There has been great interest in Pope Benedict XVI’s recent use of online social media.  He is now encouraging priests to become part of the mainstream online culture by blogging and being present through a variety of online tools. Please the following article for more information:

and add your comments at the bottom of this post to join in the conversation on this interesting topic:

http://mashable.com/2010/01/24/pope-priests-blog/

Does your mountain-area church have a website?  We have the resources to help churches of all denominations serving mountain communities everywhere to not only create sites, but to build online communities, with multimedia, forums, interactive content, Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, YouTube channels, and much more at absolutely no cost.  Imagine having a dynamic site online where church news are updated, where parishioners can post text and video comments as well as become “friends” with others and participate in online communities, and where religious leaders can e-mail and connect to all their members online, via our blogging service here, or via their smart phones.