"What can we say and how can we express; The Love of God, so pure and fresh; It overwhelms, it touches the soul; It sets man free and makes h'm whole..." - ferryman
Born Again Ministries is a vibrant church in New Bern, NC. They focus on ministering to the needs of the whole person through our practical teaching and application of the Word of God. In 2007 the church asked OurChurch.Com to develop a custom designed website, which includes a calendar, Google Map, and Bible search and more. Then this fall they asked us to give their site a fresh new look with a dynamic Flash header. The redesigned site launched earlier this month.
All I Want for Christmas Is... 4 Times the Disk Space
Hello OurChurch.Com Webmaster,
A merry Christmas to you, your family, and your organization from all of us at OurChurch.Com. In what is always a busy season, our hope is that you have the opportunity to slow down and celebrate our savior's birth with loved ones in a meaningful way this year.
One gift you could give yourself this Christmas is to quadruple your disk space. There's more about that in the lead article in this month's newsletter. And be sure to check out the coupon, cool Christmas lights video, and other news.
In His Service,
Paul Steinbrueck, CEO
OurChurch.Com
1) QUADRUPLE YOUR DISK SPACE!
OurChurch.Com is doing a huge end-of-the-year sale on web hosting. Order a new web hosting account or upgrade any existing web hosting account and we'll QUADRUPLE the disk space and DOUBLE the bandwidth! For more info see the announcement or order today!
2) NEW FACEBOOK AND TWITTER MODULES FOR NE1
Do you use Twitter? Got a Facebook page for your organization? We're creating 2 new modules for our NE1 Web Builder that will allow you to automatically display your latest tweets and Facebook status on your website. They'll be available very soon.
Twitter and Facebook are excellent tools for building ongoing relationships. By adding these modules to your site, you'll be able to convert website visitors to fans and followers and then build better relationships with them. The best way to use these modules will be to add them into the side bar of an editable template. That way they are on every page of your website.
The opportunity to reach people that offline churches currently aren’t reaching with the gospel is probably the most compelling and oft cited support for online churches.
Mark Meyer, pastor of Granger Community Church’s online church said it like this in a comment earlier in this series:
“Church attendance is decreasing, social networking is exploding, and views of Christianity and “the church” are troubling (Unchristian, Barna surveys)... I believe there are millions who are not comfortable taking a step to go to a physical church... that step certainly seems easier online”
Not to mention the people who are physically unable to go to an offline church because of their health or living in a country (or a home) closed to the gospel.
I doubt many people would disagree with that. Would you?
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4) HOLIDAY SUPPORT SCHEDULE
When it comes to the holidays we strive to give our support staff time with their families while still providing excellent support to our members. As a result phone support will not be available in the evenings next Tuesday (12/22) through Thursday (12/24). There will also be no phone support on Christmas day or New Years Day, but we will be providing help desk support.
5) COOL VIDEO: HOLDMAN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
This month's video shows some amazing Christmas lights. The Holdmans have 50,000 computer controlled lights synced to the classic Christmas song Carol of the Bells.
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6) NEW BAPTISM TEMPLATE AND MORE
We've got one new NE1 template for you, a baptism theme, which has been requested quite a bit. Plus we've made another 21 templates editable.
7) NEW COUPON - ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS NEWSLETTER
Click on the coupon below to "claim" it. After claiming the coupon, it will appear in the order form for all of your OCC websites until it expires. It can be used once per site. If you have any problems clicking on the coupon, you can also claim it by going to your order form and entering coupon code merry.
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