Recently, we revamped the EquipU website to help you find what you need more easily. One of the new communication tools that we launched with the new EquipU is a “Clubs Blog.” If you’re reading this right now, you’ve found the Clubs Blog! Please spend a few moments here and see how this special website might benefit you. We will be adding pertinent information here, weekly. We believe that this new blog is one of several “communication-solutions” that will help disseminate vital information to you.
Friend, let me highly encourage and even exhort you to do at least one of the things detailed below. As our ministry grows and matures, churches continue to provide helpful feedback about the program. We’re listening, evaluating, and taking action to try and make Kids 4 Truth the best tool available to help Christians ground boys and girls in essential Bible truth!
By God’s grace, we’re continually sharpening the Kids 4 Truth Clubs and we desperately desire this “sharpening” to trickle down to you—the people serving on the fronline of battle! We exist to serve you but effective serving only happens through effective communication! 
We’ll be using this blog to help you be “in-the-know” about the latest helpful “club” resources we release.
Here are two ways to take full advantage of the new Clubs Blog…
#1 – E-mail Alerts
If you sign up for this free service, every time one of the Kids 4 Truth staff adds a post to the Clubs Blog, you will be alerted via e-mail. I recommend selecting the second option: “Send me emails for new posts and articles only” and then hit the “Update Blog Settings” button. Since you need to be “signed in” to view the Blog Email Subscription web page, you don’t need to provide your e-mail address. You’ll begin receiving alerts to the same e-mail address you used to sign up for the EquipU site. The e-mail alert will contain the entire content of every blog post so there is no need for you to login or click a link in order to read the post (click HERE to see a sample alert of this post). Convenient? You bet!
Once you hit “Update Blog Settings” the page will refresh and you will automatically be added to the e-mail list. You will recieve your first e-mail alert as soon as we add a new post. Don’t worry if it still says: “You do not have any post subscriptions” under “Individual Post & Article Subscriptions.” This is a feature for advanced users and will not concern most people.
Click HERE to sign up for e-mail alerts for the Kids 4 Truth Clubs Blog.
You can cancel this subscription at any time via the email alerts.
Additionally, you can sign up for e-mail alerts for the EquipU Forum posts.
#2 – RSS Feeds
Have you ever heard of RSS? It stands for “Really Simple Syndication” and it is the wave of the future when it comes to modes by which we as humans receive information. The new Clubs Blog has an RSS feature whereby you can automatically receive any new posts. One of the advantages of RSS is that it literally “slurps” all the data from a blog or news website into an RSS “reader” where you can quickly and easily organize and assimilate all the data. Think of it this way: you use an e-mail program like Outlook to receive and organize all your e-mail. An RSS reader is to RSS feeds what Outlook is to e-mail. When I want to scan the news, surf devotional thoughts, learn a new “word of the day,” or discover the latest buzz or controversy—I can do so with minimal time outlay because of my RSS reader.
RSS readers come in both stand-alone and web-based versions. There are several good and completely free versions avaiable online. I use two RSS feed “readers.” If you don’t have an RSS reader, please let me suggest the two that I use.
FeedReader
I have used several different readers and this one has been my favorite by far. I love the ability to have a standalone program dedicated to RSS feeds only. This program is as simple to use as Outlook. Please click on the graphic at right for a screenshot of FeedReader. It will give you a better idea of what it can do.
FeedReader Website (includes link to free download)
Google Reader
Google Reader is a free web-based RSS reader. The main advantage of this service is you can still read all your RSS feeds even if you’re away from your own computer.
Google Reader Website
So how do I subscribe to your RSS feed? Great question! First of all, it’s very easy. For anyone. Trust me. Just look for the part on the right sidebar that has links to RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0. Either one of these links will take you to a subscription address that you can copy and paste into your RSS reader. Once you click the subscribe button within your RSS reader program—you’re all set! Whenever you refresh your RSS feeds, any new posts from the Clubs Blog will automatically be slurped into your reader.
Find out more about RSS
NOTE: If you’re not signed up for EquipU yet, please register to use this free website right away!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Thank you and may God bless you and yours this Christmas season!
Your Servant,