During a recent social media workshop, my brief description about the possibilities of Pinterest as a social media outlet was met with a few giggles. The medium has quite the reputation as the site where women go to disappear for a few minutes...which turn into hours.
In that same workshop, though, I shared a quote that stated: "Stop trying to DO social and just BE social." And many of the ways that we as a church are now social -- church suppers, craft fair fundraisers, our services, our formation activities -- all lend themselves very well to the most visual of social media.
And a quick search of Pinterest for 'Episcopal Church' shows that many churches have a good sense of the possibilities this medium has. Here are just a few examples:
Children/Adult Formation:
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Stuart, Florida
Crafty Ideas for Sunday School
Trinity Episcopal - Tulsa, Oklahoma
VBS
Church of the Redeemer - Sarasota, Florida
Activities for Formation
Good Shepherd - Dallas
Godly Play
Church Suppers/Craft Fairs
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Stuart, Florida
Church Supper Ideas
St. Paul’s Mt. Lebanon, PA
St.P Canterbury Fair Crafts
Resources: Books, Formation Resources, Music
St. Cuthbert Episcopal Church (no location given)
Resources
St. Mark’s Episcopal - Waterville, Maine
Books
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church - Knoxville, TN
Music
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church & School
Books & Authors
Grace Saint Paul’s - Tucson, AZ
Lenten Meditations
Your church and community
St. Francis Episcopal, Great Falls, Virginia
Our Church Home
St. Mark’s Episcopal - Waterville, Maine
Parish Life
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church & School
Houston
St. Anthony on the Desert
Tour of St. Anthony
Mission
St. Cuthbert Episcopal Church (no location given)
Companies that Love
St. Mary the Virgin - San Francisco
Helping Others
St. Mark’s Episcopal - Waterville, Maine
Acting on our Faith
Episcopal things/misc.
St. Mark’s Episcopal - Waterville, Maine
Episcopal Connections
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church - Knoxville, TN
Stained Glass
Church of the Good Shepherd
Red Doors
Want to see more? Here you go, but be aware...Pinterest is very addictive. Happy Pinning.
in research right now for using social media to connect clergy wives and also as a tool to equip and encourage the laity- Connie Denninger- Pinterest- my husband recently moved from parish ministry to serve as a bishop in the LutheranChucrch-MS started a convent group of laywomen as Kingdom Impact Pinners across the United States--- glad I found your work - I am also leading workshops on using Pinterest as tool for the church
ReplyDeleteExcellent, Connie. I would be glad to pass on any resources you wanted to share. :D Just let me know.
DeleteWe've enjoyed using Pinterest at Trinity Episcopal in Tariffville, CT. Here is the link to our church's Pinterest boards: http://www.pinterest.com/trinitytville/boards/
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