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March 16 — The Centers for Disease Control, in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, recently recommended that large gatherings be canceled and that people age 60 and over avoid such gatherings — even services in churches. While some churches offered services as usual yesterday, many provided online-only…
If your church is scrambling to set up live streaming because you’re not holding your usual Sunday services, here is the good news: Through videos, blog posts and offers of one-on-one help, people who have experience in live streaming church services offer pointers for getting started with live streaming. Steve…
If you are wondering whether or how long to cancel Sunday services, whether cleaning the church three times a week is enough, whether it’s still okay to host small classes, you can find reliable information many places and disinformation in many others. These reliable sources provide information that can help…
Unlike so many churches, Water and Stone Church in St. Petersburg, Florida, is perfectly positioned to move from in-person Sunday services to live streaming those services from anywhere. This Sunday, March 15, Water and Stone will switch to streaming-only services because the University of South Florida has closed the hall…
Do you invite people attending Sunday services to shake hands during the service and hold hands at the end? Is your congregation full of huggers and kissers? Are your congregants expressing concerns, privately or publicly, about catching the coronavirus as a result what goes on before, during and after your…
A few folks are likely to miss or arrive late for your Sunday service on March 8, when Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. That’s when we all “spring forward,” so we set our clocks ahead one hour at bedtime the night before. You can help your people show…
Editor’s Note: Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida recently hosted a “speed friending” event attended by nearly 100 people. This guest post by Faniel Pradel, Director of Engagement and Youth at Allendale, explains why the church hosted the event (very loosely patterned after the speed dating concept), how…
By Beverley J McLain, MBA, CAP® Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy McLain Consulting LLC Get set up for success. There is a wealth of anecdotal evidence out there about reasons why planned giving programs don’t work as expected. Unrealistic expectations and a lack of commitment from leadership are two key ones.…
Republished with permission from The Giving Block. Less than 1 percent of nonprofits accept cryptocurrency donations. Fifteen years ago nonprofits were skeptical about credit card donations. Now almost all accept them. Cryptocurrency will follow a similar trend except, in this scenario, there are additional benefits. 1. Do you want your…
A popular free plugin that made it easy to add PayPal buttons to your website is now seriously outdated; the developer has stopped maintaining it and now charges $59 per year per website for his new version of a plugin that always has been free. If you maintain your own…
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