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The CW PowerPoint product provides presentation slides for the public domain hymns in Christian Worship. One PowerPoint file is provided for each hymn. Each file contains a title slide, multiple slides containing the lyrics of the hymn stanzas (including repeated refrains), and an ending credits.

Probably not a new website, but one I just found. This is part of the Worship Facilities magazine that I have gotten in mail for years. Looks like a resourful site having some great ideas. It is also compatible with Feedly if you want to throw it into your church tech feed.

We're using a GoogleDoc Spreadsheet to plan our singing/ensemble schedule for 2012-13. If you're interested in customizing it for yourself, just open the doc, go to File > Make a copy, and name your copy.

A good, and brief, background things to consider with your tech team being prepared for handling the tech at worship services.

He makes an excellent point, to consider who our audience is when we reach out. ""I have to explain (to church leaders) that there aren't thousands and thousands of Episcopalians out there looking" for a place to worship, Dell said. Instead, congregations must focus on "outsiders," people who weren't raised in a faith community or who are hoping to explore a new denomination, and who are likely to turn to the Internet in their search."

While the website referred to in this article (churchrater.com) encourages the consumer approach to churches and leaves room for the devil to persecute the proclamation of the truth, I think it's important for congregations to be aware that it's out there.