Twittering?

By now you have probably at least heard of the social network called Twitter.  If you have ever updated your Facebook status, you can use Twitter. It simply asks the question, “What are you doing?“.   You can read more about it in this post from Greg, as well as check out this brief video which explains Twitter in Plain English.

Twitter is being used by some great church leaders and ministries across the world. One of the interesting things about technology is the way it tends to ‘flatten the earth’ when it comes to communications. You have unprecedented access to people who you never could have just a decade ago.  You can see why Mark Batterson, Lead Pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C., likes Twitter here, here, and here.

Fellowship Student Ministries now has a Twitter account as well.  We will be using this account for quick updates, announcements and other communications of interest to UNITED events and Life Groups.  I strongly encourage you to give Twitter a try. Even if you don’t want to sign up for Twitter yourself, you can still follow FSM by sending the following text message to 40404 ‘follow fsmunited‘  (only drop the quotes).  This will allow you to receive text messages about FSM without joining Twitter.

Here are some good resources to help you understand and get started with Twitter:

• Getting to Know Twitter FAQ’s
  
• Official Twitter Commands
• Using Twitter on your Phone
• Newbies Guide to Twitter

Oh yea, you can also follow Ryan on Twitter also!

Love Without Limits

A friend of mine Robert Hall who was in youth group with me and who was in my dorm in college was on Oprah one day for how he found love. Here are couple things I learned from this.

• Sometimes our prejudices keep us from experiencing incredible things.
• That not everything makes sense.
• Love has no language barriers or race barriers.
• Being in the center of God’s will is just that, God’s will.
• Having a friend on TV is really cool.
• Those who are defending our freedom are real and have families, lives and the same emotions that we have.