--- title: 669 – Sharing Christmas Joy description: WELSTech welcomes the Advent and Christmas season with 5 ways to share the good news of our Savior’s birth. Also listen for ideas for building your church bulletin, Martin’s latest hardware pick (with a wire), and tools for telling the next generation. Plus, Sallie’s go-to video editor saves the day, and we announce the Bible […] --- [WELSTech ](https://welstech.wels.org) # [669 – Sharing Christmas Joy](https://welstech.wels.org/2021/12/07/669-sharing-christmas-joy) Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Dec 7, 2021 2:32:25 PM WELSTech welcomes the Advent and Christmas season with 5 ways to share the good news of our Savior’s birth. Also listen for ideas for building your church bulletin, Martin’s latest hardware pick (with a wire), and tools for telling the next generation. Plus, Sallie’s go-to video editor saves the day, and we announce the Bible verse of the year! [https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_669.mp3](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_669.mp3) Podcast: [Download](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_669.mp3) (Duration: 35:52 — 29.3MB) ### The discussion Go, Tell It – Martin and Sallie give you five ideas for sharing your Christmas joy. 1. Change your Facebook profile picture and cover photo - Canva 2. Share Advent and Christmas imagery with a verse or message - [Lutheran Stock Photos](https://lutheranstockphotos.com/search/christmas) - [Free Bible Images](https://freebibleimages.org/search/?theme=Christmas) 3. Share devotional resources - [Martin Luther College devotional series](https://mlc-wels.edu/publications/seasonal-devotions/) 4. Share online Christmas concerts - Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary – Sunday, December 12 at 3:00 pm - Martin Luther College Christmas concert archive 5. Share YouTube Christmas videos - [Christmas Story told through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, Amazon…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2Qk88yUZ0) - [For King & Country Christmas Concert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHJZtdLXsjQ) ### News in tech [Computer Science Education Week](https://www.csedweek.org/) – December 6-12 - [Hour of Code from Code.org](https://code.org/) ### WELS now Christian Worship: Service Builder webinar archive – *Coming Soon*. Related articles: - [*Christian Worship: Service Builder* is the exclusive digital platform for Christian Worship](https://www.christianworship.com/articles/2021/10/28/digital-platform) - [*Christian Worship: Service Builder* provides a generous trial mode at no cost](https://www.christianworship.com/articles/2021/11/4/christian-worship-service-builder-provides-a-generous-trial-mode-at-no-cost) - [*Christian Worship: Playlist* is the successor to *HymnSoft*](https://www.christianworship.com/articles/2021/11/11/playlist) - [*Christian Worship: Service Builder* supports service plans for multiple locations](https://www.christianworship.com/articles/2021/12/2/christian-worship-service-builder-supports-service-plans-for-multiple-locations) - [How *Christian Worship: Service Builder* will fit in your congregation’s workflow](https://www.christianworship.com/articles/2021/12/8/workflow) ### Picks of the week - [Camtasia Studio](https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html) for the virtual Advent by Candlelight win! - [Logitech G502 HERO High Performance Gaming Mouse](https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mice/g502-hero-gaming-mouse.910-005469.html?irclickid=Sq2x4P1XSxyIUUqUip0cnwyTUkG2431dp1SFXU0&utm_source=radius&utm_medium=affiliate&irgwc=1&irclickid=SDQRyuwuMxyIRHnyqjWYSydRUkG24315p1SFXU0&utm_source=radius&utm_medium=affiliate&irgwc=1) ### Ministry resources [Telling the Next Generation](https://wels.net/serving-you/christian-life/education/lutheran-schools/telling-the-next-generation/) ### Community feedback - YouVersion Verse of the Year – [Matthew 6:33](https://www.bible.com/verse-of-the-day/MAT.6.33/34740) - [WELSTech Google Group](https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/forum/#!forum/welstech) – [Wireless Access point discussion](https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/g/welstech/c/EaSUeDq5iQA/m/gPmiKQ6aCwAJ) ### Next time Nicole Balza, hostess of [*Together* video updates](https://wels.net/news-media/together/), joins us with an update on [*Forward In Christ* magazine](https://forwardinchrist.net/). ### Get involved - Add comments - Send us an e-mail [welstech@wels.net](mailto:welstech@wels.net) - Join the WELSTech community: - WELSTech [Google Group](https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/forum/#!forum/welstech) - WELSTech on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/WELSTech) - WELSTech on [Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/welstech/) - WELSTech on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/welstechpodcast/) - Add to the WELSTech wiki [welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net](http://welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net/) - Contribute to the [#WELSTech](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WELSTech&src=typd) Twitter conversation - Follow us on Twitter – [welstech](http://twitter.com/welstech), [mspriggs](http://twitter.com/mspriggs) and [salliedraper](http://twitter.com/salliedraper) - Share with the Diigo group [welstech](http://groups.diigo.com/group/welstech) *Image by u_gzwjc5ts from Pixabay* [View full post](https://welstech.wels.org/2021/12/07/669-sharing-christmas-joy) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Sallie Draper" }, "dateModified" : "2026-03-22T02:29:26.328Z", "datePublished" : "2021-12-07T14:32:25Z", "headline" : "669 – Sharing Christmas Joy", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 720, "url" : "https://christthroughus.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/92160855507390_md.jpg", "width" : 720 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://welstech.wels.org/2021/12/07/669-sharing-christmas-joy", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60, "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png", "width" : 60 }, "name" : "WELSTech" } } ```