On a Tweet and a Prayer

In my opinion, having twitter accounts will not help attract youth to take on a bigger role in the life of the church. Some youth won’t take these twitter accounts seriously considering that they don’t actually know if a church leader is writing them. The youth is not used to seeing Church leaders tweeting because they never grew up with it. These tweets would be more effective with the younger generation that are only starting to get in involved with social media.

Having Church leaders tweet does have some advantages, but they also have some disadvantages. These tweets by Church leaders allows young people know what’s going on considering that twitter is used by 140 million people. Since it is used by so many people, it is a good way of send messages and informing people of things happening in the world. A disadvantage would be if the accounts of these Church leaders get hacked. People could alter the things they say and give false information to their followers. 

The parish that I am part of does not take part in the world of social media. They make announcements before the mass and through the weekly bulletin that is give out.

To encourage the youth to become more active people in the Church, there are many things that can be done. Firstly, the Church could put together several outreaches in a community. These outreaches could be to paint someone’s window or visiting a retirement home. The church could also set a time where kids can come to the church to get help from others, especially the young people. Doing these things for the church could also help the young people in school. In order to graduate, they must get forty hours of community service. By being involved in the church, they could easily earn those forty community service hours. If they enjoy volunteering, they will continue even though they are done their hours.