Mobile Ministry Magazine

One of the things that I liked about my MD church is that there is free wifi available for those using handheld or laptop devices. And while some of you might be thinking, "what does a church need to be offering wifi for?" One of the reasons that it does so is to enable those who are not staff to utilize the church's resources to get some things done. Some college students are even seen working on their laptops between services on Sundays getting papers done and what have you. If you will, by offering free (and usable) wifi, the church has made it easy for people to leave home for a while and come to another place to work and worship.

I had this thought after reading this article though, that there could be more done to serve those who are out and about, but want to be connected to either what is going on with life or church. I wonder what all could be one to help facilitate some seemless mobile computing usages throughout some (larger moreso than smaller) congregations.

I think of simple things such as having a mobile friendly page on their website that can be used to find out church times and the latest events (since search seems to be a big reason people are using mobile internet). I think of plugging into services such as Earthcomber that will not just give you a heads up on what is around in terms of places, but also what is going on in terms of events.

I wonder if it is even possible that one could log on to their church/community's website and then engage in community building events or discussions. Similar to a distance learning application, but where the browser is all that is needed, and information can be quickly shared.

The key thing is making something accessible, and from that point, we can use the tech to facilitate/encourage community.

Labels: accessiblity, community, Earthcomber, mobile