Category Archives: Church Websites

16

Jun. ’13

Affordable Websites for Churches

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16

Mar. ’13

Woodstock Chimes Gregorian Alto Windchime

Woodstock Chimes Gregorian Alto Windchime

  • This classic-style wind chime, tuned to a medieval scale commonly used in gregorian chant, sounds uplifting, exceptionally rich, and melodious
  • 8 Silver-colored aluminum tubes; cherry wood top, clapper and wind catcher; durable, braided nylon cord
  • One of a series of 5 precision-tuned wind chimes to enjoy together as a set or individually, this alto chime is middle voice in the gregorian series
  • Other wind chimes in the gregorian series are the little gregorian, gregorian soprano, gregorian tenor, and gregorian baritone
  • Measures 27.5-inches overall length; 21-inches from the top wooden piece to the bottom of the wind catcher; longest tube is 13.5-inches

Immerse yourself in the peaceful patterns of Gregorian chant with this classic-style windchime. Tuned to a medieval scale, it echoes the vocal music of the gothic era sung to accompany meditation in the churches of Europe since the late 8th century. The sound produced by the 8 precision-tuned tubes is soothing, uplifting, and incredibly rich. One of a series of 5 differently sized windchimes tuned to the same scale, the Gregorian Alto Chime harmonizes beautifully with the other Gregorian Chimes. Imagine the sound of all 5 Gregorian Chimes hung outdoors and sounding together with their rich melodies.

Woodstock Chimes are the original, musically-tuned, high-quality windchimes known worldwide for their superior sound. When listening to a Woodstock Chime, you hear a fine musical instrument played by the wind, perfectly hand-tuned using the ancient system of “just intonation” based on natural harmonics. This means the frequencies at which the different tubes vibrate are related to one another by simple whole-number ratios. Tones that are related in this way produce the most beautiful musical intervals. The sonic effect is exceptionally pure and soothing.

More than 30 years ago, the first Woodstock Chime was created by founder and owner Garry Kvistad from an aluminum lawn chair he found in a landfill. As a professional musician and instrument designer, he was fascinated by the Scales of Olympos, a 7th century pentatonic scale that can’t be played on a modern piano. Garry had the idea to cut and tune the lawn chair tubes to the exact frequency of the ancient scale. The resulting Chimes of Olympos was the first Woodstock Chime and is still one of our bestselling windchimes. Garry and his wife Diane founded Woodstock Percussion, Inc. in 1979 and it remains a family-owned business in New York’s Hudson Valley.The sounds of nature are sweet, but the music of chirping birds, chattering squirrels, and rustling leaves is even sweeter when accompanied by Woodstock’s Gregorian alto computer-tuned wind chimes. These silver chimes play medieval alto notes inspired by the Gregorian chants of Europe. Company founder Garry Kvistad has developed an advanced method of tuning used on every Woodstock chime: each tube is analyzed digitally with a microphone under the tube measuring the frequency, and cutters are instructed to remove just the right amount of material to produce the most precise tuning possible. The result is a purer, more harmonious sound. All Woodstock wind chimes are from nonendangered hardwoods treated to endure season after season of outdoor use. Woodstock prides itself on being a socially responsible company, explaining that “through the sale of our chimes we proudly support the arts, as well as many environmental and humanitarian causes.” Add a hint of Gregorian mystery to your yard or garden while contributing to the harmony of the earth. –Ariel Meadow Stallings

List Price: $ 62.65

Price: $ 35.19

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13

Mar. ’13

Serif WebPlus X6

Serif WebPlus X6

  • Customize and create your own stylish website with no coding
  • Build sites optimized for smartphones, tablets, desktops, and laptops
  • Sell products online with trusted e-commerce providers
  • Drag and drop buttons, logos and more onto your pages
  • Add Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as other social media sharing buttons

Easily create professional-quality websites for your business, club, hobby – anything. WebPlus X6 is the all-in-one website designer that combines drag-and-drop simplicity with flexible tools so you can quickly customise stylish templates or create completely unique sites – no technical expertise required.Add your own content, integrate social networks, use interactive gadgets and make money with e-commerce. Use built-in features like forms and polls to engage your visitors, and easily create mobile sites or a mobile version of an existing site. WebPlus X6 has everything you need to succeed, including automated site checking, search engine optimisation, and analytics.

Serif WebPlus X6

Professional Quality Websites Made Easy

WebPlus X6 is the quick and easy way for businesses, clubs – anyone – to create and publish eye-catching desktop and mobile sites, without having to use any code. Whether using stylish templates or designing from scratch, WebPlus X6 lets regular computer users add advanced features to unique sites with drag-and-drop simplicity.

It’s ideal for creating pages optimized for any device, and has all the power and flexibility you need to make a professional website. If you need a website, but don’t want the expense and hassle of hiring a web designer, use WebPlus X6 and find out how easy it is to create something you’ll be proud of.

Website Design Software That Helps You:
  • Customize and create your own stylish website with no coding
  • Build sites optimized for smartphones, tablets, desktops, and laptops
  • Sell products online with trusted e-commerce providers
  • Drag and drop buttons, logos, and more onto your pages
  • Add Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as other social media sharing buttons
  • Edit photos, create logos and color schemes, design backgrounds, and more
  • Create as many unique sites as you want, with no limits on pages or features

Stylish Websites with No Need for HTML

The simplicity of a template editor and the power of a web design suite

WebPlus X6 makes it easy for you to create your own website, even if you’ve never made one before. You don’t need to know how to write code or do anything technical.

Simply drag and drop pre-designed objects like buttons, navigation bars, logos, photo galleries, banners, backgrounds, and more onto your page where you want them. To complete your site, just add your own text and pictures.

The whole process is intuitive and, if you’ve used other office software, you’ll quickly become familiar with WebPlus X6. Your visitors will never know if you’re a total beginner.

Ready-made sites

The templates and themed layouts in WebPlus X6 are professionally designed, so you know your site will look great from the start. They are easy to customize and there’s an endless range of color schemes so you can use them to create any type of website.

Simply open a template, add your own text and images, and then upload it to the web. Of course, you can always customize the template to suit your needs or start with a blank page and design a completely unique site.

Making a professional website has never been this easy.

Preview and publish with ease

Once you’ve finished designing your site, the automated Site Checker scans and either fixes or alerts you to potential problems so you can make the best site possible.

When you’re ready, preview your fully-functioning site in any browser to make sure you are happy, then upload your site to any host, or use Serif’s easy web hosting.

One-click publishing makes the process easy and means any changes you make can be live almost instantly. Publish all your files securely in one go, or just the most recently made changes.

Everything you need in one package

Unlike other website designers, WebPlus X6 simply has everything you need to create a professional website. There’s no need to buy or learn other programs.

Create an unlimited number of sites and pages full of anything you like. There’s built-in photo editing, help whenever you need it, and tools for designing logos, buttons, navigation bars, and banners. You can always use the pre-made ones too.

With WebPlus’ full suite of design tools, easy publishing, easy hosting, and site management, you really don’t need anything else to create a website and get it live online.

Professional Websites with Powerful Features

Design for smartphones, tablets, and desktops

Browsing on mobile devices like smartphones and iPads is really popular. With WebPlus X6, you can design your full-size website at the same time as a version optimized for mobile browsing – and add automatic redirection based on device type or screen size.

There are attractive matching templates for both types of sites, but they’re easy to design from scratch to suit any need. Mobile-friendly buttons and graphics are included to optimize pages for mobile browsing, and the sliding banners and photo galleries work beautifully on desktop computers, Android devices, iPads, and iPhones.

Engage visitors with cool gadgets

Keep your visitors coming back to look at fresh content like videos, news feeds, polls, and more. Just drag and drop the gadgets you want onto your site, no expertise required.

Display Facebook and Twitter feeds, complete with Like/Follow/+1 and other link sharing buttons, stream YouTube and other videos, add podcasts, blog, and make changes from any internet-connected device.

We’ve made it all really easy to do with no programming or complicated set up.

Secure e-commerce made easy

Online shopping is massive and still growing, and WebPlus X6 makes it easy for you to take card payments on your website. We’ve teamed up with trusted shopping cart providers like PayPal, or you can add your own preferred cart, so you know online shopping will work smoothly and your customers will know their details are secure.

It’s a cinch to set up a store on your website: a wizard takes you step-by-step through everything you need to do. Add as many items as you like, give your store a popup cart, even include color, size, and other product options. You could be selling your products and services worldwide in minutes.

Great tools for businesses and communities

Make sure your customers can find you online with the built-in SEO (search engine optimization) features, then make sure they can find you in real life by adding a Google Map to your site.

Comprehensive analytics help you understand visitors’ behavior so you can tweak your site to be more effective, while AdSense provides targeted ads that can be placed on any page and earn you money.

Create online forms with free data forwarding to your own e-mail address, take online bookings via an interactive calendar, and add a password-protected area – all without coding!

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WebPlus X6 System Specs

Minimum requirements
  • Pentium-class or compatible PC with DVD drive and mouse
  • Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, or XP (32-bit) operating system
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 434 MB free hard disk space
  • 1024×768 display resolution with 16-bit color depth or higher
Optional
  • Windows-compatible printer, scanner and digital camera
  • Microsoft .NET 2.0 software (included for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org Writer document import)
  • Internet account and connection required for web publishing and accessing online resources
  • Adobe Flash Player plug-in required for viewing online videos
  • Microsoft ‘Windows Imaging Component’ required in Windows XP

Note: Use of large system fonts may require a higher resolution display. Additional disk resources and memory are required when editing large and/or complex websites.

List Price: $ 99.99

Price: $ 59.99

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11

Mar. ’13

Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)

Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)

Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help—not sabotage—those whom they desire to serve. Lupton, the founder of FCS Urban Ministries (Focused Community Strategies) in Atlanta, the voice of the Urban Perspectives newsletter, and the author of Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life, has been at the forefront of urban ministry activism for forty years. Now, in the vein of Jeffrey Sachs’s The End of Poverty, Richard Stearns’s The Hole in Our Gospel, and Gregory Boyle’s Tattoos on the Heart, his groundbreaking Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting, real-world change.

List Price: $ 14.99

Price: $ 6.19

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