A powerpoint walking church members through setting up a facebook page so the congregation of Desert Hills Presbyterian can utilize Facebook for church life activities and sharing.

1. Desert Hills Presbyterian
Facebook: Connecting members
connecting lives

2. What is Facebook?
- Facebook is a hugely popular website that
lets people connect with each other by sharing
thoughts, ideas, photos and interests.
With over 1 Billion users, every single one of
you probably knows somebody who uses
Facebook.
-Kids, grandkids, neighbors, friends, co-
workers, organizations and clubs.

3. How do I start?
Do you have an email address you use?
Do you already have a Facebook account? If
not, create one, using your name and an email
address.
Add as little or as much information as you
feel comfortable with. (Settings allow you to
control who gets to see what)
Most people add at least a profile picture,
whether they are married, their birthday and a
few personal interests.

4. I have a profile. Now how
do I use this thing?
Tell your family, friends and loved ones you
are now on Facebook. Yes, you’re being
serious.
Use the search bar at the top-middle of the
screen to find friends.

5. When you find somebody you want to “friend,” or
connect with, send them a friend request. Next time
they sign into Facebook, they’ll see the request.

6. The Newsfeed
Once you have a few Facebook friends, you’re
ready to begin using the site.
Every time you go to Facebook, you will see
your “newsfeed.” It lists all of the recent
activity of your friends and the pages you’ve
liked. Think of the newsfeed as window
shopping.
Think of the newsfeed as window shopping or
a chance to join a conversation between
friends.

7. Your Timeline
Each person’s Facebook page is arranged so
the most recent posts and photos appear at the
top, like a vertical timeline.
You can add items by date as far back as
you’d like. If you have photos from your
childhood, you can add them with the date they
were taken and friends will see your timeline all
the way back to 19XX.

9. How to Keep Yourself
Safe
1) Use your privacy settings to control who
sees what
2) Be smart about what you’re sharing about
yourself
3) Only “friend” people you know well and
trust. This isn’t a popularity contest.

10. How to Keep Yourself
Safe
1) Use your settings to decide who gets to see
what.

12. There’s very little reason to have
posts set to “public” instead of just
your friends and family.

14. If for some reason you don’t want any interaction with
a specific person, you can block them.
There are also games and “apps” on Facebook. You
might get invitations to use them. It’s all personal
preference.
-Comment sections on news websites

15. Keeping Yourself Safe
2) Be smart about what you’re sharing about
yourself
-Travel plans
-Home alone
-Daily routine

16. Same goes for travel or routines.
“Heading out for 3 hours of shopping.”
“Cancun for a week of R&R! Can’t wait!”

18. Keeping Yourself Safe
3) Only “friend” people you know well and
trust. This isn’t a popularity contest.

19. Whatever information you put out there can be
seen by those you friend or can due to your
settings.
Information safety starts at the source.

20. How Desert Hills Will Use
Facebook
Church doesn’t have to just be on Sundays!
Facebook can be an extension of
congregational life!
-Prayer requests
-Announcements
-Photos and stories from church events
Bible study passages
Lets local friends and family see that DHPC is
here and all the great things we do as a
congregation

23. If we want new members to come to DHPC,
they’ll only come if we invite them, or if they hear
about us and want to look into us first.
Younger people are more likely to look to social
media to find out more about our church.
First impressions count! Photos of fun events,
warm, inviting comments and discussion all paint
a welcoming, positive picture of who we are as a
church family.

24. Sign into Facebook
Search for Desert Hills Presbyterian
Visit our page
Hit LIKE!!!!