Young Peoples Department of the Womans Auxiliary 2006 Mid Winter Board Session

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Dr. Marian Hockenhull, National Youth
Director Dr. Hugh Dell Gatewood, Womans
Auxiliary President
Capturing the Ear, Hearing the Voice How
Technology is Transforming Youth
Ministry Presented by Denise Mayhan, PhD,
TOPIC Ministry Program Manager
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Imagine This

• 70 of Americans now use the Internet regularly
  (Pew Internet and American Life Project)
• More than 90 of children between the ages of 5
  and 17 use computers (Pew)
• 3 million people/day get religious information
  from the Internet (Pew)
• African Americans are 65 more likely to seek
  religious information on the Internet than whites
  (Barna Research)

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Imagine This

• Paying your tithes and offerings with automatic
  debit, online banking, or the swipe of an ATM
  card
• Registering your attendance at church by pressing
  your thumb on a touch-pad sensor at the door
• Getting access to your church by-laws, bulletins,
  Sunday School lessons, Bible Study Group
  assignments, church history, etc. at an
  information Kiosk in the vestibule of the church
• Actually understanding the words to your choirs
  songs because they are projected on a screen high
  above the pulpit

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Living in the Information Age

• How has technology changed your life?
• At home
• At work
• Recreation
• Study/Research
• Shopping
• Banking
• What role does it play life of your children?

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Terrell Sanders, January 2005 Church Executive
If youre not on the Web, you dont exist.
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
You know you are living in 2005 when

• You accidentally enter your password on the
  microwave
• You havent played solitaire with real cards in
  years.
• You email the person who works at the desk next
  to you
• Your reason for not staying in touch with friends
  and family is that they dont have email
  addresses
• Every commercial on television has a web site at
  the bottom of the screen
• You get up in the morning and go online before
  getting your coffee

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Technology is a Tool for Ministry
For the first time in human history, the
fulfillment of the Great Commission is within
view if we use computers and the Internet as
tools for ministry. Walt Wilson, Christian
Computing Magazine, March 2004
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What is TOPIC? Turned On, Plugged In for Christ
Launched at the 2003 Mid-Winter Board Meeting
Vision NBCUSA, Inc. will become THE
voice/source for doctrine, worship, theology, and
their application to contemporary issues for the
world's Black Baptist Community.  Mission To
fulfill the Great Commission of Christ through
technologically-enabled preaching, teaching, and
healing.
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What is TOPIC? Turned On, Plugged In for Christ

• Objectives
• To increase access to and use of technological
  tools for doing ministry and improving
  administrative effectiveness
• To make preaching, faith instruction, and
  ministry available through technology
• To attract a virtual congregation of God-fearing
  people who are not necessarily members of formal
  communities of faith and lead them to membership
  in local churches
• To develop a self-sustaining, revenue-enhancing
  vehicle for advancing the work of the Convention.

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What Weve Accomplished So Far

• NBC Website www.nationalbaptist.com
• Internet service www.nationalbaptistisp.net and
  www.nationalbaptistdsl.net
• Church Webworks Website Program
• Conference Calling Service
• State Conventions TOPIC Ministry Membership
• Disciples Online Computer-based Learning in
  partnership with the National Baptist Congress of
  Christian Education.

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What Is Ahead of Us?

• Need To
• Engage the Convention Leadership
• Engage the Convention Members
• Create Virtual Communities
• Create a self-sustaining economy

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What Is Ahead of Us?

• Need To
• Engage the broader community/world to advance the
  mission of the National Baptist Convention, USA,
  Inc.
• To fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ
  through preaching, teaching, and healing.

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What Are Christian Young People Doing on the
Internet?
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What Are Christian Young People Doing on the
Internet?

• Internet Music/Radio
• Downloading iPOD/MP3 Player Files
• Getting news about youth-related issues,
  entertainment, education
• Gaming
• Looking for college scholarship resources
• Email
• Getting info from their church website
• Looking for employment
• Participating in virtual church communities
• Instant Messaging/Chat
• Homework/Scholarly Research
• Recreational surfing

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Online Resources For Christian Youth
Animated Presentations/Evangelism Flipz Site
(http//www.flipzsite.com/site/apps/s/inline.asp?c
fkLPJ9MYKwHb368537 ) The Kristo
(http//www.thegoodnews.org/CD/the_kristo/the_kris
to.html_ College Students Campus Crusade for
Christ (http//www.ccci.org/) Every Student
(www.everystudent.com)
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Online Resources For Christian Youth
Music iTunes (http//www.apple.com/itunes/download
/) to get the player www.gospelcity.com
Real/Rhapsody (http//www.real.com/realplayer.htm
l ) Napster (http//www.napster.com/)
Organizations North American Mission Board
(www.NAMB.net ) Lifeway Student Pages
http//www.lifeway.com/lwc/mainpage/0,1701,M253D2
00550,00.html
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Online Resources For Christian Youth

• Blogs
• Directory www.Blogs4God.com
• Sample Blogs
• www.Intheouter.net
• www.Onthegrindcuzin.blogspot.com
• Blog services
• www.blogger.com
• www.blogspot.com

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Online Resources For Christian Youth

• Podcasts
• Directories
• iTunes directory
• christianpodcastdirectory
• Sermons eVolve Youth Church, zChurch
• Student Ministry Student Cast (Lifeway)
• Prayer Meetings One Thing
• Bible Reading Solid Rock Café
• Life Instruction Max Lucado

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Online Resources For Christian Youth
Games http//games.yahoo.com http//www.comcast.ne
t/games/?CM.srcNavigation Instant
Messaging/Chat Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger New
Gaming Website for Christians coming soon!
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What Do OUR Youth Want?

• Survey Says
• Resources for
• Music
• Christian Arts (dance, poetry)
• Christian Education
• Higher Education/Scholarships
• Convention Information
• About the Young People of the Convention
• About Youth Conferences
• Directorieshow to get in touch with people
• A place to share/publish their creative work

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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
What Do OUR Youth Want?
To be Seen as Leaders in the Conventioninvited
to the table A way to communicate with/network
with other youth across the country and world
involved in the National Baptist Convention. A
place to have dialogue about contemporary
themes/issues with other youth on a national
level A place to learn/be educated about
ministry and other issues concerning youth get
the Christian point of view on contemporary issues
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Online Tour
Youth pages on www.nationalbaptist.com
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Whats Next?
Engage the Young People of the Convention through
technology Develop a TOPIC Vision for Young
People Identify 2006 Objectives for TOPIC for
Young People Select Youth Representatives to
work with the TOPIC Ministry
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Region Support
Denise and Rev. Love are available for regional
presentations and leading discussions with the
youth You can always email the
webmaster_at_nationalbaptist.com for assistance
or Contact us using the message boards on the
website at www.nationalbaptist.com
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Contact Information
Website www.nationalbaptist.com Internet
Service www.nationalbaptistisp.net Websites
Program www.churchwebworks.com
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Contact Information
Dr. Alvin LoveChairman, TOPIC MinistryPresident,
Baptist General State Convention of Illinois,
Inc., andPastor, Lilydale First Baptist
Church649 W. 113th StreetChicago,   Illinois
60628-4701Toll Free 877 6-NBCUSA Telephone
773 995-7216 Fax [phone] Email
revluv_at_nationalbaptist.com 
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Young Peoples Department of theWomans
Auxiliary2006 Mid Winter Board Session January
16, 2006
Contact Information
Denise Mayhan, PhDTOPIC Program Manager, NBCUSA,
Inc.President/Owner Inspired SolutionsManagement
, Education and Technology ConsultingP.O. Box
6230Ellicott City, Maryland 21042Email
webmaster_at_nationalbaptist.com or
dmayhan_at_inspiredsolutions.org Phone (410)
480-9439
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