New, Old Technology

At Severn River Church we offer a class called Discover The River for new attenders interested in joining our team's roster and getting into the game. We hold the class at my house and serve lunch while we talk through SRC's history, beliefs, mission, vision, values and governance. Sounds like a blast, right? No, probably not, but the best part is that we get to know each other and get on the same page to start moving forward together. It gives people a chance to see what their pastor is like away from the pulpit, and ask questions that maybe have been unanswered.

We've done this class for years, and way back in the beginning I wrote the material, printed it, punched it and put in in half-size three ring binders. I don't even remember where I got those binders from. But this week I needed to start preparing some for the upcoming DTR in September. We've run out of the binders so I went to get some at Office Depot, after all it is back to school week and binders are on sale, right? Wrong. The half-size binders are $5.59/pc. Ridiculous. That's way too expensive. So I started exploring my options and found an alternative. It's a punch and plastic spines. It's really cool to assemble these things, doesn't take long at all and cut the cost dramatically. I know that this has been around for decades and is certainly not the "latest technology", but it was the first time I used it and I'm thrilled with the results.

Now I can't wait to finish the Life Commitments curriculum and get it published for the next group(s) in 2011.

--Ben