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Hey HisReach,
We just want to keep you updated on what is going on in the HisReach world. There are tons of new people, tons of new church additions, and tons of new suggestions for HisReach.

We TOTALLY appreciate your feedback and we are hearing everything you say. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of time to respond to everything…but no worries, you are being heard. Keep the suggestions coming…together we will make HisReach an amazing place to be!

Just a little look into the future…HisReach is on the move! We are going into a time of great growth for HisReach and that means a lot of fun new features for all of you. Just to name a few:
1) Brand new photo system for your profile - Unlimited pictures, multiple albums, tagging, etc. - Get excited because this is going to be really cool!
2) More changes to how HisReach looks and functions - We are continuing to change HisReach to look great and function even better.
3) Music Profiles - Yes…some of you have been asking for almost a year and its nearly time. Before the summer is over…there will be music on your profiles…it’s going to be awesome…I promise :)

So…with all that on the way…we need one thing from you….especially all the new members out there. We need you to invite your friends to check out HisReach. If you love HisReach, if you think HisReach is alright, or even if you just see the potential of HisReach…help us get there! We need you to invite friends because it makes HisReach more fun, more active, and helps us to keep developing new stuff. There are 2 easy ways to invite your friends:

1) On your home page, there is a section called ‘Invite’. Simply type in your friends email addresses and a little message and send away.
2) If you prefer the easier route, you can import your email addresses from your email account into HisReach and then you don’t have to type at all. It’s REALLY easy and only takes a minute to actually do. You can find the address importer in the ‘Invite’ section on your home page at the link called ‘Find Your Friends on HisReach’ or at http://www.hisreach.com/general/invite_address_book.php. Also, if your friends are already on HisReach and you don’t know it…this tool will let you request their friendship immediately. Pretty cool!

So, thanks for helping us make a great site. Thanks for checking out what we are doing. Stay tuned here on the HisReach blog for more about a free iPod giveaway very soon!

UPDATED 8/8/07: If you were having any issues with the Connection Tool or if it was saying your file was not in valid CSV format, try again as we did make a few fixes.

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Wow! What a great weekend we had with all of you! It was so great to be out in Monterey, CA for the weekend to meet you. All-in-all we gave out 6000 orange wristbands, 1120 water bottles, 23 t-shirts, and 3 orange iPod shuffles! We hope that you got something to remember HisReach by while you were at SWC.

For those of you that have been members of HisReach for some time…you will be excited to know that there are now 950 new HisReach members! Make sure to introduce yourself and let’s make this online community the best on the Internet. Check out the Connection Tool to find people you may know. Just remember that it’s always better to have friends on HisReach…so don’t hesitate to request friendships with people. If you need some people to be your first friends, below are all the guys that were at the HisReach booth this weekend (we would love to be your friends):

Garrett (http://www.hisreach.com/garrett)
Doug (http://www.hisreach.com/dstjohn)
Cameron (http://www.hisreach.com/cameronj)
Justin (http://www.hisreach.com/justinbrier)
Jason (http://www.hisreach.com/jasonkleist)
Wes (http://www.hisreach.com/wesjang)
David (http://www.hisreach.com/davidjclarkeiv)

Thanks to everyone that signed up! We are glad you are a part of the HisReach family now and look forward to meeting you. Check out the pictures of SWC 2007!

Very lastly…check out the HisReach group for all members that attended SWC 2007. Make sure to join so that we can all stay connected.

You must have noticed by now that HisReach has a new look! We really wanted to move in the direction of taking our design to the next level, so this is where we started. A simple new header and a little less orange throughout the site. We are still working to update all the pages, but we are really excited about our new look. Let us know what you think!

Also, we have a new navigation system! We noticed that we had a lot of ways to get to the same page throughout the site. After quite a bit of analysis of the website, we came up with our new bar as you see it now. You should find everything you used to see on the new bar. If you don’t immediately see it, check out what is in the dropdown menus. We have some big plans for the next few months for HisReach and our navigation bar was getting smaller and smaller. You will find the most used pages on the top level and lesser used in the dropdowns. We hope you like the new navigation…we are working to make HisReach great!

Spirit West Coast starts today in Monterey, CA and runs through Saturday night. If you didn’t know yet, HisReach has a booth! We are located in the middle of the vendor island area. Make sure you come by the booth to say Hi. We are giving away free wristbands, free water bottles, and a raffle ticket to win one of THREE FREE IPODS. We would love to meet you, so grab some friends and stop by to meet us.

Lastly, along with our new look on the website…we have a new t-shirt available. Much thanks to Jason Kleist from Rambler Media for all of his hard work putting together the new shirt. You can check it out and order your own in the HisReach Store!

Thanks to everyone for all your support as we continue to grow HisReach. We appreciate all of your kind words and support.