Comments on: 5 Websites I’m Thankful For

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:23:46 +0000

I totally agree with your first three choices. I would throw in Youtube- it is a great platform that our clients can use to communicate. You do not have to have super HD quality video to get scene and you have the ability to embed them on any website…great tool for churches.

I would also say iTunes because again it is a great tool to help syndicate your videos or tv broadcasts. Our clients love to see their messages on there.

Great blog post!

By: Cara Austin

Cara Austin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:46:58 +0000

I love the site http://www.shorttermmissions.com. If you are looking for a trip to go on, it has a HUGE database. It helped me find a trip to Thailand a couple of years ago that was life changing.

I am also TRYING to make a site that will help people interested in going on trips. It is called http://www.missionslaunch.com. It has helpful articles – at least I think they are:)

By: Joy Westervelt

Joy Westervelt — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:00:15 +0000

Thanks, Paul – for taking the time to share your favorite web sites. I agree with all of yours, plus all the other ones mentioned. I take “google” for granted, and am glad to be reminded to be thankful for it. I also use biblegateway.com regularly to get scripture for my husband’s sermons. It has a good selection of translations. I would also add, YouTube.com and GodTube.com. Lots of Christian ministries on those sites. Thank you for all the help OCC has given to us. Beacon helped me learn all the html lingo, and now, it’s even easier with NEOne. Most of our church website was developed through Beacon, though, and updated through NEOne (www.LovingGrace.net). Thanks for everything, and for taking time for us! — Joy Westervelt

By: JeanC

JeanC — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:20:25 +0000

There is “Goodsearch.com” as well which when you search it donates to your favorite charity and I use it alot.
Google, Ourchurch.com, are probably the top on my list. CNN is in there too.
AOL.com gets me online daily
Thanks

By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:55:26 +0000

Lee and Warren – Thanks for the comments. eBay and iTunes probably make a lot of people’s top 5. Glad to hear your own sites are in your top 5 too.

Andriea – Thanks for the awesome compliment. Glad to hear PuppetsForJesus is doing well and that OurChurch.Com had some part in helping that to happen. That’s why OCC exists and what we live to hear. I hope you don’t mind, but we copied it to our testimonials forum topic:
http://forums.ourchurch.com/viewtopic.php?t=6

By: Andriea

Andriea — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:03:22 +0000

Hi. Although I read your posts as they come through my email, this is the first one that I have replied to. I am very thankful for OurChurch.com. I believe that OurChurch.com is a vital rung in the ladder that has made it possible for us to be where we are today. When we started PuppetsForJESUS.com just a few years back, we had quite a big vision, but we did not have any idea on how to get there. OurChurch.com has helped us so much in the process. We started to venture out online and chose OurChurch.com because it is a Christian company. We built a free site, and of course, we couldn’t stop there. Through the wealth of free help files and resources, I started to learn some simple basics about managing a website, search engines, html, and all that good geeky stuff. Through awesome customer service, support, and your optimization services, we have accomplished more than we could have ever imagined, and we’re still growing and moving forward! Who knows what God has in store! I am very thankful for the time you spent answering all my questions and taking the time to help me and show me the things that I needed to do in order to have a successful website. We are on the top of Google and the other major SEs for all our keywords, and that makes it possible for us to reach the world! Because of our site, we have been able to help others get started in puppetry ministry, earn money to support our family, and give more to missions than we have ever imagined. What a blessing to operate a business and a ministry from the “headquarters” of my own home. Our website makes it possible to be here with our four young children, enjoy my family, and focus on creative ministry. As a professional writer, I have also been able to sell more books. Through our missions program, we have been able to send thousands of dollars worth of puppets and materials to missionaries all over the world. We are constantly receiving praise reports about people coming to Christ and how our training resources, skits, and puppets were a part of the process. We are so blessed to be a part of something so awesome. This is a perfect example of “one body.” We could not have helped without your help and services. In the body, you’re a part of every good thing that we do through our website. OurChurch.com is a good business, but it is an awesome ministry, and wonderful blessing. Thank you for being a part of our ministry and making it possible for us to reach out on the internet. May God continue to bless and grow OurChurch.com and every person who is a part of it beyond imagination.

In Christ,

Andriea Chenot

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:16:36 +0000

I don’t know if I have 5, but I am thankful for the internet. To think, that 20 years ago, we didn’t have all this. This year, I too got on Facebook. Turned out to be a lot better for me than MySpace. I have been able to stay in touch with old friends and get to know new ones. I’m feeling pretty good about having over 100 friends. I’m thankful for my own website, because it has been my bread and butter these days. It has been fun adding to it and working on it. I love iTunes. It is a great place to find songs and download them for my iPod and also I discovered a podcast that does classic Jesus Music which has been a lot of fun for me.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:55:07 +0000

I agree with your first choice, I google every day also. I work from my truck, and I also use yellowpages.com alot to find address and phone numbers to contractors I deal with. My third, but the one I am most thankful for is ourchurch.com, I am thankful for this website because of the way I, as a know nothing about no website stuff, kind of person, could use your tools to make my other favorite website, http://www.antioch-md.com. My churches website. I have had so many blessings by being the webmaster, that I cannot count them unless you have a month or so. The last website I use alot is probably Ebay. I sell things from time to time, and buy about the same way. I can find some really neat stuff on there sometimes. Thanks, Lee