Did you ever think you’d be able to give to your church using a text message?! That’s right. Giving by text! We’re extremely excited to announce that our partner, Tithe.ly, recently released a brand new way to support the local church – text giving. Now, members, visitors and anyone else who wants to support your church can give in seconds …
Merry Christmas!
From the ChurchBuzz team to each of your families and your churches, we wish you a blessed and Merry Christmas! We pray your church will be filled with many first-time visitors and that you will be able to touch them and help them make a connection with the newborn Christ!
First-Time Christmas Visitors: Lessons for Your Church
In case you missed it, I wrote up a blog post about how to Welcome your first-time visitors, which was a current summary of my findings in visiting different churches this fall. It might help out with some of your Christmas traffic, but certainly beyond that! My blog post was actually published on the North Texas Conference of The United …
ChurchBuzz Websites just got a little bit Faster!
As of December 3, 2015, our DNS provider – CloudFlare – launched HTTP/2. HTTP/2 is the new and improved version of HTTP and is optimized for the modern web. It makes CSS, JavaScript and images load simultaneously without overhead. From the CloudFlare website: HTTP/2 is the first major upgrade to the HTTP protocol in over 15 years. Websites have changed …
First Time Guest at First United Methodist of Little Rock, Arkansas
That service was weird! Both of our kids agreed. They weren’t really sure why. When we entered the property, a greeter welcomed us outside. He had a sign around his neck that said “Ask me for Help” or something like that. That was cool. We told him we were looking for the Contemporary Service, and he walked us down the …
Amish Steil Worship and Plymouth UMC in Plymouth, MA
Last week there was no blog post because we ended up having to MOVE unexpectedly from our Campground in New Hampshire due to lack of Wifi and LTE coverage. I could barely make a phone call! For those of you that don’t know – my wife Tyra, our two youngest boys (we have six) and myself have embarked on a …
1st Time Church Review: Calvary UMC, York, Pennsylvania
For those of you that don’t know – my wife Tyra, our two youngest boys (we have six) and myself have embarked on a year long RV trip to see the United States! We will be working and going to school “online” and experiencing the great history and culture and great lands that God has blessed us with. Each Sunday we will …
1st Time Church Review: Asbury UMC, York, Pennsylvania
For those of you that don’t know – my wife Tyra, our two youngest boys (we have six) and myself have embarked on a year long RV trip to see the United States! We will be working and going to school “online” and experiencing the great history and culture and great lands that God has blessed us with. Each Sunday we will …
1st Time Church Review: National Cathedral, Washington D.C.
For those of you that don’t know – my wife Tyra, our two youngest boys (we have six) and myself have embarked on a year long RV trip to see the United States! We will be working and going to school “online” and experiencing the great history and culture and great lands that God has blessed us with. Each Sunday we will …
1st Time Visitor Review: University UMC – College Park, Maryland
For those of you that don’t know – my wife Tyra, our two youngest boys (we have six) and myself have embarked on a year long RV trip to see the United States! We will be working and going to school “online” and experiencing the great history and culture and great lands that God has blessed us with. Each Sunday we will …