Congregation encouraged to text during Sunday sermons

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Members of Presbyterian Church congregations won’t be told off for taking their mobile phones out during sermons this Easter Sunday, 8 April.

In fact, minsters will be encouraging them to make more use of texting as Holy Week 2012 (1 – 8 April) sees the launch of Kiwieaster – a chance to step into Easter week’s dramatic events through first person story telling, delivered free to subscribers’ mobile phones either by text, facebook or twitter.

The texting initiative, Kiwieaster, is a partnership between the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Presbyterian Youth Ministry (PYM) and Presbyterian churches throughout the country.

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