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Agile Ministry – Weekly Video Pick: Set Me Free

Jason Powell – VMware to release ESX3i for Free!

Protocol-level DNS Flaw via Techdirt.  Make sure your DNS servers are patched (if you are using your ISP’s DNS servers, don’t just assume that you are ok).  For a safe option, use OpenDNS or DNSResolvers.com

TechCrunch – Zimbra Releases Version 3 Of Open Source Email Client, And It’s Awesome

Looking for graphics, audio or visual resources to spice up your next series?  This is my current list of sites that provide materials for ministry, some free and some may cost a bit.  Let me know of any sites that I have I missed in the comments.

• AngelHouse Media
• Big Puddle Films
• BluefishTV.com 
• Church Media Community
• Church Media Design TV
• CreativeMYK.com
• Creative Pastors
• GoodSalt
• Highway Video
• ImageVine
• MediaThatMinisters.com
• Midnight Oil Productions
• Muddy River Media
• NewSpring Ministries
• North Point Resources
• Northside Christian Church Creative Resources  
• Open | LifeChurch.tv
• Outreach
• Saddleback Resources
• ScreenVue
• Seacoast All Access
• SermonSpice.com
• SermonView
• Simply Youth Ministry
• The Church Box
• The Source
• Willow Creek Association
• WingClips
• WiredChurches.com
• Worship House Media 
• Worship Films
• Worship Photos
• WorshipScapes
• Vine Resources
• Visual Reality

We were on the road for a couple of weeks so I wanted to make sure we had our bases covered when it came to tech gear. Some of the churches we visited are savvy and have everything we could need, others not so much. This is what I ended up taking along:

• Canon VIXIA HF100 HD Camcorder w/directional mic – for recording our adventure.
• Bogen 785 Tripod
• Fender P-10 Passport Portable Sound System – We use the mic for larger meetings and hook it up to the laptop for showing videos.
• Our trusty Canon SD300 Camera
• Olympus WAS-331M Digital Voice Recorder
• Toshiba TDP-S25U SVGA 1800 Lumen DLP Projector
• Canopus ADVC110 Converter – Analog audio/video conversion to FireWire.
• HP 8510W w/Pinnacle Studio Ultimate installed for video editing.
• IBM ThinkPad T42 – For general group use.
• WD Passport HD – for offloading pictures, audio and video.
• HTC Touch with USB Tether for mobile (EVDO) Internet.
• APC Power Inverter – for 110v power on the road.
• Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 – for live streaming and video conferencing.
• IPEVO Skype Phone – Easy to use, portable, high quality alternative to the earphones/mic option.
• Apple Airport Express – portable wireless access point for sharing that single wired connection in hotels. Also handy for transporting audio to a distant sound system.
• Various Ethernet switches and cat5e cables.
• Magellan Crossover GPS – Navigation for both the US & Canada. Wanted the Dash Express GPS but it wasn’t in the budget (we already owned the Magellan) and it doesn’t support Canada yet.
• E-ZPass – Electronic tolls are a huge time saver.
• Google Video and a WordPress.com Blog

Just started on a three week tour of Coptic churches throughout the Northeast, Canada and possibly California.  Our hope is to be able to learn how the various churches are using their gifts to do ministry and to share with them what we have learned from our churches and along the tour.  I’ll be traveling with my wife, a group from London and a few others from the various places in the US.  We are blogging at copticlearnshare.wordpress.com.  We are already off to a great start, please keep us in your prayers.