Social Media Boundaries
One of the challenges of 21st century church life is figuring out appropriate boundaries in an ever-changing social media environment. Here are the guidelines that Pastor Jeff follows.
Because your Facebook account is essentially your cyber living room, you need to invite Pastor Jeff in. That means you need to initiate a friend request. If you are already one of his Facebook friends and you'd really rather not have him in your cyber living room, just quietly "unfriend" him. No offense will be taken.
Niles Discovery Church does have a Facebook Page, which you are encouraged to follow. There is also a closed Facebook Group for church members.
Pastor Jeff has an Instagram account, but he seldom posts there. The church has an Instagram account, too. Feel free to follow or block either/both accounts.
Twitter/X
Pastor Jeff's Twitter account is now inactive. We haven't decided if the church's Twitter account will become inactive, too.
Blue Sky
Pastor Jeff is new to Blue Sky, the replacement for his Twitter/X account. We don't know if the church will be opening a Blue Sky account or not.
Because Blue Sky is so much less conversational than Facebook, Pastor Jeff assumes that if you post there publicly, you are fine with him following you — but if he is following you and you'd rather he wasn't, just block him (or ask him to unfollow you). If you'd like Pastor Jeff to follow you, please let him know.
Other Platforms
Pastor Jeff also posts on Threads, Substack's Notes, and (at least for the time being) on Spoutible. As with other platforms, feel free to follow him (or block him).
Direct Communication is always better
While Pastor Jeff likes having these additional ways to keep up on what's important in your life, the reality is that time limitations and the algorithms the various social media use make it highly likely that he won't see most of what you post. If there's news you want Pastor Jeff to know, send him an email or call him.