Twittering, Facebook, MySpace, blogging, what’s next? Seven months ago I didn’t use any of these technologies to keep up with my friends or even know about twitter and I wasn’t going to do the Facebook, MySpace thing. I thought I was the “cool mom” just knowing how to text. Of course, I stunk at it….because I had the number pad phone at the time. I remember the first time I tried sending a text. lol My oldest son was a freak about Harry Potter Books, we had to do all the before midnight stuff at Books-A-Million every time a new book game out! About 3 years ago, I decided to take Blake and his cousin and drop them off at Books-A-Million for all the festivities and would be back at midnight to pick them up.
At midnight I returned to Books-A-Million and was waiting in the parking lot, so I tried calling…no answer! I began to start trying to text…finally after 15 minutes of trying to figure it out, I had typed out “are u n line“, my son text me back and says “yes mom we r up close to the register,” (he answers me within 2 seconds after I sent my text to him). I text back “ok great” (taking about another 10 minutes). Blake text back and says, “what took u so long to respond lol?” I text back and said, “what is lol?” So you get the jest of how it was going with me learning to text!
I began texting more and more…I couldn’t type without counting out the number of times I had to hit the number pad to make an “n” or “r”, I needed an easier solution…I needed a Verizon Black Berry. I needed this Verizon Black Berry, so I could easily text my kids while at school if I wanted them to know something or they needed to tell me something…I needed and wanted to stay in touch with my kids. Yep, I was breaking school rules! So, I go and get this cool Black Berry and can’t work anything else on it! But, I can type out some freakin text in no time! I was pumped!
Oh, where was I, yes so in less than 6 months I have learned to twitter, set up a MySpace, Facebook page and also a blog. My blog is quite the amateur blog…not at all close to a state of the art blog like Pastor Daves, and never will be, but they’re my feelings written down. I never dreamed of ever using any of these technologies until our family started attending Crosspoint Community Church. This church is so technology based it was awsomely crazy and…I wanted to stay connected with Crosspoints vision. For me to do that was to be able to be apart of this Church in everyway possible. Techno savvy here I come! I set up the MySpace page worked it a little, then came the Facebook page and blog!
I have met (not face to face) but see their picture of people from all over the U.S. by twittering what I’m doing, using Facebook to send messages and MySpace to communicate to my friends. I have seen what other pastors churches are doing to win the lost to Christ…I just stand in awe of what all is taking place in the world to win lost people to Christ.
What we can do through this type of technology, we can pray for each other at that very moment, get Bible verses from each other, know when someone is hurting and needs the prayer right then…hear words of encouragement, and laugh. I see their picture and when they respond to me I feel as if I can actually here there voice and imagine what they sound like. People are using this technology to find better ways their church can do more to win the unsaved to Christ. Through these 3 types of technology I’m using…the words of others and hopefully my words are touching others lives! How amazing that is to me!
I can honestly say, I didn’t know there really was a world outside of my “traditional church” setting! I am not at all knocking the traditional church, there are thousands of traditional churches that God is using to draw the unsaved to Him. But, I believe God was wanting me out of my box. When it came to what or how others were winning souls to Christ I was oblivious to the fact that it was really happening. I was use to the christian people just switching churches when they would get mad. Or having the children of the church come to believe.
I’m seeing the vision Crosspoint is developing and prayers being answered by God! God bringing servants with awesome talents to Crosspoint.…I believe He is building His team. There is an extreme presence of God in the service, you can just feel God moving in this place. God is going to use Crosspoint to reach lost people all over North Alabama. I feel blessed that God is wanting to use me in Crosspoints journey and vision to win the unsaved to Christ!
God Bless and start twittering! 
Hi Lynn
So that’s where you’ve been twittering it’s so much like Facebook I think,but so glad to hear from you again on wordpress.
Love Ya
The Lord really gives you all those amazing things to say to us. You are the greatest.
Hi Honey,
Nice blog post. I am proud of how much you have learned about technology based social networking… Even earned the title of Digital Pimp!!!
So who would have guessed that the social networking sights could be used for Gos’s kingdom. All you ever hear about is kids taunting other kids into killing themselves or the high school girls posting naked pictures of themselves.
You go girl. Oh year i heard that we need a Crosspoint myspace page
Love Ya!!
I think I’m becoming addicted! LOL Thank you for all your help…I remember when I used to look at you stupid when you would constantly sit at the computer!
Love You Bunches!!!
Technology is a good thing. I think about what it will be like when my 3 year old is old enough to use it. SCARY!
The world is truly changing. I used to be in construction. Now I work online. My five year old son knows more about the Internet than I did in college. All these technological gadgets are amazing tools. Although God can use anything to do His work, His favorite tool will always be a servant’s heart like yours.
I love this!! I have got to learn how to Twitter!!! I think we need a class for the tech challenged!!!!
You go girl!!!
Lynn, you touched on something in this post that really made me aware of one of church’s strengths. You said, “Or having the children of the church come to believe.” Children are the future, and as Dave pointed out in a sermon once, the odds of getting saved once in adulthood are much lower than they are as a child. It is important that children come to know God so that they can start living for Him early in life.
That being said, Crosspoint hasn’t given up on adults. I think that’s a strength of our church. Crosspoint really focuses on all age groups equally. You’re never too old to find Jesus and start living for Him. That’s why social networking using technology is so important. It’s a great way to reach people we’ve never even met. So glad to have you as our Digital Pimp!!
I love that you have a blog. I to just started blogging last July and love it. You need to help me understand Facebook. It is great using all these resources to keep in touch!
Michelle C.