How to make your resources digital

1. Moses + Joshua = greater impact
Presented & collated by
Nevelia Moloi

2. Two big questions
1. ‘LORD,
how
do
You
want
us
to
make
our
resources
go
digital?’
2. Your church or organisation is a treasure
chest of content – but how big is the reach?
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3. What is our mandate?

4. The life cycle of a sermon
Printed T
newsletter h
Sermon notes e
Video or
archived E
n
Sermon podcast d
Maybe one
Congregant’s
read or one
sermon notes
sharing
How many people have you reached?
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5. The Prodigal Son
"The Prodigal Sons", Luke 15:11-32 Pastor Bob Leroe, in
effect
saying,
"I
don’t
want
to
have
to
wait
around
for
you
Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts to
die
to
get
what’s
mine,
Dad;
since
you
haven’t
died
soon
enough
to
suit
me,
I
want
what’s
mine
now."
Outline:
Restlessness> vss 1- 11-12 The fall of the prodigal began the moment he claimed his
Rebellion> vss 13-16 rights; when he separated his interests from the interests of
Repentance> vss 17-19 his family--and not simply when he began to live separately
Reconciliation> vss 20-24 and recklessly, far from home. The desire to leave home and
Resentment> vss 25-32 face the responsibilities of adulthood is perfectly natural;
the restless yearning to flee responsibilities is immature. As
Introduction: the prodigal grew restless, his polluted imagination
When I told a friend I was preaching on the parable of the conjured up exotic, far away places. He could envision the
Prodigal
Son,
he
raised
a
question:
“Who
is
the
most
implications of total freedom from authority.
stressed
out
in
this
parable?”
I
thought
the
son,
the
father,
and the older brother were in different ways rather The father allows his younger son to leave. Sometimes the
stressed. But I was wrong. My friend said the one most worst thing God can do is to give us what we want--to show
stressed out of all was the fatted calf! us
that
our
desires
can’t
bring
satisfaction.
The
prodigal
got
what he wanted, but lost what he had. When we rebel
The parable of the prodigal son is the 3rd in a trilogy of against
God’s
will
He
sometimes
says,
"All
right,
YOUR
will
parables, the other two being about a lost coin and a missing be
done!
See
how
you
like
it!
God’s
most
severe
punishment
sheep. The word "prodigal" means "waster", one who may be to give us what we want.
wastes gifts and resources. The title comes from vs. 13
which tells how the son "wasted his substance in riotous vss 13-16/Rebellion
living." -A lost coin, a lost sheep, a lost son. In vss 13-16
we
witness
the
results
of
the
prodigal’s
rebellion. Gathering up his things, the prodigal leaves for a
vss 11-12/Restlessness "far country"; a place which exists first in our hearts. Like so
Vss 11-12
reveal
the
younger
son’s
restlessness.
He
asks
for
many of us, his happiness was conditional upon his
his inheritance--an unusual, yet legal request. The boy was circumstances; he was not content with his situation.

6. Repurpose your content
 How could we make this message appealing to the
majority of our church?
 What would appeal to specific groups, e.g. youth,
singles, couples, senior members, etc?
 How can we make this appealing in a non-Christian
context without losing its truth?
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7. How to make your sermon spread
Send out a
digital
newsletter Continue the
Create a podcast conversation on
or video facebook,
twitter & mobile
Upload & Sermon Get your church
distribute notes on the map
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8. How to make your sermon spread
Network
through online
sermon sharing
with other
pastors
Create
downloadable Offer mobi
illustrated ‘sermon
snacks’
resources
Sermon
notes
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9. But I can’t do this alone ...
Moses Joshua
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10. Upload your sermon
 Downloadable PDF
 First your own church website
 Next to other social media platforms where you have a
presence
 Then beyond the local community (more on this later)
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15. Send out a digital newsletter
 Your online database
 Mailchimp mailchimp.com
 Constant contact www.constantcontact.com
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16. Create a podcast or video
 Start with your own church website
 Then to Youtube or GODtube or Vimeo
 Facebook

17. Network through online sermon sharing
 Don’t
be
afraid
to
...

19. No church website?

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22. Create downloadable posters

23. Offer mobi sermon snacks
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24. Youth topics going viral
Whatsapp/FB
/BBM/MXit
chat groups
Youtube or
Illustrated
Facebook
resources
mobi-vids
Online youth
Mobi Youth forum /
sermons or
‘bait’
lesson blogs
(tumblr)
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27. Creatively digital arts
Videos & mp3s Arts online:
(Youtube music / poetry
channel) (creationswap)
Online tutorials
Digimag
or webinars
Creative
arts
ministries
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28. Get connected
 Spectacular Sheet Music, Open Source Software
Ever looked at some sheet music and wished you could
turn your pencil scribbles into a work of art? Ever
wondered if you could do that on a shoestring budget,
and on your Linux PC?
 Enter MuseScore! MuseScore is a sheet music or score
writer that is intuitive, easy to use, and runs natively
on most platforms through its use of the Qt toolkit. Oh
and, best of all, it is completely open-source and free of
charge!
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29. Get noted: ccMixter
 ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed
under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample,
mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
Remixers If
you’re
into
sampling,
remixing
and
mash-ups grab
the sample packs and a cappellas for download and you can
upload your version back into ccMixter, for others to enjoy and
re-sample. All legal.
 Looking for music for
a
video,
school
project,
game
you’re
developing, podcast or just for listening in your cubicle or mobile
music device?
Find
exactly
the
music
you’re
looking
for
- podsafe, liberally
licensed - using dig.ccMixter Music Discovery tool.
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30. Get noted: Creationswap
 Search royalty-free stock photos, church bulletins,
sermon art, logos and more shared freely or sold by
Christian artists worldwide. Also, visit our Network to
connect with artists, view portfolios or post jobs free.
 Posters, slides, banners, invitation cards
 Free
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33. Size doesn’t matter
 Digi-savvy churches (with strong digital or social media presence)
 think bigger. Share. And show others how.
 Digi-scary churches (just getting used to having a website)
 start
small.
Use
what
you’ve
got
(inhouse).
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36. Open – ministry of lifechurch
 http://open.lifechurch.tv/
 Message outline / notes
 Message videos
 Small group questions
 Small group videos
 Banners / posters
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38. Our secret weapons
 CREATIVELY CREATOR GOD.
 LIVE-GIVING JESUS.
 HOLY SPIRIT POWER.
Trust and believe that with this combo we are in the majority
and can really take our message to the ends of the earth.
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40. Links & acknowledgements
 Prodigal Son sermon
http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-prodigal-sons-robert-leroe-sermon-on-parable-
prodigal-son-48322.asp Robert Leroe
 ‘Repurposing
content’
Thanks to Gillian Meier of Blue Magnet Solutions: www.bluemagnet.co.za
 Cartoons
Reverendfun.com Copyright Bible Gateway
 Sons vs Hirelings pdf
Ps Simon Lerefolo His
People
“The
Hub”
http://feeds.feedburner.com/HPJHBSermons
 Online sermon sharing
Sermoncentral.com
www.sermoncentral.com
www.sermoncloud.com
http://digitalsermontranscription.com
www.sermoncompanion.com
www.sermonmediaplayer.com
http://sermonstudio.net/index.html
http://www.scribacms.co.za/
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41. Links & acknowledgements
 Online sermon sharing pic
Google images
 No church website?
www.forgood.co.za
 Downloadable posters
www.creationswap.com
 Excellent blog
http://www.sharefaithblog.com/2010/08/monday-age-global-reach-viral-sermon/
 Get connected
http://musescore.org
 Get noted
http://www.ccmixter.org/
 United Methodist Communications
www.umcom.org
http://www.umcom.org/site/c.mrLZJ9PFKmG/b.6381787/k.79BC/Social_Media_for_Churches.htm
 Map of Jerusalem to ends of the earth
‘Church
History
1:
The
First
Advance’
by
John
Foster
(Hollen Street Press)
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