Sherry Hayes-Pierce
Social Media is
a big part of many people’s lives. It, therefore, needs to be addressed
by our parishes. In the last couple of years, our parishes have been
asked to include parishioner emailing as a way to communicate to their flock
and where this is done, there has been much positive feedback. Because we
needed help to think more broadly about how to use social media beyond the
email, the Stewardship and Development office brought in a speaker to help
us. Her name is Sherry Hayes-Pierce and we gained some very good
knowledge from her that we would like to pass along to you:
·
As
regards Social media – rather than any do’s or don’ts in the Church world,
Sherry talked about the what’s. Because it is important for
parishes to connect with their people, it should be important to do that in the
most effective way possible. Social media is one of these effective ways
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Does
your parish have a facebook page? What are some things that you post on
your facebook page? Is there anything important that you don’t post, but
could? What about the Prayers of the Faithful; Sunday readings; funeral
dates and times; messages that drive folks back to your website? If the
sky was the limit, what other things could you think of?
·
What
about youtube? Could you post a message from your pastor? What
about videos of your youth, parish events, witness speakers.
What does your
parish do already? What new ideas do you have? Please tell us in
the comment box below (click on the line - no comment - and a comment box will appear) or send an email to parishstewardship@seattlearch.org.
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