8 Pandemic-Friendly Ways to Reach Your Low-Tech Members

COVID has brought many challenges to staying connected, and it can be especially difficult for churches to engage with members who don’t have internet or are uncomfortable with technology, social media, or smartphones. Often those groups include seniors or lower income individuals and families. But with a little creativity, personal touch, and, in some cases, old-school outreach methods, you can keep connected with all your members. Here are a few pandemic-friendly tips to help engage even your low-tech members. Read More

I  have previously posted this article. It is one of those articles which is worthwhile posting again and again because newcomers to Anglicans Ablaze have neve read it and readers are are not new to Anglicans Ablaze will benefit from reading it again. I live in a county that is largely rural and many people do not have access to the internet. Before the pandemic they used one of the computers at the county public library to access the internet. The county public library limits the number of patrons who may be in the library at one time and also limits the amount of time that they may use one of the library's computers. The older resident who do have internet access, have difficulty in using videoconferencing platforms like Zoom and may lack the equipment to use these platforms. A number of small churches have negligible online presence, a church website that desperately needs upgrading and a Facebook page that is rarely used.