The Formed Podcast Using Tech to Teach | Joshua Shalapsik
Mar 31, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Joshua Shalapsik—a professor, choir director, and associate pastor—shares invaluable insights on integrating technology in church education. He emphasizes reusing existing curriculum for social media content and highlights the importance of deciding who should post on different platforms. Discover how to effectively engage youth in managing ministry accounts and learn the benefits of frequent posting. Joshua also underlines social media’s role as an enhancement to in-person ministry, making it an essential tool for outreach.
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Use Curriculum As Social Content
- Do reuse your existing curriculum as the primary content for social posts to avoid reinventing the wheel.
- Decide who will post and where so families know the source and content gets seen.
Clarify Posting Accounts And Collaborate
- Do clarify whether posts come from a personal, ministry, or church account and inform families if using a personal account.
- Use collaboration features so content appears on both feeds instead of only tagging.
Restoration Recap Handed Off From Personal To Church
- LJ used his larger personal following to launch a weekly "Restoration Recap" and later handed it off to the church account via collaboration.
- That handoff helped the church build its platform while keeping continuity for followers.