Comments on: Mobile Possibilities

By: ScottB

ScottB — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:48:54 +0000

A friend of mine as good something similar to the podcast idea already up on ifyeareprepared.org

By: James W. Anderson

James W. Anderson — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:33:43 +0000

Yes I agree, there should be some sort of solution to this, maybe some sort of recording on a machine when the bishop or clerks or some other leader who happens to be in the clerks office using MLS or holding a presidency meeting is there to answer the phone and the questions.

And this because there are still alot of people who don’t have web-capable phones, or even cellphones at all, and simply have a phone number from the phone book or something. We often forget that there is still a significan population out there that is not ‘wired’ yet, or are not due to things like disabilities, etc.

By: Larry Peterson

Larry Peterson — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:10:13 +0000

Re your send point by a stranger calling in and finding the nearest meeting house and times. I hope we can do better than with the phones. I tried 20 or so phones in Fresno (as an informed member) to try to find a meeting schedule without any luck, when we could actually solve that problem with a simple call-forwarding solution. Several non-members have reported they have attempted to call the church multiple times but could never get anyone to answer. Anyone who doesn’t understand that the Church does not have a paid mininstry have a hard time understading why there is no-one at the Church. most of our contacts come because the guy at the gas station knows who one of the Bishops are. Technology is good when we can actually make it work to accomplish our objectives.

By: timheuer

timheuer — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:43:00 +0000

Adam: actually the church already has something like that where it would show the schedule if you knew what you were looking for — i mocked something up for what i think is a better meeting house locator in two different options (ideally a combo of the two)…you can view the quick screencast at http://www.box.net/public/uao03xgdgc

By: Benjamin Hofmann

Benjamin Hofmann — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:44:30 +0000

I think it is a great idea to plan ahead like this. Mobile technologies will become more pervasive in the years to come. I know there have been many times I wished I could access the online ward directories when I was out and about.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:11:27 +0000

Though this doesn’t deal with mobile devices (directly), I thought the Church could put short videos introducing visitors to the church within google maps (in that little window that pops up). If the Church got really good, they could post the local ward’s schedule. This isn’t something of the future; they could do it today.

By: Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:16:37 +0000

Wow! What do you think that they’ll think of next?

e-sacrament Meeting!! Just kidding! Actually these services are allowing the message to be more effective, and I also think it’s allowing the church to be more efficient.