Pam Smith
Online Mission and Ministry - Appendix 1
Online Mission and Ministry - Appendix 1
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Appendix 1 Example of a worship and prayer service for a chat room Notes for leaders If you are able to copy and paste the words into the chat room, the service will flow much more smoothly. If you are cutting and pasting, leave time for people to read each line before posting ag…
Online Mission and Ministry - Looking after yourself and your team
Online Mission and Ministry - Looking after yourself and your team
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Looking after yourself and your team Why is it that so many movements and organisations spring up within the Church and within society form a noble and generous purpose, attract intelligent and conscientious people, flourish briefly, then become so preoccupied with questions of i…
Online Mission and Ministry - Building an online community
Online Mission and Ministry - Building an online community
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Building an online community Even if your vision is for a project run solely by yourself, it is worth thinking about community. The online world is full of abandoned Christian sites, sadly forsaken and clogged up with adverts and spam posts which say nothing about the Christian m…
Online Mission and Ministry - Online discipleship and spirituality
Online Mission and Ministry - Online discipleship and spirituality
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Online discipleship and spirituality Jesus said that where two or three are gathered in his name, he will be present. Many of us have found that this promise holds good online. Perhaps the very lack of physical presence, and the time it takes to respond to each other in writing, …
Online Mission and Ministry - Pastoral care and relationships
Online Mission and Ministry - Pastoral care and relationships
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Pastoral care and relationships ‘Pastoral care’ in a Christian context means supporting and caring for people who are undergoing problems and crises such as illness, unemployment, loneliness or bereavement through practical help, listening and friendship. The word ‘pastoral’ rela…
Online Mission and Ministry - Where do I start?
Online Mission and Ministry - Where do I start?
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Where do I start? The old saying that it takes years to become an overnight success applies just as much to developing an online presence as to any other activity. There is no single, sure-fire way to develop an online presence – our methodology will vary according to our own per…
Online Mission and Ministry - Theological understandings
Online Mission and Ministry - Theological understandings
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Theological understandings Christians who become actively involved in online ministry can usually articulate a clear sense of being called by God to mission in the context of digital space. Of course, the personal conviction of being called to a particular role does not, in itsel…
Online Mission and Ministry - Techno Christianity
Online Mission and Ministry - Techno Christianity
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Techno Christianity In the beginning . . . I started to go online in the 1990s, shortly after the world wide web became available to people with home computers. I was teaching in a college which had a suite of computers connected to the internet, and having tried it out there I b…
Online Mission and Ministry - Acknowledgements and Introduction
Online Mission and Ministry - Acknowledgements and Introduction
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Acknowledgements Enormous thanks are due to my husband Jim, who has supported my ministry in every way possible over the last ten years, to my sons Sam and Chris and daughter-in-law Sarah for their love and encouragement, and to Gill and Di for cheering me on…
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