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I too have wondered how to get announcements to people that are not present in sacrament meeting. I have seen some other churches use billboards, sandwich boards, Pamphlets, Flyers, or websites to get the word out. We as a church are not as good at doing that. My ward does have a Facebook page and I am a member of it but I have not seen any announcements communicated through it. I would consider it an improvement if they did start posting announcements in this way. Roy wrote:
I too have wondered how to get announcements to people that are not present in sacrament meeting. I have seen some other churches use billboards, sandwich boards, Pamphlets, Flyers, or websites to get the word out. We as a church are not as good at doing that. My ward does have a Facebook page and I am a member of it but I have not seen any announcements communicated through it. I would consider it an improvement if they did start posting announcements in this way.
I think our ward primarily uses email, which is only slightly better and still leaves out some people. They do always include a line about sharing with ministering families that may not have email. I don’t know how well that happens. On the other hand, with no activities there are few announcements to be made.
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Roy wrote:
I too have wondered how to get announcements to people that are not present in sacrament meeting. I have seen some other churches use billboards, sandwich boards, Pamphlets, Flyers, or websites to get the word out. We as a church are not as good at doing that. My ward does have a Facebook page and I am a member of it but I have not seen any announcements communicated through it. I would consider it an improvement if they did start posting announcements in this way.
I think our ward primarily uses email, which is only slightly better and still leaves out some people. They do always include a line about sharing with ministering families that may not have email. I don’t know how well that happens. On the other hand, with no activities there are few announcements to be made.
I think email has a better reach and while some of it has connections with big tech e.g. Gmail, it is a lot less toxic than social media.
Our ward Facebook page is seldom used, especially by the current and past bishopric. Same with my old ward facebook page. hawkgrrrl wrote:
I’ve found that I forget to check in here more than about once a week anymore. I am a little more active in the online groups, although even there, I am less involved than I used to be.Mostly, I just feel like I like the people in these groups, but without Church going on, there’s not much to discuss about Church. (It’s not entirely true that Church isn’t going on, but we haven’t been to the new ward, and we just moved, and I really don’t feel like going). I can’t say I haven’t missed Church, because on some level I miss it, but I don’t miss the content of it, just the break and seeing people, and I 100% don’t miss getting up to an alarm on Sunday, dressing up and going to hear the same exact pablum over and over.
This made sense to me too. Without regular church services, there isn’t as much reason to talk about the church. Going to church when you are in a commitment crisis presents a lot of information that is contrary to a person’s natural thought. This provokes tension and makes coming to sites like these more necessary for the person who wants to cope. In the absence of church, there isn’t as much to create that tension between belief and action, so it’s less important to post online.
I expect when the pandemic is over and we go back to regular church, that you’ll see an uptick in people coming to StayLDS for support.
I’m relieved this site is sticking around. :clap: 
I haven’t posted in a loooong time, but I do lurk at least once a month. If it were entirely up to me, I wouldn’t StayLDS, but I do it to support my husband. He’s an adult convert to the church and has a very open mind, but he’s determined to stay active in the church. In fact, he’s been in the bishopric for 2+ years. He’s aware of my more than lukewarm feelings, but I committed to keep going for him since all 4 of our adult children and their families have left the church.
No one outside of my husband knows the extent of my feelings, so having StayLDS keeps me sane. Not having to deal with Church in the early days of COVID was awesome for me as I never had to think about it, but we were allowed to return to in person meetings on a limited basis a few months ago, although they still Zoom it too. About 1/3 of members attend. I go about half the time, again, to support DH. There are rumblings that we’ll be returning to full attendance by summertime, so I’m gearing myself up for that. I’m glad you all will be here to help me navigate it.
:thumbup: The thing I like about this website is the privacy and the freedom. On Facebook there is neither. In fact, I have friends in Alcoholics Anonymous who regularly get friend suggestions based on who attends. Facebook works out who knows who, and location tracking software does the rest. Which undermines the whole concept. As do online Zoom/Skype meetings, which have been going on over the past year, so I’m told.
Big tech has zero understanding of privacy and that is disturbing.
I hope this site has run its course I think many many people need a safe space to vent and share ideas. If it were not for sites like this many people would leave the church or commit suicide, so it does have its purpose . Thank you for sticking around! I didn’t visit for awhile…covid just made church so much easier that I wasn’t worried about it all the time. Such a relief to find you still here!
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