Technology … some people love it, some people hate it. Chances are, even those who love it have days when they don’t “feel the love…” But is technology evil in and of itself? Though we may think so when a computer crashes, we can’t figure out what button to push to make it work, or something just stops working for no reason at all, technology is not evil. What can be evil is the way technology is used. This said, technology can also be used for good purposes.
Over the past year, we have taken some steps forward in technology, trying to use it for good purposes. We updated our projection from reel-to-reel and overhead projectors to computer and DVD based projection, but that has been obvious to most of you. Another technology tool that we have been using is our church website, which gives general information about our church and lists some of our coming events. It also has a contact form, which was used by one person (now living in Wisconsin) who used to come to Olympians as a child. In October, I began to blog this section of our bulletin. (A blog is a way of making something available to read and interact with on the internet.) I have received comments on the blog from a past member and one anonymous person. It is nice to have these “touches” with people around the country and world.
Over the past couple of weeks, we have updated the way we record Sunday morning services. This means that we can now make CD’s of the morning services. This has also made it possible to post sermons to the internet. Now, anyone who accesses our church website can listen to, download, and/or get a podcast (an I-pod thing) of our morning messages. If there is a message that you think someone needs to hear, they can now access it on our website. Those who have moved away (or gone to Florida for the winter) can still hear what is going on at DCC. I don’t know how many people will use it, but it is available to people all over the world. I wonder what God will do through DCC’s use of technology… We may be surprised.
In His grip,
Pastor Decker
No comments:
Post a Comment