00:11:51 Lorenzo Lebrija: Yay for Peter and Mercedes!! 00:12:02 Episcopal Parish Network: Good afternoon and welcome! Thanks for joining us for this conversation about using AI in ministry. We are pleased to partner with our panelists today. Please know we recognize that the experiences discussed in this workshop might not represent the breadth of experiences in all churches. However, we hope you garner insights that will spark conversation within your teams and leadership groups. We ask that you post your questions or comments in the CHAT feature here and our panel will try to get to them throughout the session. 00:12:06 Episcopal Parish Network: We invite you to put your name, parish name, and location in the CHAT for the benefit of our panelists. If you must leave early, we are recording it and will send the recording to everyone registered for this session in the next couple of days. If your parish is not a member of Episcopal Parish Network, we invite you to join our work. Our 240+ members make programs like this one possible. More about membership can be learned by e-mailing us at info@episcopalparishes.org or https://episcopalparishes.org/epn-members. 00:12:12 Brian Sellers-Petersen: Glad to be a part of this! 00:12:34 Paige Alvarez Hanks: Paige Alvarez Hanks, Senior Associate Rector at Good Shepherd in Austin, TX. 00:12:37 JJ Simpson-Keelan: JJ Simpson-Keelan, ELCA pastor serving in NJ. I am a colleague of Mercedes 00:12:50 Jonna-Li Catrini: Jonna-Li, Jim Thorpe, PA Sts. Mark &John 00:12:52 David Veeneman: David Veeneman, St George’s Episcopal Church, Laguna Hills, CA 00:12:54 Lorenzo Lebrija: Lorenzo Lebrija from Palm Springs, CA (for the moment!) 00:12:57 Greg Farr: Greg Farr, ECCT Diocesan Archives, Meriden, CT 00:12:58 Rebecca Miller: Rebecca Miller, Missioner for Stewardship & Resource Development in the Diocese of Ohio 00:13:03 Elizabeth Henry-McKeever: Elizabeth Henry-McKeever, Little Rock, AR 00:13:05 Demi Prentiss: Demi Prentiss, St. Brigit, Frederick, CO 00:13:07 Liz Moss: Liz Moss, Grace Episcopal Church Lexington VA 00:13:11 Scot McComas: Scot McComas, Ch of the Nativity, Scottsdale, AZ 00:13:39 Chris Whitaker: Chris Whitaker, Director of Communications, Christ Church in Short Hills, NJ 00:13:43 Gail Lebert: Gail Lebert, St. James' Glastonbury CT Glad to be here. 00:14:02 Brian Sellers-Petersen: Brian Sellers-Petersen with Faithful Agrarian. Living in Roslyn, WA in Diocese of Spokane 00:14:17 Andee Zetterbaum: Andee Zetterbaum, St. John the Baptist, Lodi, CA - Diocese of San Joaquin 00:14:36 Anita Miner: Anita Miner, Sall Lake City, deacon 00:14:40 Liz Moss: excited about askcathy.ai 00:14:42 Eileen Coutras: Eileen Coutras, administrator, St. Mark's Episcopal Church Venice, FL 00:14:42 Lorenzo Lebrija: It’s a great podcast!! 00:14:45 Wildaine André: Wildaine ANDRE, Dioces of Haiti 00:14:49 Ben Cowgill: Ben Cowgill, Associate Rector St. John's Lynchburg VA! 00:17:17 Claire Doerschuk: Claire Doerschuk, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Durham, NC 00:17:29 Jonna-Li Catrini: Shield and Branding 00:17:57 Demi Prentiss: Effective new approaches to Christian formation 00:18:02 Paige Alvarez Hanks: I’ve made a job description and a shortened paragraph for advertising. I’ve made an itinerary for a pilgrimage with the parameters I provided 00:18:16 Brian Sellers-Petersen: Case study of successful parish agrarian, ie beekeeping or community gardening 00:18:17 JJ Simpson-Keelan: Rebranding Stewardship 00:18:18 Horace Ward: What are the emerging needs of the community? 00:18:27 Sarah Martinez: Not that interested in writing reports. Really like using AI to generate social media content. Right now we use OpusClip 00:18:33 Emily Rueber: capital campaign 00:18:37 Gabe Avila: most successful/effectivr ways to conduct a stewardship campaign 00:18:41 Rebecca Miller: Feasibility study type research? 00:18:46 Claire Doerschuk: Demographics of neighborhood, design of outdoor garden and memorial garden. 00:18:46 Paige Alvarez Hanks: I’m working with Chat GPT now for revising our employee handbook 00:18:58 Brian Sellers-Petersen: St Gregory of Nyssa beekeeping 00:19:01 Greg Farr: Grant application 00:19:03 David Veeneman: History of Christianity prior to Council of Nicea 00:19:08 Anita Miner: “Marketing to people in affluent neighborhood that’s not downtown” 00:19:13 Paige Alvarez Hanks: We are in the midst of strategic planning and realigning our ministry groups to work with the goals for ministry 00:19:24 Norbert Haukenfrers: What is the best way to engage people 18-30 years old in worship, encouraging community and spiritual formation 00:20:13 Andee Zetterbaum: Demographics of people who enjoy using labyrinths, and how they got introduced to labyrinths. 00:20:59 Paige Alvarez Hanks: Can you talk about the benefits of “membership” vs. free GPT? 00:21:19 Kate Rogers: What is the feasibility of successfully creating a “wild church” program in the Washington east cascade mountains? 00:21:20 Rebecca Miller: Potential for mixed & low income housing on the Westside of Cleveland, Oh with funding opportunities 00:22:41 Rebecca Miller: This is research I'm doing on behalf of St. Luke's, Cleveland. They are looking at how to best use their property/space 00:23:05 Rebecca Miller: 7708 Lake Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102 00:23:23 Rebecca Miller: Probably new construction 00:23:40 Rebecca Miller: Thank you! 00:23:59 Horace Ward: Horace Ward, Holy Family, Miami Gardens, Fl 00:25:37 Jonna-Li Catrini: Is ChatGPT text only or is it also image? 00:26:21 Rev. Peter Levenstrong (he/his): it can do images, but there are other (better) options for images (like Midjourney, Flux, Imagen) 00:33:33 Lorenzo Lebrija: https://www.perplexity.ai/ 00:33:46 Episcopal Parish Network: As a reminder, please post questions and comments in the CHAT feature. The panel will get to them as time permits. Thanks again for joining. 00:38:10 Dodie Roberts: Would like effective strategies to reach out to the unchurched in Pope County AR 72801,72802,72837 00:40:45 Paige Alvarez Hanks: I’ve put in catering details of dietary restrictions for meals for a crowd for meetings and retreats and it has given me great options. 00:47:49 Rev. Peter Levenstrong (he/his): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n3r-dx9J0WFTiu0zrx9jgpYgHH7Xgj_GX9znSEHwSsk/edit?usp=sharing 00:48:43 Rev. Peter Levenstrong (he/his): https://substack.com/home/post/p-154446312 00:52:08 Eileen Coutras: potential for automating routine tasks? 00:52:27 John Henry: What happens when you type in pastoral therapy (psychotherapy) and you use info as a volunteer with your Church? 00:52:39 Rev. Peter Levenstrong (he/his): plug for AskCathy.ai! 00:53:02 Rev. Peter Levenstrong (he/his): I'll talk about that in a moment. Many thanks to Lorenzo here 00:53:18 Jonna-Li Catrini: Shied and Branding was aimed more towards the graphic aspect of AI. Looking to save us a couple thousand dollars 00:53:27 Lorenzo Lebrija: More than 1000 episcopal/Anglican sources! 00:54:13 Lorenzo Lebrija: Great for logos: 00:54:14 Lorenzo Lebrija: https://ideogram.ai/t/explore 00:54:22 Episcopal Parish Network: For those who have to leave us early, thanks for joining today. The conversation will continue a bit longer. Please post questions and comments in the CHAT feature. The workshop is being recorded and will be available in the next day. If registered, you will receive a link to the recording and materials. You will also find it in our Workshop Library at: https://episcopalparishes.org/digital-workshop-library/ Thanks, again, to our panelists for sharing their time and sharing about this important topic. It was terrific to partner with Mercedes and Peter. We hope you found this conversation useful. There is an additional workshop this week on community building and in the coming weeks on stewardship and building maintenance. We hope you join us as you are available. You can see a list here: www.episcopalparishes.org/upcoming-workshops/ More workshops are added regularly. 00:59:50 Lorenzo Lebrija: I can recommend this Intro to ChatGPT course from the folks at The Neuron: 00:59:52 Lorenzo Lebrija: https://www.theneuron.ai/courses/intro-to-chatgpt-training-course 01:00:02 Lorenzo Lebrija: And it’s free! 01:00:07 Rev. Peter Levenstrong (he/his): that's a great one! I used that one for my own learning 01:05:42 Horace Ward: Name of your podcast? 01:08:07 Lorenzo Lebrija: https://aichurchtoolkit.com/ 01:08:25 Paige Alvarez Hanks: Thank you so much - we are really just scratching the surface here! 01:08:34 Rev. Peter Levenstrong (he/his): peterlevenstrong@saintgregorys.org 01:09:15 Lorenzo Lebrija: Thanks for a great chat. I hope people give a listen to your podcast where you talk about lot more about how to approach it theologically!! 01:09:32 Rebecca Miller: What is the difference between the different sites? chatgpt, perplexity, etc? 01:09:35 Edward McLain: My iPhone routinely asks me if I want to use ChatGT to answer questions I pose. 01:09:41 Episcopal Parish Network: Thanks, again, for joining us today. And, thanks to our panelists. See you on another workshop soon. 01:09:47 Greg Farr: Thank you! Very helpful! 01:09:48 Jonna-Li Catrini: I would be very interested in that coure