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Insights March 26, 2020

3/26/2020

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If you have limited experience recording video preaching and worship, here are some pointers from one pastor after his first week:
  • If your camera is too close, you can create a 3D effect with hand gestures as you point to your audience through the camera. I observed that on a zoom meeting today and it was a bit distracting.
    • Make sure you maintain eye contact with the camera.
    • Guard against verbal pauses—they will be magnified.
    • Watch your lighting or you might need to borrow some of your wife’s makeup so you don’t end up with too much “holy glow.
    • Stay upbeat when you do announcements and any stewardship emphases you use.
    • Be very practical and foundational in the messages you share—a great opportunity to do a “Vince Lombardi” series on the fundamentals of the Christian Faith. Lombardi is famous for focusing on the fundamental skills needed to win at the professional level.
    • Don’t go over the top on the COVID-19 theme.
  • Rural areas and even some urban contexts are having on-line challenges due to the increased number of churches posting services on-line. You might have to decrease the quality (file size) of your transmissions to minimize buffering.
  •  Be careful that you don’t end up with information overload as you look for “best practices” on how to respond. Collect good ideas and keep them in a “crock pot” until you can prayerfully figure out which ones will work best for you. Remember, you can’t do all of them.
  • But definitely don’t do the opposite and just sit around and wait for things to get back to “normal.” Too many churches are still waiting for the 1950s to return.
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    Mark is in his twenty-seventh year of serving as an Associational Missions Strategist. He served in western Iowa for almost eight years, and is in his nineteenth year with HCN. He has a passion to see pastors and church leaders grow in their abilities to lead their churches. He continues to have a heart and desire to see new churches planted and God continues to use his strategic thinking skills in this area. Mark also has a wealth of experience in helping churches clarify who God has created them to be, and what they can do best to reach their community. He has had ample opportunities to help churches in times of conflict, and has seen God do exciting things to restore a spirit of harmony, returning churches to a time of fruitfulness. He also helps churches in transition by working with search committees. Mark and Phyllis who were married in November of 2018 have four children and three grandchildren. They will enjoy their combined 87th anniversary in just a few days.

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