Jonathan Wilson
I work for the CRC's Communication office as the Online Community and Content Manager. The majority of my role will be right here on The Network with some work with The Banner and social media in general. So I guess my role is to highlight CRCNA content FTW (Facebook, Twitter and Web). I grew up in Chicago, IL (Go Bears) and but now live in West Michigan. My wife Kelley and I have two children: Javen (6) and Kendall (3).
My favorite colors are red and blue and orange
Posted in: Creative Commons - Images
Creative Commons is a great resource. The majority of the images used for the blogs on The Network are Creative Commons licensed images. As Mavis suggests. if you are using images in your ministry areas, Creative Commons images and content are very useful.
Posted in: Love On...
Marguerite,
The crcna.org website has an example job description for a Children and Youth Coordinator that might be useful:
http://www.crcna.org/pages/finance.cfm#Job%20Descriptions
Posted in: Post Baptismal Use of Waters of Baptism?
Hello my name is Jonathan and I am the Community and Content Manager for The Network. While reading some recent comments we want to remind all of our Network users about our Comment Guidelines. Please take a moment to take a look at them and remember to please make sure your comments are "friendly and polite in tone and language, even when you strongly disagree."
Thank you for participating on The Network.
Posted in: Who knows of any affordable Christian web host and CMS solutions?
Thanks Mavis and Nathan for the suggestions. I just wanted to add that if anyone is thinking about using Google Apps for their church, Mavis wrote an article about How to Start Using Google Apps on the Chruch and Web Network. Check it out.
Posted in: Do Ministers Vote in Council Meetings?
Stanley,
Did you see this thread:
Should ministers (who are essentially "paid employees" of the church) chair council meetings or be members of the council? It still may not have answered your specific question. I just wanted you to be aware of it, which you may already have been.
Posted in: Is there a good location to post jobs within the CRC network?
Rachel,
The Network website does not have a designated spot for a posting such as this. However, I believe the Banner magazine accepts classified ads if you want to investigate that route.
Posted in: Does anyone have a copy of the position description for a church administrator?
Roland if you wish you can clck the "Contact" link below Liz's profile picture to send here a private message and include your e-mail address.
Posted in: Has anyone out there used clips from The Bible TV show (History Channel) for Adult Ed?
I followed some links from the TV series website and there are some study guides for sale here:
http://www.outreach.com/the-bible/church-engagement.aspx
Posted in: Mortgage Letter Destruction!
@annmpea We also posted your question on the CRCNA Facebook page. Check it out over the weekend for some other ideas.
Jonahtan
Posted in: Does your church give first time visitors gifts? If so what do you give?
We have also posted this question on the CRCNA Facebook page. Check it out to see what a few people have said what their church offers .
Posted in: Is there a central website where those interested in CRC Leadership Development Networks can share best practices?
Jeff,
The CRC's Leadership Exchange recently launced a new website that you might want to check out:
http://leadershipcrc.org/
Posted in: How can the church most effectively meet the pastoral care needs in the congregation?
Wendy,
Thank you for posting this question. Our Elder's Network Guide Neil de Koning has written a response just for you Wendy. Don't you feel special :-). Actually his blog post is for all our benefit, but Neil still is:
"hoping that some people would respond by sharing their models of pastoral care. Maybe they still will."
So to Wendy and everyone check out Neil's post, but also feel free to share your leadership structures with us.