Prepare The Way of The Lord

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December 1st - “Prepare the way of the Lord…”  Mark 1:3

the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”

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The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Websites That Help You Use Images in Presentations and Websites

This is an excellent round up of 53 free image sources posted in May 2014 on buffersocial by Courtney Seiter Most of these sights are sampler sites for professional (for pay) images sites such as iStock so, as always,k be careful where your clicks lead you.

https://blog.bufferapp.com/free-image-sources-list

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One of the presentations I had during class was 10 Tips for making Beautiful Slideshow Presentations by Edahn Small on slideshare.

You can view the entire presentation from the link, but here are the images sites he recommended, updated to November of 2014. These sites mix free and for sale images, so read the licenses and the explanations with care.

http://freeimages.com 

http://www.morguefile.com

http://www.everystockphoto.com

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I make my photos available on flickr.com which is part of yahoo. We used the creative commons option at the bottom of the advanced search page to search for images that can be used in presentations.

Some of the sites above include flickr in their searches as well.

Update on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 10:44AM by Christy Ramsey

Google has made its image search more useful by adding a License filter to its search tools. 

After entering search terms and choosing Images, click on the Search Tools button to allow filtering by Size, color, type of image, and license. The clip above has Photo for image and Reuse with mofication selected for type of image and license. 

Websites That Help You Use COLOR Well in Presentations and Websites

COLOURlovers is a creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles… All in the spirit of love. - from the website

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Adobe Color CC makes it easy to capture inspiring color combinations wherever you see them. Simply point the iPhone camera at something colorful and Adobe Color will instantly extract a series of colors. - from the website

You can also use this website to pick a color pallette without a reference image or color.

(Formerly named, “KulerAdobe”.)

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Now at paletton.com, the Color Scheme Designer application generates color schemes of several types. Every scheme is based on one (base) color, which is supplemented with additional colors making together the best visual impression — using one of the genuine algorithms. - from the website

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Color Hunter is a place to find and make color palettes created from images. To find color palettes on Color Hunter, enter a search term in the box at the top of the page. You can search by tag or hex color code or image URL. If you have an image, you can upload it and get a color palette based on the colors in the image. - from the website

 - all images and descriptions are taken from the respective websites in mid-November 2014

- website selections updated from 10 Tips for making Beautiful Slideshow Presentations
by Edahn Small on slideshare

Trinity Church Retreat Resources

Thanks to all who attended the Trinity Church Retreat at Mission Springs. Here are some of the resources I used:

Display presentation on Prezi

People Bingo - Original Version

Christy’s People Bingo - Scary Version

ACLU video on Ordering Pizza in 2015 on YouTube

The Holy Week story as told by Twitter on YouTube from Igniter Video

The book, The Circle, by Dave Eggers on Wikipedia

The Benediction and the sermon (from another church setting) are also in this blog.

A Sacred Benediction

Here’s the benediction I gave after closing worship for the retreat I led on “Sacred and Social”:

May sacred times free you for God’s service

May sacred places set you in God’s peace

May sacred objects anchor you for God’s presence

May sacred activities place you in God’s hands

May sacred people you challenge and comfort you in God’s grace.

May the sacred in your life increase
and be filled with the holy God
overflowing into the world,

For we are blessed to be a blessing.  Amen