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)
Get involved:
- Add a comment below
- E-mail: welstech@wels.net
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- Join:
Students and Social Networks (22:00) - Ted Klug, Technology Director at 
Shepherd’s Staff - Joining Martin and Sallie is Brad Wheeling, Marketing Manager for Concordia Technology Solutions, designers of Shepherd’s Staff church management software
