Aug 20
Episode 033 - Aug 20 2008
This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie discuss take-aways from a conference on church media and Martin talks with Matt Frazier about a new church communication tool.
Listen now or download Episode 033 (1:04:14)
The discussion:
- Church Media 101 - Martin recently attended the ECHO: Church Media Conference in Dallas, TX and found a WELSTech listener’s dream suite of topics and tools for ministry in a digital age. Listen as he and Sallie discuss some of his impressions on the conference and a few of the ministry-centric applications he discovered.
- Host audio and video sermons online - www.sermonplayer.com
- Church Copyright Administration - www.churchca.com
- Automated telephone message - www.phonevite.com
- Read Martin’s blog posts from the conference - www.wels.net/imprint/technology
The interview:
Church Communications Web 3.0 Style (19:30) - Joining Martin is Matt Frazier, CEO of Pursuant, to discuss web-based communications for congregations using a brand new Web 3.0 tool, Unifyer.
- www.unifyer.com
- Visit Matt’s blog - placematt.blogspot.com
The tidbits:
- Picks of the week (46:53)
- Online timer - www.online-stopwatch.com
- Online Bible collaboration - www.youversion.com
- WELS.net feature (53:22)
- WELS Imprint blog - www.wels.net/imprint
- Of interest (56:00)
- WELS Event Calendar - www.wels.net/jump/calendar
- Church Librarians Organization Fall Conference - September 13 - Star of Bethlehem in New Berlin, WI
- Friends of Seminary Day - October 4 - Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
- Schedule of fall district pastor conferences
- WELS Event Calendar - www.wels.net/jump/calendar
- Community feedback (56:49)
- Pastor John Maasch from Peace in Bradenton, FL is looking for the 2008-09 lectionary in a format that will import into calendar programs
- Steve Brown from Messiah in South Windsor, CT shared a link to his worship resources blog, Worship Ideas You Can Use - sjbrown58.wordpress.com
The featured artist:
- We close with music of WELS pianist, Dawn Gehlhar - Nearer My God To Thee from her Inspirations CD (59:54)
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The Electronic Editions of the Christian Worship: Supplement (23:19) - Today Martin and Sallie talk with 
Linux in the church office (23:47) - Pastor Steve Daley from 
Wikis and Blogs in the Classroom - Gail Potratz, Technology Coordinator at 
Using Technology for Special Ministries (12:05) - Pastor Carl Ziemer, Administrator of WELS Commission on Special Ministries, joins Martin and Sallie to share some exciting advances in many areas of Special Ministries which are made possible by the use of technology.
Time Management Systems - Martin and Sallie continue their discussion of the productivity principles outlined in David Allen’s 
The Hybrid Classroom (28:05) - In the first of a two-part interview, Prof. David Sellnow of Martin Luther College joins Martin and Sallie to share insight into the benefits of blending traditional classroom activities with online activities. Prof. Sellnow has successfully blended his course offerings at MLC and suggests that similar blending could accentuate courses at the high school and even elementary school levels.