Tim Postuma
I serve the CRC in two operational roles - co-director of Ministry Support Services, and Operations Team Leader for Thrive. Both roles are dedicated to supporting CRC staff as they equip you and your church!
I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba - go, Jets - but now live in Grand Rapids, MI (much to my surprise). My wife is a CRC chaplain and we have three grown kids. We spend most of our vacations visiting family members spread across the continent - Calgary, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, St Catharines, Montreal, and Washington DC.
Posted in: A Poet's View of Synod 2010
Aaah...new photographic evidence just in from an anonymous source. See, he's up in the rafters and way taller than that wall in the back.
This, of course, was taken just as he warmed up. By the end, all the delegates were ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing). Well, pretty close.
Posted in: Carrying Songs Into Old Age
What a great idea! Hey, let's share a few here, too!
Everyone....what's one of your 'heart songs' and why?
Posted in: Should Parents Give Cash to Adult Kids?
This post also appears in the Stewardship discussion forum. To keep the conversation together, please add your comments/replies there.
Posted in: Calling All Stated Clerks
Hi Fernando - Thanks for your interest in The Network and connecting with other classis stated clerks. It's people like you that will help make this vision for The Network a reality! We've got a Classis discussion network which is probably the best place for stated clerks, and others, to connect around the work of classes. There aren't any posts in it yet, so you can be the first one!
Posted in: Summary of Synod 2010 Decisions
Acts of Synod were just posted to the Synodical Resources page. Printed copies will be available mid-August.
Posted in: Religious Education
I didn't attend, but noticed this news story that gives some more information about it.
Posted in: Children at the Lord's Supper
Here's the link to the Faith Formation website: www.crcna.org/FaithFormation
We've also set up a Faith Formation discussion network. This particularly conversation is perfectly appropriate here in the Church Order network, but folks interested in this issue may want to keep an eye on the Faith Formation network as well.
Posted in: Children's Bibles
After trying MANY in our household, our favorite for littler kids is:
The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name
...as the title suggests, it's refreshingly Reformed. Faith Alive carries it.
Posted in: vbs
How did we miss that one? Thanks, Elisabeth. It's added. Now you can be the first one to post to it :-)
Posted in: Confidentiality
Great reminder, Noah. These are open forums and so elders (and others) need to maintain confidentiality here just as in other venues. If you ever see something that's questionable, hit the "flag as inappropriate" button and it will be immediately removed and queued for review.
Posted in: Synod Webcast - Input?
Thought I'd post a quick update...
We did open up live chat for the Synod webcast this year and, by and large, I think it went well. I winced a couple of times when I saw comments that were more about the person speaking than what they were saying. But those were by far the exception and nobody had to be booted.
For the rest, I think real-time chat helped make watching Synod a more social experience. People connected, discussed real issues, debated some, and also had a bit of fun. The viewership numbers were up, overall, although there's no way to tell how much of that is because of the real-time chat vs. the subject matter of each Synod.
Any other reactions to this year's Synod webcast? Things you liked, didn't like? Suggestions for next year?
Posted in: Using Skype to Communicate
It seems like I've been seeing "via Skype" more and more on the major broadcast networks. Especially in crisis situations (e.g. Haiti) but even for regular interviews. We're thinking of using it to enhance some of our CRC news stories as well.
For real-time video conferencing, I like a combo of video chat for the visual and a plain-old-telephone for audio. At least that's what we use with my kids and their grandma and grandpa :-) Audio blips/delays/echoes are terribly irritating. But if you've got good audio, the video is a sweet bonus.