10 Reasons To Use Pinterest For Your Church

  1. Reach a wider audience: Pinterest has over 400 million active users, making it a great platform to reach new people and potential members of your church.
  2. Visual storytelling: Pinterest is all about visual content, making it a great platform to share your church's story and mission through images and graphics.
  3. Promote events: You can create boards specifically for events at your church and share them on Pinterest to attract more attendees.
  4. Share sermons: You can share your church's sermons and other teachings on Pinterest, making them easily accessible to members and non-members alike.
  5. Encourage engagement: Pinterest allows users to save and share content they find interesting, which can encourage engagement with your church's content.
  6. Collaborate with others: You can collaborate with other churches and organizations on Pinterest by creating group boards, which can help you reach new audiences and share ideas.
  7. Build a community: Pinterest can help you build a community around your church by sharing images and content that resonate with your audience.
  8. Showcase your church's personality: Through images, graphics, and boards, you can showcase the personality and values of your church to potential members.
  9. Drive traffic to your website: You can use Pinterest to drive traffic to your church's website by sharing links to your blog posts, sermons, and other content.
  10. Easy to use: Pinterest is user-friendly and easy to use, even for those who may not be familiar with social media. This makes it a great platform to use for churches looking to expand their online presence.

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Conversations with Leah Moler and Father Ian

Diocese of Raleigh June 23, 2018 Ordination

10 Facebook MUST-DO'S for your CHURCH

You ARE using Facebook for your church, right? I have created a list of 10 things that we and should be doing as churches to get the most out of Facebook. It truly is a fantastic tool to communicate with our church family and reach those in our surrounding communities.

Learn more about using Facebook for your church.

Why should your parish use Facebook?

Why should you be using social media for your parish? What good is it? Is it just a waste of time?

We’re not talking about you spending hours perusing folks feeds and liking photos of babies, etc. But what we are talking about is a few main reasons that your parish should be using Facebook to more easily communicate and uplift your parishioners.

  1. Discovery (helping people find what they are looking for). Assuming you want to be very accessible for folks to find your parish, what time your services are at, what other ministries you offer and due to the fact that a majority of the population is on Facebook - having information and being active on the platform will continue to be important. 
  2. First Impressions - Facebook is fantastic opportunity to show the local community who you are and what you stand for. When you don’t put effort into your online channels, being totally honest here, it gives them an impression that not much is going on at the parish.
  3. Reach Local Community. By creating content that engages with your parishioners and hopefully even your local community - you are able to reach into the community in ways you maybe couldn’t do traditionally. Additionally, with things like events, Facebook is a fantastic tool to target (with only a small amount of budget) people right where they are at in the community. 
  4. Facebook is a great way to build a relationship with your parishioners. Facebook groups are a fantastic way to build an online community where your parishioners can have conversations, discuss homilies, etc and really give you as the church the ability to engage with your people outside of mass. Folks love seeing behind the scenes, and even being a part of the conversation with Q&A’s and more.

Want to learn more about how to use Facebook and other social media for your church? Let's Chat

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Fr. Ian Van Heusen talks about how the sacrament of confession helps us to overcome sin.

March for Life 2018

Highlights of our time at March for Life 2018 in Washington DC.

Fill Your Feed With Goodness

It's time to fill your social media feeds with goodness.