I guess most of you would have realised that the tribe blog has been inactive for quite a while. It has been a pretty busy period for me and keeping up with the posts has been exceptionally trying these 2 months. Sometimes, I wish that there was a machine that could automatically translate my thoughts and reflections onto digital content on the blog. That would be a really useful invention!
Until that happens, I would like to make a call for those of you who are interested to come and assist me on the blog team. Intuitive design, content and regular posts make up the most important parts of a good blog, so if you have a passion and experience in web design, can write well, or are able to help me coordinate postings, do leave your name and G12/ open cell leader's name in the comments section and I will contact you directly!
In the meanwhile, look forward to fresh posts coming up soon!
Joshua
Molmam Blog Moderator
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Calling for Molmam Bloggers!
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Blog Maintenance
Some of you might have noticed that the blog banner and flash panel has sort of disappeared. Apparently, it was something to do with the server that the files are on. Please be patient as I try to get it up again. :) *Update: As you can see, we are back online!
Joshua Teo
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Blog Update - Beefing Up
Some of you would have noticed that while we were in the midst of transiting to the new blog layout, the address for the actual blog was http://molmam2.blogspot.com.
I had used http://molmam.blogspot.com to put up the flash intro to the new blog. Since we are almost a month into the new blog already, I have taken down the flash intro and changed the URLs so that typing in http://molmam.blogspot.com will get you to our main blog page as per normal. (If all these don't make sense to you, it probably doesn't affect you.)
I am in the process of moving over some of the old posts from the previous blog. It is a rather tedious process and there are other more pertinent and urgent matters that require my time and effort. I promise you I will do so by Jan 2008. Ha ha.
As you can see too, our resource area (the grey box right at the bottom of the blog) is a little difficult to get to. I will be adding a link near the blog banner shortly. The resource area should also be beefed up in the coming weeks to include book reviews and ice breakers. I am also toying around with the idea of a section on Education in the longer term, since this is very much on the heart of pastor. This could be a section that includes materials and resources on how we can move towards Biblical education. It is certainly an area that is new to most of us and I think providing some useful materials would help in us growing in this area.
Joshua Teo
Tribe Blog Manager
Friday, September 29, 2006
Blog userbility and functionality update
Molmam.blogspot.com has been in existence for just over 7 months now! Since its inception till today, we have seen it change from just a place to post tribe events pictures to a mini-portal where we can get in touch with family by being encouraged by the various testimonies we here about each other's lives. It has also become a platform where for us to encourage and affirm each other through our Christian walk.
So far, we now have a consistent hit rate of 350-400 hits per week. I think that is quite incredible considering we started out with almost no knowledge on creating a blog! So give yoruself a pat on the back, all those of you who have helped in one way or another to get us here today. Molmam.blogspot.com is constantly undergoing refinement and upgrading as we learn more about how to put technology to good use for us in building the Kingdom of God. As of today, we have set up a tribe photo archive on Flickr, we have a Upcoming Events listing, Pastor's reflections, reflections and teachings from important tribe events, a Song Showcase, a banner that constantly updates to reflect the season of our tribe and just added yesterday, a Podcast feed to our weekly sermon and a live link to the Updated Events listing (clicking on each event brings you to the event details on the youthnetadmin blog).
We are in the midst of working on molmam.blogspot.com ver2 and hope to launch in about 3 week's time. The new blog will be based on Blogger beta and have a more organised template so that you can access what you want easier, a more consistent blog banner yet keeping the changeable one (I have this idea of finally compiling all into a book which will then become a pictorial reflection of the seasons God has brought us through as a tribe.
The new blog will also allow you to access past posts easily as all posts will be categorised into different labels. So, for example, if you click on Pastor's Reflections, it will bring you to all of the posts which were on pastor's reflections.
Lastly, the most significant change will be a one stop Resource area where you will be able to access all the materials and tools that would help you in your Christian walk and also in leading your open cell. With this, we will be launching in stages, a section introducing and reviewing christian books on different topics for your spiritual growth, a section for ice-breaker ideas and a section perhaps on interest groups within our tribe (for eg, photography, tennis, jogging, graphic design etc) so that we have more opportunities to get together and bring our friends along too!
In order to get all these going, I will need a bigger team than I already have now. So, I am asking for volunteers who are interested to be part of this exciting project. I am looking for people who like to write, people who are blog savvy, people who have an interest in design, people who like to be filmed and also others who like to film others and people who are full of holy craziness! If you are interested, drop me an email at slj_tribe@yahoo.com.sg. What's in it for you? You get to spend time learning from me (ha ha) and be part of a dynamic team that will seek out technology to further extend the Kingdom of God on this earth! :) Oh yes, and did I say you will be one of the previledged few to learn from me? :)
Finally, we are doing all these for all of YOU. So my team and I would like very much to hear what are some of the feedback you might have in terms of how the blog has been useful for you. What do you think would help make this a better blog for us to link up online as a family? Do you have a wish list? Write it down under the comments page. (click on the title of this blog entry and it will bring you to a page where you can pen down your feedback.)
With that, here's a sneak preview of what to expect!
Joshua Teo
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
HERE WE GO!!!
Welcome to our very own home in the cyberworld! At it's most basic, this will be a place where we update each other on the happenings at tribe level and at individual G12 groups level. It's a place where we share with each other our mini-victories, thanksgivings, the many miracles in our lives, and also our struggles, sorrows, and prayer needs. I hope we will all be encouraged as we connect with each other and see each other grow. Remember, in a family, nobody gets left behind!
Well, everyone has their vision of a dream home with garden, pool and wide screen plasma TV. At it's best, I hope this will also be a place of cutting-edge creativity and a chance for many of you to showcase your talents! Be it poems, songs, drawings, a piece of illustration, a video you filmed, a challenging race you took part in, etc., do share with the rest of us, so we can rejoice together with you too!
As you can see, our cyber home is still rather bare-boned. While I work out a system to ensure responsible and efficient posting, in the meanwhile, if you have something that you want to share on the blog, send it to me at joshuateo.030180@gmail.com with a short description and I will try to make sure it is up within a day.
I am not sure if you feel it, but somehow, I sense that this is ground-breaking. There is an excitement in the air, a deep and thick sense of anticipation that God is up to something here. To borrow from the "Rock".... "Can you SMEEEEEELL what our God is cooking!!!" Take another sniff, breathe in a little deeper. I'm sure you will begin to sense it. I have. :)
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