2smallcoins.org

Just noticed that Scott Miller mentioned my humble site in his blog today, so I thought I would say “hey” to those of you surfing in from his site. Thanks, Scott!

As somebody who has developed a reputation for speaking on the implications and applications of technology in ministry, I sure have one lame website. No worries, though, it gets the job done. And, for both of you that might care, I spent some time cleaning up the look and some of the links this evening over at 2smallcoins.org. It’s a long way from perfect, or even professional looking, but it’ll do.

Speaking of technology in ministry, I had the awesome opportunity to serve as guest presenter at the Diocese of Davenport’s annual June Institute yesterday. Talk about an overwhelming request. As I mentioned during the presentation, it’s one thing to do a workshop in a parish far far away, ’cause chances are, if you stink you’ll never have to see the participants again. But to give a major presentation for my own diocese - now those were some high stakes. Thankfully, however, we had a great group of participants, and we were able to work together to wade into some of the ways we can put technology to work for our ministry goals.

Special thanks to Pat Finan and everyone in the Faith Formation office for making the day possible.

So, in my “real world” life as a parish youth ministry leader, I’ve been coordinating the discussion, discernment, study, planning, fundraising and final preparation for a major building project. We’re adding just under 14,000 square feet, including 8 classrooms, a multi-purpose room, youth center and office space to the school where my office is housed. It’s been a huge project, and one that I’m still not quite certain how I ended up coordinating. Anyway, we had our official ceremonial groundbreaking this past Saturday, and the construction trucks are scheduled to role on site in less than a week.

I’ve decided to chronicle the construction project with a little help from blogspot. Here’s the link to the project blog: http://ffcprojectupdates.blogspot.com/

Hope you enjoy it!