Pastor dan's weekly memo - October 16, 2014

Right now, this very moment I want you to stop whatever it is you are doing (yes I mean reading this memo).  I want to invite you to Google or Bing (or whatever it is that you do to search the internet) and put in our church’s name, Eden Prairie United Methodist Church.  Now, click on our name…Please, it will only take you about 15 seconds...

So, what did you think???????  Our new website is out there for the cyber world to see and enjoy : ). We have a lot of creative and technically skilled folks who are behind the creation of our website and I want to thank them all.  I also want to extend a special “Thank you” to Eric Hyde, who for many years developed and maintained our previous site.

A few things are different about our new website, it certainly looks different. We hope that you will get use to the different look and how to, as they say, navigate our new site.  There are a few things to fill in but we thought it best to go ahead and launch it now. Our new site is going to be updated more frequently by our Office Manager, Judey Springer.  We hope you will check it more often. And when you have something that needs to be included please give Judey some lead-time when you contact her. A couple of things to look for and keep in mind are:

• Our web address is the same
  
• Pictures: You can’t have enough pictures!
  
• There are ways to register for activities and links to other important sites, (we’re still working on this).
  
• The Calendar:  Check the calendar …. We’ll be able to update it daily, even several times a day. Our goal is to keep our site very current.
  
  

One more thing about our website, although it is a great way to communicate with each other, our hope is that our website is primarily a tool to reach out to people who are searching for a church home.  In conversations with our newest members and visitors I always ask, “How did you find us?”  The response about 80% of the time is “The internet.”  For us as a congregation this means understanding this intention.

So, in case you haven’t done it already go to your bookmarks and add our site to your list of cyber relationships.  Thanks to all those who keep us moving forward.

Keep the Faith!
Pastor Dan

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