Breathing life into your preaching and worship

August 2005       















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Better than Random

by Celina Worley

No doubt you've received email or had a pop-up that tells you to take a quiz to evaluate everything from home security, to your IQ, to relationship skills. My first thoughts are typically: "Yeah, right, THIS will be insightful." But once in a while, something tugs at me to take the quiz.

So, I've just taken one of those quizzes, and here is the final analysis: "You're better than random, but not by much."

Better than random? Ouch. (No, it wasn't the IQ quiz.) This little quiz was at www.theappearing.com and evaluated my knowledge of current world events and how closely they parallel to what the Bible says about the condition of our planet just before Jesus comes.

The comparison is stunning. A quick glance at Matthew 24:4-8 paints a picture depicting wars, rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes. A fast read through the statistics in the quiz convinces me that Jesus has got to be making travel plans.

Read the rest of Better Than Random


PowerPoint Quick Tips

Quick tips for hiding your current slide

  •  Black screen           B or Period (during presentation)
  •  White Screen          W or Comma (during presentation)


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      More and more churches are wanting to create complete themes for their own sermon series. Oxygen's Communication Companion allows you to use our inspirational artwork for printable pieces, website design, and broadcast usage. Now you can create bulletins, sermon outlines, a web page, and more all around one icon image for your theme. The Oxygen Communication Companions make it affordable to integrate beautiful, professional art as part of your sermon theme.

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        As always, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, or if you want to share how you use Oxygen in your ministry, please contact me at members@oxygen-multimedia.com


        Many Blessings!

        Debbie Pierce
        Member Services Director

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        Adding New Slides Into PowerPoint

        PowerPoint can offer a myriad of different options and features. Each one can make your life easier if you know how to use it. This month we will talk about some simple ways to bring both .pot (PowerPoint) and .jpg files into your current presentation with ease.

        Adding additional slides to your presentation:

        With PowerPoint, there are many different ways to accomplish the same thing. This is especially true when inserting a current PowerPoint slide into a different existing file. I'm going to show you what I think is the simplest way to do this.

        1. Start by opening new PowerPoint file to which you would like to add slides.
        2. Select the "Insert" menu at the top of the screen.
        3. Select the option "Slides from File."

        By selecting this option you will be able to simultaneously add multiple slides into your current presentation. If you don't see the option, remember to press the down arrow to reveal all of the options for this tab.

        4. Select "Browse" on the new "Slide Finder" that appears on the screen.
        5. Find the other PowerPoint document from which you will be pulling the slides.

        Remember, this only works for moving slides from PowerPoint to PowerPoint. If you are using an Oxygen CD-ROM, you will find the PowerPoint files in the artwork file and can choose the art by name.

        See this complete article



        Until next month, go with God and be powerful for His Kingdom,

        The Oxygen Team




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