As I'm typing this, there are some fence guys in our backyard adding on yet another dog pen. This one is for Rocky, who I mentioned in a previous post. He's been with us for close to a month now. The fact that we're making a pen for him means his stay with us has probably surpassed the "temporary" category. This brings the number of rescue dogs in our possession to three. Truly there is no more room at the inn. :)
The real reason I'm making this post, though, is to share this article with you. It's written by Lynette Hawkins, founder of Awesome Insight, a strategic communications resource of Beyond Marketing Group, Inc. Lynette is also a Presbyterian elder and has a blog that focuses on issues of ministry and church communications in the 21st century. In her article for The Presbyterian Outlook she looks at things like Facebook, Twitter, church website and pastor's blogs and how these enhance communication among church members, particularly as a way to build relationships. It's a good article for those who may not already be familiar with this sort of thing, and I'd highly recommend it to you.
Lynette and I met over Facebook - hows' that for the ministry in the 21st century! Lynette paid me and the church I serve a great compliment when she said was "inspired" to write this article after looking at our church's website, this blog and my sermon blog, among others. It pleases me that someone "in the know" thinks that we're on the right track, doing the kinds of things that a number of other churches are also doing. Recently our church created a Facebook group and started a church Google calendar that all members can access (it's conveniently displayed on the home page of our church website). We also began posting the audio of our worship services at the website that you can either listen to in streaming audio or download as an mp3, utilizing a free service from Sermons.net. Certainly these tools of the internet age will never replace traditional ways of doing ministry. But folks like Lynette are wise to help us see that it can only enhance what we already do.
Do check out her article and leave a comment there if you wish. Now I must go check on the dog pen, and the dog that will soon be in it.
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