409 – With All Your Heart: Ch 1

Things get back to normal on this week’s WELSTech with the return of several favorite show segments including WELS now and ministry resources. Plus Martin and Sallie kick off this season’s book discussion, a project they’ll pen themselves on the topic of project management, and Pastor Steve Daley joins the conversation.

The interview & discussion:

Read along – Martin and Sallie kick off a new season of book discussion by revealing chapter one of the book they’ll be writing over the next 8 months, With All Your Heart: Project Management for Churches, Christian Schools & Other Faith-Based Organizations. Pastor Steve Daley from St. Paul in South Haven, MI shares his thoughts on project management challenges and areas he’d like to improve upon.

• Read chapter one – created in Sway!

News in tech:

• Apple event on September 9
• New Motorola phone and watch
• Lenovo announces an affordable Surface competitor

WELS now:

• WELS.net Video Tour

Picks of the week:

• Top Church Tech Blogs [2015]
• Use e-mail rules to manage “Waiting For”

Community feedback:

• 6 Ways to Improve Your Church Bulletin
• 4 Ways You Should be Communicating about Digital Giving
• 10 Essential Social Media Tools for Social Media Managers
• WELS Office365 Schools – a Google+ Community
• How to Build a Successful Church Website
• Take the WELSTech Photo Challenge for September! This month we’re looking for photos of school and Bible study. Visit the Flickr album.

Ministry resources:

• The next installment of WELS Interactive Faith online Bible study begins Wednesday, September 9 at 6 and 8 pm Central. Join Rev. Keith Wessel for a study of the book of Elisha. Download the study guide for week 1.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 410 – We’ll welcome Allan Bundt from Good Shepherd in Wisconsin Rapids to review the Chromebook Pixel he won at WELSTech Conference 2015.  Join us Tuesday, September 15 at 4 pm Central. welstechlive.wels.net

Featured videos:

This week’s video selection could help a project team learn to work together. Check out Build a tower, build a team (and related web site) on the WELSTech Instructional playlist on YouTube

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