Now that I am leading the College age Ministry, at Liberty Heights Church, I have been encouraged to start my very own Facebook page. Apparently, everyone who is anyone has a Facebook page. And now, that includes me.
Facebook is a great tool to reconnect with people you haven't talked to in years, as well as keeping up with the goings on of people that we do see frequently, but had no idea what their day to day life was like. Facebook is also a great tool to communicate things to large groups of people very quickly. That is my main hope for use with our College Ministry.
For those of you that haven't used it, Facebook allows two users to declare themselves "friends". So, when you first start using Facebook, you, kind of, feel like the kid sitting alone at the lunch table. You see everyone else with lots of "friends", but you don't have any. Slowly, but surely, people you know start "friending" you. I have to admit, it was a pretty good feeling to pass the 100 friend mark. Of course, I then took a look at some of the members of our College ministry and see that a few have well over 700 "friends". That puts me back in my place.
So, if you haven't signed up for Facebook, you should. It is pretty cool. Besides, I could always use another "friend".
About Me
- Scott Burggraf
- I am the husband of a wonderful wife, Sarah, and the extremely proud dad of Selleck and Slade. I am currently the volunteer College Ministry leader at Liberty Heights Church, in Liberty Township, Ohio.
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3 comments:
Another Facebook advocate. At least you have a good reason--connecting with the college class. I'm not usually one to jump on the bandwagon, just because everyone is doing it, and I have been a deliberate rebel about Facebook. It's enough for me to answer email,and have access to the world by landline and cell phone. I do enjoy keeping up with a few people by twitter and may have to consider Facebook for reasons other than joining the "crowd" which doesn't appeal to me.
Okay, Scott. I did it; I'm in. After reading your blog, I received an invitation. It was a weak moment; things were slow in the office, and I caved. However, adding lots of names is not my motive. My Facebook may be a family exclusive.
Do you know how much power you have? Susie and I have been trying to get Mim to get on facebook for a while. Now...she won't even be our "friend." Oh well...she's one step closer to being sucked into cyberspace kicking and screaming. Thanks for the help. bwa ha ha :)
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