Our college-focused church always does Spring Break mission trips, and this year we worked with the amazing Service Over Self to repair roofs in impoverished neighborhoods of Memphis, TN. We’re a Twitter friendly crowd, and so we had a hashtag already set for the trip (#ilifememphis). But the way we really started capturing the experience for ourselves and donors alike was Vine!
Eric Dye already reviewed the new Vine video app on ChurchMag which only allows 6-second videos in a clever Instagram-like app that hit #1 in the Apple App Store this past April!
It took us a while to get the hang of it but soon each work team had people dropping things on Vine to tell the story.
Check it out:
Time for roofing repairs! #ilifememphis #sossb13 vine.co/v/bpHJ5mr1YZ2
— Chris Ridgeway (@ridgewaychris) March 19, 2013
Time for a lunch break. Only missing Erick from this #teamvine. #ilifememphis vine.co/v/bpwhPp1ePnU
— Alan Hable (@ahable) March 19, 2013
#ilifememphis is praying before our roadtrip back home vine.co/v/bDAUgF0ZBuj
— Alan Hable (@ahable) March 22, 2013
There’s something about Vine that let’s you capture the experience quickly; it’s more sensory than a photo, but doesn’t need to be crafted like a video. We found it drew in church members back home as well as got our multiple work teams better connected between their work sites, all in realtime.
Eric J says
This is brilliant!
Phil Schneider says
Totally awesome! I hope this really catches on! Nothing helps to encourage others to serve than to see the joy/power of serving in others.
Eric Dye says
This is an awesome application of the Vine App! Great stuff, Chris! 😀