News From the Clows

Category: Ministry

  • Use Words if Necessary

    “Preach the gospel; use words if necessary”  Francis of Assisi apparently said something like this. But what does that mean?  Are we off the hook as Christians to GO and make disciples of all the nations? Can we just live quietly by ourselves and expect people to come to us? I don’t think so.  Francis…

  • 26 Ministry Sites Created

    David, Karin, and myself have been helping staff in our ministry build personal ministry websites using the GCX tool. So far, since January, we have helped 36 people, and 26 of them have finished their sites. Websites are never really finished, but the new website owners made them public and told their friends. Pictured are…

  • Helping our Missionaries Communicate

    My team, the GCX Advisors, wants to help our missionaries communicate better with their donors using our Global ConneXion (GCX) tool. If a donor can understand what his missionary is doing, the donor will be more likely to continue investing in the missionary. In 2013 we will be focusing on building effective missionary websites by…

  • Welcome Stefan our new Leader

    We are excited to introduce Stefan Dell as the next leader of the Global Technology Office (GTO). Stefan, a citizen of South Africa, has been leading operations teams in Africa for many years. He brings a wealth of experience of working with our staff serving in other countries. Stefan (with his wife Marie and their…

  • Who is the Global Technology Office?

    I serve in the Global Technology Office (GTO). We are a ministry under the big ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI). Our focus is to help build technology capability around the world so that everyone can know someone who truly follows Jesus. We help ministry teams find ways to be more effective with…

  • Sabbatical thoughts

    I’m roughly halfway through the Sabbatical. It has been really nice to be free from everyday work/ministry responsibilities for two weeks. The 2 weddings and marriage conference were very good. It has been a challenge for me to rest and reflect; I want to check things off a list as they are completed. One reason…

  • Helping with Webinar

    Today the team of GCX Advisors (David H, Karin, and myself) held a webinar on how to add a domain name to your GCX community. For this site I recently added http://www.clowfam.org over the old name of gcx.org/ClowMinistry. Here is the link to our gcxblog site. Today’s webinar has been posted to YouTube with this…

  • Wash the Elephant

    I am not very expressive when I speak. This week our team had training from Millie, Dan, and Lindsay on how to speak more effectively. They are communication trainers with Keynote. For practice, I got to demonstrate “washing an elephant” in front of a live audience. Pretty sure the audience had more fun than I…

  • Tropical Storm Isaac Missed Us

    My favorite site this time of year is the National Hurricane Center. I have been accessing it several times a day for the last 3-4 days to check the “cone”. Last week we were in the path of the hurricane, but not now. We are getting rain and possible tornadoes, but do not expect any…