Google Basics for Churches

Google is search.

Churches speak of eternal destinations.

Is this a match made in heaven? Not really. But I do think that any organization that accepts the Great Commission to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ has a responsibility to do an excellent job getting THE WORD out there.  Lets cover some of the basics…

Google.com

Do no evil. http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html

Get a Google Account

https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount

A google account, is basically a gmail (email) account that unlocks the door to Google’s services “in the cloud” (online, not on your computer).  The big strokes here, once you are in the club are:

• Gmail – http://mail.google.com/ Complete with online  …
  • Calendars: http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/about.html
  • Documents:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA (Breaking News: This Just In! DocVerse)
  • Forms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzgaUOW6GIs
  • Tasks: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/tasks/
  • Contacts: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12867
  • Buzz.
• Photos – http://picasa.google.com
• Photo Editing – http://www.picnik.com/
• Reader – http://www.google.com/reader
• Maps – http://www.google.com/maps
• YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/
• Earth – http://www.google.com/maps
• Google Voice – http://google.com/voice

Staff Productivity: Google Apps

http://google.com/a

While the majority of these fall cleanly in the “personal productivity” column, there is a professional side to Google: Google Apps.