Post on 28-Dec-2015
Welcome to the Internet1. The inherent worth and dignity of every person; 2. Justice, equity and compassion in human
relations; 3. Acceptance of one another and encouragement to
spiritual growth in our congregations; 4. A free and responsible search for truth and
meaning; 5. The right of conscience and the use of the
democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
6. The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
7. Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
What’s Different?The Internet Has Grown Up
The course “Let’s Be Paranoid”
has been cancelled due to lack of interest
and overabundance of disinformation.
Flaming is pretty much gone.Un-Friending is the ultimate insult.
More Quality Information Available.
What’s So Good About the Internet?
Community“Facebook Is The New Church”
Environmentally Ethical
InclusiveFree Thru Local LibrariesFree At the Church LibraryA Democratic, Grassroots Community
What’s Different About Today’s Internet?
Ethics Have Vastly Improved
We Have Learned to Avoid Neighborhoods Where We Don’t Fit In
Anonymity is ArchaicReal NamesReal Photos
Why?
Why not?Instant Access to InformationInstant CommunicationYou Respond When It is Convenient For You
What’s Out There for UU’s?E-Builder – Environmental Correctness.
Saves trees and paper.Cost of harvesting. Impact on the environment and wildlife.
Manufacturing cost.Manufacturing pollution.Vehicle pollution.
delivering paper to distributors.delivering paper from distributors to the UU church.
Storage for paper at the UU church.Paper loss during paper jams.Landfill/recycle from leftovers.Human collation effort.
E-Builder continued…Saves staples
Impact of mining on the environment and wildlife.Manufacturing cost of making staples.Manufacturing pollution.
Vehicle pollution delivering staples to distributors.delivering staples from distributor to the UU church.
Storage for staples at the UU church.Loss during stapler jams.Landfill/recycle from leftovers and ruined
staples.Saves effort stapling all those Builders.More trees lost manufacturing boxes to pack
staples in.
E-Builder continued…Saves vehicle fuel pollution.
Volunteers driving to the church every other week to prepare mailings.
Delivering the Builder to the Post Office.Post Office vehicles delivering every one of the
Builders to people’s houses.
E-Builder continued…
Saves producing stamps.Saves trees.Saves glue.
Vehicle pollution …. And so on…..
Online Economy
Pay Pledges Online.Free through just about every bank in existence.DO NOT pay a fee for a service to do this – save the
fee and put it toward the church!Still involves a paper check – but not the checks you
pay so much for!Safe.National City, FirstBank, Commerce Bank, Various
Credit UnionsCan set up automatic payments, or pay each month
online.
Stop statement mailingsDo you really need all that paper???
Pay Bills Online – Free!National City
No charge for the transactionNo charge for postageNo charge for a check (even tho they send
one!)
So What Am I Missing?The Peoria UU Church WebsiteEmail ListsMySpace YouTubeBlogsFacebookTwitterLinkedInNingTraditional Web Pages
The Peoria UU WebsiteUpcoming service topicsRecordings of past servicesChurch Calendar of EventsChurch Contact Info
Yahoo! GroupsMessagesFiles
Church BylawsRE MaterialsBudgetBoard MinutesSocial Outreach Committee
PhotosLinksMembersAnother Version of the Calendar
YouTubeUU PlanetUUAElectronicCommUUA Advertisement on YouTube
DiscoverUU.comUUA Presidential Campaigns
The Interactives: BloggingThe Peoria UU History BlogUU Blog AwardsIncludes Best Minister BlogPhilocritesJudy Rosella EdwardsMy No Hell Space – Michael Brown’s Blog
What is Facebook?Created by college kids to stay in non-stop
contact with one another throughout their day.
But it is so much more….Sort of like blogging.A bit more interactive.Most people use their real name and photo.Easy to find people with similar interests.Playful…..
Facebook – gifts!Official GraphicsApplications
Facebook Chalices UU Principle Gifts I Bet I Can Find 1,000,000 Unitarians on Facebook
Fans Google Ads
Impact Of the Internet
Arguably, the traditional sit-in-your-pew-and-listen technique is archaic.
We are a culture who has become accustomed to interaction.
We are a society that discusses ideas, freely and animatedly.
Who’s On Facebook?Universalist Unitarian Association
7,891 fans when I started this on July 4 – by July 7, they had 8,067
Peoria Area Unitarian Universalist Young Adults
Universalists Unitarian High Schoolers/Junior High Schoolers of Peoria
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry UU MinistryUU BloggersYou Know You’re A UU When…
Who Else Is On Facebook?
Are You UU?I ♥ UUUU Ultimate Players! Age 14 – 20Young UU PeacemakersUU UniversityUU mUUsic collectiveUU Mass ActionThoughts&Prayers- Knoxville UU
And Who Else?
International Convocation of UU WomenCentral Midwest District UU Young AdultsUU Homeschoolers: Unitarian Universalist Homesch
ool NetworkUnitarian PoetryUnitarian Universalist ArtsUnitarian Labyrinth EnthusiastsUnitarian Universalist Service CommitteeUnitarian Universalist Religious Educators
The Chalice PalaceOur Unitarian Universalist Story
And Who Else? Amy Popp Barbara Carraway Brie Noble-Mark Cara Rosson Diane F. Brown Emilie Leadley Gillick Gene Hodel Jean Slonneger Jeff Imig Jester Timm Gillick Joyce Harant Judith Koren-ShanahanKaranda ZieglerKaren FulsterLinda Fairbanks
Linda Lyman Lisa Hall Offutt Lisa Walker Mohr Marla Ritchey Serrine Mary Moore Maureen Hickman O'Haenny Michael Hodge Peg Phillips Randy Rubsam Roger Mohr Ron Slonneger Ryan Cannon-Scott Shannon Sapp Killion Steve Fairbanks Summer Lively Terri Brink Terry Galvin Matthews Tim Popp Will Offutt
Facebook!!Community Wo
rdTwitter ChurchUUABeacon PressMelville HouseSide of Love Ca
mpaignUnitarian
Kathy CarterEmilie GillickTimothy GillickBrie Noble-Mar
kLisa OffuttKen SerrineJeff Imig
Very brief little comments.
LinkedInNetworking
Diane BrownKathy CarterTimothy Gillick Lisa OffuttCara RossonLinda FairbanksJoyce Harant
Marshall Hawkins – UUA EditorChalice PalaceUnitarian Universalist Referral Network
NingSmallTown Living::ThinkFast:WriteFast:Unitarian Universalist Alumni of Harvard
Divinity SchoolUnitarian Universalist NetworkUU Theology on TapUnitarian Universalist LibrariansUUWomenspirit Social Network130 members Unitarian Universalist Church
of Arlington, VA