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.
It’s the part of putting up a website that I have the most trouble with – designing the template. While can code a website (almost entirely) from scratch, the graphics and their layout are not my forte. So, I rely upon other to do their magic and voila, templates galore. Not exactly. [...]
The Diocese of West Texas recently hosted a conference for all congregations (Abide in Me: Congregations Growing Together) to come and participate in a daylong series of workshops addressing various aspects of ministry. While I was unable to attend (Yes, being “Dad” trumps being “Youth Minister”), several folks from St. Margaret’s were in attendance. [...]
One of the chief complaint you hear from website visitors is, “Why don’t you have more pictures/images on this page?”. Well, in most cases it’s largely a matter of not having the resources. Most of us don’t have the expertise to create a new image. Sure, we can take pictures, but editing [...]
Typically, end-users and webmasters will not deal with this kind of development. PL/pgSQL is the internal procedural language for creating things like functions. The most you will see a webmaster deal with is SQL for adding/editing an entry.
However, my day job requires me to learn several new skills and this week its PL/pgSQL. [...]
Why?
I would love to say it’s because I get a lot of traffic to this site and I plan on retiring off the income. But, the real reason is because, like so many others, I am simply looking to offset the hosting cost. I dont’ expect to make much off this new addition to the [...]
As I previously mentioned, there are several folks in my church with Facebook accounts. Along with the obligatory IQ and personality trait requests, we have also both joined and created our own Facebook Groups. We have managed to get members from outside of the church and even the state. Now, it’s true that these [...]
For the summer months we have traditionally had Sunday school. However, at the request of both parents and students, I am doing something different this year. We will still have class, but it will be completely voluntary.
How is this different from not having class? Well, I’m glad you asked.
I introduced [...]
So, far the AdWords campaign has almost 1500 impressions and four (4) clicks. Now, that is not many clicks, but I am still happy. For every click that comes in, they have the potential for passing it along to someone else. So, while I have only a few on Day 1, I am looking forward [...]
As often happens with youth ministry, I decided to try something new. I have two events this month, the Spring Fiesta and Movie on the Lawn, both on April 25, with one following the other. Now, any youth minister will tell you that no matter how much they plan an event, the hardest [...]
