It has been over a year and a half since I have served in church and that is highly unusual for me. The exception was the one Sunday I ran a video camera, which was fun but I never really settled into that role, for a variety of reasons. Recently, my family and I have been attending LifeChurch.tv OnlineChurch, sometimes as our only church for the week or sometimes in addition to a different church service.
I have been a fan of LifeChurch for many years and watched their online reach grow. I remember when they were first starting OnlineChurch and there was only a handful of experiences and I have watched as more and more experiences have been added.
Recently, I started poking around their website and found a link to opportunities to serve and that really grabbed my attention. The more I read about what was available the more interested I became. The roles are as follows:
- Captain: Lead, empower and encourage a team of volunteers as a lay pastor during the Church Online Experience.
- Live Prayer: Pray with people from around the world using one-on-one chat during the Church Online Experience.
- Admin: Moderate chat, run interactive elements and set the countdown clock for upcoming Church Online Experiences.
- Chat Host: Provide a warm welcome in the chat portion of the Experience.
- Live Help: Provide technical support during the Church Online Experience.
I contacted my friend Chase Livingston and asked him some questions about his role with the experiences and he then pointed me in the right direction to get involved. As I considered the roles and prayed about it, I kept coming back to Captain. So, after completing the application process and talking with Amanda Sims, I got plugged in.
To start, I am serving with the 8pm CT experience and spending time doing each of the roles in preparation of being a captain of my own experience.
Now that you have read this far, here’s the pitch. If this seems to be something you might be interested in, go here and fill out the application. It is a little involved and they do run a background check but it really wasn’t a big thing. I would encourage you to serve in the time slot that fits your schedule best but I would also like you to consider serving on my team, which will run the experience at 9:30pm CT on Thursday. That experience is non-existent currently but soon it will happen. I have a partial team established but need a few more people, then we will fire it up!
There are over 40 experiences each week so it’s likely you can find a time slot to fit your schedule, plus I know they are adding new experiences all of the time. If you are not familiar with #OnlineChurch, check it out, the first one for the new week starts in about 30minutes or click here and click on Upcoming Times to find a time that fits your schedule. Try it out a time or two and if you feel led to get involved, then go for it! (I would really love to have you on my team!)
Let me know if you have any further questions.