Doing some changes to the Grace Baptist Church web site today. Adding a few pictures and one or two minor text changes.
Also got some database design work to do for a Bible College.
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Back to the technical stuff again. Just purchased SQL Server for the web hosting. This is a big move from MS Access. This site is acting as the test site. I’ve just changed the connections and recordsets over for the new and edit pages. Now to see if it works.
OK, so it does work! :-). And it edits too – perfect 😉
So, now I can do SQL databases as well as MS Access.
Time for some proper thoughts on this site:
What’s church all about? What’s the purpose of going through the weekly ritual? Is it not solely for the purpose of pleasing the God who we claim to worship? If not, then we might as well craft our Sunday services to please ourselves: some nice upbeat music, something simple for the children and a sermon that encourages without demanding any response.
But, if church is solely to please almighty God and to do service to Him then all we do is not to be judged by what pleases us, but by what we believe will be acceptable in His sight. The Psalmist in Psalm 19 prays this prayer: “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer.” Can we honestly pray this as we come together?
Our singing, then must be to honour Him, not to excite our emotions. Our preaching must be preaching that transforms the mind and induces acceptable service – mind reaching heart, which in turn responds to the command with obedience.
The question I ask is simply this: Can you honestly say that this characterises your worship, your church? If not, and if we are truly seeking to please Him, then we must repent of our attitudes and inaction and once more seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness.
On the other hand I could just change the colours on the site a little before heading out for the big night of the year
Last day of the year and all that, one feels that it would be appropriate to spend some significant time reviewing the highs and lows and analysing it all. On the other hand I could just go home and put my feet up until next year…