Twitter is changing our nation, and you may not be aware of it. Now, after starting that way, let me say that I'm not as big a fan of twitter as many are, but I have found it useful and wanted to tell you why.
I use twitter to update this blog when I can't get to it. On the right side of the page is a place for twitter updates. When I can't get on and write a full post, I try to keep you up to date on what's going on. Where I am and what I'm doing. I don't expect many people to "Follow" me (that's the verbage that Twitter people use). I just put it up there so that when you come to this page looking for information and updates you can find something fresh, usually.
We are also exploring applications for the church using twitter. We think it might be a useful tool in communication urgent messages for example: "campus closed today due to snow" or "Please pray for Pastor Ben he has been involved in a car accident." Through the technology of twitter you could have those urgent updates sent directly to your phone as a text message getting the most up to date information at standard text message rates. We would only use it for urgent and important information.
If you want to give twitter a try you can create a free account at www.twitter.com. When you do you can search benrainey (all one word) and start following me to see how it works.
What are other technological tools that you think could help our church communicate better?
--Ben
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