462 – Social Media for Ministry: Instagram

Get ready to go social as WELSTech begins a season-long focus on social media for ministry. This month we look at the Why, What, Who and How of Instagram. There’s news from Apple and Code.org, plus a bluetooth speaker winner and even more Instagram greatness to close out the show. Don’t wait … watch or listen now!

The discussion:

Visual communication – New this podcasting season is a monthly series titled Social Media for Ministry. The fist platform Martin and Sallie take a deep dive into is the popular image-sharing app Instagram. View the full-size Instagram for Ministry infographic and follow the links below for more details.

• Instagram.com
• 20 Great Ways To Use Instagram At Your Church
• Is Your Church on Instagram
• 12 Great Ways To Use Instagram For Your Church
• How to Create an Instagram Ministry
• Church Instagram accounts:
  • Petra Lutheran Church & School – petralutheran
  • Holy Trinity – holytrinityokauchee
  • Our Savior Lutheran Church – oursaviorwels
  • St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, New Ulm – splnewulm
  • Hope Oconomowoc – hopeoconomowoc
• School Instagram accounts:
  • Lakeside Lutheran – yourllhs
  • Rocky Mountain Lutheran HS – rockymountainlutheran
  • Arizona Lutheran Academy – arizonalutheran
  • Luther Prep School – lutherprepschool
• College Instagram accounts:
  • Wisconsin Lutheran College – wisconsinlutheran
  • Bethany Lutheran College – bethanylutherancollege
  • Martin Luther College – martinluthercollege
  • Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel – wlchapel
• Camp Instagram accounts:
  • Camp Croix – campcroix
  • Camp Lorray – camplorray
• Other Instagram accounts:
  • Time of Grace Ministry – togministry
  • Kingdom Workers – instakingdomworkers
  • Holy Hen House – holyhenhouse
  • WELS – welslutherans
  • WELSTech – welstechpodcast
• Instagram Help Center
• Recent Instagram Updates – A Can’t Miss Overview
• Instagram launches “Stories”
• Instagram Business Profiles: How to Set Up and Analyze Your Activities
• Instagram nixes naughty comments

News in tech:

Apple’s newest products, most available starting September 16:

• iPhone 7
• Apple Watch Series 2
• AirPods

WELS now:

“What does this mean? The continuing importance of Luther’s Small Catechism” is the title of the upcoming Interactive Faith series led by Rev. John Braun. Tune in on Wednesdays at 6 or 8 pm Central beginning September 21.

Picks of the week:

• Code.org Teacher Community
  • The biggest year yet for computer science education
  • Try Pair Programming
  • Allow your students to keep learning without skipping ahead
• Bose SoundLink Color Bluetooth Speaker

Ministry resources:

Request the Social Media Quick Guide: Instagram from Church Tech Today’s eBooks page.

Featured video:

Check out Instagram’s videos on Vimeo including this week’s featured video, Introducing Instagram Stories.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 463 – Next week the WELSTech listeners rule the roost as we share community feedback for the month. Release date: Wednesday, September 21.

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