Hosting your own Online Church service

for friends and family is easier than you think!

We’ve put together this super simple infographic to help you navigate how to create and host your own online church service.  Imagine for a moment that your friends, who would never step foot in a church, started joining you online every week to watch the service, chat with you while they watched, and then talk afterward throughout the week about what God was teaching them.

What if all it took was for you to step up and give it a try?

What if creating your own online church service was super simple?

Here’s how it works:

1.  Pick a time.

The great thing about hosting your own church service is you don’t have to do it at 11 am when our service airs (although you are welcome too).  You can host your online church service at any time because Facebook allows you to easily create a watch party to watch videos with your friends or family any time you want.

So, let’s say you want to host your church service on Wed. Nights @ 8:30 pm.

2.   Send an Invite

The best practice is to start getting out the word about the online service you are going to be hosting.  We’ve found it works really well to invite groups of people that already do things together.  Have a mom’s group you hang out with regularly?  Invite them.  What about a group of guys you play ball with?  Or someone you game with or coach with?  What about the people on your shift at work?  Starting with a group of people who already do things together will help you get more traction.  You can also send out an online invite as a post.

So, let’s say you invite your fighting robotic engineering team to join you.  Be sure to tell them what time, Wed. Nights @ 8:30 pm and that you will be starting the watch party on Facebook a little early each night for them to join.

3.  Start a watch party

So, now it’s Wed. Night, it’s 8:20 pm and you are ready to start your watch party.  Here’s how you actually go about doing it (we recommend trying this out sometime prior to your first actual watch party service so you can work out any bugs).

Here’s how:  7 Simple Steps to Start a Watch Party

• Create a new post on Facebook

• Click ‘More‘ (three dots or slide up on phone)

• Select “Watch Party”

• Type “Harmony Christian Church” in the search box

• Select the service

• Click done

• Type, “Join me for church now!” and post

Note:  If you are hosting your service @ 11 am and using our live feed of our online worship service for your friends to connect through, you don’t need to start a watch party – you can just invite them to join the feed with you.

4.  Share

Now that you’ve got your watch party going, share it one more time to remind people about the church service you are hosting.  Who knows who God wants to use you to reach.

5.  Connect & Engage

Finally, be sure to be intentional about connecting and engaging with the people who are attending the service you are hosting.  Ask them how their week has been.  Ask if there are things people need prayer about.  If something strikes you from the message or worship, comment on it and actually type it out.