This week on WELSTech the topic is digital evangelism. Martin and Sallie discuss five “don’ts” for church web sites and talk with Pastor Ken Fisher about the WELS evangelism site, WhatAboutJesus.com.
The discussion:
Don’t make these mistakes on your church web site! – Your church or school web site is oftentimes making first impressions on the world so it is, of course, important that its design and content reflect favorably on your congregation. Martin and Sallie discuss five “don’ts” you’ll want to avoid when creating your site.Learn how to incorporate WELS RSS feeds into your siteSample WELS RSS feedsEvangelism Toolbox DVDThe interview:
Reaching out with WhatAboutJesus.com (23:08) – Martin and Sallie talk with Pastor Ken Fisher from Risen Savior in Milwaukee, WI about the development behind the WhatAboutJesus.com evangelism web site. Pastor Fisher also shares info on some of the key site features, feedback they have received and future plans for the site.www.WhatAboutJesus.comThe tidbits:
Picks of the week (37:20)Free Technology For Teachers blog – www.freetech4teachers.comBlack out your screen for distraction-free writingFocused (Cross-platform) – spreadingfunkyness.com/focusedDarkroom (Windows) – they.misled.us/dark-roomWriteRoom (Mac) – www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroomOf interest (47:14)2009 WELS International Youth Rally – Register now at www.welsyouthrally.netCommunity feedback (48:08)Brent Nemmers from Atonement in Plano, TX shared a link to a cNet review of online photo editorsSteve Mathwig from St. John’s in Oak Creek, WI asked about the FinalWeb custom template feature, which is scheduled to go live March 5th! Join the WELS FinalWeb user community at www.wels.net/jump/wnuwebhostingMartin shared an update and invitation to the inWELS group on LinkedIn.comRecent WELSTech listserve chatter includes an online memory test generator from Karl Henslin at St. Mark in Green Bay, WI as well as a discussion of open source Student Management SoftwarePerry Lund from Grace in Oskaloosa, IA updated the audio equipment and recording pages of the WELSTech wiki – welstech.wetpaint.comGail Potratz “tweeted” to let us know that an audio version of Luther’s Large Catechism is available on LibriVox.org. Join the #WELSTech Twitter conversation and follow Martin (mspriggs) and Sallie (welstechtrainer)Coming up on WELSTech (58:57)Episode 062 – “Publish, Then Filter”, the fourth chapter of Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody, will be our discussion topicThe featured artist:
We close with the music of WELS praise band, Koine (www.koinemusic.com) – Crown Him With Many Crowns from their CD titled Koine (59:45)Get involved:
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