Matthew Sweet’s Weblog

I’ve been researching Content Filtering technologies for our church network.
Basically content filtering monitors any incoming webpages and filters them according to their content. It filters porn and any other content that may be inappropriate for minors and team members here at church.
ContentKeeper Technologies: Internet Content Filtering Solutions
Content Keeper looks like a pretty good solution. [...]

Hi, Things are going amazing at Generation Church on the Gold Coast. I am totally loving it. There are challenges around every corner. Visit www.generationchurch.com.au to see the amazing growth we are experiencing. God is so good.

UPDATED! I have recently updated this page to also include information about obtaining an Australian Student Visa, accommodation options and course costs.
The one type of email that comes through from this website the most is from people asking about Hillsong College! I thought it would be easiest, to answer all your questions in a weblog [...]

I have a theory,
Ever since the inception of TV, television has had a big impact on Church attendance. TV is an essentially static medium as far as time goes, essentially, you are bound to watching a program when it airs, rather than picking and chosing when to watch a show based on your schedule. I [...]

Well, we have finally got our church services recorded straight to computer. This is a great development as I can now hand Ps Ian a CD of Andrew or Vanessa’s message straight after the service. We can then fullfil orders very quickly by copying that master CD to other CD’s during the week, ready for [...]

Hey if there are any fellow Hillsong weblog writers, let me and susan know about it and we will let you know when we are going to meet. Probably an informal get together somewhere in Sydney! Its a real opportunity to get together with like minded people who use technology to advance the Kingdom of [...]

All I can say is… WOW!
Conference has been outstanding this year, 22,000 delegates converging on olympic park, Sydney for four days of incredible teaching and worship!
And the best is yet to come!

The last week has been an awesome week for me in terms of involvement with the Cells department at church. I have been thinking really hard about how to get new cell leaders established more quickly and people joining their groups.
I think that getting cell leaders into our welcome lounge and maning the cells desk [...]