Useful technology simplifies our lives.  As churches welcome their congregation to virtual worship services, entering the service via online tools needs to be simple and easy.  A best practice has…

Throughout history, people have long formed social networks to deepen their relationships.  Congregations around the world provide smaller, private groups to worship in a shared manner and deepen one’s spiritual…

Over the Lenten season the team at Here I Am was able directly observe the differences in engagement on a private social media app (Here I Am) vs a public one (Facebook).   A client church…

Over the past ten years, social media via smartphones has become the dominant way that people manage their connections with others.  Facebook has emerged as the monopoly company in this environment,…

A second screen refers to using a mobile device to provide an enhanced viewing experience for content. I first learned about this experience in a sports marketing class my sophomore…

As our world enters a fourth month of active social distancing and safer at home living, the positives and negatives of engaging remotely are now reality.  In general, people have…

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced church congregations into a virtual environment.  For many congregations, this is the first time they have actively managed a remote worship service.  The Here I…

Over the past three months, churches have transitioned from live stream services, to pre-recorded services, and back again. Watch parties have been organized so that congregants can enjoy worship in…

Churches thrive off the congregation, and a great way to measure the liveliness of a congregation is by their engagement and connection. This can range anywhere from how many people…

To better understand what different churches are going through as COVID-19 changes the ways we worship, the Here I Am team has tuned into over 40 different online worship streams…