What does the blog say about St. Mark?

Several weeks ago, someone asked what my vision is for the St. Mark Blog. In addition to serving our congregation, I want someone to go to the blog, look at the posts and determine who we are.  Many years ago, I attended a workshop in which someone said, “When you walk through the door of your building, what do you see? Visitors are going to walk in, look around and determine what kind of community this is.”  Look at the blog post titled "What do you see?" to see the St. Mark Presbyterian Church physical building a visitor might see.   Does this represent who the St. Mark community is?

The blog and website are virtual looks through the front door of St. Mark.  I have always considered St. Mark a balance of mission, worship, fellowship, study which has always been open to various points of view---a safe place.  That’s what I want our blog to be---a safe place with many contributors who feel free to share God’s word.  Although many churches have a blog which is totally written by pastoral staff, I see ours as more of a reflection of the people of St. Mark Presbyterian Church not just one person’s vision.  Click here for someone else's discussion of Social Media and Church Leadership.

See the list of topics on the right?

Click here if you are viewing this from an e-mail subscription.  Look to the right at all of the topics we have explored the past two years.  Do you think this reflects who we are?  Is there any area we need to explore more?  Leave a comment below or talk to a member of the Communications Committee to let us know how we could expand on this.

I want this blog to reach out to not just our community but the world.  Through the magic of the internet and Google, we have reached out to every major country of the world with individuals from the former Eastern European countries being active daily.  Look at the screenshot below to see where our readers are from.  While we love being so visible to the world, we also need to be careful as to how much information we have shared and what the world sees of our church.

Here is another person's vision of what a blog should be http://mashable.com/2014/02/18/blog-food-groups/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link.  What "food group" do we need more of?