Digital Koin

Beat the Dreaded Summer Slow-Down

Here are 4 ideas for beating the dreaded summer slow-down in attendance, giving, and volunteerism.

WeTheChurch.org

UPDATE: 2008.05.17 - 1:30 PM - WeTheChurch.org is not back in operation, yet, but they have a message, with which I whole-heartedly endorse and agree, for the vandals and for the rest of us, the church. Feel free to check it out.

UPDATE: 2008.05.17 - 10:00 AM - Please note that the website we referenced here was hacked and apparently vandalized overnight on May 16, 2008. This is very disappointing. In an effort to prevent any negative feelings or connotations to this site we have removed the link to it in this blog post. Once the site is restored and its security beefed up we will restore the link.

Microblogging seems to be all the rage. For those who may not yet know, microblogging is the near real-time, short message bursts that alert you to exactly what those you've decided to follow are doing at any given moment. The service maintains a timeline so that you can look back over a period of time to get a feel for someone's day, or night, as the case may be for some, in the event that you missed some of the dozens to hundreds of entries that might accumulate for an individual in a given day. There are quite a few services dedicated to this new-found real-time digital voyeurism. Several are Twitter, Jaiku (recently purchased by Google), and Pownce, to name a few. While they all provide essentially the same service, allowing you to "follow", and be "followed" by, anyone, Twitter seems to be gaining momentum as the preferred microblogging service of those in the know.

I know, you may be wondering already about the title of this entry and where it comes into play. What's the connection between microblogging and WeTheChurch.org?

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First, participation by any and all who have thoughts, expressions, apprehensions, or ideas about the Digital Church.

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