KYCK 09 is ready to rock. Watch this space for live action.
www.fervr.net has launched!
Although we’ve already unofficially launched it during Monday’s Vodcast, fervr.net has now officially launched! The design looks great! I’m sure there will be some bugs they’ll discover – but get over there and hit it up! www.fervr.net
279 days to overnight success
Chris Guillebeau is offering a free PDF Manifesto: 279 DAYS TO OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. It’s for: “Bloggers, writers, online artists, and anyone otherwise interested in creating a new career or expanding their influence using social media. If you want your online presence to grow far beyond what it is now, read and apply.”
I’ve had a quick flick through + it looks good. If you’re thinking through how to use social media for your business or church, glean some wisdom from this dude’s experience.
(h/t Seth Godin)
Break it Down #7
I inadvertently helped to start a discussion on Paul Grimmond’s latest Sola Panel post. The discussion began with discussing how long blog posts should be, but then progressed to talk about how to use the blogging medium in general.
I’ve posted before on why I blog (2006, 2008, 2009). What do you think? What’s the point of a blog? How long should posts be? Why do you return to a blog (or subscribe)?
Top 5 blogs that are super short:
Teenagers are like Seagulls
Throw some food out and they will swoop. Food is a good tool in youth ministry. If you run a Christian group in a school, bring hot chips and bread every week. If you run a youth group, kick off with dinner, finish with supper. If you’ve got a small group bible study, junk food is essential.
Food is a good way to break ice. It’s awkward trying to get a year 7 boy to stop running around and have a conversation. Put some food in his hand and it removes weirdness.
RICE Vision Night 2009
Tonight was the RICE Vision Night. Gold! The aim of RICE is to “convict, mobilise, equip, train and revitalise the next generation to serve Jesus.” It was exciting to hear the work that God has been doing through the RICE movement over the past 7 years.
Two new arms were launched: Surge (on about helping people to discover their gifts and desires to serve Jesus) and Phase 4 (Raising up leaders and the planting of churches). We spent lots of time thanking God for the work he has been doing and praying that God would continue to work as Jesus is proclaimed.
Below is my ongoing twitter commentary (in reverse chronological order):
episode 5: easter monday special
the tomb is empty… christ is risen! we talk about jesus. a new church that started in forster: www.coastec.net.au. john dickson’s new doco: www.thelifeofjesus.tv. soccer. camps. we can’t wait for fervr.net to officially launch – so we did it! shout out to the youth @ mbm rooty hill!!
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