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List of 25 Last Posts
- Ten Characteristics of a Healthy Youth Ministry
- Tashlikh -A New Year’s Ritual
- Rethinking Youth Ministry
- O that crazy perfect Teen Brain
- What the Pastor Shouldn’t Say
- Installing a “Fav” icon in your church website
- Problems with Pastoral Prayers
- How to open many websites with one click
- The Rising Cost of Driving to Church
- Memories, the Science of Commitment, and Rebalancing Teaching vs Worship
- The Problem with Teenage Sunday School Class
- The Christian Athiest (and online church)
- Performing Church Cleanup
- “Priming” -the science behind Sunday School
- Good Stories Really Do Get Inside Your Head
- Scanning the Congregation for Malware & Trojans
- More Ways to Cut the Church’s Utility Budget
- The Positive Effect of Even “Some” Attendance
- *Sigh* Quality Control (lacking) in the Church
- #4 – Great Teachers Lead Great Reading Sessions
- #3 – The Classroom Culture of Great Teachers
- #2 – Great Teachers Set High Expectations
- #1 – How to Get 6+ More Hours of Sunday School
- Wind vs Solar, and other energy saving strategies
- How to Add “Live Chat” to your Church Website
Category Archives: Tech Tips for Church Staff (and you)
Installing a “Fav” icon in your church website
Your church website should have a “fav icon” that visually stands out in the user’s browser. This is the icon that appears next to your website address in the URL field, and on the top of the tabbed window when a user … Continue reading
How to open many websites with one click
I read or check about 12 different websites every morning, so I was looking for a way to open them all at once with ONE CLICK. Of course, you can create separate bookmarks for each, but I wanted a one-click solution … Continue reading
Most Common Computer Problems (and how to avoid them)
What’s are the most common problems and dangers to your Laptop? You! Dropping it. Slamming the lid. Grabbing it by the screen. Spilling things on it. Sitting it on the couch or bed or blanket which covers the fan ports. Treat … Continue reading
Making it Big in Windows -the Old Geezer Report
Tips for Old Eyes, and Remembering Names Yes, I’m getting older, but “THEY” are also making things harder to see and find! I have a beautiful 17″ laptop with a high resolution screen, –but darnit if I can’t regularly find my MOUSE … Continue reading
Free Anti Virus Software: My experience
Occasionally someone will ask me, “What anti-virus software do you recommend?” And they are surprised when I tell them, “Get the FREE anti-virus from AVG.” It’s made by Grisoft, a very good anti-virus developer, and millions of people use it. www.free.avg.com … Continue reading
Sermon Audio on the Church Website
We’ve been using a little digital recorder in the pulpit to record the pastor’s sermons and posting them on our church website. And so far, so good. We bought the Olympus WS-400s at Office Max for about $60. It has … Continue reading
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Free Outlook & Word-like software
There are GOOD FREE ALTERNATIVES to Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Outlook 2007. And with the new versions of Microsoft Office costing over $200, these free alternatives are much appreciated. They download rather quickly, install easily, and have setup wizards. Their features … Continue reading
How to add a “Donate Now” button to your website
Recently I’ve been investigating how to add a “Donate Now” feature to four different non-profit websites which I help maintain. One is a church, another is a local soup kitchen ministry, another is a school for the disabled, and the fourth … Continue reading
Face(book) the Facts… why your church should be on Facebook
Recently, I wrote an article for my SundaySoftware.com subscribers about “New Tech and it’s implications for the Church.” (http://www.sundaysoftware.com/articles/newtech.htm) It included info about how to set-up and use Twitter, Live Chat, and Email Newsletters to improve church communications –for free. I promised a follow-up specifically … Continue reading
Your Pastor the “Twitter”
There’s a relatively NEW form of communication spreading rapidly over the internet and cell phones. It’s called TWITTER (www.twitter.com) and every pastor who believes in staying in touch with parishioners should CONSIDER using it. Is it hype? Nope, it’s a tool … Continue reading