Hey there, could you do me a quick favor to help me help you?
Go down to the comments box and answer these 2 questions:
- How is your church or organization currently using video?
- When it comes to using video to advance your mission, what is your biggest challenge or obstacle?
This month we’re going to focus on topics related to video on the Christian Web Trends blog. We’ve got some great articles (and videos) already lined up, but we want to make sure we cover the topics and issues that are important to you.
Thanks for answering these 2 questions in the comments!
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million. -Troy Olson
If you have more thoughts about video you want to share, we invite you to voice them in this month’s Listening Post survey.
And of course, if you’re looking for a DIY church website builder, custom church website design, or church SEO, we’d love to help you live out your mission online.
More articles on how to use video to advance your mission:
- Funny Video: If Church Online Were “In Person”
- Is It Time for Churches to Stop Live Streaming Services?
- Free Church Live Streaming Options You Can Use Now
- How to Use Video Testimonials to Advance Your Mission
- Creating a Welcome Video for Your Church Website – Part 1
- Creating a Welcome Video for Your Church Website – Part 2
- 4 Ways Videos Improve Search Rankings and Traffic
- How to Use Training Videos to Advance YOUR Mission
- 10 Best Practices for Recording, Editing, and Uploading Sermon Videos
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We do not use videos in our services or in our church
We have no video equipment (projector, screen, monitors or internet access) in our sanctuary
I don’t use videos in my church and school websites because I don’t know how to do a video, let alone how to place it in my website. I know it sounds strange for what I am saying, but that is the truth. My obstacles are the lack of knowledge of using these technologies. Both church and school are online operations, and I feel very limited. Everything on my websites is only text.
1. How is your organization currently using video?
We use videos to advertise or promote concerts, services or special events like VBS. Some of our speakers also include videos in their presentations.
2. When it comes to using video to advance your mission, what is your biggest challenge or obstacle?
Dealing with copyright regulations in reproducing videos to use in services or activities or on the website can be a challenge. There’s been some interest in developing our own AV projects but we haven’t gone further than using powerpoint at this point.
We do not video our services at this time, but that’s not to say we won’t be doing so in the future. Like many small, rural congregation, we’re slow to adapt to technology; in fact, we have just launched our very first website, thanks to YOUR excellent support! So, give us time to catch up! We’ll get there eventually!
1. Video: YouTube for streaming/recording service
2. Challenge/Obstacle: Money for better equipment and volunteers to operate during worship.
I think I answered the questions based on the wrong part of video’s… Let me try again.
1. Use of Video: Song slides, occasional video clips in sermons, occasional PowerPoint with sermons
2. Challenge/Obstacle: Money for better equipment and time/coordination to organize worship better and plan for appropriate video clips, PowerPoint, images, etc.
I think I answered the questions based on the wrong part of video’s… Let me try again.
1. Use of Video: Song slides, occasional video clips in sermons, occasional PowerPoint with sermons
2. Challenge/Obstacle: Money for better equipment and time/coordination to organize worship better and plan for appropriate video clips, PowerPoint, images, etc.
We haven’t made or used video since not sure how to do it and only have smart phone to film & record it.