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Write down this password CORONAWEBINAR2020 Well email you free resources right after the webinar Seize this opportunity! Prep staff to work remotely 6 Tackle rainy day projects Hunt down missing addresses What should I
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Seize this opportunity!
Prep staff to work remotely
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Tackle “rainy day” projects
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What should I do all day?
- Hunt down missing addresses
- Send thank-you notes
- Invite every family to follow
the parish on Facebook
- Create a stewardship plan
- Redesign the new parishioner
welcome packet
- Improve your online giving
page
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What should I do all day?
Organize volunteer-from-home ideas for your parishioners! Form prayer teams Organize future projects Make phone calls to shut-ins
Livestream Mass
Equipment you’ll need
Parish Facebook page Smartphone with full battery Strong Wi-Fi signal
A way for people to give online
A tripod for your smartphone
Take me to your leader
An external microphone (optional)
People you’ll need
Producer Digital Usher
Producer
- Administrator rights on Facebook
- Records the Mass on a smartphone
- Starts and stops the livestream
Producer Digital Usher
Digital Usher
- Watches the livestream on a computer
- Welcomes and greets people online
- Answers questions
- Coordinates the offertory collection
hey, that’s my job!
hey, that’s my job!
Digital Usher
- Watches the livestream on a computer
- Welcomes and greets people online
- Answers questions
- Coordinates the offertory collection
D.I.Y.
(Do it yourself)
Just click “live” in the area where you’d normally create a post
It’s actually pretty easy
Record in “landscape” mode
“Here is a link to participate in the offertory. Your gifts help us spread the Gospel even when we can’t gather together for Holy Mass. Please make your gift at www.churchname.com/donate” Livestream Viewing Area Comments Area
What if someone posts an inappropriate comment?
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Embrace online giving
59% of donors over 66 have given online
In the past year, mobile giving has increased 205%
You probably already have what you need
“Here is a link to participate in the digital offertory. Your gifts help us minister even when we can’t gather together for Holy
- Mass. Please make your gift at www.churchname.com/donate.”
Send a letter to every household
- Update them on your parish plans
- Ask them follow the parish on social media
- Provide contact information for emergencies
- Pray for them and ask for their prayers
- Thank them for their generosity and faith
- Ask them to move their tithe online
How do you protect your offertory?
Then e-mail the message with a hyperlink
Does online giving really matter?
Get email addresses - now
$589 $597 $716 Fewer than 30% of emails Between 30 - 70% of emails Greater than 70% of emails
How many parishioner emails do you have on file?
Avg household giving
21% more!
Get active on social media
82% of Baby Boomers have a social media account
35%
Only 35% of Christians will create religious content for Facebook… …But 86% will share religious content that’s already created
The new (digital) evangelization
86%
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Average household giving is 6.4% higher at parishes with an active Facebook page
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Parishes that post at least daily on Facebook report household giving that is 44% higher than those who don’t
But what should we post every day?
Understaffed Under resourced Pressed for time
Provide parish updates Livestream Masses, rosaries and bible studies Ask for prayer intentions Start a book club Promote volunteer-from-home opportunities Remind families of Formed.org or Word on Fire Share Catholic podcasts and other resources
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