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.
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Posted in: Ideas for Spreading the Word About Network
A quick update...this week we launched the "My Church" feature that allows you to see who else in your church is using The Network. And we've added a page about how to spread the word to others in your church.
More ideas?
Posted in: Change At Classis
Thanks, Terry. It's fixed.
Posted in: Follow a User Via Email Alerts [Feature]
Good question. I don't know of a way to search for users, but an even easier way is to go to "My Profile" and look at your "profile visitors". The person you mentioned is listed there...just click on her name.
In the meantime, add it is a feature request using the "Feedback" tab (hanging off the right side of every page). If others vote it up, we'll consider adding something to make it easier to search for users. Good suggestion. Thanks.
Posted in: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Snow: Church Services in Any Weather
Allen - In addition to Ustream.tv, check out Livestream.com (which is what we've used for the last couple of Synods). They recently launched the ability to integrate a live broadcast into your church's Facebook Page...something I'd like to try for this year's Synod. Tim
Posted in: Going to the Mall for Christmas?
On a related note, check out Marcel's recent article in the Youth Ministry network where he gives 15 suggestions for youth groups to spread some Christmas cheer - including random acts of culture!
And, if you haven't seen this one already, here's a fun video of the Sound of Music coming to the Antwerp train station:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k]
Posted in: Going to the Mall for Christmas?
Looks like it's up to 4 million views! Wow, that's rivaling the Macy's Philadelphia one.
Posted in: Going to the Mall for Christmas?
A week later, it's up to 13 million and has been the #1 YouTube video in the past week. Amazing.
Here's a news story about what it's meant for the chorus and the community.
Posted in: Twitter Possibilities
I agree with everything Nick said. In fact, it's such a good comment I think I'll tweet about it
:-)
Posted in: How to Get Rid of the 'R' Word
Thanks! It's fixed now.