FBCS Letter to Church

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1 October 19, 2011 Dear Faith Bible Chapel South friends and family, As some of you may have noticed over the past few months, Faith Bible Chapel South has made a lot of new changes in our online presence. I’m writing this letter to let you know about everything we’ve been working on, what’s ahead, and what you can do to get involved. Starting this past May, our church’s presence in the digital world expanded immensely. We added a Facebook page and additional social media accounts on Twitter, YouTube, Issuu, and Flickr. Now for those of you that don’t know a “tweet” from a “tag” or “friending” from “following” we’ll go through what each of these different platforms allows the church to do. Facebook (facebook.com/faithsouth) is an online social network where people can share anything from short status updates to long notes about what is happening in their lives. People can also share photos, videos, and other content on their personal profile. FBCS has created a church Facebook page that allows us to remind people about upcoming events, communicate news updates, share photos and videos from church events, direct people to our website, and connect with people that weren’t at service, such as those who were sick or our missionaries. Twitter (twitter.com/fbcsouth) serves us in a similar way to facebook, but it allows for quicker updates and anyone can get Twitter updates on their phone (once enabled). FBCS uses Twitter to communicate urgent updates and to connect with other ministries that are also on Twitter. YouTube (youtube.com/user/FBCSouth) is a video-sharing site where FBCS posts videos that we make about events (such as the recent Community Picnic). YouTube also allows us to connect with people that often don’t come to church or are unfamiliar with church altogether, because our videos may be suggested to YouTube users that would never think of putting a step inside our building. Eventually, we may make videos of sermons and post them on YouTube. Issuu (issuu.com/fbcsouth) is a website that allows FBCS to share our church bulletin online. So, if you miss a service due to illness or travel (or you simply came too late to get an update), then you can check the bulletin posted on our Issuu account online. We also post our Issuu Chapel Updates on Facebook and Twitter for those that follow us there. (This letter is posted on Issuu.) Flickr (flickr.com/photos/fbcsouth) allows FBCS to share pictures and videos of church events, happenings, and announcements on the Internet for those without a Facebook account. Flickr also serves as a great outreach platform for FBCS because Flickr is an online community of photographers and other media people that may have never considered church before. Currently, we’re working on adding some more online platforms for FBCS, including a podcast and a new and improved website. The FBCS podcast will allow anyone to download an audio version of the Sunday sermon to their computer via the iTunes program (itunes.com). iTunes is a completely free program, and the FBCS podcast would automatically sync and download on a person’s computer if they chose to subscribe to the podcast. You could listen to the downloaded audio file on your computer, or you could upload the file to your iPod, smartphone, tablet, or laptop. We’ll be sure to let you know once we have this up and running.


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