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unified goal or outcome.
As pastors and ministry directors, we celebrate see on the homepage. We, like many churches,
and monitor the ministry plan as we encourage, have a large contingency of members who did
[WM] Before I ask Matt to unpack the range coach, and constantly evaluate our team as not grow up with a computer or mobile device
of incredibly judicious things you’ve done, I’d together we put ministry into motion. in their home or their hand for that matter. So
love it if you would tell us a bit about how the
making things as clear and simple as possible
planning and implementation process works [WM] Matt, over the past week I’ve been there – without great process, it’s really hard to watching how churches have approached get great results! synchronizing their Facebook feeds and web [WM] So once you’re on the ‘watch page’
is extremely important.
sites. You have done a particularly great job of on the OSLC.com web site you have again
[Tim] Our planning process includes multiple making it easy for your congregation to stay made the pathway really clear. In BIG BOLD
levels of conversation and decision-making. engaged. Case in point is the video I watched LETTERS it says “Watch Live or OnDemand”,
The first decision is to actually commit to today that is both on your web site and your and below that there are two images with text
collaborative planning and implementation Facebook feed. Since you already succeeded overlays saying “WATCH LIVE” and “WATCH
(that’s my decision!). After several informal in connecting with your congregation this past ON DEMAND”. These two links take you
conversations with other senior staff members weekend, now you are to redirect some of the to your ‘watch live’ page where you stream
and trusted advisors, we gather together focus out towards serving your community. You your live services, or your Vimeo page where
to build consensus around a direction and have a URL (oslc.com/watch) for watching the you archives your messages. I’d like to talk
measurable goals or outcomes. We then services on your site that was both short and about Vimeo. Although you have a YouTube
delegate the planning to our ministry directors easy to memorize. Matt, there are so many best channel, you’ve opted to point congregants
and ministers who are closer to the ground practices at work here, I’d like to take a moment to your Vimeo for archived messages. One
to figure out how to make it work. They and have you share what you were thinking as reason churches opt to do this is to avoid the
accomplish this through regular SWOT analysis you set all this up so other churches can benefit copyright checks (accidental and otherwise)
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and from know that why behind the what. that can lead to having your YouTube channel
Threats), prayer, reflection, and learning from
shut down overnight. I have a friend who lost
other community and ministry leaders around [Matt Kees] A lot of what we’ve done on our 1,000,000+ subscribers due to an overnight
the world. Then, Directors and Ministers website in recent weeks is due to COVID-19. and unannounced change in policy – it
across all ministry areas work together and We knew that we would have to make our happens. Matt, why do you opt to point your
collaborate to land on a final plan. By inviting website the new ‘lobby’ of our church, so we congregation to Vimeo and not YouTube?
them to have a significant and intimate part recently simplified things. Simple navigation is in the ministry design, they have an almost the key. The link in the box that says “Join us [Matt] Primarily because Vimeo is the service
automatic ownership of what happens next. Online This Sunday” is one of the first things you we use to live stream, it automatically archives
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