How to Help Your Church Find a Home on the Internet

By Mike Ferguson


Join us from 9 a.m. through noon on Saturday, June 8, for the workshop “Helping Churches Find a Home on the Internet: How to Create a Web Page for your Congregation.”
 
The workshop will be held at the presbytery office, 1700 S.First Ave.,Suite 23, Iowa City. The cost is $10 per person.
 
Registration is available at www.peia.org. Click on “Register for Events” on the right hand side of the page.
 
All you need to bring is a laptop and your questions. Snacks and beverages will be provided. This will be a wonderful opportunity to learn how to set up and design a website, or how to update an existing website.
 
The workshop will offer solutions to commonly-asked questions: How do I get started? What’s the best software to use? Who will maintain our website? How can we incorporate social media?
 
Church websites and a presence on such social networking sites as Facebook have been described as the 21st century equivalent of the church’s front door.
 
Our facilitator is Kim Coulter, who has been a popular teacher atSynodSchoolin recent summers and has served as a volunteer in theCommunicationsCenterat General Assembly.
 
She attended theUniversityofNorthern Iowa, where she earned a degree in broadcasting for radio and television. She’s worked for Iowa Public Television, the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Department of Natural Resources. She’s also worked in the private sector and for Presbyterian churches in theDes Moinesarea.
 
While at the Presbytery of Des Moines, Kim assisted members and pastors with both internal and external methods of spreading the news about mission work and other ministry.
 
She’s currently communications director and office manager for the Des Moines Area Religious Council.
 
Her passion is working in the social media arena and storytelling on the many blog and social media network sites she belongs to.
 
You can find her on Facebook at Move the Food and Des Moines ARC. On Twitter find her at @movethefooddsm and @dmreligious.
 
For more information about the workshop, contact Sarah Dyck, discipleship consultant, at 319-321-4165 orsdyck@peia.org.