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The NFL vs. The Church

written by Blake Atwood
Monday, February 4, 2008

Slashdot may have the best headline: Thou Shalt Not View the Super Bowl on a 56″ Screen.

Last year, the NFL began cracking down on churches hosting Super Bowl parties. So this year, it seems to be another hot topic. Many churches heeded the warning and (continue)

Worship Goes Big-Screen and Hi-Fi

written by Ben Dubow
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

There was an interesting article in today’s Washington Post about churches and the use of technology, especially in worship. I thought it was a good article and well-balanced, though was certainly breaking no new ground on the issue. I liked it because St. Paul’s Collegiate Church was mentioned and small church plants from […]

Silverlight Will Raise the Bar

written by Dave Merwin
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Perhaps you have heard the buzz surrounding Silverlight.

To get a snapshot with some links, read “Silverlight - a welcome surprise from Microsoft

Go Jott.

written by Dave Merwin
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

With Jott, you call a number, leave a message and it is converted to email and a text message and then sent to whom ever you are jotting.

SurveyMonkey

written by Ben Dubow
Sunday, April 22, 2007

We are currently doing a church-wide survey at St. Paul’s Collegiate Church using the online survey tool SurveyMonkey. I really believe in the power of surveys and evaluation in the church. Our survey is covering everything including evaluating preaching, web use, music, children’s ministry, giving, serving, parking, spiritual growth, personal evangelism, demographics, etc.

Where did we go… Check Out Google Apps

written by Dave Merwin
Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Wow. That was lame. We made some server changes and the DNS got messed up. That brought the site down for a bit. Sorry for the confusion. We aren’t going anywhere.
Looking for an all in one solution for your church or para-church organization? Have you been looking at Microsoft Exchange or other hosted solution for […]

Introducing Krugle - The Code Search Engine

written by Dave Merwin
Thursday, February 15, 2007

I just saw the Scoble Vodcast about Krugle – the code search engine. If you are working on ANY development project, you need to know about Krugle.

Text Message Sermon

written by Ben Dubow
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Tonight we tried something different and I think innovative in our service at St. Paul’s Collegiate Church. The message was on prayer and we invited people to text message me during the service and message with questions, comments and reactions to the message and on the topic of prayer. Some of the “texts” got integrated into the message in “real time” while others…

IMSafer. IM Monitoring for your kids.

written by Dave Merwin
Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Instant Message monitoring. Help protect your kids while they go about their on-line lives.

Meet the creators in an interview with Robert Scoble. If this is a topic you are concerned with, YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS INTERVIEW. They discuss chat, IM, MySpace and more.

Congratulations! You Won!

written by Ben Dubow
Sunday, December 17, 2006

timecover Congratulations! You are the Time magazine “Person of the Year.” The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals — citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. … After some reflection, I actually think the choice is pretty profound and indicative of a fundamental shift in thinking, communicating, processing information…