Media Outreach

Time to Breathe

Breathe! Sometimes I have to sit back and tell myself to breathe. Not because I’ve just finished the Iron Man Triathlon (oh how I wish!!!) , but because I’ve being going and going and going (like the energizer bunny) and need to stop. I am very (emphasis on very) competitive and love challenges. However, it’s [...]

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Flickr Feedback

This is a response from faithHighway to some recent comments made on a Flickr forum from our Chief Operating Officer: Glad to see (throughout the Labs) so many who are passionate about helping the church utilize best practices, current technology, and multiple means to effectively, relevantly, and consistently reach more people with the Gospel. The [...]

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On Demand Streaming Media vs. Live Broadcast: Which one is the best ?

I have the privilege of speaking to hundreds of pastors a month and consult them on their web presence and how to best reach their community. Today I had a conversation that I was surprised about, and I wanted to share it with you. I was talking to a pastor in the Midwest about online [...]

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Sermon Connect Tech. Tip: Article Item Upload

Introduction From the main Admin screen, select the “Media Management” button.Once in the Media Management page, select the “Add New Article” button. Once inside the “Add New Article” page, there are 4 Steps – or sections – of information to fill out. Step 1 contains the “Subject/Title”, “Description”, and the “Speaker/Author” information that must be [...]

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Learning to Add Articles to Your Online Media

Sermon Connect allows you to display your media in a variety of ways. One such way is is with articles. While having video and audio files is key to your online ministry, remember that online users may also enjoy looking over your sermon notes or daily devos that parallel Sunday’s sermon.

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Featured Client: Oshawa Community Church

Oshawa Community Church in Ontario, Canada is a non-denominational church with an average of 400 in attendance each Sunday. Their custom church website design includes graphic navigation, an editable events area on the homepage, Sermon Connect Sermon Flow complete with podcasting and blogging, e-invite, online giving, and many other tools and features! This month we [...]

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Let the Church Rise

I recently reflected on a sermon given by a friend of mine about 2 months ago. It was a great message that refreshed my perspective on the world at large and the call we’ve been given to be salt and light to it. His sermon was titled “Bread of Life,” and he started by reading [...]

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This Month’s Staff Favorites

Abundant Life; San Antonio, TX http://www.abundant-life.cc/ Focus; Katy, TX http://www.focuschurch.com/ Northwest Hills; Torrington, CT http://www.northwesthillschurch.org/

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Meet the Staff: Gene Clark

Over the last few months, we have been introducing you to some of the faithHighway staff that you may have little, or no, interaction with. These are the people working behind the scenes to make everything from the graphics to the programming run smoothly. This month, we wanted to bring things back to the voices [...]

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Learning to Podcast

An important feature that many church websites are offering these days is the ability to create and maintain a Podcast. But what exactly is a Podcast? The term “PODCAST” is actually an amalgamation of the acronym ‘POD’ – meaning “Portable On Demand” – and the word “broadcast”, though it mainly refers to a method of [...]

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