Matthew Sweet’s Weblog

Not that I’m big on titles or positions, but Ps Andrew and Vanessa have appointed me Tech Pastor @ Generation Church! So I’ll be starting fulltime in two weeks! I’m so excited to be on fulltime at church and so soon. If you had told me that I would be in fulltime ministry a year [...]

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 [...]

I was just reading about Anthony LaVey’s son Jess, who rebelled against his father and the “Church of Satan” to become a Christian as a teeneager.
I can just picture him now in the school yard, down behind the toilet block….
“hey Jess, you got some of the good stuff?”
“Yeah Johnny, I got something here you need [...]

I just realised that in order for the “God” category to appear, I need to actually post to it….
Did I mention I love God?

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!