Comments on: Church on the Cheap http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/ Chicago, 2010 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: sredden http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-202 sredden Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:39:24 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-202 Jarrett, I can't believe you did a whole post on 'church on the cheap' and gave no love to Google!! At New Denver Church we use Google's hosted services for our email, calendering, and shared documents. We also use Google Analytics to keep up with who's coming our site and what they're reading.Plus thanks to Google Voice I now have a local Denver number without having to change my cell phone. All that stuff is 100% F-R-E-E. Love it. I understand the appeal of Clover sites, but I'm still a huge proponent of Wordpress. With all the template designers out there now it's so easy to get a site up and going on the cheap. We bought a Wordpress theme for $70, paid a designer a couple hundred to design our logo and update the theme to match, and we were done. Admittedly not quite as slick as Clover sites, but way more flexible, customizable, and changing our look is as simple as getting a new theme. Excited to see you guys launching out. As someone here told us, "Church planting is way more fun and way harder than you could ever imagine!" Jarrett,
I can't believe you did a whole post on 'church on the cheap' and gave no love to Google!! At New Denver Church we use Google's hosted services for our email, calendering, and shared documents. We also use Google Analytics to keep up with who's coming our site and what they're reading.Plus thanks to Google Voice I now have a local Denver number without having to change my cell phone. All that stuff is 100% F-R-E-E. Love it.

I understand the appeal of Clover sites, but I'm still a huge proponent of Wordpress. With all the template designers out there now it's so easy to get a site up and going on the cheap. We bought a Wordpress theme for $70, paid a designer a couple hundred to design our logo and update the theme to match, and we were done. Admittedly not quite as slick as Clover sites, but way more flexible, customizable, and changing our look is as simple as getting a new theme.

Excited to see you guys launching out. As someone here told us, "Church planting is way more fun and way harder than you could ever imagine!"

]]> By: Jarrett Stevens http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Jarrett Stevens Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:17:54 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-166 To be honest, Evite is great but they lack ANY API that allows you to incorporate it smoothly into your site. AND they're ads are annoying as all get out. The question is, do you want people to register for something OR do you want people to SEE who's registered for something. We are HUGE fans of Jotform for simple registration. We use Evite personally, but can't imagine using it for the church. Any other thoughts? To be honest, Evite is great but they lack ANY API that allows you to incorporate it smoothly into your site. AND they're ads are annoying as all get out.
The question is, do you want people to register for something OR do you want people to SEE who's registered for something.

We are HUGE fans of Jotform for simple registration.
We use Evite personally, but can't imagine using it for the church.
Any other thoughts?

]]> By: Jarrett Stevens http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Jarrett Stevens Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:14:13 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-165 We chose Clover beacuse to be quite honest, the look and feel was DONE. We just don't have the skils and techniqu to lay That out as well as a Blog out. And we like the way their sites Move. AND we've seen sneak peaks at all the advancements they're working on and we love it. AND we love the Clover team. They've become great friends and fans. We chose Clover beacuse to be quite honest, the look and feel was DONE. We just don't have the skils and techniqu to lay That out as well as a Blog out. And we like the way their sites Move. AND we've seen sneak peaks at all the advancements they're working on and we love it.
AND we love the Clover team. They've become great friends and fans.

]]> By: Jarrett Stevens http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Jarrett Stevens Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:09:52 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-164 Perhaps a better title "Church on the Cheap...not the Crappy" Love It! Perhaps a better title "Church on the Cheap…not the Crappy" Love It!

]]> By: Jarrett Stevens http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Jarrett Stevens Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:08:13 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-163 ROI IS everything, and we keep finding that idea in the Bible...God calls it Stewardship :) Love the tension of ROI and Generosity. Might blog about that... ROI IS everything, and we keep finding that idea in the Bible…God calls it Stewardship :)
Love the tension of ROI and Generosity. Might blog about that…

]]> By: @lindsaypolyak http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-162 @lindsaypolyak Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:03:03 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-162 We are looking for a cheap way to implement eVites on our website. Got ideas? We are looking for a cheap way to implement eVites on our website. Got ideas?

]]> By: stephenbateman http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-141 stephenbateman Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:04:53 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-141 I saw the animated clover ad the other day and was like...where have I seen them before. I saw the animated clover ad the other day and was like…where have I seen them before.

]]> By: Picnik: Web Photo Editing | Student Ministries Beta http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Picnik: Web Photo Editing | Student Ministries Beta Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:05:00 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-132 [...] Sometimes those of us that are techie forget how hard it is to create a basic picture.  I was reading through some blogs and saw Jarrett Stevens was using Picnik for photo editing at his upcoming church plant (Soul City Church).  So I went over to the site and starting noising around.  It was really cool and I decided to get a membership to see how we can use it for our church.  I can say the first Picture I scrapbook of my daughter went really good and looked great.  You can check it out HERE.  Also check out the Blog post that start me out in Picnik and other things HERE [...] [...] Sometimes those of us that are techie forget how hard it is to create a basic picture.  I was reading through some blogs and saw Jarrett Stevens was using Picnik for photo editing at his upcoming church plant (Soul City Church).  So I went over to the site and starting noising around.  It was really cool and I decided to get a membership to see how we can use it for our church.  I can say the first Picture I scrapbook of my daughter went really good and looked great.  You can check it out HERE.  Also check out the Blog post that start me out in Picnik and other things HERE [...]

]]> By: Dave © http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Dave © Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:52:56 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-130 Awesome thoughts, Jarrett. Just out of curiosity, what led you to use Clover instead of Wordpress? Awesome thoughts, Jarrett. Just out of curiosity, what led you to use Clover instead of Wordpress?

]]> By: hsojeel http://soulcityblog.com/church-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-129 hsojeel Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:49:12 +0000 http://soulcityblog.com/?p=344#comment-129 Awesome thoughts Jarrett, thanks for sharing the knowledge on how to do church on the cheap not the crappy. Awesome thoughts Jarrett, thanks for sharing the knowledge on how to do church on the cheap not the crappy.

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