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RSS
RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is a standard created
to enable sharing of content across the internet. All of the news,
events and blogs that appear on our website are consumable by an RSS
aggregator, or in more simpler terms, an RSS reader. There are various
applications that you can use to consume these feeds that our website
provides for you. Most modern browsers incorporate bookmarking RSS
feeds. However, if you would like to download a separate application,
simply search for RSS Reader on Google.
Podcast
A podcast is a collection of files (usually audio but may include video)
residing at a unique web feed address. We tell you this because you can
"subscribe" to our Sunday messages podcast by submitting the feeds address to an aggregator, like iTunes. When new episodes become available they will be automatically be downloaded by iTunes to your computer. For more info on our podcast, please go to the
Sunday Resources page.
Newsletters
You can find information on all of our newsletters and sign up to receive them on
the e-newsletters page.
My Harvest
We encourage you to create your own My Harvest account.
This feature on our website provides you a single page that you can go
to that provides you with the specific pieces of information you want.
It also provides you with your own personalized calendar, event
registrations (coming soon) and more. It also speeds up the process when you register
for an event because all of the base information that the form requires
will be pre-populated based on the information in your profile.
To get a better understanding of how this feature can help, we will give
you an example of a parent of two children. One is a teenager in Jr.
High and the other is a child in elementary school. When you create your
account, you will be asked to check off the ministries at Harvest on which you would like information. You would check off adult ministries, Jr. High Ministries and children’s ministries. After
confirming your account, you will be directed to your My Harvest page
and you will see the news and events for all three ministries on one
page. This page also has a link to your personalized calendar which
places all of the events for these three ministries on one screen. This
way, your time figuring out where little Sarah and young Tommy are to
be is minimized. You also learn that there is a free picnic for any of
the volunteers in adult ministries. Because you have been faithfully
serving, you can’t miss that. By clicking on the event, you see that
they are requiring you to register so that they know how much food to
provide. Your My Harvest account automatically populates all the
fields that are required so that you can simply click the register
button (coming soon, really!) and get your confirmation email.