Archive for October, 2009

Syncing Google Calendar and Contacts with your iPhone

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by .

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So yesterday I officially switched my work mail to Gmail. I was tired of putting up with Entourage and even more frustrated with my inability to share my work calendar with my wife who manages her/our calendar with Google Calendar. Using Gmail as a catch all account is taking a little bit of an adjustment, but I really like it so far. I need to develop a system with labels and filters, otherwise I think I might drown.

Now that I’m using Gmail, my only calendar is my Google Calendar. However, I wanted to make sure that the calendar on my iPhone syncs with Google. I learned how to do this when I gave my wife my iPod touch.

Go to NuevaSync and create a free account.… Read the rest

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The day I quit Entourage

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by .

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Yesterday I stopped using Entourage. Done. For good.

I switched to a Mac over a year ago. There was a lot of things to get used to. Some of them good, some of them bad. Email was one of the bad.

I’ve been an Outlook user for years and for the most part, it was a great product. It did most things I needed pretty well. The problem has always been syncing. Getting my calendar to sync with my wife’s calendar is MONUMENTAL. Almost two years ago, Google created a program that would sync my outlook calendar with my google calendar. It was an answer to prayer and all was happy in the Conley household. Then I switched to a Mac.… Read the rest

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Big postcard sale

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by .

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My favorite printer for postcards is having a huge sale right now. Right now you can get 50% off of all postcards. Just use the promotional code: PCSOCT.

I’ve been using Overnight Prints for almost 6-7 years. You’ll be hard pressed to beat their quality. They’re also one of the cheapest printers around as well. They’ve gotten so big in recent years that they print different products on specific days. If you know what days these things print, you can submit your order by 5:00 PM PST and they’ll be in the mail the next day. They also opened a print shop on the East Coast so easterners don’t have to wait to get stuff shipped from California.… Read the rest

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Registration card resource page

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by .

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A little while earlier today I posted the new family registration card we’re using at Gateway. When I was having this designed, I asked kid’s pastors from all over to send in what they were using so I could gather ideas. I remember literally sitting down at a conference table looking at everyone. I’d circle what I liked on every card. Then I gave it all to a designer and said “good luck getting it all on one page.”

I recently updated my resource page for registration cards. Click here to see registration cards from 13 different churches. Want to add your card to the gallery? Send it my way at kenny@childrensministryonline.com.… Read the rest

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New family registration form

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by .

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Back in February I wrote about family registration cards. Our card was old, out-dated and way to vague. We had the card redesigned and have been using it for several months now. Actually, the new card has even undergone a few revisions. With forms like these, I tend to print them in house and use them until we discover all the mistakes or things that need to be adjusted. You won’t really know until you use them. Once we’re happy, we have them professionally printed.

So, here’s the card we ended up with.

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What do you think? Any changes that you would suggest?… Read the rest

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11

Posted on 11. Oct, 2009 by .

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Question of the day: Does God trust us?

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by .

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TrustAt Gateway Church our mission is tied into what we call the “Way of Christ.” The “Way of Christ” encompasses loving God, loving people, building character and being the body (Christ’s body to the world). Next week we’re beginning a series on “Love God.” So today in our all staff meeting we sat in groups and discussed the concept of loving God, what it looks like and how we live it out. It’s very interesting how a simple little concept can be so complex in reality. After reading through the following passages (Matthew 22:34-40, Mark 12:28-34, Luke 10:25-28, Deuteronomy4:6-9, 10:12, 11:13, 13:3, 30:6 and 1 John 4:7-21) , we had a list of 15-20 questions to discuss. We never got past the first one.… Read the rest

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I lost a good friend last night

Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by .

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janLast night I got a call from an old friend in Indiana letting me know that my friend Jan Whittenberg had passed away. When the phone rang at 11:00 last night, and the caller ID said Duane, I already knew what had happened. Jan’s health had greatly deteriorated last week as she’s been fighting cancer since early spring. My wife and I are saddened by our loss. Sara has had some wonderful phone conversations with her over the past few weeks and months and I’m so blessed that I was able to spend several hours with her back in July. We’re so grateful.

Jan is an amazing woman. Sara and I moved to southern Indiana back in 2000 where I got my first full time Children’s Ministry job at Graceland Baptist Church.… Read the rest

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What have I been doing recently?

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by .

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This is me, except I don’t wear ties. :)

As I stated earlier, I’ve been M.I.A. recently. I haven’t really been too busy to blog, it just felt like it was time to take a bit of a break. There were a lot of things at work where I had fallen behind and I need to get caught up. So, here are some of the things I’ve been working on:

Policy Manual/Volunteer Training: We’ve been working on our Policy Manual for an ungodly amount of time. Well, we’re pretty much finished. We’ve got a few pieces to wrap up, but for the most part it is a done deal. It feels so good to have it done. As a result, we’ve held two training sessions where over 100 of our volunteers have come for training.… Read the rest

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Where the heck have I been?

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by .

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action-run-miaMissed me? A few weeks ago I took a week of vacation to go to Colorado to rest, relax and to climb a mountain, which you can read about here. I didn’t blog any while on vacation. After getting back I decided to take a another week off of blogging which turned into another week as well. So, here I am, three weeks go by and I haven’t posted a word.

Well, I’m looking forward to being back this week. Hopefully we can engage in some conversation and challenge each other forward.

* Bonus point to those of you who “get” the picture here. :) … Read the rest

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