Uniting Church Facebook Pages

Written by Duncan on March 19, 2010 – 11:18 am -

I’ve just been asked for some advice on setting up a Facebook presence for a group of Uniting Church congregations.

“…Surely there is a simplier way for luddites like me… Facebook? A Blog? Both. Since I have been on facebook I have become much more cyber aware and am gaining a lot from blogs and the various posts and comments. If our congregations are to communicate appropriately in the living spaces of modern homes we need to do something (and reasonably quickly). I suspect if I persist with setting up a web site it will take weeks if not months but a Facebook page is almost immediate and a blog maybe only days…”

Terrigal Uniting Church Facebook page
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Duncan MacleodPostkiwi Duncan Macleod posts on life, faith and culture in Australia, drawing from his involvement in the creative industry, the Uniting Church, the blogosphere, generational research, the emerging church and life on the Gold Coast. Duncan is the editor of The Inspiration Room, a site showcasing advertising, design and other work produced by the global creative community.

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