Facebook users across America are taking a 24-hour break from their digital lives. In the US, today has been declared the National Facebook Fast.

Kerry Shook, a pastor at the Fellowship of The Woodlands in Houston is urging people to join in, according to myFOXhouston.com.

Shook is encouraging everyone to refrain from using Facebook, Twitter, email and texting to give time to real relationships for one day.

"We're just so distracted multi-tasking, but multi-tasking doesn't work when it comes to deep relationships," said Shook.

An example of such a condition is the Reitzel family. Everyone in the family can be reached 24-7 by email, text message or phone.

"Each person will be on a different laptop, one will be watching TV upstairs, one downstairs and one is playing video games," said Caleb Reitzel, the oldest of three sons.

"You do pull up Facebook and say, 'Hmmm, what's everybody else doing?'" said Lea Reitzel, the family matriarch. The Reitzel family will be participating in the National Facebook Fast. A technology fast is nothing new, however, the Facebook Fast attract the most people.

Pastor Shook's church has a 20,000-person strong congregation. In spite of the campaign Pastor Shook says that he likes life with technology.

"I mean I think I'm addicted to Twitter. My thumb is already shaking thinking about," he said. Fellowship of The Woodlands is a tech savvy institution. The church boasts of an Internet campus and a church service on Twitter.

"There's nothing wrong with these things, but you just have to limit it and really be disciplined to say we're going to set aside this time and not be on the computer at all," said Pastor Shook.

In Love at Last Sight, a book that the pastor co-authored, he encouraged families to do the Facebook Fast weekly. The pastor said that for the day of the Fast, he plans to write a hand written letter to a friend and go out for coffee with another friend.