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- 11 Jan
by Steve Dennie
No commentsAn Audit of Your Church’s Website
Terrell Sanders is president of MainStreetOpen, a web development company that played a major role in creating UBCentral.org and UB.org. Last week he sent out a “Website Audit Checklist.” He recommends taking a good look at your church website a couple times a year, and there’s no better time than at the beginning of the [...]
- 30 Oct
by Steve Dennie
4 commentsDon’t Make Eye Contact with the Visitors!
Steve Dennie, Communications Director One simple joy of vacations is attending other churches. Pam and I have visited some good ones over the years. Last year, in Texas, we visited Chuck Swindoll’s church, upon discovering that his church stood just a mile from our hotel. When you pop in for a Sunday service, all you [...]
- 6 Oct
by Steve Dennie
No commentsShare Your Church’s Technology Experience
Steve Dennie, Communications Director Churches frequently contact me for advice on technology needs, particularly in regard to the internet. Just yesterday, a church contacted me about their website. They need a new website, but also want some kind of online contact management system which several people could access (they are currently just keeping records in [...]
- 6 Oct
by Steve Dennie
No commentsThe Mac Cult in the National Office
Steve Dennie, Communications Director Today, everyone’s focused on the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. He’s a religious figure in that he started the Apple Cult. It started with Mac users, who (like me) could be extremely obnoxious in their evangelistic zeal. It has since spread to include iPod, iPhone, and iPad users. I [...]
- 17 Aug
by Steve Dennie
No commentsSeveral Thousand Attend HU Fandana Festival
Steve Dennie, Communications Director The Fandana Festival proved to be a huge success for Huntington University. The three-day festival, August 11-13, began on Thursday afternoon (August 11), led up to a big concert on Friday night, and concluded with a small worship service (for anyone still there) on Saturday morning. The university estimates that up [...]
- 12 Aug
by Steve Dennie
No commentsFandana Music Festival: Day One at Huntington University
Steve Dennie, Communications Director Huntington University kicked off its first Fandana Music Festival on Thursday, August 11. They gave me a press pass, so around 5 pm I headed over to the campus to catch some good music. Fandana is a big deal. At least a thousand people would be attending. I heard thoughts of [...]
- 15 Jul
by Steve Dennie
No commentsSurge in “Likes” for UB Facebook Page
Steve Dennie, Communications Director Since the start of the US National Conference a little over a week ago, the United Brethren Facebook page has gained 75 followers–or more technically, “likes.” The number of “likes,” as of July 15, stands at 573. So we pretty much obliterated the 500 barrier. A 15% increase in one week. [...]
- 28 Jun
by Steve Dennie
No commentsFacebook: Go Where Your People Already Go
Steve Dennie, Communications Director Facebook has reached critical mass–over 600 million users worldwide. Lots of people in your church probably use Facebook–far more than you realize. Which begs the question: so what? Email long ago reached critical mass. If someone was connected to the internet, they probably had an email address. So it made sense [...]
- 5 Jan
by Steve Dennie
No commentsChristmas at Your Church: Tell Us About It
United Brethren churches do a lot of special things during the Christmas season. What did your church do special? Other UB churches would be interested in hearing about it. While the Christmas season is still fresh in your mind, write up a little description about any special events, services, activities, etc. at your church. Type [...]
- 21 Dec
by Steve Dennie
No commentsHow UBs Connect
We continually increase the number of people who receive UB information electronically. Here are the latest numbers. Facebook: 411 people now “Like” the United Brethren page. We add new persons every week. A little over a year ago, we started at zero. Last March, the number was 230. Feedburner: 200 subscribers. Feedburner is the best [...]
