Due to vision issues making it unsafe for me to drive, I have been doing church online since last July, so I'm used to the whole church online "experience." My church has two Sunday morning services (9:00am & 10:30am) which are streamed on Facebook and also on their website (I "attend" the 9am service). I understand the need for two services in "normal" circumstances as the building can't accommodate everyone at one service. What I can't understand in this time of social distancing and keeping gatherings to under 10 people is the need to stream two services when it's just the praise team, the pastor(s) and the tech gurus in the building. Since everyone else is at home, just pick one time for the service and everyone can "tune in" then. I know some folks might say that 9:00 am is too early for them or some might say 10:30am is too late for them. Well, in a case like that, compromise and say that one service will start streaming at 9:45am. To my way of thinking, streaming two services, or more, depending on the church (I know of one church that will be streaming all four Sunday services) from a pretty much empty building is a somewhat wasteful use of resources.
What are your thoughts? Just one streaming service, or multiple services during these times?
What are your thoughts? Just one streaming service, or multiple services during these times?