Mobile (Services) to Encourage the Soul?
In contrast to yesterday's post, here a bit about a church using a moblie service to encourage the soul (from Trendhunter via Textually):
An Anglican Parish Church has joined with voice-to-text company SpinVox to change the way they reach their community: by delivering sermons directly to parishioners' email inboxes, live.
The world's first voice-to-text Sunday service will take place Sunday November, 30th the first Advent. It will be given by the Reverend John Kronenberg, Vicar of Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey, at St Christopher’s Church.
As he delivers his sermon to the congregation seated in the Church, his words will be automatically converted by SpinVox and sent directly to subscribers' inboxes, in a matter of moments. 100 members of St Christopher's church will receive the sermon this Sunday...
Read the rest of this post at Trendhunter.
A bit of a side note about this post. This Sunday, my pastor showed me that he recently purchased an iPod Touch 8GB. He showed me his amazement about how he could do so much from that little screen; from podcasts, to browsing, to checking email. Being that we are a church that uses web services to do a lot of admin work, this is nearly a perfect solution for him. I mentioned to him that it would be a perfect delivery mechanism for his sermons. He looked at me as if I went a bit too far. Just a note to me that not everything can be done at once. But change is comin' ;)
posted by Antoine @ 12/03/2008 10:00:00 AM
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2 Comments:
I don't think that iPhones or whatnot are really ready for being the primary vehicle for sermon delivery. Actually, any device with a screen the size of the iPhone (or Newton or Palm or any handheld) is not large enough to make sermon delivery easier. I've used both a Newton (with a larger screen than the iPhone [but same resolution] and a Palm in a pinch, and it was excrutiating. give me an A4 page, or even A5 page (half-letter sized for you US-based folks) for sermon notes.
Honestly, there are some things that paper is still best for, and sermon notes is one of them. For one thing, you are holding your Bible, and either not using a pulpit, or step away from it. If you are dependent on your notes, you are either in the awkward position of having to return to the pulpit, or carrying both a palmtop and your Bible. It is just awkward.
Technology is a wonderful tool in the preacher's arsenal, but let's not try to force it where it may not best be used. I do highly doubt that the majority of preachers would prefer an electronic device (and its weight and size) over a couple sheets of paper, or even note cards. Them's my thoughts. :-)
-Jon
just because it might be foreign to you or that it fits a mode of use that is not comfortable does not mean others feel or do the same ;) We look to see what works now and will work to come, that is the point of this site.
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