Snellville Church of God

Store Updated

Due to the recent events of Bishop’s father passing away, our online store hasn’t been updated since 06/13/10.  We’ve taken some time today to update our online store area, which includes a complete (and up-to-date) listing of all of the sermons, lessons, and teaching events of 2010.  This includes recent services such as Father’s Day and Independence Day.  We apologize for the delay in getting these audio listings posted.

Book of Daniel Series

Bishop McGuire has recently concluded a fantastic series on the study of the Book of Daniel.  This study takes a look at chapters in Daniel and draws a comparison to the events that are happening in the world today, along with a look at how Daniel lines up with end time events, as well as events described in Revelations.  We have received A LOT of inquires as to when the complete series will be available for order from our online store.  We are excited to announce that we have added TWO options in our store for those that wish to order the complete series:

• Complete Audio Series (15 Audio CDs)
• Complete Series MP3 Disc

The Complete Audio Series will be a single audio CD for each session, 15 all together!  We have heavily discounted the price of this bundle.  The regular price is $75.00 for the complete set (if you were to purchase them individually), but if you wish to purchase all 15 together, we are offering all 15 of them for just $50.00!  (Plus shipping, if you wish to have them shipped to you.)

Our Complete Series MP3 Disc is all 15 lessons put together on a single CD.  These tracks can easily be loaded on portable audio devices (such as MP3 players and iPods), plus converted to regular audio CDs as well.  (Keep in mind that our MP3 Disc will only play in audio devices that support MP3 playback.)  The regular price for all of these tracks individually is $45.00, but if you wish to purchase all 15 tracks together, we are offering our MP3 Disc for just $30.00.  (Plus shipping, if you with to have it shipped to you.)  Due to the size of our MP3 Disc, it is only available on a single CD and not via download.

You can find these two options in the CD & Bundle Packages section of our online store for ordering.

New Series

Bishop McGuire will be starting a series on the Book of Revelations here in the near future, but in the meantime, don’t miss his exciting series on:  ’Discipleship 101.‘  We just completed Session I of this great series and look forward to the next several sessions.  If you haven’t been a part of our Wednesday Night Family Training Hour class, we invite you to come out and join us!

We’ve been hard at work making changes to our 2010 Audio Catalog!  If you haven’t been to our Audio Catalog lately, we invite you to stop by and take a look at the following changes that we have made:

• Audio CDs & Digital Downloads can now be purchase from one single catalog
• A search box at the top of the catalog lets you quickly locate audio recordings with great ease
• Each track now has a 3 minute preview, giving you a chance to check out the recording(s) in advance
• We’ve listed the time (audio CD) and size (digital download) of each track in the catalog
• Activated a ‘coupon’ system for pick-up orders, as well as additional discounts for future orders

Right now, these changes have been put in place for just the 2010 Audio Catalog, but we hope to convert our 2009 Audio Catalog to this format as well.  We are also looking at putting additional audio recordings in our store area, possibly going back as far as 2005.  These archives contain recordings which include earlier sermons by Jennifer Brummett, Jackie Smith, and other guest speakers.

A lot of great things happening in the media department of Snellville Church of God.  We want to make everyone aware of two key pieces of information to better help our members & visitors:

• The Book of Daniel (Series)

Bishop McGuire has been busy the past several weeks bringing us a break down on the Book of Daniel and how it relates to current events that are taking place in present time.  If you haven’t been out for this series held during our Family Training Hour class (Wednesday nights @ 7:30 PM) then you are missing out!  This fantastic series is approaching into week #6 and each week is more and more exciting.

Due to popular request, the series has been made available to order on our Audio CD & Digital Download section of our online store.  The Digital Downloads for weeks 1 – 5 are now available in our catalog, with the Audio CDs being made available to order in the very near future.  For those that might not be familiar with our purchasing options:

Digital Downloads: 64 kbps (var enc), instant download upon purchase – $3.00 a track
Audio CDs: Highest recording quality & printed label – $5.00 each (plus shipping)

We are also exploring the idea of putting together a ‘bundle’ deal when the series is complete.  This bundle will include ALL weeks of the study on the Book of Daniel.  Be on the look out for it in our online store area.  We are also in the process of making our Audio CD / Digital Download catalogs easier to navigate, allowing individuals to find what they are looking for a lot easier.

• New Ordering Options For Audio CDs

In an effort to make the ordering of our Audio CDs even easier, we have implemented a new ‘coupon’ system during our checkout phase, which will allow people to purchase Audio CDs from our website, but avoid paying any shipping charges, should they decide that they would rather pickup the Audio CDs instead of having them shipped to their location.  If you wish to purchase CDs from our online store, but want to pick them at our media department the next time you are visiting the church, all you have to do is the following:

1. Select which CD(s) you would like to purchase from the online store.
2. Once you have made your selection, review your cart and enter PICKUP in the coupon block.
3. Click APPLY.
4. Once the PICKUP coupon is applied, you will notice that there will not be any shipping charges on the order.
5. Finish your order by clicking the ‘Checkout With PayPal‘ button.

When we receive the order, the lack of any shipping charges will let us know that you plan on picking up this order the next time you visit the church. (Note:  You may see a message that says:  ”Total Discount: 0″.  This is NORMAL.  If you review your order, you will see the shipping charge is NOT listed in the total.)  WE WILL NOT SHIP AN ORDER IF A SHIPPING CHARGE IS NOT PRESENT ON OUR INVOICE.

Although we have a very fast turn around time for orders that are placed directly to our media department, this option will help us be even more effective in getting even QUICKER turn around times and allow individuals the ability to purchase CDs, without having to directly speak to anyone in the media department to place an order.  If you have any questions about the process of ordering any of our CDs, please feel free to use the CONTACT page and submit your question(s).

As we continue to grow our website, one thing that we have been looking at is making our website easier to view on mobile devices.  (iPhone, Blackberry, etc.)  Due to the nature of our website layout, our website is difficult to view on some mobile devices.  However, we are pleased to announced that from this moment forward, our website will detect if you have a mobile device and format the site so that is easier to see on your mobile device.  You can also decide to switch back to the regular ‘full theme’ if you desire, as some mobile devices can still handle our ‘full theme.’

So, no matter if you have a Blackberry, an iPhone, a smartphone, or some other mobile device;  the SCoG website is now easy to access and get your information while on the go.

We are pleased to introduce the rollout of our new ‘Digital Download’ service here at the Snellville Church of God website.  What are digital downloads?  Basically, digital downloads are copies of our sermons (that you would normally get on CD) that are available for download, right from our website.  This allows us to offer our sermons at a cheaper rate (no physical media, no shipping costs, etc.) while being able to immediately provide the file for download as soon as payment is done.

What are the key differences between our Audio CDs and Digital Downloads?

Once you order your digital download(s), you will be e-mailed instructions on how to download your files.  These files are available for 24 hours and then are removed from the download queue.  (It is extremely important that you have a working e-mail address and check your JUNK MAIL folder, in case this e-mail were to be considered ‘spam’ by your mailbox.)  It is recommended that you have high-speed internet for digital downloads, as each track could take a few minutes to download, depending on your ISP bandwidth / speed.

We currently offer all of our regular services from 2010 in our store, as well as the 2010 Winter Revival (with Evangelist Scott Crowe) that has been frequently requested.  We hope to add more digital downloads (starting with 2009) as we move forward.  Be sure to stop by our online store to check out what we have to offer (or) purchase your digital downloads today!