Virtual Sunday School

For the last year and a half we have had an adult Sunday school class focused on current events at Third Presbyterian Church. In January the opportunity came up for our current events class to join the other adult Sunday School class in its new study. While many in the current events class were in favor of joining the other class, they really enjoyed the current events discussion and did not want to lose those conversations. As we discussed different options for continuing our current events discussions, we came up with the idea of having a virtual Sunday school class. While we no longer have a current events class that physically meets together on Sunday mornings our discussions are continuing by blog. The current topic is emailed out to class members each Thursday afternoon. After reading the article class members are encouraged to go to the blog and post their thoughts. Now instead of having Sunday school available one hour a week, it is available 24-7.
Technology is playing a larger role in our society every day. However, many of our congregations utilize very little technology in worship and programming. What role, if any, do you think technology should have in the church today? What are the pros and cons of offering things like virtual Sunday School classes? In what ways could technology be used to better meet the spiritual needs of all the generations served by the church today? I look forward to hearing your thoughts.