You make notice a few changes around planterguy.com.  I have a new blog design!

I want to thank my roomate Jason for the new design.  He did an awesome job!

We are still working out some kinks. (I forgot to back everything up before the transfer so some stuff is missing)  We are working to get everything running smoothly.

In the mean time check out this video I just found:

Lotza Money – Music Video from River Valley Church on Vimeo.

The best part is at 2:00  2nd best is right at the end.

ENJOY!

P.S. Comment are turned off until I can stop all the spam.  Sorry.

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How Billy Hornsby uses twitter:

Social media gives him a chance to receive feedback almost instantly. It is especially helpful while traveling since he has to leave quickly after speaking or after long speaking engagements like church planter’s roundtables when he will have up to 8 sessions in one day.

After speaking he logs on to a popular social media site called, twitter, where he will check what people are telling their followers.

He finds quotes like this:

“I can use twitter to find which examples are getting my point across. They tell me what they like,”  Billy says while we were walking through the Ronald Reagan International Airport.

Often pastors wonder what people are saying about the church when they leave.  Social media gives them a chance to

Quick Tip: Use social media as a tool. Don’t get consumed.

This hasn’t been a good thing for some church leaders as not all conversations are helpful. Unhappy church members start gossip or leave and use social media as an easy way to cut down the church. Some get bolder behind the keyboard saying things they never would face to face. Getting caught up in gossip is never helpful.

Click here to learn how to search twitter <– really helpful.  Learned a few things I didn’t know.

Like how to search emotions

*Sidenote: If you are Mark Batterson, everything you tweet gets retweeted (41 times the Friday i checked.) Thats right 41 RT’s in one day.

Shaun King has his WoW factor story.  Read it. You won’t be able to stop. His story is much more than a WOW factor for his blog, but it is still a WoW Factor.

What is a WoW Factor Story?

It is the story you tell on a first date.  It show the other person you are interesting & helps if it REALLY HAPPENED.

I’m still trying to figure out my wow factor. Maybe I’ll use my Giraffe Story.

What are your guidelines for a WoW Factor Story?

I received an email titled “Previous launch date February 14, 2010.”

It read:
“I say previous launch date because he has officially removed an official launch date from the calendar.” Said the Church Planter’s coach.  [The Church Planter] had the school lined up and was stoked about it.  The board said yes, the principle said yes.  Everything was rocking and rolling then he heard back that the janitor refuses to open the building for them so they can’t do church there.  [The CP] tried everything with this janitor but he flat out refuses to open and close the building…”

WOW, just like that the church plant was put on hold.  All because one person didn’t buy in. One person didn’t see the purpose behind what was happening.   This story shows how one person [the janitor] can make the difference in a church plant.

What difference could you make in a church plant?

Today I found time to watch video’s of famous people.  It is so interesting how they talk.

Do you ever people watch?

This last Sunday, Valentine’s Day, I got to visit the Courageous Church.

The night before I had a dream of what the service might be like.  This is weird but my dream was:

• That the worship leader was a Harlem Globetrotter. Some how he was able to play basketball and sing at the same time. ‘
• The service was three hours long.
• & Shaun King spoke via Skype.

Ok I made up the last point, but the other 2 were really in my dream.

Ready to visit my first urban church, I started early leaving my house @ 6:30am.  Arrived early and a few people showed me around.

I had a conversation with an Evolutionist during the free breakfast.  We talked about the bible.  He said a smart man wrote it.  Just before the service started Shaun (the Black Pastor) came over to greet me.  I was impressed. I think he greeted everyone in the room.  A very approachable guy!

The service:

I forgot what it is like to got to church as a new visitor.  It is like a first date. You really put yourself out there as a new visitor. Not knowing what to expect made me nervousness.

The 10 piece band was cool.  They had Rap music for the intro (Several rapper’s attend the church.) Shaun even opened by having a conversation with the crowd about their favorite Love song’s { Conversational Style.}

He talked about How to share your love.  Used some great examples from his life and Grey’s Anatomy.

Biggest take away:  “Love makes the small things better.”

If your ever in Atlanta stop and visit The Courageous Church.  It is a great diverse real community.

This is from John Maxwell.

Evernote for Android: It’s here!

December 16th, 2009

Say hello to the newest member of the Evernote family: Evernote for Android. After months and months of development, we’re incredibly excited to unveil this shiny new version of Evernote. As you would expect, Evernote for Android is free and available in the Android Market.

Capture everything

Evernote for Android allows you to create text notes, snap photos, and record audio. In addition, you can easily attached files to your notes. Free subscribers can add PDFs, text, audio, or image files. Premium subscribers can attach any file they like, as long as the total note size is under 25MB.

When creating your notes, Evernote for Android lets you specify titles, tags, and destination notebooks.

Find all your notes, any time

Evernote for Android comes equipped with native note browsing, which means that you can easily browse and search through all of your notes. Thanks to Evernote’s synchronization features, all the notes you make in the desktop or web versions of Evernote are instantly accessible from your Android phone—and vice versa.

There’s also Evernote’s image recognition, which automatically recognizes text contained within snapshots—this is great for everything from business cards to wine labels to whiteboards.

Different views

When viewing your notes, Evernote for Android lets you choose between a fancy thumbnail view or a simpler list view. If you’re on a speedy network, then opt for the thumbnail view. If you’re on a slower network, or one that charges based on data use, you can go with the slimmed-down list view. Your choice.

Check the menu

To maximize the amount of visible space, we placed a bunch of functionality into the Android menu. Click your phone’s Menu button, and you’ll be able to browse notes, set location awareness, view Saved Searches, and more.

Where you at?

Evernote for Android captures your location whenever you create a note. It then lets you find that note by proximity to your current location. To activate this feature, go to the Settings menu and make sure that the location settings are enabled. Once a connection is made, the “Notes Near Location” option will appear in the main Evernote menu.

And much more…

This is only the beginning. We have big plans for Android in 2010, so stay tuned.

We also want to give a special thanks to all of the people that helped us iron out the kinks during the beta period. You rock!

Speaking of which, if you were a Beta tester, then you need to uninstall Evernote and reinstall it from the Market.

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