Bensalem Baptist Church is Using Twitter!!!

What is Twitter?

Have you ever wanted to know what is going on at Bensalem Baptist in real time? Maybe what is going on this week at the office or when a new sermon has been uploaded. What if you had the opportunity to know what the teens were doing at a youth activity or how Vacation Bible School was going? Well, through the ever growing popularity of the digital age, you can! The internet has allowed for fast communication like no other time in history; and recently, technology has developed resources that allow communication to happen in real time. So when Pastor Love has a special prayer request, or the teens get back early from an activity, you can know instantly.

That is where "Twitter comes in. Twitter is an online, texting program that allows you to follow the church's "tweets." What's a "tweet?" It is simply a "micro-blog" (140 character sentence) that gives you brief information about a topic. We believe this will be a fun yet helpful resource in spreading the word about Bensalem Baptist Church.

How Do We Use Twitter?

Bensalem Baptist has always desired to make use of technology that God has given us. Twitter is a form of technology that we believe God could use to connect people to the church and with each other. Here are just a few ways that we intend to use Twitter.

• Each week a verse or devotional thought will be sent out from the pastoral staff.
• We will send out the latest news about upcoming events at Bensalem.
• Prayer requests can be shared as well as pertinent information from our missionaries.
• Real time information on certain church activities will be made available.

How to I Sign Up?

Phone:To get updates on your phone just text, to the number 40404, the words "follow" and the username of the church "bbctoday." (the period isn't part of the username) You'll receive a text from Twitter asking for a username and it's done. You are set up. You'll now be sent updates to your phone via text message.

Desktop:There are a number of free software programs for your computer such as Tweetdeck and Twhirl that you can use to follow Harvest on your desktop. Many people, however, follow updates from the twitter website. They simply bookmark their page and check daily. Go to Twitter.com and click the "Get Started" box. Follow the directons and you'll be ready to go. Once you're set up, type "follow harvestbc" in the "What are you doing?" box, and you'll begin receiving updates from Harvest Baptist Church.

Mobile Device:For those of you with smart phones such as an iPhone or a Blackberry, Twitter is even easier and more enjoyable. The best applications for the iPhone are Twitterific and Twitterfon, which you can get through the "App Store." One of the better Blackberry applications is Twitterberry.

We hope you willfollow Bensalem Baptist on Twitter