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October 18th, 2010

The parish computer

parish computer

To find out what these churchgoers are looking at take a look at the full cartoon, entitled (thereby possibly giving the answer away), the parish computer.

I thought this was an appropriate picture for the start of this week given that everyone is talking about ‘Christianity and new media’ etc. Advanced practitioners need to remember that there are many of us for whom making our computers do basic tasks like turning on, writing words, connecting to the internet, making tea etc, is still a daily struggle. Also when our computers are turned on making ourselves do basic tasks, like moving pieces of paper from one pile to another, doing our diagrams, etc, is also a daily struggle. I could go on.

[3 paragraphs of rambling on the subject of computers deleted because it was rubbish.]

You can find this cartoon in the book The Exciting World of Churchgoing.

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4 Responses to “The parish computer”


  1. Karin says:

    An appropriate picture for the beginning of Get Online Week http://www.getonlineweek.com/

    If you know someone who wants to get online but doesn’t know how there may be a short free course in a local library or similar venue to point them in the right direction. We’ve just had an 87 year old lady book a place, so age is no problem, it’s more about your state of mind and whether your fingers do what you tell them to.

    October 18th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
  2. chris clark says:

    I think that the fact the the two men look interested and the woman looks shocked could mean that inappropriate material is being displayed, such as www. topglamourwomenbishops .com.

    October 19th, 2010 at 8:12 am
  3. Liz from the sewing room says:

    The older people at our midweek service are fascinated on the occasions in which I take my computer. There are only a couple of regulars who have computers at home.

    The church magazine doesnt come out of the little printer in our church. The church administrator presses a button on the screen and it comes out of the big printer collated, printed and folded. At least it is supposed to. I used to edit the magazine. The big printer is the aspect of the role I am happiest to be rid of.

    October 19th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
  4. Benita says:

    I should keep this image in my head when designing web surveys for the church!

    October 19th, 2010 at 2:49 pm