Q: Do I need to open a Gmail Account in order to be in the Google
Group?

A: No! All you need to do is open a "Google Account". Google Accounts can be opened using any email address. For example, my Google Account is using grahambrenna@oursaviours.com as my login email address. A "Gmail Account" and a Google Account" are two different things.

Q: How do I open a "Google Account"?

A: Navigate to http://www.google.com and click on "Sign In" at the top right of the page. Next click "Create an Account Now". This will prompt you to type in your current email address and create a password. It will then ask you to create a "Nickname". Please just type in your first and last name for your "Nickname". This way when we're in the Google Group looking at the "Members List" we can easily identify you instead of trying to figure out whom you are by looking at your email address.

Q: Why can't I edit the Excel document files and save them for others
to see?

A: I am the only person who can upload documents to the Google Group. When I send emails asking people to sign up for certain worship services all I want you to do is "Reply to All" so that everyone can see your post. You can do this one of two ways. The first way is by "Replying to All" through your email account. This way your email reply gets posted to the group directly from your email, and gets sent out to all the members so they can see that you've signed up for a particular worship service. I will then record these posts and upload an updated copy of the Excel sheet.

Q: How do I start a new Discussion through my email without logging
into the Google Group via my web browser?

A: All you have to do is send an email from the email address that you used to set up your Google Account to oslc_technical_arts_team@googlegroups.com. Save this email address in your contact list! When you send an email to this address the "Subject" of that email will become the title of the Discussion.

Q: How do I edit my Google Group email settings?

A: While logged into the Google Group click on "Edit my membership" on the right side of the page. The following question will be posed to you: How do you want to read this group? You then must choose one of four options.

Option 1: No Email - this means that you will not receive any emails from this group (all email received from the group will come from the email address mentioned in the previous question's answer). This options pretty much requires you to login to the group via your web
browser if you want to be updated. I DO NOT recommend this option.

Option 2: Abridged Email - this means that you'll get one email per day which summarizes every post and update made to the group.

Option 3: Digest Email - this is the default option... with this option you will receive approximately one email per day with at most 25 full messages all bundled into one email.

Option 4: Email - this means that every time someone replies to or posts a discussion you will receive an email with that post.

Q: How do I edit my profile?