Nice to hear

As a tech/creative guy it's nice to know what you do with technology in a service is having a deeper impact on people and not just entertaining them. Jackson just sent this excerpt from a email he received this week.

"You can share though to whomever is correct person(s) that you all do a great job with the media, different ways to keep our interest via texting, scripture finding, photos, short video clips, music, lighting changes, decoration changes ... I have been coming to Park for about 4 years and just in the last year - through small group and a mission trip, I think I am finally getting closer to "accepting or authentically living" with Jesus (words feel a little uncomfortable for me to say. The media, attention you all give to service - keeps my interest (which is what I actually still need) ... something that pulls me to service as it just isn't something i know that I like/need until I get there - sometimes still kinda dragging myself there."

Create with purpose!

Texting

At Park, we are using texting to better connect with our people. We use many features of our provider, Jarbyco, to keep people informed and to find out what they are thinking. Tim Schraeder, Park’s communication director, manages all the texting options. I manage the implementation into our projection system.

A couple of weeks ago, we did a texting poll. It was very useful for Jackson Crum to understand where our people stood on the issue of speaking in tongues. We did this live during our service with results in real time on our screens.

Click here to try the poll for yourself. After the flash app opens, text your answer to the number and watch it change in real time. The poll will reset itself when reloaded or refreshed.

We have some fun ways we are going to implement texting in the near future. I will let you know how it goes.