Our Experiments
8501-Alexa Skill: Creating a prayer leader out of Alexa to help people pray at home.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It worked! Look for Phase II coming soon. FINAL REPORT
8502-Apple News Prayer Feed: Make it easier for people to engage with scripture during the week, during their daily life by creating a source that can supply content into their Apple Newsfeed.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Turns out the technology is a bit more complicated than we thought and our partner in this is very busy. We are looking to launch in early 2020.
8503-Connected Congregation: Using texting for easy points of contact between the congregation and its members leading to more engagement with the church and higher attendance.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Five congregations began the experiment. One has dropped out, but one more is joining. We keep trying new uses and new technology.
8504-Digital Collection Plate: Grow the collection plate amounts at congregations by making it as easy and fast as possible for people to give in forms other than cash.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It did not work as we had wanted it to but enough to move to phase 2.
8505-TryTank IdeasFestival: A festival of ideas for church growth and innovation. Seeking to create a '"primordial soup" where the right elements (folks) can bump (meet) and create new ideas beyond the “adjacent possible.” (Now part of "Rooted in Jesus 2020" -- a sizable Episcopal event in January. We will be showcasing eight current innovators in the church in TED Conference-style presentations.)
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
Result: We're going to Rooted in Jesus!
8506-Latinx Ministry in a Box: Using multi-site technology to create a Spanish-speaking congregation taking small steps.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It worked! FINAL REPORT
8507-Latino Music Project: Make it easier for the church to provide Spanish-language worship services by creating a music video library of the most used Spanish hymns.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: At this point, we have all the elements: the hymns, the rights, the recording location, and the recording team. But now we're working on visas since we want to record it in Cuba! Still working this through. Because of how busy the fall gets for most in our world, we are looking to record around April of 2020.
8508-Latinx Phonetic App: Make it easier for non-native speakers to be able to lead Spanish-language worship services by creating an app that teaches them the phonetic way to say the prayers from the Libro de Oración Común.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: Did NOT work. It was too expensive.
8509-Listening Project: Conversations with 100 leaders who have grown and maintained their congregational growth. Leading to the "Habits of Highly Effective Church Growers." Some will be basic, but we also hope to find surprises.
This experiment is ACTIVE.
LATEST: 30 conversations completed, a great start. And we are continuing toward 100! (Side note: one of our workshops at the Rooted in Jesus conference will be all about what we have learned so far. Plan to be there!)
8510-Spin Church: Taking the basics of a regular "Soul Cycle" group fitness class and making it full-out about Jesus and then sharing a liturgical meal after.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: Did NOT work. People were interested, but did not show. FINAL REPORT
8511-Facebook Master Class: A social media expert will lead a one-day master class on how to use Facebook advertising to grow the church. The course comes with three months of subject matter coaching and accountability for the participants.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It worked, but cheaper to outsource! FINAL REPORT
8512-Interactive Sunday: Using technology to have interactive sermons (quizzes, surveys, word clouds, etc.) leading to more engagement with the church and higher attendance.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: Did NOT work! No partners wanted to try it.
8513-Theological Explainer Videos: Create a library of whiteboard videos that explain theological concepts in 2 minutes. The videos will be on YouTube, the 2nd largest search engine in the world.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Still working on videos 3 through 5. Two of the scripts are done and in the animation process as we prepare for launch. Want to see our first two videos? HERE they are.
8514-EpiscoPALS: To connect US high school students with Palestinian high school students with the goal of creating deep accompanying relationships among the faithful.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We think we have identified one school in the US and one in Palestine. Regarding technology, we were going too far into the weeds for a "proof of concept" experiment (or even what we need for this to work!) so we are scaling back.
8515-Home Sermons: Weekly 3 minute sermon videos to be used by Eucharistic ministers as they take communion to the homebound.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are all set to go. We are in the soft-launch of the experiment before we do more marketing for it. Check it out at Good News on the Go. Woot!
8516-Baptism Revival: Create a parish neighborhood baptism revival reaching those who have no church relationship.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: These events are "all hands on deck" type events for a congregation. So, while we have had conversations with multiple congregations and they are in prayerful discernment about the next steps we don't yet have any signed participation agreements. Let us know if you are interested!
8517-HeartEdge USA: Helping to expand the HeartEdge network in the US. Building association, learning, development, and resource of congregations on the edge.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Learn more about this project here - and check out the November newsletter for a special offer and information. There is still room for the first cohort, so send in those applications!
8518-Text Abbey: Create an SMS-based community that connects seniors to each other, to younger members of the congregations, and to the community.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are using our new Design Thinking approach to this. Rather than our original idea (good or bad as it may be), we will be holding a 2-day research sprint to develop new solutions. Stay tuned next month for more information on how that goes.
8519-Virtual Supply Priest: Creating a network of great Episcopal preachers who can provide recorded video sermons for congregations who do not have a Sunday clergy person and will instead offer Morning Prayer.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We will be launching the experiment during the season of Lent 2020. We are looking for congregations without a regular preacher who may want to try this out. If it's you, hit reply and tell us.
8520-Touring Gospel Choir: Organize a touring gospel choir who can go to various Episcopal communities to perform. In each community, the choir will lead a master class for local Episcopal choirs on how to best use the gospel music in our tradition.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: The show is called "Where you There?" and will tour during the last week of Lent 2020 (March 26-30). It turns out that moving 20 singers around is not so easy! Just kidding, we knew that. Building a tour goes like this: find an anchor city and then build around that. We did this and are building around one cathedral. This has meant that we are reaching out to many congregations who may not even have heard of us to play the tour. Final locations soon!
8521-Modern Christian Radio: A streaming radio station that plays contemporary music but has Christian messages in between the music.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are working with Spotify to build a collection of mini-devotional messages that can then be inserted into all kinds of music genre playlists. So, we can create a contemporary hit music playlist (or classical, or hip-hop, or whatever your choice) and these devotions will be in the midst of the music (much like announcers would be). It's a pretty cool way of doing this and we look forward to working this out.
8522-Street Bible: Produce person on the street interview videos with a re-enactment (and correction!) that make learning Bible truths fun and provide a first step on the path to discipleship.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: The two proof of concept videos are now in post-production work. We hope to have the episodes ready to test in the new year.
8523-Cleaning Monks: Create a low-barrier, low-investment, and replicable model of a social enterprise that can provide jobs (as a ministry) and where profits can support the mission of the sponsoring congregation.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: "Cleaning Monks" has been intentionally placed on slow-boil.
8524-Millennial Travel Experience: Work with an experienced tour operator to create a trip that can fill the "spiritual experience" desires of millennials.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are in the final part of the research phase of this experiment. We have been having in-depth interviews with Gen-Z and millennials to find out what they are looking for and what would excite them. They have been really fascinating conversations. We expect to start recruiting in January for the participants to travel with us.
8525-Evangelism Theater: Organize a small tour for a theatrical show that can be performed in a church and thus make it easy for people to invite their friends to church and have a conversation about spirituality.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We got some good responses to this one! Our show is "The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)," an incredibly funny comedy by the Reduced Shakespeare Company. We will be touring the last weekend of April in New York City, Chicago, Bay Village (Ohio), and East Lansing (Michigan) before finishing up at VTS (in Alexandria, VA).
8526-The How to Try Coaching Podcast: A podcast that's a recorded conversation between an executive coach and someone who's trying new things in the church.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This experiment has been placed on slow-boil for the time being.
8527-Transformation Weekend: Similar to a self-improvement weekend but fully Christian and the goal is to transform the participants into committed followers of Jesus.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We think we have a prototype to try! Since it's similar to the Millennial Travel experience experiment, our research helped both at the same time. More on this soon.
8528-Modern Mr. Rogers: If Mr. Rogers were starting his show in 2019, what might it look like? How would it incorporate technology? And what if it was also a tool for Christian formation. We (cardigans in hand) aim to find out.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are having conversations with early childhood experts to figure out what's the best way to develop this and prove the concept. (To the surprise of nobody who watched Mr. Rogers, it turns out that the original Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood is still pretty effective with young people.)
8529-Two Podcasts: Create two podcasts to reach new audiences where they are. One, aimed at the LGBTQ community with questions and answers to their spiritual and religious questions. The second one is called "A Priest and a Singer" and it will intersperse inspirational Christian messages with cover acoustic versions of contemporary hit music.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This experiment has been slow-tracked for the time being.
8530-Virtual Kitchen: There is a need right now for virtual restaurants that can deliver food later in the evening. And many churches have commercially graded kitchens. This experiment will explore how the kitchens can be rented out to local entrepreneurs or used by the church itself to raise funds for mission and ministry.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are finding the right person at our experiment partner congregation who wants to start their own restaurant. But we have all the health department stuff done and are pretty much ready to go.
8531-Social Justice Action Alerts: Develop short "mini-documentaries" that can mobilize people to take action on social justice.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Video is 12x more likely to get people mobilized. We are working with a company of storytellers that will dramatically lower the cost of producing videos (from story to editing) and then will try it out on a social issue
8532-Regenerative Gardens: Develop a replicable design for church gardens that follows the principles of healing gardens as developed for hospitals.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This is on the slow track (intentionally - it is winter).
8533-Young Adult Didactic Books: Develop a series of on-demand and digital books aimed at a young adult audience that teach the life of discipleship.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We have a conversation with our experiment partner scheduled for January to move this along.
8534-Episcopal Prayer Skill in Spanish: Taking what we have learned from our Alexa Skill experiment to develop a Spanish-language version that will be available on the Android platform.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This is moving along pretty quick. We are looking for a partner who would see producing the daily prayer in Spanish as a ministry for them.
8535-Alexa Phase 2: To grow the current skill on Alexa to be on the Google Assistant. Also, to produce it in Spanish.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Our skill doesn't even have to be enabled anymore! All anyone has to do on any Alexa machine is say "Alexa Open Episcopal Prayer" and off it goes. This second phase is to make the prayer a bit longer than the 4 minutes we use now and we will be doing some marketing so more people know it's there.
8536-Digital Collection Plate Phase 2: Taking what we learned from the first phase and developing a kiosk solution for congregations to accept digital payments.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: The designs of the small kiosk look good! We will be looking for more congregations for the second phase. Stay tuned.
8537-Design Research Team: Build out a team trained in design thinking to research experiment opportunities.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We have two so far to get trained in design thinking and be a part of our team. Part of this effort will be to "show our work," as it were. We will be showing the research data and the early iterations of prototypes (the back of the napkin drawings, kind of thing).
8538-Latino Ministry Launch: Taking the success of the Latino Ministry in a Box experiment (8506) and helping to launch it as an ongoing ministry.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We hope to have the Letter of Agreement signed this month and we can announce what's next in the new year.
8539-Administrative Hubs: To eliminate redundancy by creating administrative hubs that can do work for multiple congregations at once.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are starting small in a diocese: bulletins. As soon as we can say more, it'll be here!
8540-Comic Con: To have a presence at the international convention to meet younger audiences where they are. Also an opportunity to do research on the same audience.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Turns out that Comic Con is not excited by our application. Not just ours, but the church in general, which shows what the feeling of the church is in that sphere. Maybe even more important that we are there! Stay tuned!
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It worked! Look for Phase II coming soon. FINAL REPORT
8502-Apple News Prayer Feed: Make it easier for people to engage with scripture during the week, during their daily life by creating a source that can supply content into their Apple Newsfeed.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Turns out the technology is a bit more complicated than we thought and our partner in this is very busy. We are looking to launch in early 2020.
8503-Connected Congregation: Using texting for easy points of contact between the congregation and its members leading to more engagement with the church and higher attendance.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Five congregations began the experiment. One has dropped out, but one more is joining. We keep trying new uses and new technology.
8504-Digital Collection Plate: Grow the collection plate amounts at congregations by making it as easy and fast as possible for people to give in forms other than cash.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It did not work as we had wanted it to but enough to move to phase 2.
8505-TryTank IdeasFestival: A festival of ideas for church growth and innovation. Seeking to create a '"primordial soup" where the right elements (folks) can bump (meet) and create new ideas beyond the “adjacent possible.” (Now part of "Rooted in Jesus 2020" -- a sizable Episcopal event in January. We will be showcasing eight current innovators in the church in TED Conference-style presentations.)
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
Result: We're going to Rooted in Jesus!
8506-Latinx Ministry in a Box: Using multi-site technology to create a Spanish-speaking congregation taking small steps.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It worked! FINAL REPORT
8507-Latino Music Project: Make it easier for the church to provide Spanish-language worship services by creating a music video library of the most used Spanish hymns.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: At this point, we have all the elements: the hymns, the rights, the recording location, and the recording team. But now we're working on visas since we want to record it in Cuba! Still working this through. Because of how busy the fall gets for most in our world, we are looking to record around April of 2020.
8508-Latinx Phonetic App: Make it easier for non-native speakers to be able to lead Spanish-language worship services by creating an app that teaches them the phonetic way to say the prayers from the Libro de Oración Común.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: Did NOT work. It was too expensive.
8509-Listening Project: Conversations with 100 leaders who have grown and maintained their congregational growth. Leading to the "Habits of Highly Effective Church Growers." Some will be basic, but we also hope to find surprises.
This experiment is ACTIVE.
LATEST: 30 conversations completed, a great start. And we are continuing toward 100! (Side note: one of our workshops at the Rooted in Jesus conference will be all about what we have learned so far. Plan to be there!)
8510-Spin Church: Taking the basics of a regular "Soul Cycle" group fitness class and making it full-out about Jesus and then sharing a liturgical meal after.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: Did NOT work. People were interested, but did not show. FINAL REPORT
8511-Facebook Master Class: A social media expert will lead a one-day master class on how to use Facebook advertising to grow the church. The course comes with three months of subject matter coaching and accountability for the participants.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: It worked, but cheaper to outsource! FINAL REPORT
8512-Interactive Sunday: Using technology to have interactive sermons (quizzes, surveys, word clouds, etc.) leading to more engagement with the church and higher attendance.
This experiment is CLOSED.
Result: Did NOT work! No partners wanted to try it.
8513-Theological Explainer Videos: Create a library of whiteboard videos that explain theological concepts in 2 minutes. The videos will be on YouTube, the 2nd largest search engine in the world.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Still working on videos 3 through 5. Two of the scripts are done and in the animation process as we prepare for launch. Want to see our first two videos? HERE they are.
8514-EpiscoPALS: To connect US high school students with Palestinian high school students with the goal of creating deep accompanying relationships among the faithful.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We think we have identified one school in the US and one in Palestine. Regarding technology, we were going too far into the weeds for a "proof of concept" experiment (or even what we need for this to work!) so we are scaling back.
8515-Home Sermons: Weekly 3 minute sermon videos to be used by Eucharistic ministers as they take communion to the homebound.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are all set to go. We are in the soft-launch of the experiment before we do more marketing for it. Check it out at Good News on the Go. Woot!
8516-Baptism Revival: Create a parish neighborhood baptism revival reaching those who have no church relationship.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: These events are "all hands on deck" type events for a congregation. So, while we have had conversations with multiple congregations and they are in prayerful discernment about the next steps we don't yet have any signed participation agreements. Let us know if you are interested!
8517-HeartEdge USA: Helping to expand the HeartEdge network in the US. Building association, learning, development, and resource of congregations on the edge.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Learn more about this project here - and check out the November newsletter for a special offer and information. There is still room for the first cohort, so send in those applications!
8518-Text Abbey: Create an SMS-based community that connects seniors to each other, to younger members of the congregations, and to the community.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are using our new Design Thinking approach to this. Rather than our original idea (good or bad as it may be), we will be holding a 2-day research sprint to develop new solutions. Stay tuned next month for more information on how that goes.
8519-Virtual Supply Priest: Creating a network of great Episcopal preachers who can provide recorded video sermons for congregations who do not have a Sunday clergy person and will instead offer Morning Prayer.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We will be launching the experiment during the season of Lent 2020. We are looking for congregations without a regular preacher who may want to try this out. If it's you, hit reply and tell us.
8520-Touring Gospel Choir: Organize a touring gospel choir who can go to various Episcopal communities to perform. In each community, the choir will lead a master class for local Episcopal choirs on how to best use the gospel music in our tradition.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: The show is called "Where you There?" and will tour during the last week of Lent 2020 (March 26-30). It turns out that moving 20 singers around is not so easy! Just kidding, we knew that. Building a tour goes like this: find an anchor city and then build around that. We did this and are building around one cathedral. This has meant that we are reaching out to many congregations who may not even have heard of us to play the tour. Final locations soon!
8521-Modern Christian Radio: A streaming radio station that plays contemporary music but has Christian messages in between the music.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are working with Spotify to build a collection of mini-devotional messages that can then be inserted into all kinds of music genre playlists. So, we can create a contemporary hit music playlist (or classical, or hip-hop, or whatever your choice) and these devotions will be in the midst of the music (much like announcers would be). It's a pretty cool way of doing this and we look forward to working this out.
8522-Street Bible: Produce person on the street interview videos with a re-enactment (and correction!) that make learning Bible truths fun and provide a first step on the path to discipleship.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: The two proof of concept videos are now in post-production work. We hope to have the episodes ready to test in the new year.
8523-Cleaning Monks: Create a low-barrier, low-investment, and replicable model of a social enterprise that can provide jobs (as a ministry) and where profits can support the mission of the sponsoring congregation.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: "Cleaning Monks" has been intentionally placed on slow-boil.
8524-Millennial Travel Experience: Work with an experienced tour operator to create a trip that can fill the "spiritual experience" desires of millennials.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are in the final part of the research phase of this experiment. We have been having in-depth interviews with Gen-Z and millennials to find out what they are looking for and what would excite them. They have been really fascinating conversations. We expect to start recruiting in January for the participants to travel with us.
8525-Evangelism Theater: Organize a small tour for a theatrical show that can be performed in a church and thus make it easy for people to invite their friends to church and have a conversation about spirituality.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We got some good responses to this one! Our show is "The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)," an incredibly funny comedy by the Reduced Shakespeare Company. We will be touring the last weekend of April in New York City, Chicago, Bay Village (Ohio), and East Lansing (Michigan) before finishing up at VTS (in Alexandria, VA).
8526-The How to Try Coaching Podcast: A podcast that's a recorded conversation between an executive coach and someone who's trying new things in the church.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This experiment has been placed on slow-boil for the time being.
8527-Transformation Weekend: Similar to a self-improvement weekend but fully Christian and the goal is to transform the participants into committed followers of Jesus.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We think we have a prototype to try! Since it's similar to the Millennial Travel experience experiment, our research helped both at the same time. More on this soon.
8528-Modern Mr. Rogers: If Mr. Rogers were starting his show in 2019, what might it look like? How would it incorporate technology? And what if it was also a tool for Christian formation. We (cardigans in hand) aim to find out.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are having conversations with early childhood experts to figure out what's the best way to develop this and prove the concept. (To the surprise of nobody who watched Mr. Rogers, it turns out that the original Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood is still pretty effective with young people.)
8529-Two Podcasts: Create two podcasts to reach new audiences where they are. One, aimed at the LGBTQ community with questions and answers to their spiritual and religious questions. The second one is called "A Priest and a Singer" and it will intersperse inspirational Christian messages with cover acoustic versions of contemporary hit music.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This experiment has been slow-tracked for the time being.
8530-Virtual Kitchen: There is a need right now for virtual restaurants that can deliver food later in the evening. And many churches have commercially graded kitchens. This experiment will explore how the kitchens can be rented out to local entrepreneurs or used by the church itself to raise funds for mission and ministry.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are finding the right person at our experiment partner congregation who wants to start their own restaurant. But we have all the health department stuff done and are pretty much ready to go.
8531-Social Justice Action Alerts: Develop short "mini-documentaries" that can mobilize people to take action on social justice.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Video is 12x more likely to get people mobilized. We are working with a company of storytellers that will dramatically lower the cost of producing videos (from story to editing) and then will try it out on a social issue
8532-Regenerative Gardens: Develop a replicable design for church gardens that follows the principles of healing gardens as developed for hospitals.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This is on the slow track (intentionally - it is winter).
8533-Young Adult Didactic Books: Develop a series of on-demand and digital books aimed at a young adult audience that teach the life of discipleship.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We have a conversation with our experiment partner scheduled for January to move this along.
8534-Episcopal Prayer Skill in Spanish: Taking what we have learned from our Alexa Skill experiment to develop a Spanish-language version that will be available on the Android platform.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: This is moving along pretty quick. We are looking for a partner who would see producing the daily prayer in Spanish as a ministry for them.
8535-Alexa Phase 2: To grow the current skill on Alexa to be on the Google Assistant. Also, to produce it in Spanish.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Our skill doesn't even have to be enabled anymore! All anyone has to do on any Alexa machine is say "Alexa Open Episcopal Prayer" and off it goes. This second phase is to make the prayer a bit longer than the 4 minutes we use now and we will be doing some marketing so more people know it's there.
8536-Digital Collection Plate Phase 2: Taking what we learned from the first phase and developing a kiosk solution for congregations to accept digital payments.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: The designs of the small kiosk look good! We will be looking for more congregations for the second phase. Stay tuned.
8537-Design Research Team: Build out a team trained in design thinking to research experiment opportunities.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We have two so far to get trained in design thinking and be a part of our team. Part of this effort will be to "show our work," as it were. We will be showing the research data and the early iterations of prototypes (the back of the napkin drawings, kind of thing).
8538-Latino Ministry Launch: Taking the success of the Latino Ministry in a Box experiment (8506) and helping to launch it as an ongoing ministry.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We hope to have the Letter of Agreement signed this month and we can announce what's next in the new year.
8539-Administrative Hubs: To eliminate redundancy by creating administrative hubs that can do work for multiple congregations at once.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: We are starting small in a diocese: bulletins. As soon as we can say more, it'll be here!
8540-Comic Con: To have a presence at the international convention to meet younger audiences where they are. Also an opportunity to do research on the same audience.
This experiment is in DEVELOPMENT.
LATEST: Turns out that Comic Con is not excited by our application. Not just ours, but the church in general, which shows what the feeling of the church is in that sphere. Maybe even more important that we are there! Stay tuned!
