[Editor’s Note: If you’ve noticed more people using their phones during church, you aren’t imagining things. This was especially evident during the power outage that occurred in last Sunday’s 8:15 service. These folks are utilizing some new technology to participate in the sermon in an interactive way. I would love to see even more people join us in this. And what exactly is “this”? Casey Rine explains it in a way even us Luddites can understand. Read on… — Chuck]
Access to the Bible has not always been as easy as it is in today’s society. Long ago, people craved portions of the scripture to read and absorb. When Gutenberg’s printing press was invented, this allowed for greater access to God’s word. Then William Tyndale printed the first English Bible, allowing even more people to read the text. Each generation has worked for ways to help make the Bible to be more accessible.
Over the last decade, the Internet has brought about a revolution which empowers people like never before. With the ability to share, contribute, create, broadcast and communicate, it’s easier to express who we are and what we believe with the rest of the world.
Here at Pleasant Valley, we would like to use some of this technology that is free and at our fingertips. The YouVersion Bible app is a way that allows all of us to become more engaged with the lesson. It’s a free app that you can download from your phone’s app store. Once you’ve downloaded the app, you’ll have access to a variety of different study tools, versions, and other information that will help you with your personal study.
One of the features the YouVersion Bible app offers is “YouVersion Live.” This allows different congregations the ability to distribute information that they would like for their members to know. Each Sunday morning PV will be using this feature in conjunction with the sermon being presented. This will include the scriptures being used in the lesson, poll questions, questions that help engage members more into the sermon, and a place to submit prayer requests that you might have. We want to encourage you to use this app to interact with the rest of the congregation throughout each Sunday morning lesson.
Here’s how you can get involved:
1. Download the Bible app by YouVersion to your phone. It is free and the most commonly used Bible app for all smart phones. If you already have a Bible app on your phone check and see if it is the YouVersion app. If so, then you’re ready. If not, then you’ll still have to download YouVersion.
2. Open the app, and click on the “Live” icon. (For iphones, it’s on the 2nd page)
3. Click on search for live event.
4. Type in our zip code 72212 or you can type in Pleasant Valley Church.
5. Then you’ll click on the sermon title that you want to interact with.
It’s that easy! Another feature is that you can access this on the web as well. You can go to www.youversion.com and access these same live events.
I pray that we will all challenge each other to get into the Word. This is just another way that we can read and study the scriptures. Our hope is that this will encourage you and help you engage in the lesson each Sunday morning.
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