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After the speaker sessions, attendees participated in round table discussions. 

Audience Focus

Speaker

Beginner

What is this Computer good for?
John Van Deman, MPPC Member

www.finnav.com - John founded this company

Beginner

Help I'm Not A Techie
Rusty Wright, Probe.org and Meg Korpi

www.probe.org - hear Rusty on podcasts from Probe.org

Software testers: individuals or groups

MySpace on Jesus
VIP Patel, The Jesus Institute

www.jesus-institute.org - contact Vip to be a beta tester

Bible Study

Learn more about IBS
Steve Johnson and Paul Tolleson, IBS

www.ibs.org

Bible Study

How To Use Logos Bible Software
Scott Lindsey, Logos Bible Software

www.logos.com - new software shows people relationships, awesome cross-reference user interface

Global Community

High Tech Impact and the Kingdom of God
Pete Holzmann and Cecilia Mikolajczak, ICTA

www.icta.net - join their community website

Local Community

Building Community with Church Websites

David Rummler, MPPC Member

www.mppcfamily.org - if you belong to MPPC get a login for this site

Virtual Community

Blogging and Spirituality

Enoch Choi, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News

Check out Enoch's blog

Global Outreach

Sharing Your Faith Online

Michelle Diedrich, Global Media Outreach

www.globalmediaoutreach.com - sign up to share your story

Local Outreach

Animated Tracts and Multimedia Ideas

Candyce Mackbee, Create-n-Animate

www.create-n-animate.com - check out animated tracts

Technologists

Connecting the Global Church with Broadband Wireless
Scott Yokim, Silicon Valley Expert

 

Entrepreneurs and people starting new ministries

Starting your Christian Venture
Carey Mitchell and Angela Hey, MPPC Members

www.virtualpr.com - check out Carey's business if you want publicity

 

Leader Discussion Description
Enoch Choi Blogging

Learn how to blog and discuss your blogging experiences. Dr Enoch Choi will discuss how Christians can use blogging to share the love of Christ. Enoch is a choir member at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship and joined a team from Menlo Park Presbyterian Church to help Hurricane Katrina victims.

Michelle Diedrich Tell Your Story All Over The World

Global Media Outreach will describe how anyone who can send email and browse the web can minister to different groups of people all over the world.

Vip Patel MySpace on Jesus

The Jesus Institute has a website that encourages people to discuss the life of Jesus as presented in the Bible.  VIP Patel, Executive Director of the Jesus Institute will help participants understand how they can learn and participate with others using www.jesus-institute.org.

David Rummler How To Manage Fellowship Groups Using  www.mppcfamily.org

Menlo Presbyterian Church members who are group leaders will learn how to build community and fellowship using the church website. David is a member of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church.

Rusty Wright and Meg Korpi Help! I'm not a Techie!

You don't have to be a techie to use the Internet to reach people for Christ. Practical ideas illustrated with motivating stories show how you can spread God's truth effectively via the Internet without a degree in computer science. Simple ability to use email and visit web pages can get you started. Share your experience and learn from others at this roundtable on how you can use the Internet for outreach.

Scott Yokim Connecting the Global Church with Broadband Communications

Scott took time off between jobs to install point-to-point wireless networks for Christians in Guatemala and Ecuador.  He will lead a discussion on what it takes to bring ministries and churches together with broadband communications.  Scott is a member of Sunnyvale First Orthodox Presbyterian church.

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