When to Reopen Church? (And When to Re-Close)
I've heard of councils struggling with the question of how and when to re-open. Sadly, I've also heard of this issue causing pain and division.
I've heard of councils struggling with the question of how and when to re-open. Sadly, I've also heard of this issue causing pain and division.
Great news - Google for Non-Profits is now available in Canada!
Right at this moment, four people are using the 'Church Finder' on crcna.org. And what churches are they looking for? Yours.
This week the CRC launched a new experiment in crowdfunding. Is this the way we should do denominational publishing?
I’m thrilled to welcome Staci DeVries as The Network’s new Community Manager. In this half-time position, Staci is here for YOU - the members of this Network community. Here’s a brief interview with Staci so you can get to know her and her role better.
Because of a worldwide Drupal security advisory, we recently cleared all user passwords. There is no indication our site was affected, but we took this step out of an abundance of caution. Here's how to reset your password.
Now can 'subscribe' to anyone who posts on The Network.
Now when you visit a section, you'll see photos of the five people who most recently added a comment or a new post.
Join the topics that interest you. It's a great way to build community and get email alerts of new posts in that section.
This week we’re glad to welcome Jolanda Howe to a new role with The Network.
As you may have noticed, things look pretty different around here! Our site upgrade has been months in the making, and we’re thrilled to finally unveil it.
In the next few weeks, we’ll be launching a major upgrade to the Network site (to coincide with our 4th anniversary). After keeping it under wraps, I’m really excited to finally be able to tell you about it.
We’re excited to announce two new open forums for churches. ‘Church Jobs’ is where you can post an opening for a pastor or other staff position in your church. ‘Church Exchange’ can be used to trade, give away, or sell things your church is no longer using.
We’re having fun with these recent giveaways. Better yet, they’re giving that extra little boost for people to add comments, ask questions and connect with others about ministry. So here’s another mug giveaway...
Our "Ministry Q&A" tool has grown to over 1,000 posts covering about 270 different ministry questions. That’s a lot of ministry knowledge being shared.
I don’t know about you, but I get tired of creating new accounts on various websites - often with different password criteria for each. So as far as CRC-related websites go, we’re trying to make things a little easier.
If you missed it, you can read more and watch the full recording here on www.crcna.org/webinars. Let's use this discussion forum to keep the conversation going, sharing tips, experiences, resources.
In January we launched another way to connect with others about ministry - live webinars! It's off to a great start. But there's one problem...it's really tough deciding what topics to include. So today we're eliminating the guesswork and letting YOU help us decide.
We've introduced new comment guidelines for The Network. The best thing about our comment guidelines is how seldom we’ve had to enforce them. Members of The Network community tend to be a helpful bunch who come here to equip and encourage each other for ministry, not to pick a fight.
We started this Network website so we could all learn and connect with each other about ministry. Now, we're adding live events! Starting next week, "Webinar Wednesdays" offer a new way to connect in real-time.
At a recent elders meeting, we asked ourselves whether we should look into posting sermon videos instead of just audio. Does your church record and post video instead of audio?
Here's a forum post about it and here's the new guidelines. Does anyone know when this changed? I'm wondering what will happen to those of us whose churches already had a non-profit version approved in the past.
Synod 2011 is finishing up right now. What did you think of this year's coverage and what suggestions do you have for next year?