Why Tweet?

Today we start the daily update of LCC's Twitter account. I hope you have all set it up so that you can receive the tweets via your phone. It's a simple way to stay connected to your church body. 

Some of you are social media diehards and are psyched up to be able to hear from the likes of Ron, Matt, and the other staff with thoughts on the message, life, God, and so forth. You're pumped, because no longer will that event that you heard about a month ago, slip your mind or go forgotten. 

Some of you are saying, "What the heck is Twitter!" Well, Twitter is a site that lets you, in 140 characters, send updates to those who have decided to follow your tweets. The great thing about Twitter is that it has the ability to send you a text of the tweets coming from LCC.  So whatever we update, that information will come straight to your phone.  It's a really neat tool to keep you connected with information and short thoughts. (Just so you know, we realize not everyone has unlimited texting, We will not abuse this tool for that reason and plan on sending no more than 3 tweets a day, you can also choose not to link twitter to your phone, it's up to you)

Some of you are saying, "I know what Twitter is, but why do we need to do that, it's impersonal, it's just another thing to take us away from real relationship." Well, I suppose it could become that. But here is my philosophy on social media. Social Media is not a stand alone way to build relationship or a replacement for face time. Social Media is a tool, just like the telephone, that we can use to stay connected and pass information along that would have either been inefficient or impossible any other way.  It is predominately more time efficient for reaching mass amounts of people with information than calling and most people either do not have email handy or do not check it. Everyone (ok...most everyone) carries a cell phone on their person.  Relationships are extremely important at LCC and how we interact and grow as people and a church is important.  I know social media affects how we interact and grow. I know that it could be misconstrued as the only tool needed to have relationship. But with prayer and an understanding that Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other online social sites are just one of many powerful tools to add to our relational arsenal, we can effectively use these tools to further Christ's kingdom and provide you with up-to-date information that keeps you connected to LCC.  

I pray that you will begin to learn these tools, use these tools, and engage in prayer and discussion on how to best use them in light of growing healthy relationships and healthy discipleship. 

Peace,

Chris