Since September 25th, a little over 4 months ago, Church Requel has been publishing its weekly sermon notes as a LIVE event for the YouVersion Bible app.
The picture on the left is the slide we show in our pre-service announcements reminding our congregation that the sermons are available on their mobile devices.
I've written quite a bit about the YouVersion Bible app in previous articles here on the CR blog. One thing I haven't written about, though, is my evolving use of the LIVE event as an additional tool for sermon notes.
After 4 months, I am a confirmed fan of the YouVersion LIVE Event. More than half of the attendees in my church now follow along on their cell phones, iPads, or Kindle Fires. A new family started attending over the holidays. The husband - thinking everyone around him was being disrespectful - told his wife, "Look at everyone who has their cell phone out during the sermon!" To which she answered, "They're following the sermon notes! Get into the 21st century." And she promptly showed him her own smart phone with the sermon notes on it!
I'd like to write to you about my own experiences - both my own evolution in developing the sermon notes for the LIVE event as well as the unexpected and surprising results we have heard about. I'll write these stories in subsequent articles.
To begin this series, I thought it would help my other pastor friends to be able to see the actual LIVE events that I've created using the online software YouVersion provides for free. For the first time in one place, here are all the CR YouVersion Live Events since we began:
- February 5th - The Spirit Helps My Weakness, 4 Glimpse Inside Our Prayer Life
- January 29th - My H.O.P.E. Is R.E.A.L., 4 Ways To Know My Hope Is Real
- January 22nd - My Body Will Be Made Perfect, What The Bible Teaches About Our Resurrected Bodies
- January 15th - Creation Groans, Living In A World Of Brokenness
- January 8th - Suffer Now, Glory Later, What The Bible Teaches About Christian Suffering
- December 31st - I Am God's Child, You is smart, You is kind, You is important
- December 24th - The Word Became Flesh, Five Gifts of Christmas
- December 18th - Immaculate Consent, Be Born In Me
- December 11th - I Will Be Resurrected, How can I KNOW I will be resurrected?
- December 4th - How To Think Like Jesus, How I Think Is Vital To How I Feel About My Christian Faith
- November 27th - I Am Not Condemned, The 4 Rs of Freedom
- November 13th - Be Strong and Courageous, 3 Ways to BE Strong and Courageous When I FEEL Weak and Fearful
- November 7th - Thanks For Everything, We Concentrate On Being Thankful For Our God Dreams
- October 31st - Thanks For Nothing, How To Remain U.P.B.E.A.T. In Down Times
- October 23rd - The Green Giant, Six Results of Turning Green With Envy
- October 16th - Dreaming Ugly, Don't Let My Dreams Turn Into Nightmares!
- October 9th - Guard Your Faith, How To Strengthen Ourselves and Keep Away Doubt
- October 2nd - Don't Fumble The Ball, How To Handle Temptation
- September 25th - Defending The Offense, What To Do When Someone Sins Against You
