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Church Tech Snack Pack #259

Church Tech Snack Pack #259

May 1, 2020
by Blessing Mpofu

This is something Allison has been serving up. I hope to some extent this snack is somewhere close to the same delish level. I say that because snack pack #259 might be one of those random snacks made up of just about everything you can find in the back of the fridge. Anyways, enjoy.

Some parts of the world are starting their attempt at getting back to a different normal. While others are recovering, some states / countries are at what the hope is the peak of the effects of COVID19. So this snack is served in light of this weird reality.

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Ben and Chris help us to imagine and think through the church life beyond the pandemic. Thanks Ben for the free resource for Reunion Sunday:

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Small groups becoming the centre of church life, better quality of church online content, churches closing, decentralisation of the church are just some of the things Chris highlights in The Long Term Impact of COVID-19 On Churches.

On The Socials

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to be continued … #iconeo #illustration #art #coronacrisis #coronavirus #coronatime #stayhome #stayhomechallenge #quarantine #noplanetb #planetb #fridaysforfuture #digitalart #digitalartist #thoughtprovoking #graphicart #illustrationart #contemporaryart

A post shared by Steffen Kraft aka ICONEO (@iconeo) on Apr 29, 2020 at 10:06am PDT

Before, during and after…

While the pandemic is pushing churches to forms of digital/remote worship, you’d expect this to foster disembodiment, giving license for further “ex-carnation” as Charles Taylor puts it.

But I’m seeing the opposite: remote worship is revivifying the *parish*.

Let me explain.

— James K.A. Smith (@james_ka_smith) April 6, 2020

This thread.

Preachers: To be exhaustive with a text is to be exhausting with that text.
You don't have to explain EVERY detail to make the point.

— Rick Warren (@RickWarren) April 26, 2020

Especially now that we’re preaching shorter messages online. But, point still holds even IRL. Thanks Rick.

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“I was in the car wreck too.”⁣ ⁣ ⁣ I said this describing to a friend how I felt about the pressure to post positive stuff during this difficult time. I am not one who was a bystander to this global life wreckage… I’m in it too. ⁣ ⁣ Look, I know there is no pressure from all of you to be your optimistic guru. I’m an enneagram 4… it ain’t going to happen. But I also know that I don’t want this platform to become a space for venting either. I have an intentionality to offer you all a visual doorway of divine conversation.⁣ ⁣ With that said, I have not been great this last month. I’ve cried many many times over the loss of life and work. I’ve had panic attacks at 3 am and have sat in my living room just trying to keep it together. I’ve had nightmares. I’ve had a surprising amount of stress nausea… which I’ve never experienced before. Like when the moving truck with our stuff was going to be delivered I felt like throwing up the whole morning until it was over. I wish I would have handled all this much more nobly, but no… I was in the car wreck too.⁣ ⁣ I’ve been experimenting with visual calls to worship. Worship is really just RESPONDING to the Giver of all this… wherever you find yourself. I can be through song, but also anything else. The trick is finding the doorway in which to enter into this response. Words help. Music does too. But if you don’t relate to the words or music, it’s hard to find your door.⁣ ⁣ This is a rough draft I did for my friends at @cascadepdx. Its a visual call to worship… a place to help you identify where you are starting off in this divine conversation.⁣ ⁣ Today, I’m the top left. I’m taking a break from unpacking and getting back to work on this looming book deadline. I’ve felt stopped for so long that I’m navigating the anxiety of trying to pump the creative peddle again.⁣ ⁣ So there’s me.⁣ ⁣ Today, I don’t have any pumped messaging about overcoming this situation. I don’t think overcoming is the goal. I think it’s about going through… and it’s much easier to make it through with communal empathy. Maybe we can help each other by being honest where we’re at and what we’ve been doing to make it thru. ⁣ So… Where are you?

A post shared by Scott Erickson (@scottthepainter) on Apr 28, 2020 at 8:03am PDT

Too real.

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The family schedule is getting a little complicated. . Was glad to get some skips in before dinner. . Do what you can. . Do it again tomorrow. . . . . #dadbod #health #fitdad #fitfam #fitnessjourney #fitdadlife #fitnessmotivation #dosomething #fitlife #fit #fitbit #fitness #wejump #jumprope #projectrock #iamnobull #homeworkout #workoutathome

A post shared by KC Procter (@thatguykc) on Apr 30, 2020 at 6:37pm PDT

ThatGuyKC is always skipping.

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…and tell us all what you are doing to positively ✨b o o s t i t✨

A post shared by Strange Planet (@nathanwpylestrangeplanet) on Apr 27, 2020 at 5:04pm PDT

All these dispositions.

Hey Twitter: Good luck finding anything better. @wvlt https://t.co/qeabQA4l9w pic.twitter.com/OSjcedQU8X

— Amanda Hara (@AmandaHara) March 20, 2020

I can’t stop watching this and someone it’s comforting for me. Could just be me. Comfort snack.

Internet and Tech

Facebook and Google aren’t standing by as Zoom continues with its rise because well, every now has to Zoom at some point.

Facebook announces Messenger Rooms, which can support video calls with up to 50 people. Google’s clapback is making their video calling service, Meet, which has only been available on G Suite, available for free to everyone. Yeah Meet is now free.

This is cool because imagine how your church can use this, right? Or just the fam, or just friends. You get the idea.

ICYMI, Twitch has launched an esports directory. Have you checked out some of the Christian gaming streamers?

ChurchMag Snack pack #259

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Could we just skip version of years and just start calling the years X_something.

Blessing Mpofu

Editor In Chief

just a guy changing the world. husband to Ingrid. growing leader and communicator.

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