not getting results like they used to.
• Text messaging. With 98% open rates, 48% response rate, and reading texts within 90 seconds, texting connects.

OK, so text messaging seems to work. How can churches actually use it?

5 Ways Churches Can Use Text Messaging

Here are five simple ways your church can reach people where they are—on their phones—using text messaging.

1. Welcome guests: Go digital with your first-time visitor welcome packet. Forget paper, you can use text messaging to extend a welcome and share more info. Just ask guests to text a keyword to a shortcode—such as “text GUEST to 24365,” something you can put in the bulletin and on screens. You can include a welcome video from your pastor, answer basic questions, and point to your website for more details.
2. Follow up: Text messaging is an opt-in medium, which means people agree to receive more messages. That makes it easy to follow up. You can invite a guest back, answer questions, send encouragement, and more. Texts can also be personalized, so your follow up can be warm and inviting instead of bland and impersonal.
3. Share the Bible: Use text messaging to share an inspiring verse of the day or week. This is a simple way for churches to make contact and stay in touch, whether it’s members, guests, or others. 
4. Alerts: Churches can send alerts, reminders, and updates to keep their community informed. You could have a weather-related closure, emergency, or important prayer request and text messaging is more likely to reach people quickly.
5. Text-to-give: Texting is another way to make your offering digital while still engaging people in person. Churches can use a keyword and shortcode that are easily shared from the platform or on a screen, as well as QR code in the bulletin. A reply text will include a link to your existing donation page, making it easy to donate right from their pew.

Reach Your Community

Churches have always explored the leading edge of technology as a way to reach people, from the printing press to radio. Text messaging is just another opportunity. And it works.

Explore how text messaging can help you reach people where they are.

James Martin

James Martin is a three-time tech founder and servant leader with over two decades of experience. As the founder of Rally Corp, he helps charities and churches rally people with a human-centered text messaging platform built exclusively for nonprofits and communities.

www.rallycorp.com/

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In Episode 2, Erica works with Teresa from Central Community United Methodist Church in Shell Knob, MO. Teresa is the church administrator who is very passionate about the ministry of the church and the work they do in the community.

Who is Central Community United Methodist Church?

Central Community United United Methodist Church in Shell Knob, MO is a small-town church with a lot going on. They have a food pantry that helps to feed those in need. They have a daycare to service families in their community. They also have a thrift store to help families in need. The church has a close family feel and they wanted a website that shows visitors that they and their families are welcome.

What were the issues that were keeping their website from achieving their goals of reaching young families?

• The front page had too many photos and not enough information.
• The front page needed to be more for visitors and less for the members.
• The front page wasn’t very well organized.

The Website Makeover Video

Keep in mind when watching the video that these are a few quick tips to show you how you can reach your website goals. This five-minute video has been sped up to keep the video short but if you’d like to see more detailed step-by-step instructions remember we have a library of free video tutorials to help you build the website to meet your church or ministry goals.

The Before and After

Here is what the homepage looked like before the Website Makeover….

And here is what it looks like now.

The End result

The church now has a well-organized inviting website that seeks to make everyone feel welcome. Be sure to visit Central Community United Methodist Church at ccumcshellknob.org  to see their website.

Remember, your church website is mostly for visitors. So be sure to show and tell them what they can expect as a part of your church family. – Erica Couture

Click for more info about our church website builder or church web design, or complete the form below to schedule a free consultation.

Post a comment and discuss…

• What do you think of our WP-EZ dragon drop page builder based on the changes Erica made to the website?

Continue reading Website Makeovers with Erica – Ep 1: Church of the Eternal Word or 10 Ways to Grow Your Love for Your Website

Erica Couture

OurChurch.Com Member Support Specialist

Erica is a seasoned writer and digital content expert with a talent for helping organizations tell their stories online. As a Member Support Specialist at OurChurch.Com, Erica has crafted engaging blogs and web content for faith-based organizations and small businesses, contributing to websites like AProperFarm.com, HolyTrinityTampa.org, and her own platform, MrsEricaandBoydee.com.

With an MFA in Media Design Management from the International Academy of Design and Technology, Erica combines creative storytelling with strategic communication. Her leadership as Owner and Creative Director of CornerStoneFaith.com (2010–2016) showcased her commitment to faith-based content and community engagement, building meaningful connections through her work.

Known for her personable and relatable writing style, Erica translates complex ideas into practical, inspiring insights. Beyond her professional pursuits, she shares glimpses of her life and passions on YouTube at Mrs. Erica and Boydee. Erica’s blend of expertise, creativity, and authenticity makes her a trusted voice in the digital space.

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In this age of technology and the internet it is unsurprising that a lot of churches are turning towards using live streaming to deliver their sermons to a wide variety of people. The benefits are numerous from reaching more people, providing loyal congregants who maybe no longer can make it to the physical building a way to worship, and giving you a way to connect to people who may be interested in helping with your church.

The issue comes in with how you can make that live stream the best it possibly can be, so here are 10 tips to get you started.

1. Test Privately

“You’re going to have some hiccups getting started, it’s normal,” says business writer Jordan Preston from UK Writings review and UK Services Reviews. To avoid any embarrassing errors being shown to the public start by having a private stream to identify any issues.

2. Be Authentic

Just because you’re in front of a camera doesn’t mean you need to play anything up. Give a true representation of your church and don’t try and be what you think you should.

3. Invest in good Microphones

There is nothing worse than watching a stream with terrible audio. People are more likely to turn off from poor audio than poor video quality. Ensure microphones are placed accordingly and that the sound is clear.

4. Utilize Chat and Online Forums

“You have the ability to speak to the masses and sometimes they want to speak back don’t forget that,” Christopher Hagan, marketing manager for Revieweal and Elite Assignment Help, reminds us. Take the time to engage with viewers, have a dedicated individual watching chat to welcome people and answer questions. This also could be used for moderating the chat, remember you are on the internet not everyone will be appropriate. Outside the live chat online forums can give you a way to learn more about your audience and perhaps find new volunteers for your church.

5. Invest in a good Camera

Shooting from a smartphone is fine when starting out, as long as you have a tripod or some way to keep the camera steady. But given the usual size of churches you may find it easier to invest in a good camera that can record more in better quality.

6. Shoot in HD

Speaking of recording in better quality, if you can shoot in High Dimension (HD) to give the best viewing experience. This is less important starting out but if you want people to be able to view the stream as if they are part of the live congregation then you need to make the video quality match reality.

7. Have a good Computer

You are going to be working with sound mixers, camera footage, live stream software and the live chat. This will require a computer with a good amount of power and enough CPU to handle the stream load.

8. Have a good Internet Service Provider (ISP)

You also want to make sure you have a good ISP to make sure that you can actually broadcast the live stream and have enough bandwidth to do so in order to give viewers the best experience. You need a fast upload speed to do this and you need it to be reliable.

9. Bank Your Streams for Future Watching

You may have a limitation of an hour sermon but the internet doesn’t, feel free to have the recording available to watch later for those who want to and consider streaming the service multiple times in one day. This has the added benefit of allowing you to go back and review recordings to make sure they are the best quality possible.

10. Never use Pre-recorded or Copy written material

It’s tempting but avoid using Apple Music or Spotify during your service, it will just lead to issues of copy write holders trying to shut down the stream or taking down videos you have available to watch again. Consider what music you play and if you are allowed to broadcast it without issue.

Overall there are many ways you can improve your churches livestream and these ten examples are just the tip of the iceberg. Take time to use those direct lines with viewers to get feedback and learn of ways to improve.

RebeccaLeigh

Marketing strategist Rebecca Leigh, Do my assignment and Assignment help, spends most of her working hours attending conferences or consulting businesses about marketing and technology. When she can she also writes for online magazines and blogs like Big Assignments.

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This month we decided to change up the scoring a little bit to award points in new ways:

• Email: If you have our email services, you now get 300, 600 or 1,000 points depending on how many email accounts you have.
• WP-EZ Training: When you complete the WP-EZ Training Center training, you now get 1,000 points.
• SSL: We no longer give points for having an SSL certificate since that is no longer a separate service but now included with every hosting package.
• Website Award/Review: Previously, when you requested a free website review (which also nominates our website for the Best Christian/Church Websites Award), you would get 100 points for each of the 10 items passed for a max of 1,000 points.  Now you get 200 points per item plus a 2,000 point bonus for passing all 10 items for a max of 4,000 points. We did this because we would love to see EVERY website reviewed and pass all 10 items, so now you’ve got an extra incentive.

Finally, if you’re looking for another way to score some big points and increase your chances of winning a gift card, submit a written or video testimonial about how OurChurch.Com has helped your church, ministry or business live out its mission online.

For more details, check out the Top Websites Challenge Rules and FAQs.

Remember… 

Small wins lead to big victories. –Unknown

Challenge yourself to make one improvement to your website each week!  Celebrate the wins! And before you know it, your website will be a winner!

Comment & Discuss

• What’s one improvement you are going to make to your website this week?

Paul Steinbrueck

Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com

Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.

An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.

Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication. 

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Kim Morris of Bethel Baptist Church in Prospect, NY recently shared with us a little bit of their story through this interview-style conversation.

OCC: Tell us a little about Bethel Baptist Church

BBC: Bethel is a country church with a big heart for Jesus. There is no other church in our area quite like us! The Bethel family strives to live and to live like Jesus. Our desire is to grow in our relationship with Jesus and with the community God has called us to serve.

OCC: Describe your situation or the main problem you were facing before you contacted OurChurch.Com.

BBC: We decided to reach out to OurChurch.Com after months of trying to keep our website up-to-date, modern in its appearance, and easy to navigate. We knew with our mission to reach our community along with the technology of today, having a website that had high search rankings was critical to meeting that goal.

OCC: What did our team do for Bethel, and what was your experience like?

BBC: OurChurch.com has made website building and administration a breeze. We simply provide the information needed and they do all of the work. In the rare occasion we need help, Mark and Deborah are easy to contact when we need support.

OCC: Describe the impact OurChurch.Com has had on Bethel Baptist Church.

BBC: Our website is easy to navigate and is high on the search rankings. Just click send on an email and any changes that need to be made are completed!

OCC: What would you say to a church leader who was considering building a new website for their church?

In weighing the cost of staff completing all that is done on our website versus the work being completed by OurChurch.Com, we have found that we actually save money and time! Let the professionals handle it!

Bethel has our Custom Express Website package, which means we created a custom-designed website for them, and they paid nothing up front for it. That package also includes a free redesign every 3 years.

Additionally, Bethel has a content maintenance package, which they use to have us post their Sunday sermon to their website and make other updates to their website.

Check out their website at BBCProspect.com!

Comment & Discuss

• What do you think of Bethel’s website?
• What do you think of the option to, “Let the professionals handle it!”

If you’d like to chat with us about church website design options, complete the form below!

Paul Steinbrueck

Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com

Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.

An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.

Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication. 

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Last week we announced New Expanded Access to Training Center Videos for those with Silver web hosting accounts.  I mention this to give you an example of how we here at OurChurch.Com are using training videos to advance our mission.   

4 remarkable benefits of using training videos include:

1. Save time and resources. Record the training once and use it an infinite number of times.  No need to have a leader teach or do a training session every time you have people who need training. 
2. Guarantee consistent training. When leaders provide training, their training may differ from session to session or class to class. Different leaders may teach things differently. By recording training videos, you guarantee the training will be the same every time.
3. Better experience, especially for visual learners.  Training videos are much more engaging than training manuals or books. 
4. Increase convenience and participation.  When placed online, people can watch them anytime and anywhere.  It can be difficult for people to get to a specific physical location at a specific time for training.  By putting training videos online you have the option of doing your entire training online. Or if you choose to use videos in an in-person class or small group setting, when people miss a meeting, you could let them watch online so they don’t miss out on content or fall behind.

Training Videos for ANY Type of Organization

It may be tempting to think training videos are only a possibility for organizations like OurChurch.Com who are teaching people how to do things on a computer, but that is not the case at all.   Some other types of training videos that can be effective include.

• Your church’s new members class
• Your church’s new believers discipleship class
• Your church’s training for people serving in various ministries.  (Everything from using the sound system to infant nursery requires training.)
• Your business’s new employee orientation
• Your business’s new employee training for each specific position or task
• Your nonprofit’s new volunteer orientation

The possibilities are endless! 

The bottom line is…

Creating training videos saves time, improves the training experience, and helps you advance your mission.

OurChurch.Com has online video tutorials for our WP-EZ website builder, custom designed websites, and search engine optimization services, so the churches, ministries and businesses we work with can more easily learn and get help with the tools we provide. Let us know if we can help you in any of these ways. 

Comment and Discuss

• Where is your organization on training videos? Already using them? Considering creating some? If so, for what purpose?

Read more articles on how to use video to advance your mission.

Paul Steinbrueck

Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com

Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.

An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.

Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication. 

steinbrueck.org

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Laughter creates shared experiences and builds relationships. So, feel free to share this article with your people on your social channels or share the individual videos if you prefer.

Last year Saturday Night Live did a funny skit about Zoom Church.  (Be forewarned that unfortunately it has some language in it.)

Anyone have a similar experience with their church?

Can I get an, “Amen!?”

I give SNL credit for being dialed in to one of the current struggles churches are having during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Did you know the challenges with church online go back more than a decade?

Making fun of these challenges also goes back more than a decade.

All the way back in 2009, the folks at LifeChurch.tv posted this hilarious video depicting what online church might look like if it happened “in person.”  Check it out!

Pretty funny, huh?  And, IMO, not far from the truth.

It does make me wonder, though… If anything like these videos happened in my offline church, it would be very distracting and awfully difficult to worship, pray, or learn anything…

Post a comment and discuss:

• Is your church continuing to offer worship online? If so, how is it going?
• If you’ve participated in worship online from home, what was your experience like? Did you find distractions made it difficult to worship, pray, or learn?
• Has it made you long to gather and worship together again in person?

Just as our physical gatherings should help us long for the eternal gathering, I pray our online gatherings will cause us to long for physical gatherings. -Eric Geiger

OurChurch.Com continues to work with churches, schools, ministries and businesses providing  website design, SEO, and other services as we all try to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Complete the consultation request form below to schedule a free phone consultation.

Paul Steinbrueck

Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com

Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.

An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.

Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication. 

steinbrueck.org

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