February 02, 2011

169 – How Mission Friendly Is Your Website?

57 minutes

This week the WELSTech Podcast focus is evangelistic web sites as we discuss a new e-book on that topic.

The discussion:

A WELSTech e-Book Release – Martin and Sallie discuss recent work on Websites and Missions: Reaching Out in a Digital World.

Read the e-book online in Scribd format

Download the PDF

Visit the sample web sites:

Christ the King in Palm Coast , FL – Project site

Good Shepherd’s in West Allis, WI

The interview:

(23:00) Crosswalk Communications – Staff minister Jonathan Favorite from Crosswalk Lutheran Ministries in Phoenix AZ joins Martin and Sallie to share details about their use of technology to communicate the Gospel.

Umbraco content management system

Ministry Resources:

(38:44) Do you accept online donations on your church web site? Share your experience!

News in Tech:

(40:41) Port your existing mobile number to Google Voice (Video tutorial)

Picks of the week:

(43:04) Meet Me At Midnight – Smithsonian Art Museum fun for students grades 3-5 via Free Technology For Teachers

LibreOffice – open source office software

Community feedback:

(46:38) Gail Potratz from Emanuel in New London, WI shared several useful links:

Jane Hart’s Alternatives for Dimdim

Qwiki – Lifehacker review: Qwiki is like a mini, visually-rich Wikipedia that reads to you

MDMC 2011

Drop Mocks – Easy image sharing

Maren McPeak from St. Mark’s in Citrus Heights, CA is a fan of Evernote and shared a link to 10 Evernote Tips for School

Pastor Dan Witte from Risen Savior in Lakewood Ranch, FL asked about expandable content like this page on WELS.net. Webmaster Julie Duran shared links to two CSS solutions – CSS Ninja | CSS Newbie

Coming up on WELSTech:

(54:28) Episode 170 – Missionary Mike Hartman joins us to share news about the newest “Proclaimer” of God’s Word in Mexico, and we discuss chapter 6 of Leading 21st Century Schools. (Release date 02/09/11)

The featured artist:

(55:20) This week we close with the music of Crosswalk Lutheran Ministries featuring our interviewee, Jonathan Favorite- Dive Into God’s Word from their CD titled ”Crosswalk Lutheran Ministries”

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