169 – How Mission Friendly Is Your Website?

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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