Blogging For Missions & Outreach
In these tough economic times, growing (or even maintaining) a ministry can be more challenging than ever. With the busy lives most of our ministry leaders lead, ministry growth can be stifling. And we all look for ways to reach a point where our ministry takes on a life of its own.
Hyde Park Speaks, the blog you're looking at right now, provides an easy addtional avenue for you to reach out to the others from the comfort of your home or office.
Note: The URL to this page is unpublished (i.e. There are no links to it from the blog), so be sure to bookmark this page if you'd like to have it for future reference.
Hyde Park Speaks Makes It Easy To Share Experiences About Your Ministry
You can easily share information about your ministry in words and picures. Posting articles about your ministry activities requires no special computer skills and can take as a little as a few minutes to post.
The More Who Participate, The More Exposure Everyone's Groups Will Enjoy
You'll notice as articles are posted, they flow down the page in chronological order. This flow of information is referred to by bloggers as a "river." Post your articles in the river, and your writings will get noticed by other bloggers and readers floating down the river with you.
Blogging Creates A Written Journal of Your Ministry For All To See
Journaling is the best word to describe what you post at Hyde Park Speaks, because blogging for Hyde Park Speaks is really about looking back. Just as one might settle in at night to journal about your day, Hyde Park Speaks allows you to journal about your ministry experiences, so others can share in your witness.
Many participants journaling in the same place creates a mosaic of experiences, which can be measured against later as you and subsequent leaders continue to build your ministry.
What's more, images and stories of your endeavors will implicitly encourage current church members and curious visitors alike to join the in the call to Make God's Love Real.
Blogging Is A Great Inviting Tool
Blogging about church activities is demystifying, welcoming, and creates a stunning collage for literally all the world to see. Hyde Park Speaks has tools that make it easy for readers to share articles, to participate by making comments, and to spread the Word of God like never before.
Become An Author For Hyde Park Speaks Today
For examples of how others are sharing their stories, read Trish Krider's daily accounts of the November 2008 Nicaragua mission. Or check out this H.O.M.E.S. story.
If you're interested in blogging in Hyde Park Speaks on behalf of your ministry or need more information, email John Parrish (editor of Hyde Park Speaks) or Martha Chamberlain (Church Operations & Communications at Hyde Park United Methodist).We hope you say "yes" to bearing witness to God's Love through Hyde Park Speaks. Thank you!
Hyde Park United Methodist Church reserves the right to revise any and all of the above guidelines at any time without notice.
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