Trying out ChurchDirector.com

I am testing out ministry management software called Churchdirector.com. We hope to use this for all ministry’s within the church. So far, it looks fairly straight forward. However, I have to “invite” volunteers. It would be nice if I could create an account for them on my own.

What am I learning about Facebook?

I am learning that people really like the opportunity to communicate about many things at all times of the day. In the past few days, I have witnessed or commented on the following:

Youth asking others to come and volunteer unload pumpkins at our pumpkin patch
Someone else at the pumpkin unloading saw my post with [...]

In the beginning…

What marvelous words, those three are.  To bring us closer to God, God enters our remembrance of Him through words that we can relate to that remind us of the beginning of a season, a time, a place, a relationship.  It almost has the feel of “Once upon a time” where Eden was that idyllic [...]

Volunteer/Ministry Scheduling

It’s the inevitable question for any ministry coordinator – “Sorry to call you so late this (Saturday) evening, but I won’t be at church tomorrow, maybe you can find someone else to replace me”. No matter how many times you offer a ministry roster and remind all involved that locating their replacement is their [...]

YouTube for the Youth Group

It turns out that almost all the kids in my youth group have a YouTube page with videos. Now, if I can only get them interested in doing something for the church. Hmm…. Oh wait! We are doing something – that’s our summer project.
Here are the youth’s websites:
Godfather410
King Productions, Inc.
Their talents never cease [...]

Facebook Brings a Church Together

My church has been using FB for quite a few months now and I am still astounded how much conversation takes place between Sunday services. Not a day goes by without someone discussing a personal experience or offering a topic for discussion. While I expected some participation, this is larger than I thought. I [...]

General Convention Begins Tomorrow

And I think it will set the future course of the Episcopal Church here in the USA. As a late comer to the party, I am still feeling my way around this church. I have found much to my liking. I have also found some things I profoundly dislike and find distasteful. However, this [...]

Spring Fiesta Preparation Video is Up!

Uploading new YouTube video

The youth group finished a new video for uploading this weekend.  However, I have learned a few things during this process:

It’s sometimes hard to control the program you used to make the video.  We used iPhoto for the second one and we could not identify how to move a picutre’s sequence.
The video file is quite [...]

Losing a foster child can be hard

Over the weekend my wife and I attended a renewal course for one of our yearly foster parenting courses.  Fortunately for us, we have done this one a few times so we expected to get out early.  Unfortunately, TX DOT was doing road construction on the highway and we ended up being a half hour [...]