What's New!

The following article appeared in the November issue of the Wheatland Parish newsletter.

            I wrote earlier in this newsletter about how things are going to change, and how we need to be willing to make changes rather than having them made for us.  There are a couple of good changes that have been made within our parish since the last newsletter.

            First, our parish has a facebook page!  Just go to facebook.com/wheatlandparish.  You’ll find a lot of interesting things there.  You’ll find a thought for the day, a scripture of the day, and a music video of the day.  You’ll find links to the pastor’s blog.  You’ll find links to current articles about faith.  You’ll find announcements, birthdays, and anniversaries.  You can also write things on the facebook page:  questions, comments, insights, whatever you have.  It’s easy to do, and it’s free!

            Remember, when you go to the parish facebook page, to click on the “like” button.  That way, you won’t have to go to the parish page every time, unless you want to.  Anything posted on the parish page will appear in your regular news feed.

            Second, we now have video of our sermons!  The video is taken in Onida and is available on youtube.com.  An easier way to find it, though, is to go to the facebook page I talked about above, because we’ll put a link there.  Again, if you’ve “liked” our parish page, the link will show up in your news feed.  Now, if you can’t be in church, you can still see the Sunday sermon!  If you know someone else who can’t be in church, you can send the link to them so they can see it, too.

            None of this is meant to take the place of the communication methods we already have.  We will continue to publish the newsletter, we will continue to have announcements in the bulletin, and we will continue to discuss announcements in church.  We do not want anyone to feel left out.  The fact is, though, that we can do things through the facebook page that we cannot do in other ways.  Therefore, if you choose not to go to that page, you are going to miss out on some things.

            Technology is neither good nor bad.  Technology just is.  What makes it good or bad is the way we use it.  We’re working hard to try to use it for good, so that this parish can reach even more people and make even more disciples of Jesus Christ.