11 Mind-Blowing Reasons Your Company Needs Facebook | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert
Wow. Remember when MySpace was the dominant social network? Seems like a long time ago, as the past three years have seen Facebook approach, catch, and blow past MySpace to become our preferred online hangout spot.
Now, [...]

Most Churches and Non Profits Use 3rd Party Systems for Online Donations | ChurchCrunch
According to a recent study, most churches and non-profits are leveraging 3rd party systems for their online donation efforts coming in at 51%. 16% say they are using a whitelabel solution while a whopping 33% don’t use any at all.
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Making connections: Moderators’ Conference focuses on technology, social media in the church
LOUISVILLE — The 2009 Moderators’ Conference of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) focused on technology and how it can be used in churches and presbyteries.
The theme of the conference, held here from Nov. 20-22, was “Blessings and Burdens: Where Technology and Church Life Converge.”
The church [...]

Youthful pastor anxious to give to community – Owen Sound Sun Times – Ontario, CA
At 25 years of age, Rev. Michael (Mike) Rundle, the new minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hanover, is currently the youngest serving minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
A native of Nova Scotia, Rundle began his ministry in Hanover [...]

A Church for Starving Artists: Cutting Off the Luddites
Our Presbytery is no longer sending snail mail.
No more meeting packets through the USPS. No more minutes. No more directories. Okay, the most recent Presbytery Packet came through snail mail. But no more!
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Hidden tragedy of poor communication in recruiting volunteers for special events: no spiritual growth for members « effective church communication
When we don’t communicate effectively prior to an outreach or other church event and we don’t get the volunteers we need to make it really successful, it’s easy to focus on how the communication short-comings make [...]

World famous evangelist to be featured – Chatham Daily News – Ontario, CA
For no other reason than to celebrate the one remaining treasure on the corner of Wellington and Fifth Streets, we all need to celebrate the 175th anniversary (the congregation was formally organized in 1835) of First Presbyterian Church (Oct. 3 to 4).
The cornerstone [...]

Presbyterian Bloggers: Building "Church" with Social Media
One of the bloggers in our web ring has done a series of posts about the value of social media in the development of faith communities:
Using Social Media to Build Community, Part I
Using Social Medial to Build Local Community, Part II
If Jesus Were a Dog, Would He Tweet, Part [...]

Church Marketing Sucks: Still Don't Think Social Media Matters?
Many pastors still think technologies haven't caught on or that investing in social media isn't worth their church's time. Next time you hear that from someone, perhaps you could share a few of these statistics with them:
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Trinity Presbyterian Church Blog » Blog Archive » Why there will be no religion at Sports Camp
The purpose is not to get new converts, or to find more kids to go to our church (although, new kids are always welcome). We are doing this to be good neighbours, to give to the community.
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