Painful Biblical Humor

Enjoy at your own risk.

Some Help in Blogging

I was pointed to this link today, it provides a "course" on how to blog.

(Hat Tip: SmartChristian Blog)

Also on the Internet

I should have posted this earlier in the week, but this week's Christian Carnival is here. The Christian carnival is a weekly event in which Christian bloggers from the internet e-mail to the host of the carnival, a post of Christian nature which they wrote in the last week. Sometimes the host requests a particular "theme" for the carnival. After collection, these essays are collected by the host and put into one blog entry. A different blogger hosts the carnival each week. It's a good way to view (and participate) in the larger Christian community in the "blogosphere".

Christian Blogging News

There is a movement afoot to form a God Blog Convention. Details here.

Don't forget

Game night, Saturday. I'm sure there are some rivalries going on by now. Put up your challenges in the comments.

Help Files

To help people post blogs, use the editor to their advantage, and generally get information on how to use the blogging system they have established, blogger has extensive help documents here. Specific information on how to use the post editor is here. If anyone has specific questions, drop a comment on this entry, or e-mail me.

Blogging and the Church

A minister ponders what blogging can mean for a church.

Some Christian Blog Resources

Many of those who are joining in this blog effort might not be aware of some of the activities of other Christian bloggers. I thought I'd point out a few links to stuff that's out there. If any of you know of others, add them to the comments. There of course many other internet resources of a Christian nature, in the following, I'm limiting myself to listing the bloggers.

• Every week there is a Christian Carnival. A "carnival" in blog terms is an activity in which many bloggers send links to an essay which they have written in the last week. The blogger hosting that carnival, collects them, and "hosts" the carnival. Here was last week's Christian Carnival (and the week before was here). This weeks contributions are due tonight. The resulting carnival one will appear, at sidesspot sometime on Wednesday.
  
• There are three "aggregators", out there each with a Christian theme. The "Blogdom of God", The "League of Reformed Bloggers", and the "Evangelical Aggregator". Aggregators automatically go out and collect recent posts many of their members (it's not all of them because of technical reasons having to do with RSS feeds).
  
• Those aggregators are "alliances" or lists of a large number of bloggers. Those lists can be found in the sidebar of the links above (to the aggregators).
  
• I recently found a a "ring" of Episcopalian blogs. If we want to join that ring, we can, but it shouldn't be up to me. It "starts" here.
• There is also "Blogs4God". But alas, I don't know too much about that.
  
• Finally, Joe Carter (of Evangelical Outpost) has been trying various methods of increasing the visibility of Christian in the "blogosphere". He's come up with a variety of good ideas in the past few weeks. He also has recently written some introductory posts about blogging which be useful.

Jan 17 Announcements

Craft Nite is Wednesday at 7pm.

Birthday's this week:

• Peter Milnes
• Roy Stewart
• Karen Cho
• Scott Hall
• Brittini Busch
• Cory McGookin
• Ashley Lindstrand
• Elizabeth Erickson
• Pam Carter
• John Cunningham
• Stephanie Pouk
• Sharon Laskowski
• Kathleen Zielke
• Antonine Megger
• Stephen Polich, IV
• Lauren Paris
• Earl Fox

Happy Anniversary to Jeffery and Chris Peterson.

Prayer List

If someone has a copy of the prayer list we should post it. I can "tack" a link to it to the sidebar and keep it updated so we can refer to it as needed.

Basic Parish Information

This is the blog for Saint John the Evanglist Episcopal Church in Lockport, Illinois. We are located at 312 East 11th Street. Our phone number is (815) 834-1168.

Services are held Sunday at 8am (Rite one), 9:15am (Childrens Service), and at 10:30am (Rite two with music). Sunday School starts with the Children's service and continues in the Parish Hall until the conclusion of the 10:30 service.
Weekday worship services are held Tuesday-Thursday 9:30am and 7pm.

Persons of Note

• The Rev. Denzil Lukritz, Rector
• The Rev. Roberta Molony, Deacon
• John Cunningham, Sr Warden
• Dean Watts, Jr Warden
• Thomas Secor, Director of Music
• Jack Glasscock, Sexton
• Melanie Anderson, Secretary
• Susan Drake & Lisa Lukritz, co-Directors of Education
• Jill Olson, Treasurer

Welcome all

This is the start of the blog (weblog) for Saint John's Episcopal Church in Lockport Illinois.