Category Community

Church Attendance, Community, hybrid church, Streaming Features, streaming for church, Streaming Tips, streaming video, Tech Tips

5 Tips to Engage Your Audience During Streaming

An illustration of a person with a megaphone streaming on a computer screen, surrounded by people engaging in various activities: one looking through a telescope, another with a laptop, and others walking with briefcases. Paper airplanes fly around to engage the audience.

The rise of live streaming has opened doors for churches to reach a wider audience and connect with members who don’t always attend services in person. But simply streaming your service isn’t enough these days. To truly tap into the…

SCTV Team
August 27, 2024

Church Attendance, Community, New Visitors, reaching people,, streaming for church, Streaming Tips, streaming video, Tech Tips, Web Host

School is Back! Here’s How to Reach New Families & Keep Your Online Church Community Engaged

A smiling family of four, with two adults and two children, sits on a couch in a cozy living room. They gather around a laptop as part of their online church community, appearing engaged and happy as they look at the screen.

School is starting again and families are looking for a church that can meet the needs of everyone in the household. This means that people will be checking out your church’s website and videos, both live streaming and archives. Here…

SCTV Team
August 8, 2023

Church Management, Community, Pastors, Volunteers

5 Significant Ways to Show Gratitude to Your Church Volunteers

A silhouetted group of church volunteers holds hands and raises them together against a colorful sunset sky, symbolizing unity, togetherness, and shared gratitude.

Why is it important to always show gratitude whenever possible to our church volunteers? It’s not just because we need them, but because they are people that deserve to be loved and appreciated. Studies tell us that receiving and showing…

SCTV Team
February 2, 2023

Church Goals, Community, Holidays, Thanksgiving

Seven Ideas for an Engaging Thanksgiving Church Service

Autumn-inspired flat lay with dried orange slices, cinnamon sticks, star anise, acorns, and colorful maple leaves on a dark wooden background. Perfect for crafting an engaging Thanksgiving ambiance or setting the mood for a warm church service gathering. The items border the image, leaving space in the center.

We often associate Thanksgiving Day with turkey, pie, and football, at its core, Thanksgiving traces its roots to gratitude. Many churches will celebrate Thanksgiving together the weekend before or after Thanksgiving Day. Here are some ideas for a creative Thanksgiving…

SCTV Team
November 9, 2022

Community, Pastors

Uncomfortable Issues the Church Needs to Talk About

A pair of hands is using scissors to cut the word "UNCOMFORTABLE" into two pieces, symbolizing how important discussions can separate "UN" from "COMFORTABLE." This visual suggests that addressing uncomfortable issues, much like those the Church needs to talk about, starts by breaking them down.

There are many issues the Church as a whole needs to address, such as activism, environmental stewardship and many others. But there are many more struggles individuals in our churches are dealing with—issues that the church leaders should be talking…

SCTV Team
September 1, 2022

Community

10 Ways to Motivate and Keep Volunteers

A close-up of a diverse group of people's hands forming a supportive circle. They are joining fists together, symbolizing unity and teamwork, motivating volunteers through shared purpose. The background is softly blurred, emphasizing the hands in the center.

While 70% of volunteers at faith-based organizations will continue to serve from one year to the next, they are susceptible to burn-out. One of the main reasons volunteers stop serving is due to a lack of connection or passion for their…

SCTV Team
May 19, 2022

Church Goals, Community

5 Hindrances to Church Growth

A silhouette of a person pushing against a large boulder on a hill at sunrise symbolizes the determination often seen in church development. The sky is a gradient of warm orange and cool blue, with scattered clouds representing the hindrances faced in achieving church growth.

Pastors experience deep frustration and confusion when their churches stop growing. But churches are certainly not alone when it comes to decline. Many organizations get stuck and decline into maintenance mode. So what causes this decline? Are there definitive reasons…

SCTV Team
May 4, 2022

Church Marketing, Community

8 Ways to Grow Your Church in the Summer

A church steeple with a cross silhouetted against a vibrant orange and yellow summer sunset sky, surrounded by dark trees, inspires hope and renewal, reminiscent of a season of growth.

Are you a leader in your church? If so, you’ve probably been concerned about the steady decline in attendance that has occurred over the past few years for many churches. Here are a eight ways to attract people to your…

SCTV Team
April 21, 2022

Church Marketing, Community

4 Things That Should Be On Your Church Connection Card

Two hands are shown exchanging a blank white church connection card over a wooden table. The card is held between the thumb and index fingers of each person, with natural light illuminating the scene, symbolizing a moment of meaningful church outreach.

People seem to be slowly coming back to church now that the pandemic looks to be less severe as in the past. That’s good news; however, it’s still not as easy to attract new visitors to your church as it…

SCTV Team
April 6, 2022

Community, Web Host

The Role of a Great Church Online Host

A person is typing on a laptop displaying a video call with nine participants, including adults and children, each in their own square. As a Great Church Host, they orchestrate the virtual gathering with grace. The background shows office supplies like a stapler and pen holder.

If you are streaming your services live and you have a chat feature, you should have at least one online host on whenever you have an event. The role of the online host is more than just monitoring the chat…

SCTV Team
February 2, 2022