Category: internet

  • A Christmas mass choir at Disneyland every year

    Made a new discovery at Disneyland this weekend, proclaiming the great story of Christmas. First time I’ve heard of this tradition called Candlelight, and even my huge-Disneyland-relative Rachelle didn’t know about this most awesome annual experience. Last night as we were ready to close out our day and walking out towards Main Street for dinner…

  • Mobile Giving and Online Giving for Churches

    Mobile Giving and Online Giving for Churches

    Question> I help oversee our finances at our church and we’re considering online giving as an option. I know–getting into the 21st century finally! I recognize there are transaction fees associated with credit card donations, and one of our worries is that existing donors (by check) will move their donations to credit card, and the church…

  • List of dotBrand websites launched to date

    List of dotBrand websites launched to date

    ICANN’s new gTLD program has many more brands applying for its top-level domain, far beyond expectations. And 400+ new gTLDs have launched so far (new domain extensions like .CHURCH, .CLUB, .LINK, and .WEBSITE) with more to come. In the mix are dotBrand TLDs, those that are exclusively used by a branded corporation / organization /…

  • sample church weekly email newsletter

    Subject: Weekly e-blast Oct 31 14 Greetings! It’s Daylight Savings this weekend! So, set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night and enjoy that extra hour of sleep! We’ll continue with our series, Allegiance! Invite a friend and join us this weekend! Website is Under Construction Currently, our CHURCH website is under construction. If…

  • sample church survey email

    CHURCH Community Survey | You may win an iPad Mini! We want to hear from you! As a current or former member of the CHURCH Community, we would love the opportunity to learn from your experiences and time in our church so we can be more responsive in understanding your needs. As we grow and…

  • Shape the Future of the Internet at ICANN Meetings

    Hey, conference lovers and Internet lovers. There’s a professionally-produced conference you can attend for FREE. It’s the ICANN Meeting, open to the public, held this week in Los Angeles, California (USA), and I attended on behalf of my work with the .BIBLE TLD Registry (operated by the American Bible Society). The official description of these events:…

  • Next Innovation on the Internet: no more slashes?

    Here at the ICANN 51 conference (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in Los Angeles this week, sitting in on lots of policy details being examined and re-examined, so as it goes with a multi-stakeholder model of governance, and there’s sidebar presentations of technical layers too. By the way, did you know there’s now…

  • Most Popular Sermons by Pastor Rick Warren

    Most Popular Sermons by Pastor Rick Warren

    As September 2014 marked the start a new school year, Saddleback Church is doing an encore of sermons by Pastor Rick Warren, titled “ the best messages that I wish my friend could hear” and noted as “six of Pastor Rick’s most talked about, most watched, and most shared messages.” Winning with the Hand You’re…

  • The Very First .CHURCH Websites are Live!

    … the first movers might have a head start, but it’s easier than ever for others to catch up… but the first movers will always be the first movers… And, according to Google Search, these are the first 5 church websites running on their new .CHURCH domain names

  • .CHURCH domain name can be registered now

    .CHURCH domain names are now available for registration everywhere – see this list of registrars for pricing information

  • How to create and share lists more interactively

    How to create and share lists more interactively

    Lists organize the world of tasks, places, ideas, people, and all kinds of things. There’s all kinds of web apps (and mobile apps) for specific uses like to-do lists, checklists, shopping lists, bucket lists, links (aka bookmarks), reading lists. But what about other kinds of lists? With all the collaborative power of people using Pinterest,…

  • List of CMSes used by Popular Church Websites

    List of CMSes used by Popular Church Websites

    Would you like to know what popular churches are using to power their websites? Here’s what my researched discovered about the church website CMSes being used by 80 popular churches…