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When kirkedørene was closed down, started the church an offensive in social media. Church services and devotionals are poured, babysang, concerts and other cultural events are added directly or in the recording out on social media. Ministers have nettchatter and experiencing great demand.
We are experiencing a tremendous creativity on the digital platforms, ” says the cio in the Consistory, Ingeborg Dybvig.
Promoting local
In the South Østerdal, they opened quickly the digital space when kirkedørene was closed.
– Everything was thrown about in a short time, ” says the dean in the South Østerdal, Ole Kristian Farmer.
Already on Saturday after the most stringent measures were adopted, the played paid for a minigudstjeneste in 10 minutes that was posted online.
Short devotionals and worship services at 10 minutes is recorded, babysang are transmitted on Facebook, påskeevangeliet to be recorded of 20 people from six to 96 years. In the week of easter to the church bells being streamed when easter dialed in.
And people flock to the offers.
We had 4000 impressions on a minigudstjeneste. It is not usual for us, ” says the Farmer, who is impressed and proud of all kolegaene.
Huge growth
Communications in Consistory, Ingeborg Dybvig have huge numbers nationally: in addition to the local accounts.
1.5 million users have seen the videos that the church has laid out. That is an increase of nearly 2500 percent. Kirkas national Facebook account has got 6000 more followers. A devotional had the 100,000 views and was seen in the 70.000 minutes. 10. march was a post on Instagram seen 6000 times. The 14. march when the government had presented the many koronatiltakene was a post set 36.000 times. Faith and hope
LARGE GROWTH: cio Ingeborg Dybvig tells about an enormous growth.
Photo: Consistory
Dybvig think that many people are seeking hope and faith in a unsafe time, and that it is the cause for the sharp increase.
–When kirkedørene was closed, this was good options. Priests and others in the church use the digital surfaces active, ” she says.
Dybvig see that many more searches to the church in times of crisis, and that many experience loneliness.
– We also seek to reach people who do not use social media. Many priests spend a lot of time calling around to old and anxious, ” she says.
Light and hope
CLOSED: the Church is more present on digital platforms after that kirkedørene closed.
” Ole Kristian Farmer think many would have sought out the church in the krisetida we are in the now to seek comfort and light candles. Now use a all of the options that emerges. It means that the church also when the new groups.
Even though the Farmer think it is great that people use social media, so he thinks that the situation also is sad, and that nothing can substitute fully there to get together and meet.
He and his colleagues spend so much time on to reach those not on social media via the telephone and chatting.
He is looking forward to next easter when everything hopefully is more normal again.
But he also think something is lasting changed, and believe the feasts are to be changed.
We’re going to take with us something of the experience further, ” he says.
More on social media
Dybvig also believe that more can get to use kirkas deals on digital surfaces, also after koronakrisen is over.
– for example, We have received feedback from people who did not know that babysang was that offer, and they say that will continue to have it on social media even after koronakrisa is over.
For The Norwegian Church’s own part, she says that they have learned, and learn a lot about the digital offer now.
– the Result can be that the digital offer increases a great deal, ” she says.
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