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CHURCH VIDEO + STREAMING HANDBOOK
“DOING CHURCH IN THE CORONAVIRUS ERA”
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH, TACOMA, WA
an Interview with Pastor Tim Bayer and Minister of Technical Arts, Matt Kees
[WM] This is not the first time Our Savior about them. You care about their well-being, love them and are leading in unison toward a
Lutheran Church has had to do church their families, and their faith. Championing common goal. One of the questions we ask
differently. What are some of the things in the relationships before programming ensures that often is, “how are we loving our community
season after the arson attack that prepared you whatever you do, people remain the priority (both neighborhood and church) well during
for the season at hand? because relationships are all you may have left these times?”
on the other side of the crisis.
[Pastor Tim Bayer] Having been the Lead
[WM] On Sunday March 15, you had over
Pastor at Our Savior for about seven months, The Queen’s Name is Communication. We 1,000 people watching your services online,
I admit that I don’t have first-hand experience learned in times of crisis, trauma, and transition, which was a massive success. As I was looking
from the 2016 arson event. I do remember there is always plenty of confusion. Through at your social media and web site I saw a
talking Pastor the 2016 event, we learned that it is extremely number of best practices in motion, but before
specifically about his learnings from that horrific important to have one primary communicator we got to those specifics, I’d like to talk about
experience. He shared a lot, but these three who constantly kept people updated with what how you got buy in from your team and from the
things stuck with me that directly applied to our was going on and what they could expect next. congregation. Rather than simply broadcasting
current circumstance. This ensures people are honing in to listen for your plans to take your services online digitally,
one voice for the facts and where to go. you opted to have your key leaders call every
with
our
previous
Lead
Relationships are King. One learning from
member of your congregation who you had a
the first we are applying today is that people People are resilient when they are led and loved phone number for. That takes commitment and
and relationships are what we will still have well. We had so many people step up during time both. Given all the things on everyone’s
on the other side of trauma and transition. In the 2016 arson event and the subsequent plates, how did you leave enough margin that
the moment, people want to know what’s rebuilding process. People love and own what a strategy like this could come to life, and
going on. However, after all is said and done, they help to create. They rise to the occasion what approach did you take to get buy in from
people ultimately want to know that you care when they know their church and leaders your team?
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