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Monthly Archives February 2008

Asus Eee, day 2 (with a nod to Tiny church administration)

Well, I’ve decided to wipe the default operating system and, like Fr. Chris had intimated, add a specially-adapted version of Xubuntu (a version of Ubuntu with a lighter interface) in its place.
The deciding factor was a little caution in the user guide:
Removing the pre-installed software is not allowed.
Really? Even though I have no interest [...]

Posted 17 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Church administration § Linux § Small churches § Technology § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (2) °

Kim Hampton is blogging and that makes me happy

I have known Kim for years through the Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship so I look forward to her blog.
Give it a look, too: East of Midnight

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Posted 17 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Bloggers ‡ Comments (1) °

Readers, I got the Asus Eee PC

Yesterday, I made significant weight-loss and a financial security goals. I also bought a new computer. A light one. In cash.
I had written about the Asus Eee PC — which I’m calling “One Laptop per Adult” — but was thinking about waiting until April or later, when a rumored slightly-larger model was set to debut. [...]

Posted 16 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Church administration § Linux § Technology ‡ Comments (10) °

I’m having the best week ever!

I got paid today. I looked at my bills and expenses. I thought about my options. I made a decision.
I just made a payment to retire my student debt. Done. Gone. A part of which dates to 1989. Over.
Oh, and I also bought something nifty today. (With cash, of course.) More about that tomorrow.

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Posted 15 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Debt ‡ Comments (6) °

Tiny church administration: the right sized space

Even small churches need a place to worship and carry out the work of formation and mission that makes them into full (if not filled) places. The smallest churches tend to fall into one of two solutions:

Rented or borrowed space
An owned space, often built when there were many more members

Given my choice, I’d rather meet [...]

Posted 15 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Church administration § Religious architecture ‡ Comments (2) °

23 down, half to go

Just a personal note that I’m now down twenty-three pounds of a goal of forty-six pounds of weight loss. Fat loss really. (Who needs biodiesel?) That makes me my lowest weight in my thirties.
Plain, undramatic accountability has been key for me, so I mention it. And a little prayer goes out for those who [...]

Posted 15 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Sustainable living ‡ Comments (1) °

Tiny church administration: making booklets

OK gang: I’m going to show you how to do something useful. Making booklets.
It takes essentially the same effort to make a four page order of service (folded over from a piece of letter paper/A4) as a 36 page booklet, and the uses shouldn’t be hard to imagine. Including a meditation guide or church directory. [...]

Posted 14 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Church administration § Design and typography § Open ‡ Comments (2) °

My precinct returns

Well, I called it wrong with respect to Obama support in my District of Columbia precinct, the 16th.
1270 people voted, a 45.45% turnout.

Of these, 1201 voted in the Democratic primary. Yes, D.C. is a tad lopsided politically.

Barack Obama got 703, or 58.53%. That’s close to the ward-wide figure of 62.46%
Hillary Clinton got 480, or 39.97%, [...]

Posted 13 February 2008 † Scott Wells § District of Columbia § Political life ‡ Comments (0) °

UCC president pushes back at Obama church accusation

Don’t you love election season? Especially the maddening whisper campaigns which on one hand denounce Sen. Obama as a Islamicist Manchurian candidate — if you’ve gotten one of those emails, do let me know — and on the other denounce his church (Trinity UCC, Chicago) as some kind of black racist stronghold. It’s enough to [...]

Posted 12 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Political life § United Church of Christ ‡ Comments (3) °

Last call for church planting mailing list

If you want to join a church planter’s (email) mailing list, contact me through the Contact page to join in the pre-launch phase.

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Posted 12 February 2008 † Scott Wells § Church development ‡ Comments (0) °