{"id":6070,"date":"2015-04-23T06:28:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T06:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6070"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:22:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:22:41","slug":"connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/connected\/","title":{"rendered":"CONNECTED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/connected.jpg?w=565\" alt=\"connected\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why do some over 50s find it hard to use modern technology to communicate? We do not want to go back to school but find it hard to learn as we get older. It is complicated by the number of choices we have. The youngsters are so quick and we get left behind, or can&#8217;t remember, but we want to keep alongside them.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to communicate better with family, friends, church members, missionaries and new people we talk to. Over a year ago we started to meet in our Parish Centre on Monday&#8217;s, as CAPIT (Computer And Phone Information Technology) to help each other to try and keep up to date.. As well as meeting for personal learning, last month we launched our own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capit.org.uk\/\">website<\/a> allowing us get connected better.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately we don`t need technology to talk to our heavenly father!<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/1uxV8fAfhVM\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Chesser<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/connected\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do some over 50s find it hard to use modern technology to communicate? We do not want to go back to school but find it hard to learn as we get older. It is complicated by the number of choices we have. 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A good starting point for thinking about spreading the gospel. With a friend a few years ago we stared to have a coffee and share about how to operate an iPaq.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;50 Plus&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4915,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/where-have-all-the-faxes-gone\/","url_meta":{"origin":6070,"position":1},"title":"Where have all the faxes gone","date":"19 December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the years the methods of communicating messages are always changing. With a clear vision so that we know where we stand, and what we stand for we need to pass it on. 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