MinistryTECH/CITRT Wrapup

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Jim Walton

This has been a great week and a great time to reconnect with friends and make some new friends.  There was so much good information shared in the sessions and even more information shared in the in-between times.  That seems to be true of many conferences, the downtime is as valuable as the actual session.

Whether you are a volunteer or on staff and whether you are with a mega church or small or mid-size church, here are some resources that I should have been promoting long ago.

The portal for all things church IT related:
http://citrt.org/ (CITRT = Church IT Roundtable)

Everything else I mention below is found at the main page I just mentioned.

There is a weekly call that anyone is welcome to join.  You can either just call and join the conversation or in addition to that, log in to the CITRT podcast chatroom and that will further enhance your experience.  Check the page for dates and times and instructions because it could change.
http://citpodcast.wiki.zoho.com/

Join the Twitter group #CITRT:
http://twittgroups.com/group/citrt

By far, the easiest way to plug into this community is to visit the IRC chatroom.  This is where the CITRT peeps hangout 24/7.  I used to frequent this chatroom but have not in quite awhile.  I think I’ll try to hang there more.  The beauty of this is even if you can’t sit there and actively participate, login and just let the thread roll.  When you come back, you are likely to have a wealth of information on all kinds of topics.  You will have a thread of all kinds of conversations.  Of course take some time to join in to the conversation as well.  The link below gives simple instructions to join the room.
http://jpowell.blogs.com/jason_powell_church_it/2008/01/easy-way-to-joi.html

If you don’t have time to read instructions and just have get in the chatroom NOW, click the next link for instant access:
http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=%23citrt&forcePrompt=true

I want to encourage all church IT volunteers, to jump into this community.  They are here for you and are more than willing to help out.  Plus, you have a lot to offer.  Don’t view this as a one way street where you just go there when you need something.  Get to know these men and women and contribute to the community.

Last night, Jason and I had a chance to visit and I made the point that there is a huge gap between the large/mega-church and the small to mid-size church as far as IT goes.  We began talking about how to address this issue more effectively in future roundtables.

So, get involved, plug in and be a part of the CITRT community.

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