Got Pics?

There has been a group formed at flickr.com for Barcroft Bible Church photos to be collected and shared. You can see the photos in our group by clicking here. To add photos you need to get a free account at Flickr, join the group "Barcroft Bible Church," and upload your photos to the site. After you upload your photos you need to go to the photo page and click "send to group" and choose our group. Right now there are just a few pictures I took this weekend in the group, but I hope it grows into a great collection of photos over the next few months as different people donate. There is another collection of old Barcroft photos on Flickr you may be interested in seeing that are not (yet) apart of our group. I understand they were uploaded by Pastor Hardman or one of his sons. Click here to see them.

One note about the photos you upload. I think all of you know what kind of photos are appropriate to upload, but there is an issue on the internet you may not be aware of. Some have taken photos of children off the web, and used as their profile photos on sites where you can meet other people. In other words, they pretend they are speaking as if they are that child and meet other people under that false pretense. For that reason, I never put photos of my children on the internet and I'd encourage you all to take the same policy. If you do upload a picture of a child to our group, please make sure you have the permission of that child's parents. I do not have the same concern for "old" pictures like the ones the Hardmans posted, because there is not the same concern that someone would become fixated on a child because of situation I described above. While some of our cutest pictures are of our children, your much better off sharing those photos by handing the child's parents a photo when you come on Sunday morning. I'm not trying to make any hard rules with this post, but want to make you aware of a situation so that you can use good judgment when posting.

Thanks to all those that will share photos. This will become a valuable collection for all of us over time.

Below are a couple of pictures from the Hardman collection. One of our current missionaries is in the top photo. See if you can find him before you click on it and read the description. If your successful you've probably been around awhile.