This Project Asks: What If?
What if the problem in our churches isn't with our liturgy, our vision of Jesus, our discipleship or our community, but with how we communicate?
What if our members want to invite young adults in, but have no idea how to bridge generational communication gaps?
What if our communities truly understood their value to young people today?
The Journey Society exists to answer those questions. We give faith communities the tools and media pathways to close the distance between those in our pews and those outside them.
You will find no megachurch playbook here, and no social media influencer workflow. What you will discover are digital nets: practical, affordable, Christ-centered ways to fish for people in the spaces where they already are. Here you will find ideas that bring your community's Christian voice to the digital world, authentically, without marketing tactics disguised as ministry. Instead, you'll discover creative ways to share the Word in a modern world where digital ministry is the default.
This project offers modern media skills and low-cost technology, assembled well, that can be put to work in almost any congregation, not just those with staff and budgets. Digital space is where most 18-to-35-year-olds live their lives. But the work isn't only outward. By learning to present themselves honestly there, communities discover something about who they are.
If your community is looking for what's next in digital congregational life,
Journey with us.
About
My name is John Eldridge Carr.
I'm a systems engineer, programer and producer who spent more than twenty years in Hollywood, building the technical systems behind visual effects and post-production. Between that work and an engineering career, I came to understand the nuances of media attention in the modern world. It comes down to one thing: it is either authentic or it isn't.
So I ask an old question about the latest tools. What would Jesus do with these? Jesus was a master of interpersonal relations who mostly just showed up, and that is how he recruited his disciples. How would he show up in the digital spaces young people actually inhabit? How do we do that without chasing likes, hearts and follows? How would he approach AI, its use and place in our lives?
I'm still an engineer. Alongside my studies at Presbyterian College and McGill, I run systems for communities across Canada, consult on IT, and research the ethics of artificial intelligence, which keeps the work practical rather than theoretical.
I serve a congregation in the Town of Mount Royal and am a member at large of the Presbyterian Church in Canada's National Indigenous Council. I'm the Executive Director of The Journey Society, where professional craft is made accessible to communities without a studio behind them.
Education
St. Marks College Associates in Arts, Theology and Culture McGill University Bachelors in Theology Presbyterian College Masters in Divinity Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) Azure AI Engineer Associate AWS Certified AI Practitioner AIF-C01
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P R O J E C TS
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people."
-Matthew 4:19
Jesus told fishermen He would send them out to fish for people, and then he let them keep the nets they already knew how to use. Every Journey Society project works the same way: a real need in a real congregation, and a tool built small enough to actually use. Podcasts, reading devices, community platforms.
Here's what we're building:
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"The farmer sows the word."
-Mark 4:14
