ONE in One Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ONE in One Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ONE in One Body of Diversity  . . . . . . . .

ONE in One Unity of Spirit . . . . . . . . . . .

ONE in One Interfaith Body of Christ  . .

ONE in One Love, People, Table  . . . . . .

When you click "Edit Page" to make changes, ALWAYS Click "Save" button  at bottom left to

SAVE your editing, changes; if you don't, ALL your work since the last "Save" will be lost.

That's why it's best to save often, since there is far less to loose between saves.

or you hit the wrong key and delete what you just done... or even the editing / saving process itself may go

hay-wire, mess up at times. 

So save the page you're working on very often. It may be best to write your work in Notepad, WordPad, or Word (Word only has a built-in word speller) then copy & paste it into the wiki page. That way more of your thoughts will not vanish into thin air; you will remember more of what you wanted to say, if things do not save as you expected it to, or doesn't look like the way you thought it would, after saving the page. You can then go back and re-do, or try again in making the page look like you want it to. Of course, you could also copy & paste what you just put on the wiki page into Notepad, WordPad, or Word BEFORE you hit the Save button. Both ways serve the purpose of keeping your thoughts in tack in case something goes wrong, & it will at times. It gets tricky sometimes, but hang in there, try and re-try until it looks great on your computer screen! You must be willing to experiment until it becomes fun to do!

Experimenting for sure: for example: at first I wanted the above two orange boxes to be one box (a table with only 1 row and 1 column). I wanted the top part to be in italics and the bottom part in regular print; but when using one box the whole thing became italics no matter what I did. So I made 2 boxes and it did what I wanted it to do.

Sometimes when you edit a link or other, when you Save the page, some of the links, or what ever, disappears from where it once was at, and goes to the bottom of the page. I did not know this at first, then I happen to scroll to the bottom one time and saw them down there. Had to re-do them until they stayed where I wanted them to be. This usually happens when you hit Save, and Internet Explorer says it can not display the webpage and it is blank; press the Back button and Save it again. Then make sure nothing that is suppose to be at the top of the page is now at the bottom; if it is, Edit the Page again, re-copy it back to where it belongs, and Save again.

Some differences between a website and a wiki site.

A small website is usually controlled by only one person who has the password to edit the website on the host computer. It could take days before the website is updated with new information; I know, I maintain our church's website, TheRockMCC.org. Sometimes I don't see or read the information in time to put it on the website, or I don't even get the new information... or can't remember it, nor remember all the important details, because it was not written down on paper and given to me...  Many times things don't happen because of unintentional lack of communications between the involved parties. I may hear part of the information, but am preoccupied with other things on my mind, or I may not realize at the time, Oh, I need to remember this for the website, or later ask for more information, etc... I personally am not a good note taker; someone else must give the information to me on paper or by email, or in this case, use their wiki site page to put the information in written form, etc.

A wiki site can be edited by the masses who view the site on their computers who has internet access and has the password. That is why I like a wiki site, in addition to a website. Many people from around the world can come together to collaborate, join forces in using a single vehicle such as a wiki site to put together what information needs to be out there, using all available means together, such as many-way phone conversations, emails, letters, and a wiki site to put it all together in one place. But even on a wiki, password levels can be available for security reasons. (We would not want someone to delete pages, put wrong stuff up, or do evil things with it. We would only want Gay-friendly folks to actually edit pages and add new ones. Of course, only one person can edit a page at a time; all must take turns to edit the same page, but each person could have their own page (or even separate own wiki sites with links here) to edit, then someone else (or they themselves later on) could use what was written and add it to the main page, etc.)  Use a small program with a spell checker to catch your misspelled words, and to even write stuff before you enter it here. Copy & Paste works just fine here -have to click "Allow access" 2 times for each initial Paste... When you hit "Save" to save your work, sometimes an error comes up (Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage); just hit the Back Button to go Back to the edited un-saved wiki page and hit "Save" again. Always check saved wiki page before doing anying else to make sure all is as you planned; if not re-do it.  Sometimes you have to make do with whatever the wiki site can do with it limitations, as compared to a website which can do a lot more. But I believe the wiki site is very valuable just as it is.

It may take a little time to get used to how to edit & save your work, and you may have to try & save it a few times to get it just right on screen, but hang in there and give it a try. It's fun and rewarding to see your thoughts on screen for others to view and to act upon the information you put there... You can learn more about a 'wiki' from links at bottom of page... The "Support Forums" is one good place to learn how to do things, but don't get side-tracked too much & forget why you are here, what you are doing.

Right now this space is a sounding board, to explore ideas, ideals, dreams, etc... But it will take work to make it a reality to be truly useful to all of us. We probably need someone to be the guiding hand to this wiki site/website project, to see that it goes in the right direction, and to keep the progress of the website on track. Of course, what you see on your computer screen MUST be made available to ALL who have no access to computers or to the internet, but only access to printed paper. But of course, it is much easier to update materials online as the information comes available. The printed paper of what ever format or size will take a lot of extra planning, time, and money to produce. These printed materials must be in certain locations known by all who have no access to computers, nor access to word of mouth. Maybe there can be an available computer in certain areas that people can go to in order to get the information needed, and then pass it along by word of mouth to those who want it, etc... But planning of events must be made far in advance of the event to take place, so people can make plans in time to attend those events, etc...

The nitty-gritty, dirty work, yet fun work, must be done to get this proposed wiki site / website up and running for ALL to take advantage of all the information that will become available. It will take hard work, much time, true commitment to the cause, and money, and much inconvience on the part of the ones doing the website. And there must be a timely manner in which all the concerned parties, agencies, organizations, affirming churches, etc get their information to some central group of persons who will sort out, coordinate all the information, and then relay that knitted body of information to who ever is maintaining the website so it can get online so folks can view it on their computers, and get to the printers so hard paper copies can be made available to those who have no other access to the needed information about upcoming events...

I want to be a part of this movement, this grass-roots cry for justice, equality, peace... for positive change in this world for gays and their friends [that is, GLBT] and their allies... I shall not remain silent any longer; I will speak loud and clearly. I really enjoyed all the panelists who spoke at the forum Saturday afternoon, August 18, 2007. You all spoke loud and clear. Thank you! Now we shall put our words into actions for good chances in our world. This writing, this proposal of a website and a wiki site is my beginning...  (Someone could help me do this, or I could help someone else do this... We could become co-partners in this venture, or I could start it alone. Or someone could even have a better idea... We should start small and grow into new ways of doing things, or maybe someone already has something in place that can be used by all involved and grow from there. But I do believe that somehow a wiki site must be involved some way; the pbwiki.com way of doing a wiki site has a good user interface that is easy to use, and is constantly be improved by the creators  (Three first persons listed in left link = the three men in the picture link next)  [started by 3 yound Stanford students ] of their wiki site program...)