I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the two monitors that we have on display in the foyer and the meeting area are once again working, and we’re delighted to confirm that very soon the images they show will be regularly updated or changed. You can see the first one above, and I defy anyone to deny that it’s eye catching.
Our aim is that from here on in we need to get our message, our vision if you like out of our building and into our community into the likes of Sainsburys, Lidl, our estates and our local schools etc. etc. And as we have been thinking about this one thing that has struck your leadership team is the small number of visits we (that’s our members) make to our own website. To be honest it’s a bit the same with Facebook with the same half dozen or so regulars liking more or less every post. Wondering how best to reverse this trend we have decided to put far more emphasise on social media, Facebook in particular and urge anyone in church who visits the Facebook page not just to read a particular MBC post but to share, share and share alike.
Obviously we have no way of telling if this will work but looking at the peaks we reach immediately after the publication of one of our electronic newsletters we certainly think it’s worth giving it a try.
We know this because stats don’t lie and the information we reep from Mailchimp (our distribution facility) shows not only the total number of subscribers we currently have but how many people actually open the newsletter and where they are living.
So If anyone wants any information about Facebook, about setting it up on a phone, a tablet or a laptop just have a word with John Sherbourne or with Shelley and we will do our very best to get you up, running and sharing.
We know full well that some are still very wary of using Facebook and the like and that of course is a matter of personal choice but the way we look at it is nothing ventured – nothing gained. This way at least if it all comes to nothing we can’t be accused of refussing to engage with one of the best, free communication tools we have at our finger tips.
Of the 2.96 billion users Facebook has (as of Nov 2022) here are just some of the religions, traditions and institutions that you may be familiar with. Worldwide the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. The Baptist Union. More locally the Baptist Missionary Society and BMS World Mission, MAF, Caring For Life, Left Bank, the Royal Family, HM Government, Leeds City Council, Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store, St Georges, St Gemmas, Martin House Hospice, the BBC, ITV and many other broadcasting organisations etc. etc. etc.