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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

24/7 Orthodox Christianity Chat Room

Stealing a page from #citrt (Church IT Round Table) playbook, I setup a 24/7 chat room we can use to discuss Orthodox Christianity and any other related topics.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=orthodox
#orthodox on freenode
IRC Primer
I use xchat on Windows and Linux as an IRC client…
Login and we will go from there.

2 Comments » - Posted in Orthodoxy by Andrew Mitry

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Helping Haiti

After the worst earthquake in a long time, Haiti needs your prayers first and foremost.  If you would like to support organization that do work there, here is few good places to start learning about them.

Consumer Reports Money Blog – Haitian earthquake relief: What to know before you donate
Good Intentions Are Not Enough – The [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in Christianity by Andrew Mitry

Friday, January 15th, 2010

2010 StMarkDC Graduate Passion Retreat

I am sure most of my Coptic Orthodox Readers have heard about the StMarkDC Graduate Passion Retreat, but for the rest of you who haven’t this is not the event to miss!  The winning entry to the video contest says it all…

 
The retreat is from February 19-21, 2010 and will be held at Sandy Cove [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in Retreats by Andrew Mitry

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Drupal F1 Integration Module Now Accepting Funding

From the Drupal/F1 project page…
This project’s goal is to create a solution for integrating Drupal with the Fellowship One Church Management System (ChMS).
Use the chipin widget here to help make this project happen. When the chipin amount is reached, development will begin. The development approach will be incremental, so once the base module is [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in General by Andrew Mitry

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

@kaweem on the Nexus One

Kaweem, a good buddy of mine and extreme gadget aficionado has recorded an awesome 3-part video review of Google’s Nexus One.

 

 

No Comments » - Posted in Google, VoIP/Telecom by Andrew Mitry

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Google Finally Supports Push Gmail via ActiveSync

Google announced support for push email for Gmail and Google Apps User today via ActiveSync. The feature is already active and works well. Google now offers a somewhat complete mobile sync solution supporting contacts, calendar and email. Syncing is supported on Windows Mobile, iPhone and S60 platforms, Google Android already supported push Gmail.
Push mail for [...]

Comments Off - Posted in Google by Andrew Mitry

Friday, September 11th, 2009

OrthodoxSermons.org 2.0

I know I am long overdue for an update on what’s been going on with OrthodoxSermons.org, we launched the new site on July 12th.  The team at Mustardseed Media did a wonderful job and we are continuing to work with them for additional features on the site.
One of the features I am most excited [...]

4 Comments » - Posted in AudioVisual, OrthodoxSermons.org, Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Fall Church IT Roundtable is Coming to the DC Metro Area – Oct. 26th

It was decided to not do a national Fall roundtable due to the economy, and the expensive nature of travel in general.  Instead, we are going to make a strong push for some GREAT regional roundtables in the fall. DC is hosting one such round table at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, VA. The cost [...]

3 Comments » - Posted in DC CITRT by Andrew Mitry

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Media for Your Kids

Growing up in today’s culture, our children are inundated with all types of media throughout the day, from tv to radio to print.  A lot of that media is negative or not appropriate for children, some Christians advocate having our kids grow up in a bubble, avoiding media completely.  I think that a more moderate [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in AudioVisual, Children, Christianity by Andrew Mitry

Friday, June 5th, 2009

True Harmony

Let us consider those who serve under our generals and the order, obedience, and submissiveness with witch they perform the things commanded them.  All are not prefects or commanders of a thousand, or of a hundred, or of fifty, or the like, but each one in his own rank performs the things commanded by the [...]

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