http://whyismarko.com/2010/social-media-and-missions/ life, faith, youth ministry, emerging church, leadership, whimsy Wed, 23 May 2012 12:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://whyismarko.com/2010/social-media-and-missions/comment-page-1/#comment-1189683 Dorian Del Priore Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:18:36 +0000 http://whyismarko.com/?p=6667#comment-1189683 I've been using our youth blog, my iphone, and wifi access to make daily updates on our mission trips for the past 3 years, and parents have loved it. It has created a connectivity in our community that otherwise would have never existed. It was especially powerful during our mission to Ecuador last summer. I had notes from parents and members of the church for weeks after the trip thanking me for allowing them to live out of the mission through the daily blog updates. Through pictures and stories, they felt like they were there themselves, and they found themselves checking the blog often hoping for a new update. Awesome stuff, and I highly recommend all youth workers try to utilize technology in this fashion. I’ve been using our youth blog, my iphone, and wifi access to make daily updates on our mission trips for the past 3 years, and parents have loved it. It has created a connectivity in our community that otherwise would have never existed. It was especially powerful during our mission to Ecuador last summer. I had notes from parents and members of the church for weeks after the trip thanking me for allowing them to live out of the mission through the daily blog updates. Through pictures and stories, they felt like they were there themselves, and they found themselves checking the blog often hoping for a new update. Awesome stuff, and I highly recommend all youth workers try to utilize technology in this fashion.

]]> http://whyismarko.com/2010/social-media-and-missions/comment-page-1/#comment-1189676 Jeff Slack Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:37:18 +0000 http://whyismarko.com/?p=6667#comment-1189676 Thanks Marko for posting this; I agree wholeheartily. On our recent trip into Haiti we also took advantage of social media sites to keep family and mission-supporters notified of where we were and what we were doing. Thanks Marko for posting this; I agree wholeheartily. On our recent trip into Haiti we also took advantage of social media sites to keep family and mission-supporters notified of where we were and what we were doing.

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