Thanks for the shout outs from bloggers who attended smAlbany on Tuesday. (Read the last post for my review) A few bloggers who attended the panel talk I was a part of had some great things to say:
The World Through My Lens wrote,
Mike Huber led a panel called Local Social Media and Your Customers. He asked about blogging and tweeting – why would you want to do it, and why would people care?… My favorite panelist was Rev. Al Rudnick. I am not huge on religion, but he explained how people are using Twitter and Facebook during church and how they encourage it. They even project it on a large screen so people can see it and participate. I think I will try this on Sunday. I bet the people in our church wont be as accepting…
VIP Guest Blogger, dozenroses13 wrote,
“What degree do ethics play in a community?” Rev. Alan Rudnick spoke about people who “hide behind the veil” AKA – Anonymous bloggers. “Be a follower OR have a following.” Your choice. They spoke about the recent “Ding Dong Ditch” incident that happened locally last week. Why did it become such a firestorm? It was a story that contained emotion. It could happen to any home owner. Social Media helped that story spread like wild-fire. So much so that CNN picked up the story.


This Sunday, we will have some lay people involved in worship and leading in different ways. I hope that you will join with the congregation in worshiping this Sunday at FBC.
Part III: Sacrament vs. Ordinance: Guest Blogger, Tripp Hudgins (
In churches, we often hear the warning giving to youth off to college, “You’ll lose your faith in college.” All those competing ideas about religion, philosophy, and knowledge working against everything a church has built up! I once had an old timer in my home church tell me right before I left for seminary, “Be careful, you can lose your faith in seminary!” Is there something about education and youth that are dangerous? Sordid stories of youth going wild in early adulthood often lead people to think that young people want nothing to do with church, God, religion or faith.
Sacrament or Ordinance (Part II) This is the second installment in this series. You can read the first installment 

