Mission Notes | Faith & Culture Blog

Here’s a great story from Christianity Today on blogging and the interent if you’re new to this whole thing. For a quick quote in the article: The very notion of a blog (originally a “web log”) is that of a diary, a periodic account of what’s happening in someone’s life or someone’s mind, which is why one of the most delightful sites to emerge from this new technology is the one that posts, in classic blog format—even with comments, though they are called “annotations”—the diary of that great observer of 17th-century social life, Samuel Pepys (www.pepysdiary.com, and yes, it has an rss feed). No oneRead More →

Hey guys – just for clarity – on my post “Blog Thoughts from Pastor Dave” I want to be sure that the second point is clear: I’m just encouraging us to continue what we are already doing – so far everyone is being very godly and loving with their posts and comments – I didn’t want you guys to think that I felt the opposite was happening. (I read the post and thought it was a bit unclear) love you allRead More →

Hey everyone, Here are some thoughts as continue to use our re:fresh “blog-o-shpere”: 1- everyone thank Jason Bean for his hard work in putting this together 2. – Let’s be sure that, since this is very public, we use this tool in an uplifting way – as a positive tool and not as a tool to gripe (I say this proactively since this is how we are already behaving) in other words – let’s honor God and love each other 3. – Let’s get the word out and train our team to use this tool as well as our website – eventually I would likeRead More →

Hey everyone. Next week we are going to introduce the message with a 50 sec. visual and musical intro. This is another cool step in the direction of more effective use of media and for meeting people where they live. Please let me know how this hits you (after you see it). I’ll look forward to some feedback from you. Pastor DaveRead More →