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I work with the youth, and so I don't believe in setting a double standard. If they can't use them to be checking sports scores, texting friends, etc. than I'm not going to either. I have five rules: 1.) It's OK in emergencies 2.) If it is being used to enhance the experience we're all sharing, it's ok. (calling people to get them to activities, finding out if someone is up for a visit,... more... - jtzemp

Calender items, notes and on occasion accessing the scriptures via the Internet..... but NEVER texting. - Kathryn Skaggs

i think appropriate use of technology can be beneficial... i'm far more likely to remain engaged when i'm looking up supplementary material or cross-referencing scripture. with a phone/pocket pc/iPhone i can look up that quote that i can almost remember, i can jot down notes so i'll remember later. and i'm far less likely to carry a pad of paper to church with me. - Justin Hileman

Some day (if someone doesn't beat me to it), I'd like to create a social scripture study app for all faiths - you can comment real time on your reading, and share findings with others. - Jesse Stay from twhirl

I used to bring the Treo, to have the standard works, hymns, lessons on. Now, I leave all the gadgets at home. You know I'd be Friendfeeding during communion and on Fast Sunday. - Louis Gray

If I am alone at church, I will occasionally tweet and/or friendfeed the highlights from the sermon. http://friendfeed.com/e... - Ontario Emperor

Occasionally, if I have the kids on my own in the parents room I will check email, and do some RSS reading while I am watching the kids. I can't hear the sermon in the parents room unfortunately so I play with the kids and check things on my cell. - LGR

Never. In the past I have used it to save notes or ideas that may pop into my head, but lately I turn the thing off on the way in and back on on the way out. - James Hull

I like jtzemp's comments. I carry 3 phone/PDA-type devices with me (yes, I know it sounds silly, but there's a reason for each device). I use my personal PDA (not a phone) for notes, scriptures, lesson manuals, hymns, and my calendar. I use my Treo (my work PDA-phone which is Internet-enabled but not calling-enabled) to look up talks on lds.org during meetings when appropriate e.g. if a particular talk is the main focus of a lesson, and also for typing notes during General/Stake Conference... - the JoshMeister

...And finally, I use my personal cell phone only before/after church, or to add a church member's phone number. - the JoshMeister

This will probably blur the definition of "in church," but I'm on the AV team, so we send texts from the sound board to the video room all the time. We just turn our ringers off. At the same time, we occasionally remind people that they could be on camera at any time, so they shouldn't text or talk on cellphones during service. Last week, the Assistant Pastor's phone rang during communion service. It was hilarious. - Ha3rvey (F please!)

Harvey, I hear those AV teams can get pretty religious anyway ;-) - Jesse Stay from twhirl

Louis, you mean FriendFeed isn't religious??? - Jesse Stay from twhirl

Jesse, I think a social scripture study app sounds very interesting. Be sure to let us know if you get around to making one. =) By the way, I re-tweeted/plurked/etc. this conversation. - the JoshMeister

Thanks Josh - btw, you need an iPhone ;) - Jesse Stay from twhirl

I don't see what people have against txt. I often txt bible quotes and prayer requests to my friends. We also use it for group announcements in the groups within the church as well as invites to weekend events - Andy Wilkin

Personally I make sure to turn my mobile phone off during services. I prefer to focus on the worship and the message. I sit quite close to the front of our church and am always fascinated to see some members of the pastoral team busily taking notes on their blackberries/iPhones etc - I have often wondered just what it is they're writing - whether it's notes on the message they're hearing or whether they're checking their gmail I just don't know! - Matt Hooper

I'll typically process email (mostly deleting and saving replies for later), text a few people, and check twitter once or twice. I try not to check email too much during Sunday School, 'cus I'm the teacher. :-) - Walter Reade

I use BibleReader on Treo for scriptures. I've taught a session of our new members class with it when I left my printed Bible in the car. As the band leader and the associate pastor of worship/arts and media, I'm prone to get urgent texts from my teams. When used in the right context, a PDA phone is a great tool in a worship service. - Anthony K. Valley © from twhirl

Sending SMS to God? LMAO - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Well, as the pastor, its pretty tough! As soon as I would start with pda or cell it would be katy bar the door. - JMb ><> - James I Feel God Brown

I did try preaching from my laptop - but I need much more work - In Him, JMb <>< - James I Feel God Brown

Anthony: is BibleReader a mobile website? - Alex Sauceda

nope -- it's either off or on silent - Shey

I leave them in the car - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

iphone has a bible app i think for free, be useful if you could bookmark pages (not sure what it can do, haven't downloaded it) - Chris Harris

I don't use the phone and try to not check email ;), but I do use the PDA functionality, mostly for calendar and contacts. - Tac Anderson

No phone in church, certainly not worship. It certainly is useful in other service and teaching activities, though, of course. - XDpaul

Nope, I turn my cel off as I walk through the parking lot. - Brent Newhall

blogging - Bwana ☠

Blogging. Fits my personality better. - Hutch Carpenter

Blogging. I don't like the choice though. - Michael C. Harris

Blogging because I like adding screenshots to my posts :D - Corvida from twhirl

Please define-blogging and microblogging? Why must we choose. They are both talking but in different ways. - Mark Forman

I micro-blog and blog haha Plus, there's the "read more after jump" option for people who don't like lengthy posts... - Mona Nomura

easy - "microblogging" - b/c I can always write in journals or email... but Twitter rocks my world. - Lucretia Pruitt

etching with silver nitrate. - Nathan Eckenrode

blogging - AJ Kohn

Flogos. http://www.livescience.com/strange... - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

I would say blogging, because I count micro-blogging as just a subset of blogging. Meaning...I have really made no choice at all. I still get to do both :) - Rahsheen the Dream

Does FF participation count as micro-blogging? I participate in FF a lot more than my blog now. More convenient, easier to start a conversation and keep it going. No self-imposed timetable or post quota to keep up with to make sure enough people are interested in being part of my "audience" (it's built in with FF). Easier to interact with people and get more interaction back. Easier to find the answers to my questions. FF does all I really wanted out of blogging anyway. - Lindsay

Podcasts. - Cote'

Only blogging+microblogging! - Igor Poltavskiy

depends on my mood and what I want to say. it obv takes a lot less cognitive ability to microblog, but many more mainstream people read my blog. - Philip Ryan Johnson

@Lindsay Yeah I definitely agree. FF takes away a lot of my time that I would spend doing other things, that's why I've significantly cut my usage over the past couple weeks. - Shey

definitely would stay with blogging. I can live without things like Twitter. - Rob Diana

Definitely blogging. - Colin Walker from fftogo

If had known micro-blogging / lifestreaming would reach this level, I probably wouldn't blog at all - Charlie Anzman

I can always find time to micro-blog... - Rachel Beer

Micro blogging == FF? If FF posts supported more length, formatting and inclusion of media then blogging would disappear for most people - Brian Sullivan

blogging - Sarah Perez

wait no - micro-blogging - Sarah Perez

OMG - don't make me choose! - Sarah Perez

Easy... blogging. - Louis Gray

I don't think we have to or need to choose. Both are great for different things. - Tris Hussey from twhirl

more and more I am falling towards the micro blogging side. I sometimes think I should just get rid of my traditional blog. - (jeff)isageek

Since you did not mention IM, blogging, even though I do little of it, there are times a long public rant is needed for the psyche - Michael W. May from twhirl

Micro blogging doesn't exist. - Andru Edwards

98% of my blog's readers do not know what twitter is and they don't care. When I used twitter tools to publish an daily digest of my tweets, they hated it. So: The answer is Blogging. - Rick Powell

I agree with Lindsay. Post directly to FF. - Russellreno

ooh.. tough one.. blogging! - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau

microblogging. I could never keep my blog up to date - Andy Wilkin from feedalizr