Judy Rosella Edwards

Internet and UU

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

Who Uses the Internet?

EVERYONE

Why?

Why not?Instant Access to InformationInstant CommunicationYou Respond When It is Convenient For You

How Do I Get Started?

EmailGmail www.gmail.comYahoo! Mailwww.yahoo.com

Participate! UU Email Lists

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???

Eco-Friendly Online Banking

Pay Bills Online – Free!National City

No charge for the transactionNo charge for postageNo charge for a check (even tho they send

one!)

Pay Bills Online – Step 1

Paying Online – Scheduling

Paying Online – setting it up

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Online Economy – Buying Things

eBayChalice PalaceAmazonAll the Free Money sites

Peoria UU Café Press Store

UUA Bookstore

UUA Bookstore

UniUniques - since 1988

UU Free Money

So What ELSE is FREE??

Access to TONS of UU Resources… ….which we will

talk about.

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

MySpace http://myspace.comFor Garage BandsNot Much for UU's

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

What’s So Great About Facebook?

CommunicationInteraction

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

Twitter

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

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