Leave no Ooma behind, Google Voice Mail for Ooma Hub

`"Leave no Ooma behind."

I have the Ooma Hub at work, the church office. It works well, but it would be better to read Church voice mail, the way Google Voice allows, for free. Right now, Ooma allows offers similar but limited services too Google's voice transcription, but charges more for it, while Google offers an excellent version for free.

To do this,

How each hymn / song matches the message / sermon / homily? A little hard work, all blessing.

Ever wonder how sometimes the music and the message were just woven together, as ordained by God Himself? Well many times, this is indeed a surprise to us service planners and church leaders. But there are ways to actively pursue this, with minor difficulty. One doesn't need to memorize every song in the hymnal and it's respective Bible passage.

This recent week, I stumbled upon an easy way to do this. I used LSB builder to produce a service, with 9 songs, ended in 1 hour, 1 relevant stanza in many songs. The hymns are very textual, which provide a rich setting to preach upon. How to do this?

I searched under "hymns" for the

The Lutheran Study Bible - Go digital on Laptop, iPod touch, iPhone

I demo here some of the benefits of using "The Lutheran Study Bible." With two panes, you can have the Bible in one window and TLSB in the other window. The ESV Bible is included in the $35 TLSB package, which normally costs $40 just for the ESV. The TLSB itself normally $50 and up. Digitized and pocket-able, it's a must get. It's very fast and customizable. From tiny screen fonts to gigantic, night-mode, sepia, Christ's in red-letters, etc.

Logos will soon release an Android version. So if you have a smartphone,

Tech Support Care Package

We love our parents. You may have given them a laptop from your Black Friday bravery. But the giving doesn't end there, as you'll be required to help answer some questions. How to make it easier on you to help give some Tech Support?

http://www.teachparentstech.org/

Or you can get at attitude like the following geek wear.

Weebly for clean and elegant Church websites

Hello all, here's another suggestion from me to you. Use http://www.weebly.com/ to make a free website and a free blog, hosting most the files you'll ever need to use, with powerful tools for making the page inviting.

I wanted a few things in my transition from CTS Memberconnect.

Easy to use: drag and drop what-you-see-is-what-you-get interface.
More customizeable website, more personal. I wanted a clean looking site, that looked like it was professionally designed, yet warm and personal.
Free.

Weebly has that all. You can pay more for extra features, but it's nice for me now just to start with what I have at http://www.mtolivelutheran.info/ which is looking just right.

Here's a online tutorial how to make weebly sites: http://www.weeblytutorial.com/index.html

Happy church site making!

Easily distribute sermons on the web, podcasting, even video

Getting sermons online is questionably valuable. So, might as well make it easy for the pastor to do, right? Otherwise, duties don't get done, standards fall, or we just don't get the sermons up in time, or ever. After all the best thing for your listeners is live, combined with archiving, for listening later, (like Tivo.)

But it's got to be easy. That usually means compromises, such costs, or functionality. So, I've put together a Google Docs spreadsheet that I'm filling out as I test out these different options.

Remember, sustainability is key as well. Once the people start listening, will the service suddenly start charging? Or if it's free, will they disappear, along with all your hard work? That's why download your uploaded sermons are important, if you want to keep them. But why? Just let the most recent go up to the cloud, for those who are traveling, or shut-ins. Archiving is over-rated.

Just have an alternative to switch to, if it goes fritz. So I'm trying to pick the two most functional ones, and use feedburner to switch between services if one fades away.

Be careful when choosing a name for your website

“9 Awful Domain Names That Are LOL Funny”

All of these companies didn’t spend quite enough time thinking about how their online names might appear – and be misread.

1. Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Either that, or it’s where you can find gifts for “ladies of the evening”. Their website is
www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views. Either that, or it’s where you can find a doctor who specializes in a “certain operation”.
www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island. Either that, or it’s the website of a male strip club.
www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder. Either that, or this site tracks down sex offenders.
www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then there’s this Italian Power Generator company. Either that, or it’s a site for those with very strong reproductive organs.
www.powergenitalia.com

6. And don’t forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales. Probably not the best place to leave your kids.
www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for IP computer software, there’s always IP Anywhere! I’ve been known to do this after a night of drinking heavily.
www.ipanywhere.com

8. The First Cumming Methodist Church website needs no further explanation.
www.cummingfirst.com

9. And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky website, which smells a little funny.
www.speedofart.com