A panel discussion on producing worship services for an online world and cultivating community as we stay at home
The recent events with the COVID-19 pandemic and “shelter at home” orders have forced a new normal for churches to do their worship services online. With a few Sundays under our belt, I hosted a panel discussion of sorts with two other worship pastors—Brett McDonald and Ryland Russell—where I’ve seen their churches doing well navigating this new “normal.” In this conversation we talk about what our services look like online, how they differ from a normal in-person gathering, how we’re leveraging social media, and the mistakes we’ve learned from along the way.
Brett McDonald serves at Central Baptist Church in Round Rock, TX:
Facebook: facebook.com/CentralRR
Web: centralrr.com
Ryland Russell serves at Central Baptist Church in Owasso, OK:
Facebook: facebook.com/cbcowasso
Web: cbcowasso.org
I serve at Cherokee Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City:
Facebook: facebook.com/CherokeeHillsBaptist
Web: chbcok.com
In this episode I also mentioned a series of spoken word videos from Dillon Chase that you can incorporate into your Easter or other online worship services. To see examples and to learn more, check them out on the Dillon Chase website.