Tech Report - 2026

Chapel Digital Growth Summary

Our online presence grew this year across all platforms:

YouTube reached 353 subscribers and 1k+ videos with increases in views and engagement. More complete summaries and custom thumbnails are boosting performance, particularly for exhortation content.

Social Media continues expanding on Facebook and Instagram, with Facebook showing the most engagement growth. Thanks to Becky & Team for creating great content!

Website attracted visitors from 99 countries and 48 states, with increases in both unique visits and pageviews.

Zoom streaming maintains community connection, with church services showing the best viewership growth.

Email List stayed steady with 158 subscribers, sharing updates and prayer requests with members and friends.

Online Donations grew after switching to Zeffy, which reduced fees while increasing overall giving compared to Donorbox.

YouTube

  • General Updates

    • Summary for all videos

    • Custom Thumbnails for all Exhortations

  • Total Subscribers: 353 (▲12%)

  • Total Videos: 1k+

  • Yearly Views: 5.3K (▼32%)

  • Yearly Watch Time (hours): 655 (▼27%)

  • Yearly Impressions 123k (▼62%)

Social Media

  • Facebook: 1068 (▲34%)

    • Content Interactions: 12,778 (▲14,02%)

  • Instagram: 279 (▲12%)

Website

  • Total Visits: 16k (▲23%)

  • Unique Visits: 8k (▲16%)

  • Pageviews: 26k (▲18%)

  • Visits - 99 Countries (▲30%)

  • Visits - 48 States (0%) Missing Alaska & South Dakota

Weekly Zoom Streaming

  • 1 Adult Sunday School

  • 1 Church Service

  • 4 Weekly Bible Classes

  • 1 Monthly Prayer Meeting

Average Viewers - 12

  • Adult Sunday School: 15 (▲25%)

  • Church Service: 37 (▼3%)

  • Bible Classes

    • North Richmond: 10 (▲11%)

    • South Richmond: 11 (▼8%)

    • Sunday & Tuesday: 5 (0%)

Total Viewers - 1,842

Average Church Service Views

Tech Finances

  • Website Donations in past year:

    • Donorbox: $2,284

    • Zeffy: $16,405

      • Spaghetti Sunday: $885

      • Bake Sale: $51

    • Total: $19,625

    • NOTE: All Future Donations should be done through Zeffy

Completed Projects

  • Hardware Upgrades

    • Smart Keypad Door Entry

    • Soundboard

    • Server Rack

    • Network Switch

    • Firewall

    • 2x Access Points

    • Battery Backup

  • Software Upgrades

    • Updated guest wifi

  • Ongoing & Future Projects

  • Sunday Morning Tech

    • 300+ hymns / year

    • Running Streaming/Audio/Slides

  • Camera security system - In Planning

  • New Lighting - Getting Quotes

  • New Sound Setup - Getting Quotes

  • New Video Switch - In Planning

  • New Camera & Controller - In Planning

Data as of: June 1, 2026