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So Now Youth Don’t have to Lie to Get on Facebook

June 6, 2012 By Gavin Richardson Leave a Comment

You are a youth worker, you have pre-teens and young teenagers who are under your charge. Did you know that most of them on Facebook are too young to be on the social media platform? If you look up their ‘current’ registration policy (whic…

Filed Under: Communications, Culture, teen years Tagged With: adolescence, blog, facebook, parenting

A REAL Facebook Wall

May 3, 2012 By Youth Room Ideas Leave a Comment

It took me a second or three to pick up what was happening with this bulletin board set up and then I realized. They have done a physical creation of a youths Facebook wall. It has the layout with pictures of friends, news, events and room for other items. So if you are like me [...]

Filed Under: boards, creative youth room ideas, Displays, Mid Church Ideas, Small Church Ideas Tagged With: facebook, fun, news

Why give up Facebook for Lent?

March 14, 2011 By Gavin Richardson 6 Comments

I was visiting my friend Mark’s facebook profile to wish him a “happy b’day” where I stumbled across his profile picture saying that he has given up facebook for lent. My first thought was, ‘Well that stinks.’ Then I adapted my birthday message to say, ‘in 40 days’ or something along those lines. Then I [...]

Filed Under: Creativity, Culture, Featured, Ministry, Technology Tagged With: 40 days, addiction, deeper relationships, easter, facebook, fasting, giving up facebook for lent, lent, lenten season, loving neighbor, practice

How Good is Your Church Facebook Presence?

January 6, 2011 By Gavin Richardson 4 Comments

I get to call some really creative people all over the world my friend. I’m so blessed that way, but not so far away is a super group of creative types that I hang out with as our Hendersonville Geekbreakfast. Once a month we all meet up for breakfast, talk some shop, make fun of [...]

Filed Under: Branding, Church, Communications, Consulting, Creativity, Design, Evangelism, Ministry, Technology Tagged With: facebook, fan pages, friends, geekbreakfast, jason elkins, marketing, relational ministry, social media, social networks, Technology

So the Bible is just a mass of Tweets & Facebook Status Updates

December 16, 2010 By Gavin Richardson Leave a Comment

This posting originally written for Sticky Sheep I’ve been reading this article by a Jewish Rabbi about social media, its impact on youth culture, and what the bible has to teach us about participation in social media. (I read)”..much of the narrative element of the Tanakh as a series of facebook or twitter posts. Frequently, [...]

Filed Under: Communications, Sticky Sheep, Technology, Theology Tagged With: bible, communicating, communications, facebook, jewish, perception, social media, sticky sheep, translating, twitter

top tech trends of 2009 for youth ministry : new day in @ymtoday

January 8, 2010 By Gavin Richardson Leave a Comment

i was asked to write a, shorter than this, article for ymtoday on the tech trends of 2009. this is my unedited & proper use of capitals article for your review. Gone are the days where spent calling everyone on the youth phone list, cutting clip art books and taping graphics to papers for making [...]

Filed Under: Church, Ministry, Technology, Youth Ministry Tagged With: church work, communication tools, facebook, ministry tools, smartphones, Technology, ymtoday, youth ministry, youth work, youth worker

chris brogan & trust agents : stories & philosophy of social media

September 24, 2009 By Gavin Richardson 1 Comment

today i spent my morning (and greater part of the rest of the day) with chris brogan. if you do not know who chris is, my quick description would be that he is the mayor of twitter & one of the most recognized people in the world of social media 'who gets it.' i stumbled [...]

Filed Under: Blogging, Books, Culture, Technology, Video Tagged With: authors way, book tour, chris brogan, facebook, nashville, social media, tech community, trust agents, twitter, web marketing