https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:33:28 +0000 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:50:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hashtaghuh-during-sermon If you’re like me, you may have called this symbol -- “#” -- the pound symbol, or an abbreviation for the word “number”. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hashtaghuh-during-sermon Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:50:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/are-you-mobile They (whoever “they” are) have been saying for a while now, “The world’s going mobile,” and it sure seems they are right, doesn’t it? Wherever you look, people are peering, or talking, or singing along, or listening as they walk, ride, fly — whatever. What about you and your church? Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/are-you-mobile Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:08:55 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/tablets-church Looking back on technology in 2013, tablets were a pretty important item. The first Apple iPad was released in 2010, so the tablets have been around a while now, but it seems to me that they were still quite newsworthy throughout 2013. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/tablets-church Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/trials-tribulations-and-travails-new-projection So, I'll tell you my story, then you tell me yours. This is the story of the trials, tribulations and travails we experienced at my church as we went through the process of upgrading our projection technology. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/trials-tribulations-and-travails-new-projection Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:31:39 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hello-again This is Mavis Moon, signing in again as the guide for the Church & Web Network. I enjoyed it so much last time, I’m doing it again! Actually, I was honored to be asked to return and I look forward to engaging with you all again. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hello-again Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:16:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/til-we-meet-again “How time do fly,” my dad sometimes jokes. It’s been a year since I started as the guide for The Network’s Church & Web section, and I will be saying so long, until we meet again -- which I’m sure we will, right here in The Network. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/til-we-meet-again Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:44:52 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/texting-churchly-activity Do any of you use texting in your church? I think it’s a promising idea. Some churches encourage texting during church services, some use it for sending news, encouragement, prayer requests, whatever information they wish to share. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/texting-churchly-activity Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:55:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/craigslist-its-churches-too In this time of New Year’s resolutions, I, like many others, decided I should get more exercise. I had been thinking for a while that I would like to purchase an elliptical machine. So where do I go to find one? Craigslist, of course! Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/craigslist-its-churches-too Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:33:29 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/top-10-church-web-network Happy new year! Top 10 lists are all over the place right now. I figured, why not join in? Below is a list of the articles or blogs that I consider some of our “Church and Web” top entries. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/top-10-church-web-network Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:20:40 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/going-show When her parents are getting her ready for church, my little 3-year-old granddaughter asks, “Are we going to the show?” That’s what she calls church -- “the show.” At her church, the service is shown via streaming video to the outlying rooms such as the nursery where she goes each Sunday. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/going-show Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:16:04 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/technology-redeems-downtime Today I'd like to direct you to a kind of "guest blog," an article in the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW) called "Technology that Redeems Downtime." This article gives examples of many Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/technology-redeems-downtime Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:50:22 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/turn-your-eyes-upon-jesus Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace.* Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/turn-your-eyes-upon-jesus Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:36:54 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/blogging-god I ran across this “One Year Bible Blog” some time ago. I haven’t followed this particular blog but it did make me wonder about what good blogs are out there to assist us in our Christian walk. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/blogging-god Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:18:57 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/what-do-you-know-about-video What do you know about video? Well, if you’re Andrew Nutma, quite a bit. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/what-do-you-know-about-video Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:25:29 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/why-give-tweet Ever wonder why using Facebook and/or Twitter for your church would be a good idea? Or what in the world would you write about if you set up a Facebook page? Or what if I start using Twitter and someone posts something negative about our church? Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/why-give-tweet Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:07:15 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/thoughtful-use-non-use-technology I love technology. If you’re reading this blog, you may enjoy it, too. But, even though I appreciate the use of technology, I also appreciate it when people are thoughtful about its use -- or non-use. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/thoughtful-use-non-use-technology Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:54:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/online-file-storage We’ve talked a little in the past about back-up, but there’s another side to file storage—just plain storing files in order to share them with others. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/online-file-storage Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:16:32 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/wi-fi-make-it-secure Does your church use a wireless network? Many do, and it’s a useful tool for connecting staff members, giving web access to committee members as they meet, and so on. Many of us have it in our homes, too. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/wi-fi-make-it-secure Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:08:08 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/technology-devotional-tool Can technology be a tool to increase your devotion to God? I thought about that as I began planning to start up our Bible study group again this Fall. It’s always a challenge to do “homework” when participating in a Bible study -- or at least I know that it is for me. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/technology-devotional-tool Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:21:41 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/art-design-solving-problems-looking-good-god “What is the end goal of...design? Make sure you look good for God.” This is a quote from an article on art in the church that I recently read. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/art-design-solving-problems-looking-good-god Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:14:24 +0000