Are You A Candidate For CITRT?

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Jim Walton

CITRT = Church IT Roundtable

I finally went to my first roundtable last fall at Church of the Resurrection in KC and I can’t wait for the one on April 5 in OKC.  Last fall I was able to meet many people I knew of and people I interacted with via e-mail, yet had never met.   Take it from me, this church IT community is the most open, friendly, helpful bunch of people I have ever been with, seriously.  Everyone seems to be available to help anyone in any way.

There are so many different backgrounds, experience levels, denominations and more and as far as tech goes, it’s all the same.  Some are full time staff of mega churches, some at smaller churches, some are volunteers but we all have the same goal.

My experience in my short time (I had to leave early) at my first roundtable was that we all had something to contribute.  We all have experiences and backgrounds that bring us to where we are right now and we all have specific issues that we are facing in our church right now.

I say all of this to lead up to my point for writing this.  Last night, we had a tech team work night and honestly, some work nights are more like sit around and eat cake night, which is what last night was.  We actually had cookie cake for someone’s birthday and we sat and talked tech.  We talked about upcoming projects and many different things related to our world at church.

One thing we discussed was MinistryTECH and CITRT.  One guy on my team, I’ll call him Daniel, expressed an interest in CITRT and we talked about it.  At one point, he wasn’t sure he would have anything to contribute, yet he’s been serving in this church  for at least 5 years in various techy ways.  I encouraged him to find a way to get there.  Another guy on my team, whom I’ll refer to as Mike, is going with me to MinistryTECH so we will already be down there.  At this point, Daniel is working on coming up with a way to get there, which also prompted my 12 year old daughter, who I’ll call Rachel, to speak up and say she wants to go.  She has served in various way in tech for at least the last 3 years and really has a heart to do more.  She is an important member of our team.

My point is this, if you are within driving distance of OKC and are involved with tech ministry and have a heart to do more and connect with like minded people, then go to CITRT.  Don’t get stuck on the thought that you don’t have anything to contribute, trust me, you do.

(Within driving distance to OKC includes but is not limited to: Dallas, Tulsa, Bentonville, Carthage, OKC, Wichita plus many more, I’m sure.)

If you have a legitimate excuse, like wedding shower or replacing your roof then that might exempt you from missing it.

Otherwise, I guess my team and I will see you there on April 5!

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