by Kyle Grindley
Much like Robin Hood and his merry men, the LBC web team is a loosely organized group of ragtag folks joined for a common goal. However, rather than the illegal redistribution of wealth, our goal is the redistribution of knowledge, specifically knowledge of what is going on at LBC. We take information from those ministry leaders who have a wealth of knowledge and freely give it to those congregants who lack it.
While Robin Hood was motivated by altruism and an apatite for adventure, we want to see Christ’s church grow. The web site was designed to be a tool for helping LBC accomplish its MVP. This idea should permeate every feature of the site. The calendar’s purpose helping ministry leaders coordinate with members of their ministries. The mailing list is in place to make it easier for the pastors to communicate to the congregation. Ministry lists help LBCers find somewhere to involve themselves. The member directory allows people to easily contact one another so that they can love and serve one another. There are also many people who have found our church because of the web site, so the information should to reflect what is going on so like minded Christians and those curious about Jesus can find us.
Also, like Robin Hood’s band we like to skulk around behind the scenes; they in Sherwood Forest, we just kind of blend in around LBC. If you are wondering who is named among the merry band at LBC, you’ve come to the right paragraph. Have you ever downloaded a sermon from the media section? Well, Terence Kim was a major part of its design and Paul Chen diligently ensures the latest sermons are up. Have you ever checked the announcements page? You have Kim Phan to thank for that up-to-date list. Collegians, next time you see Michael Kwon say thanks because he maintains the College Life site. Sinlges, Ryan McAdams designed the bulk of the Single Life site (and coined “We’re LBC! And we’re single!”). If you have been enjoying the members directory you can thank Peter Lim as he wrote most of the code for that. Steven Preslar also helped in the early stages of the member directory development. Dan Baker designed a new look that we hope to roll out this year and worked on the Beacon 3.0 along with Stephen Rodgers. Kevin Chan, Stephanie Cheng, Harold Kim & John Mark Wendler are newer members of the web team and are all excited to help out.
Some of the features we are hoping to add in 2010 are:
- Members section improvements including adding pictures the the directory.
- A new layout for the main site that will showcase the newest sermons and Beacon articles.
- Mailing list improvements
- A bunch of behind the scenes changes that you probably won’t notice, but trust me, they will be sweet.
We hope that you have found the web site helpful in some regard as you work to build up the church. We are always looking for ways to improve the site and find new features that would be helpful. Since no one knows what the ministries could use better than those involved in the ministries that puts you in a unique position to help us. If there is something that might help your ministry please let us know, we would love to give it a try. Also, as the ragtag bunch we are, sometimes things don’t work the way we expect; servers go down, bugs are missed all sorts of problems arise. If you come across a problem please tell us right away; chances are we don’t know about it yet. You can send any ideas, questions comments, problem reports to web@lighthousebc.com. You can also help us by praying that we would use our time and resources in a way that furthers the MVP.