Weekend Thought…Kiosks Rock!
September 28th, 2006 @ 4:19 pm
So, a couple days ago, I was asked to attend a kiosk exhibtion in San Antonio. Let me tell you, if it weren’t for the informational kiosk, we couldn’t check in at airports so effectively or pull money out of an ATM. Now the church is going high-tech with the kiosk. You’ll be able to walk up, use it as a confessional, order communion, or deposit your tithes.
Ok…maybe not…and I honestly think that’s quite alright. But we are going to start using them as information stations around the church. So I am going to schmooze with kiosk vendors this weekend.
Chris and I are leaving tonight and hanging out in Austin, then it’s off to San Antonio.
What’s the craziest thing YOU would want a kiosk in a church to do???
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Andrew Shepherd said,
September 28, 2006 at 7:02 pm
well i hope it’s not ever used for things that some traditions consider sacramental..haha.
bryonm said,
September 28, 2006 at 7:24 pm
I’m thinkin’ that a Christian Tattoo Kiosk would be crazy right next to the Holy Grounds Christian Cappucino Kiosk :)
bryonm said,
September 28, 2006 at 7:25 pm
You look like Jesse James in that scarf :)
anne jackson said,
September 28, 2006 at 8:21 pm
As we are driving for some reason the idea that you could get married by a kiosk amuses me….it asks you all the questions, you touch “yes” or “no” or “i do” and it prints out a notarized marriage certificate. whammo!
Debbie said,
September 28, 2006 at 9:58 pm
the baptismal kiosk?
self-serve :-)
or
the deposit your offering and receive the elements kiosk….might be interesting…
Lori said,
September 29, 2006 at 1:02 am
ATM kiosk for easy tithing
Blogging kiosk to post comments about the service
james petticrew said,
September 29, 2006 at 6:08 am
I would have big worries about the sacraments being given out at Kiosks. The sacraments are communal events, they are to do with the church, the Gospel they are not meant to be privatized spiritual experiences. I heard of one church which had the communion elements at the back so when you felt the need you could go and take them. To me that contradicted the nature of the sacrament, we don’t take communion, we are GIVEN communion, it comes as a gift, all we offer is empty hands and a open heart. Communion both demonstrates the nature of the Gospel and the church, Paul talks about the church being one loaf. Now that doesn’t happen if people take it at a kiosk.
I also have questions about giving. Does the act of giving in worship actually enshrine something important about our response to God which would be lost if we did it on our own at a machine?
Mairi petticrew said,
September 29, 2006 at 7:55 am
a haggis kiosk! So you can get some and eat it in the service! YUM! :-D
Kristiapplesauce said,
September 29, 2006 at 8:18 am
Am I at the right Blog? I don’t even know what this conversation is about. I need a map. Please send help.
Anne Jackson said,
September 29, 2006 at 8:53 am
this is just a post about ridiculous things that should never happen at a kiosk in a church. :)
Kevin Leggett said,
September 29, 2006 at 10:47 am
give change in the offering plate
haleyeah said,
September 29, 2006 at 12:06 pm
salvation tokens!
Anne Jackson said,
September 29, 2006 at 12:10 pm
you could get a worship cd burned or transfer worship songs to your ipod for your worship experience. even motion backgrounds with the words if you have a video ipod….
Rich said,
September 30, 2006 at 1:41 am
I love it! That convention sounds like it would rock. Well, coffee on a kiosk is a must, but for me that is a given.
Candyce said,
September 30, 2006 at 3:17 pm
i love the ipod idea, annegirl. :)
speaking of marrying by kiosk, i was thinking of some sort of dating service, where you’re matched with others in the church that you’re compatible with. but then that could get creepy. and awkward. and no one wants that… :)
Los said,
September 30, 2006 at 6:34 pm
I would like a digital pastor to bitch at about how unbiblical the sermon and worship was.
Los