# Pastoral Letter on Social Media

- Link: https://nweparchy.ca/2025/01/pastoral-letter-on-social-media/
- Published: 2025-01-21T13:52:06-08:00
- Author: Website

**LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE GRACIOUS, SEASONED WITH SALT, SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW 
HOW YOU OUGHT TO ANSWER EVERYONE. **— Colossians 4:6

**INTRODUCTION**

**1. **Twenty years ago, few of us would have even heard the term “social media.”
Now it perme- ates almost every aspect of our lives. We use it to keep in contact
with family and friends and distant cousins. We read both neighbourhood, national,
and international news on it. We con- nect with strangers who share our interests
and hobbies. We discover events in which we want to participate and videos that 
make us laugh. Currently, 87% of the Canadians who have access to the internet are
active on social media. By 2026, that number is expected to climb to 96%. The average
Canadian social media user has 6.4 accounts and spends an average of 1 hour and 
56 minutes per day perusing various platforms.

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