I have been working on a series of Church related projects using Google's API tools and other programs. These projects aren't fancy or polished, they are examples of the types of Internet elements which the church can easily use. For the most part these projects aren't polished or guaranteed accurate; they are concepts and ideas.
- Google Calendar:
- Minor Commemoration and Festival Calendar (add calendar) - A Calendar of Minor Commemorations and Festivals compiled from the Evangelical Lutheran Church's website.
- Major Holyday Calendar (add calendar)- A Calendar of major Holydays and Sundays compiled from the Evangelical Lutheran Church's website. This calendar covers 2006 because the Holydays are effected by the date of Easter. In the future I plan on updating this for future use and adding notes which include the scripture readings for that Sunday.
- Google Maps -
- Church History Map (view) - I have shared this project before; it is a map of major events in the lives of Martin Luther, John Wesley, St. Augustine and John Calvin.
- Google Personalized Homepage Modules
- Martin Luther Random Quote Module (add to Google) - This module displays a random Martin Luther quote on each visit to your Personalized Google Homepage. I would eventually like to add quotes for other locations including the Bible, the Early Church Fathers and other influential theologians.
- John Wesley Journal Module (concept) - This module is designed to display an abridged entry from John Wesley's personal journal from that day. This module is going to remain in the development stage indefinitely because I do not have a SQL server to run the module. check old blog style RSS to see if you can blog the entries to run them each day.
- Google Search
- Christian Classic Ethereal Library (Firefox plug-in) - This search plug-in works with Mozilla brower's quick search bar. The plug-in uses Google's site search functionality to search CCEL.org.
These projects are only a taste of what could be done, given the right tools there is no limit to the kind of projects which could be developed.
Enjoy and please make suggestions.
