Cell Phone Video for your Church

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Well, as long as they don't continue to sit in the pew and talk, I guess it's something you can live with.

Yep, I guess so. I've found that when we say something about turning off phones...and we've tried to do it in a humorous, non-confrontational way...that it'll work for that Sunday and maybe, if we're lucky, the next. But then it's right back where it was and I don't wanna bark about it every week.

Recently, we had a guy...lifelong church guy in his 60's that should know better....have his watch alarm go off 3 Sundays in a row at 10:45, which is smack-dab in the middle of the message. He takes meds everyday at that time and it was his reminder. That was WAY worse than cell phones. For one thing, he's a little hard-of-hearing and the first Sunday, it went for a solid minute before it quit. Brutal. It made me appreciate phones ringing.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by notofworks

Yep, I guess so. I've found that when we say something about turning off phones...and we've tried to do it in a humorous, non-confrontational way...that it'll work for that Sunday and maybe, if we're lucky, the next. But then it's right back where it was and I don't wanna bark about it every week.

Recently, we had a guy...lifelong church guy in his 60's that should know better....have his watch alarm go off 3 Sundays in a row at 10:45, which is smack-dab in the middle of the message. He takes meds everyday at that time and it was his reminder. That was WAY worse than cell phones. For one thing, he's a little hard-of-hearing and the first Sunday, it went for a solid minute before it quit. Brutal. It made me appreciate phones ringing.

LOL!

Well, you could always put a little sign up to remind folks to turn them off or at least turn to silent. People just forget.

[mfblume]

Love the video!

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

LOL!

Well, you could always put a little sign up to remind folks to turn them off or at least turn to silent. People just forget.

We run an announcement video and have put it there. Again, effective for a week or two. You know what's interesting...and maybe God helps...I've never had a phone, pager, or alarm, go off at a crucial moment when the setting is intense. It's always been at a point where I could make a light-hearted comment about it, everyone laugh, the person not be embarrassed, and move on.

Uh oh...I shouldn't have said that. Now it's gonna happen this Sunday!

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by notofworks

We run an announcement video and have put it there. Again, effective for a week or two. You know what's interesting...and maybe God helps...I've never had a phone, pager, or alarm, go off at a crucial moment when the setting is intense. It's always been at a point where I could make a light-hearted comment about it, everyone laugh, the person not be embarrassed, and move on.

Uh oh...I shouldn't have said that. Now it's gonna happen this Sunday!

Yep, you just set yourself up for that one!

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Yep, you just set yourself up for that one!

Shoulda said, "Knock on wood", dang it!

[Pressing-On]

LOL! Love it! I'll have to send that to my daughter!