Darryl 2013
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The church, reinventing, renewing and empowering.
Who would have thought that all of a sudden, our buildings would be used even less than they have been in recent years.
or
our congregations would suddenly disappear into cyberspace, vanishing underground.
or
our never ending prosperous economy would suddenly take a nosedive.
or
things could still be worse
But
Who would have thought that churches could, and would totally reinvent themselves
or
the rush to embrace the digital age would open up a whole new world of opportunity.
or
churches would get together and use our greatest resource: prayer.
or
praying churches could turn back this plague
Psalm 91
is a current favourite, as it should be. It affirms that God is our rest, shield, protector, help, deliverer, refuge etc.
However, God has more in this Psalm:
You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent
.
We enter this war with a mighty God on our side.
Understanding the times; a range of thoughts.
Regarding Covid-19 There are a number of Options.
  1. The Coronavirus is a judgement from God because of sin
  2. The Coronavirus is a shaking sent by God to turn people to Him
  3. God is not causing it but allowing it to occur
  4. It is man made
  5. It is demonic
  6. It is from God but the demonic is using it to spread fear or panic
Follow link to the
National Alliance of Christian Leaders for some discussion
Church online continued
The Q&A has proved to be immensely popular,
From the coordinator,
Hengki Widjaja
“It’s great to have you on our church Tech Q&A.
Our recording has been viewed more than 330 times(!). We are thanking God that we are able to work together and help one another in this challenging time.
“Attached are TECHNICAL NOTES – it contains all the “thingy majigy” that should make technical people smile.
For ministers who are non-technical, for your health & safety – please pass this notes to your technical people 🙂 
Now if you don’t have technical people in your church, please contact us – there are some professionals here in the Illawarra that can help you. I’m happy to direct the traffic to the people”.
Follow link to updated notes. These notes include options with specs. advantages, disadvantages. ease of use and costs etc
Follow link for a recording of the whole presentation
7 Hints for Speaking to a Camera
Place camera at eye level (others not looking up your nose).
Clean up your background, minimise distractions.
Have light on your face, No open windows behind you.
Ensure you can be heard, audio is more important that video.
Look at the camera all the time, try not to read notes.
Don’t yell, you are a visitor in a home. It’s ‘one on one’.
Keep it short. 15 mins max, ‘Less is More’
Remember, your audience have a volume control, a mute button, and can ‘change channels’
The purpose
of the online briefing/prayer roundtable zoom call is for church leaders to share and encourage each other in in the light of the Coronavirus threat both for our respective congregations and for the wider Illawarra community.
 
Christian Leaders Prayer & Strategy Briefing + Q&A 
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 PM AEDT Wednesday 1 April 2020
ZOOM meeting ID
:
 603-803-5400
Contact
Hengki Widjaja on behalf of the Prayer Task Force for further details.
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Blessings, Darryl