As you plan for the new year, be sure to identify the needs of the Technical Ministry of the Church. Perhaps you need to add or subtract equipment. Machines that are constantly being used eventually break. Equipment also becomes obsolete rather quickly in Technology, so you may have something gathering dust on a shelf. Sometimes you can find a good use for old equipment – e.g. sharing it with another Church that still has a use for it. Or sometimes you just need to discard it. Either way, you need to make room for something new in the New Year.

You also need to plan for how you introduce new technology to the ministry of the Church. Don’t just assume that everyone will instantly like that new Information Kiosk in the hallway. Introduce it gradually. Perhaps you run an article in the newsletter, or add an announcement to the announcement loop that says it is coming soon. List some bullet points that show how Church members will be able to use it. Or better yet, have a short video clip on the web site that has a Church member talking how it will help them find the room change for the evening event that they are coming to. (People don’t always catch the email that announces the change two hours before the event, but the Kiosks will be there so they can look it up.) That avoids the circumstance where someone shows up for the event, but they can’t find it on a large Church campus.