Exploding
Word Ministries
(Power of God unleashed)
How we build the website - Updated
The challenge was to build a suitable website for a local Church using only free software.
With the move toward mobile interneting well on the way we updated the site in January 2012 using the free ‘getskeleton’ framework and were inspired by the excelled ‘super skeleton’ theme from wordpress, especially their design of the ‘superfish’ menu.
The tools of choice for this project are Ubuntu (Linux) as an operating system, Bluefish 1.0.7 which is an open source programme. Bluefish is an editor for experienced web designers and programmers, that however does not describe me. It supports many programming and markup languages, but focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites. Bluefish is an open source development project, released under the GPL license. For more information, visit the Bluefish Website at http://bluefish.openoffice.nl.
For graphics etc. I have opted for the GIMP http://www.gimp.org. Again this is open source and is remarkably like PaintShop.Pro and Photoshop. If you are thinking about trying out either of these programmes you can access them from the links included.
The main theme of the site is to allow the user to listen to sermons and sermonettes as easily as possible and while it was easy to set this up using the menu system, which could also be updated as an independent inc file. It was noted that the menu would not immediately stream in MS Explorer but would try to download the mp3 file before playing. This was an unacceptable situation and a work around was needed. The menu system works correctly in Firefox and we would recommend Firefox as the browser of choice.
The way around the problem was to include a free flash player which could be auto loaded with the play list and also includes a resume facility should the user move to a different link within the site.
We hope you enjoy the site and any comments are welcome.
About...
William Andrews is a regular Christian speaker within churches across Northern Ireland. He lives in one of the very few dry villages in Ireland called Seskinore, has been married to Caroline for just over Thirty blissful years and has two daughters Charlene (30) and Rachel (17). The year 2008 proved to be an exciting year for the family as Charlene got married to Dominic in September 08 and they had their first child Phoebe Rose on 30th November 2009.
Additional Christian Speakers
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Gus Roycroft
Gus has been the main minster to the Craigavon Church since it started in 1990.
Originally from County Cork which is situated in the west of Ireland he moved to Northern Ireland as a younger man and lives with his wife Norah in Belfast. Gus is gifted with a pastors heart towards the church congregation and regularly engages within the caring ministries of the church, such as visiting the sick and maintain contact with many who have been imprisoned for Christ across the world.
In his latest sermon Gus explores the topic of angels in today society and concentrates his focus on the ministering work they perform for the Body of Christ alive on the earth today. -
Morris McCabe - Lisburn
Morris has been a Christian speaker for over 40 years within churches across the widest and breadth of Ireland North and South.
As a gifted evangelist Morris teaches as inspired by the Holy Spirit and is uniquely able to ingratiate himself into any group setting, quickly finding opportunity to proclaiming the wonderful message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Morris has been known to deliver a full sermon with little to no notes as he allows himself to be lead by the spirit of truth.
Morris frequently speaks of the gift of eternal life, which our Heavenly Father has made available to all humanity and he is renown for being able to successfully mix laugher with serious instruction in a unique delivery of the true Gospel.
In this his most recent sermon Morris addresses the topic of 'Joy' within the Christian life and the apparent lack of it in many professing Christian today. -
Connie Maxwell
Connie has been a founding member of the pastoral counsel since it was first introduced to support the active ministry in the Church a number of years ago and quickly moved into a public speaking ministry following her ordination.
Connie uses real life examples from her friends and family to help highlight the message of Jesus Christ to her audience.
Connie recently explored the topic of the 'end times' and shared data from a previous decade to demonstrate the increase of Seismic energy in the world today. -
William Huston
William Huston, is an ordained preaching elder / minister for a congregation in Ballymoney and lived with his wife Elsa in Bangor, Co Down.
William recently addressed the Craigavon Church with a message entitled 'Not by Sight' in which he explores the concept of living by faith and not putting anything before our relationship with God.