{"id":195,"date":"2009-11-19T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianmashburn.net\/?p=195"},"modified":"2009-11-19T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T16:02:00","slug":"church-technology-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianmashburn.net\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Church Technology Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"3\"><em><font size=\"1\"><font face=\"Georgia\"><font color=\"#29303b\"><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><em>\u201cSo often I run into a problem here at my church. I end up doing much research and often come up with&#160; a good and\/or unique solution. So I was thinking, if God is going to lead me to these solutions and ideas, I ought to share them.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Craig Mashburn, diligent and creative minister of technology, and my brother<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p>My little brother is a marvel. He was my personal technology minister in Houston, TX for years, helping me <a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_09YibWUlr-c\/SwVsEsa2Y0I\/AAAAAAAAAJc\/oaBWvMHxf4M\/s1600-h\/Picture0198%5B3%5D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Picture0198\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"172\" alt=\"Picture0198\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_09YibWUlr-c\/SwVsFi0EiTI\/AAAAAAAAAJg\/0bZWmphXgBI\/Picture0198_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>accomplish creative ideas in youth ministry that I could have never pulled off without him. <\/p>\n<p>He WAS my personal technology minister until the church I worked for in Houston noticed. Then they high jacked him and put him on staff full time. A wise move on their part. I was the only one against the idea, because then I\u2019d have to share him. <\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, he could handle my whole load and still handle everyone else\u2019s, too. He loves it and is good at it.<\/p>\n<p>When I moved to Amarillo, I was excited to find out that the church here was looking for a techy. My friend Doyle asked, &quot;Do you think Craig would be interested in coming?\u201d My eyes bulged out of my head at the possibility and I said, \u201cI don\u2019t know, but I sure would be interested in his coming!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>I still praise God that a year later, he did. So I\u2019m still close to some family, but also, I still have my personal techy.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you are one or have any <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" height=\"255\" src=\"http:\/\/craigmashburn.com\/churchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/image.png\" width=\"211\" align=\"right\" \/>tech friends, particularly who work at churches, you\u2019ll want to put them onto this blog Craig is starting. Churches offer unique tech problems, and Craig has man-handled a bunch of \u2018em over the years, and thought it quite a waste to not \u201cput them out there\u201d to help others directly or spur on their creative problem solving. <\/p>\n<p>Check it out here:<\/p>\n<p> <a title=\"http:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com&#13;&#10;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\">http:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com   <br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSo often I run into a problem here at my church. I end up doing much research and often come up with&#160; a good and\/or unique solution. 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