Saturday, April 25, 2009

'Twurch' and tweeting Sunday sermons


From USA Today-

Trinity Wall Street, a historic Episcopal church in lower Manhattan, is pretty current for a 312-year-old. It was the first tell the Passion Play via Twitter on Good Friday (@twspassionplay) with more than 2,000 followers on the site, and starting this week it will tweet Sunday services from beginning to end, including Scripture readings and the sermon @TrinityWallSt.

While worship on Twitter will not replace the experience of being in communion with others in the actual sanctuary, it broadens the means by which parishioners around the world can be part of our Sunday worship service, says Trinity's rector Rev. James Cooper.

Twitter is a website that allows users to share thoughts, news and updates in 140-character posts or "tweets." Of course, if you're one of the thousands making religion a vibrant subject on the site, you already know that.

More here-

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/religion/post/2009/04/65983481/1

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