1. Reaching Out in Unique Ways Cheryl Durheim Adjunct Professor Concordia University, NE

2. Getting to know you Find 5 things that everyone at your table has in common  Cannot use the word human, Christian, etc. Find 1 thing per person that only they enjoy, like, collect, do, etc.  Item has to be completely unique to you

3. Getting to Know Me  Service…  Elem School Teacher  Middle School Teacher  Director of Family Life Ministry  Adjunct Professor  Interest – How to reach people  Growing People to Share!

4. World of Technology  Smartphones  Apps  Facebook  Blogging  Google groups  Constant connection…

5. Looking at Today… Google Groups Online Bible Studies Blogging

6. Google Groups Online Bible Study  Totally God’s idea!  Commuters  Desire but lacked time  Reaches outside walls of the church

7. How it Works…  Invitation  A topic a week  Post Monday  Have the week to “discuss”  Current Bible Study  For women  Studied the Book of Galatians

8. Examples…  www.google.com www.google.com

9. Online Bible Studies  Grew from Google Groups  Use email addresses  Included Men, Women, Couples  Marriage Reflections  Scripture Reflections

10. Blogging  A way for people to share their passion with others  Ideas to help the church families I was serving  My passion - sharing God’s word through writing  Reaching many from the confines of my office or home  Passingonthefaith.blogspot.com

11. My Blog… Passingonthefaith.blogspot.com Bible passage for the week  Ecclesiastes 3:11 – “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”

12. God’s Beauty…

15. My Blog… Reviewing books/resources Blessing your children "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.“ Lamentations 3:22-23 Ideas or thoughts I have Prayer Journal during Lent

16. Exposing the Blog  Connect to my Facebook account  People share it on their account, etc.  Pin it to Pinterest  People repin it

17. Behind the scenes of Blogs… Stats…  Audience  What country they are from  How they are accessing the blog  What search words are being used  Design  Can change as one wants or needs

18. Conclusion  You never know how God may use you to reach out to others  He thinks outside of our box!  Thank you!