On my last post, I stated the reason why I want to record our Church services and put it online. And with the experience earlier, I think it only means there are a lot of ways to make it happen (not just watching a recorded Sunday message, but interacting with other Christians).

Some may argue that the Church should be “physical”. And I do agree with that. But we can’t set aside the fact that there are a lot of Christians (for me, Filipino Christians) who are scattered around the globe who wants to interact/have fellowship with/grow with Christians from the same place they came from. And I do think using the internet is a great way to accomplish this.

Basically, with Skype, the host should have a premium account in order to host a group video chat. However, there are still other alternatives in doing this. One that comes to my mind is Google Plus which will also allow for a 10 member video chat (they call it Hang Out), and that would be free. All you need is a Google account and access to Google Plus (if you don’t have a Google Plus access, send me a message. NOTE: you need a Google Account – like gmai l- to get access).

Here is a screenshot I took while we were talking, the other is a excerpt video Mike recorded.

Online Bible Study Group test from Mike Wendland on Vimeo.

Note: Whether you agree or disagree on the system of an Online Church, I think “connecting” with other Christians via internet is not a bad thing.

I played the recordings to her, and of course, she said it was good.

Just for fun, I will be posting one of the recordings I made. The song is Lord Most High, words and music by Don Harris and Garry Sadler, produced by Integrity’s Hosanna! Music.

Why am I posting this? First, just for fun – with a little bit seriousness as I want to learn how to sing (I feel I am a bad singer). Second, I want to test out the plugin I am using for podcasting (Blubrry PowerPress). I am currently using it on our Church’s website for the online archive of our Sunday messages (I have a preaching in there, but it’s in our local language – Filipino).

So here it is. It’s up to you if you will listen to it or not .

Hearing that irritating static? As I’ve said, I used the mic of my cheap webcam for the recording.

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Image: dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

This coming December, we’re planning to do this project once more. We’re calling it Project Hannah (Hannah means Grace of God). We’re planning to extend the project to more families (around 30 families this time), and we want you to be part of it. Any amount that you can give will be a great help in making this project happen and make those families’ New Year’s celebration happy. It’s not a solution for their poverty, but this will let them know that someone do care for them.

We are targeting at least 30 families with a budget of 150 pesos per family. That will give us at least 4500 pesos (US$105) budget need. If you want to take part on this project, you can contact us via the information below. We prefer money donations so we could evenly distribute the gifts to the families.

Pictures from last year’s project can be seen on our Facebook page.

Thank you and God bless.

Email: lpcgumaoc@gmail.com

Web:

http://lpcgumaoc.co.cc/contact-us/

http://marvincruz.com/contact-me/

Phone:

(+63) 915 – 5709311 (Marvin)

(+63) 916 – 6228623 (Ptr. Ronnie)

Status of the donations will be posted here on this website.

Update:

Pictures from last year’s project.

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So head over there an search in your question and might just find your answer (always with Biblical support).

Keep it up gotquestions.org

God Bless….

Nothing much on the surface, but the back end is cool.

This is post was created using one of its new features, Quickpress, that allows you to make a post within the dashboard.

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From the halls of a university research lab to the desks of hundreds of millions of computer users, the computer mouse has come a long way. Douglas Engelbart created the first prototypes of the now-familiar device in 1963 at Stanford Research Institute, but he first displayed his creation to the public in 1968 forty years ago Tuesday. During that unveiling, Engelbart presented what some have called “the mother of all demos,” outlining concepts that would presage the next 40 years of computing, including the use of a three-button palm-sized contraption called a “mouse.”

Read the full story here:

http://www.macworld.com/article/137400/2008/12/mouse40.html?lsrc=rss_main

Here are some facts regarding day of marriage (ceremony), and I am not ashamed of it:

* My wife was 6 months pregnant when we were married (unplanned marriage for us, but God planned it…
* We have very limited budget, therefore we have to borrow from someone…
* we lack preparation (one month only) for the ceremony…
* since we lack preparation, I am the wedding coordinator of the ceremony…
* we bought low cost dress for me (but my wife’s gown is not, it’s custom made)…
* we bought low cost silver wedding ring (can’t afford gold)…
* the ceremony was held in a covered open air basketball court….
* it rained (short hard rain) right after the wedding ceremony (just before the reception)…
* we went and stayed at my wife’s

They say that no relationship is perfect… well, I’ll say that God can make a lot of difference with marriage.
We had disagreements, I one packed my things and almost left because of a disagreement we had.
Lately, we realized one of our mistakes, we don’t have prayer time. So we devoted some time (each night before I leave for work) to pray.

We’ll be celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary today (Manila Time) with technically no money at hand (there’s a lot of expenses this month). But in the course of our marriage, we’ve learned to trust God.
Our son is 1 year and 9 months old now, and we’re praying that he’ll be good and have holy fear for God.
I Love my wife, April. I love my son, Obi

And I thank God for blessing our family for 2 years (and the years to come)..

SOLI DEO GLORIA…

I’ll be moving the posts later…

Cheers…

Update:

Moved the posts.. just had problems with the tags.. removing tags…