There persists several lines of thought on annoyance of online church. This is getting repetitve but it is worth repeating: Some prefer not to be “on webcam”, or see other people on webcam, during a service Interaction in church is a good thing, not replaceable by “online” Negative connotation of…
The speed with which many churches started to use social media and online meeting tools is phenomenal. The common technical annoyance across all these tools is that are not suitable for church use. They are designed more for “fun” use – chatting and taking photos etc. Problems begin when a…
Use of video might be one thing people have been reluctant to try using online tools for church services. In a ‘normal’ church services where we meet physically, playing video is such a great headache. Getting something played on the computer is already a tough thing to achieve, then getting…
Using online church, we have managed to “see” some of the people we usually meet as church family, showing concern and care, sharing in sorrow and joy. It’s beginning to feel like it is easier to talk to each other online. We have done that a few times. We know…
Series starts here. Music focus – musical instruments and voices Challenging. Think of when you only have a very small amount of “information” to send down the line. Or like a spacecraft going to beyond our galaxy further into space, it could communicate back to earth, but only tiny portion…
Series starts here. Congregation focus Showing multiple faces on screen gives a sense of community. Where your application can show faces across people who have logged in, this can greatly create that sense of community – while they are not individually looking or relating to some other individuals, it seems…
It might be an alarming sight if you go to your church and find that on the entrance is a notice to say your church is closed but proceed to a certain address to find the same activities taking place there. A change of venue does not happen in some…
More than a year had passed since my last blog. Lots of things have changed; the need to come back to the blog became less and less of a need. Lots of things have remained the same. As of today, or this month, this quarter, lots of things become the…
Series starts here. The cost you pay to run an online church is huge. It might cost you some money, but how long, just how loooooooooong, have you spent doing something to get it suitable for use in online church. It’s far beyond what we have done for a single…
All things online don’t work well for churches. Church is about people. Having a church online goes against what you want to do as a church. The whole point about reaching out to people is they come to learn and share about the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is about…
One idea to provide some variations to piano accompaniment in supporting singing voices is on the bass line. The following is an example, being the end of song, or a section of the song, closing with a dominant 7th to tonic. The chords are in first (root) position. The melody…
At a weekend conference, the digital piano was in fact electronic piano. I don’t know whether people make that difference (digital or electronic) or whether the naming system is consistent across manufacturers. Briefly, digital piano has better sounds (and more effects) than electronic. It sounds like a major difference, but…
