Thaddeus Sieverding

Cumberland had an active Facebook page. Their church admin was doing her best to keep content flowing, but the reality is that managing social media on top of everything else a small church staff handles becomes a lot. Most of their posts were promotional: upcoming events, service times, announcements. Good information, necessary information, but not the kind of content that builds engagement.

Most people are cautiously optimistic about artificial intelligence because they can see the benefits, the efficiencies that it can bring, but they also see these negatives of, how do you stay authentic using artificial intelligence if all that artificial intelligence is, is the median of everything?

Thaddeus had a chance to sit down with Rev. Cydney Van Dyke and Khaleigh Laicher, two of the people behind the growing regional youth ministry group in Lower Fairfield County, CT.

If you’ve ever asked, “How can we make our church more welcoming?”—you’re not alone. Churches everywhere are wrestling with how to offer a deeper sense of belonging, especially to new faces, those returning after time away, or people who’ve never set foot inside a sanctuary before.