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In the last blog article we discussed techniques on how to shot video in and out of your church. In this article we will be discussing what to do with that video, including video editing, video editing software, video formats, and embeding video into your web pages. So, get comfortable because we’ve got a lot of ground to cover.   (more…)

You may have noticed a growing trend in churches to use video as a tool, to not only help their audiences receive their message, but to also put video on other mediums such as DVDs and the web. In this blog I am going to go through the steps on using your video system to its full potential. (more…)

Just a few years ago, there was very little video on the web.  The majority of Internet users still used slow dial-up connections which made it painfully slow to download video.  Most web hosting accounts included so little disk space that a couple minute video would fill up the entire account.  It was just impractical to put video on a website.  But all that has changed.

More than 70% of people in first-world countries have broadband Internet access.  Disk space allocations in web hosting accounts have expanded from megs to gigs.  With the explosion of video-sharing sites like YouTube, online video has gone from the techno-geek fringes to the mainstream.

We now live in a very video-oriented, media world.  If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million.  Online video helps to engage and connect with visitors on a personal level.  And yet very few churches have added any video at all to their websites.  That’s why we’re doing Video Month at OurChurch.Com, and why I want to talk about three videos every church website should have. (more…)

“Wouldn’t it be cool if you could easily build a search engine on your blog or website tailored to the topics and areas you know and love the most? You’re not alone if you’d like that — we’ve heard from partners large and small, and users across the web who want access to the Google search platform, and want to customize and make it their own.â€�

So begins Google’s October 23rd announcement of its new Custom Search Engine.

We at OurChurch.Com created a new Christian search engine using this service.  How good is the service?  How easy was it to set up? (more…)