raising up laborers: start your page

Raising up laborers

Starting a page

From your Facebook Home screen, click ‘Create Page’.

Select ‘Cause or Community’. A page dedicated to sharing the gospel aligns closest to a ‘Community Page’.

Think long and hard about what you want to call your page. If it is too preachy, people might put their guard up. Ask God to give you wisdom to the back door of their heart. “We must find the back door to peoples hearts because the front is heavily guarded.” – Ravi Zacharias

1. Name your page ‘for this example I am naming mine ‘The Page of Peace’.

2. After you type the name you desire, click ‘Get started’.

1. Type a few sentences to explain the purpose of the page. 2. Add a website [optional] that people can go to, to see more about the good

news. 3. ‘Save info’.

Stop. Pause at this step.

We will jump out of Facebook for a moment to download a picture that best represents your page.

Open a new browsing page.

1. Type in www.google.com2. In the Search field, type a key word(s) that represents your page.

1. Example: My page is called ‘The Page of Peace’, it is about Jesus being Peace. So I am typing the words ‘Jesus’ and ‘Peace’.

3. Then click ‘Google Search’.

Search results will come up for the web.You will want to click ‘Images’.

A vast array of images will appear. Click on one that best represents your heart for the Facebook page you are starting.Example: I like ‘No Jesus No Peace, Know Jesus Know Peace.’

Click ‘View image’

A page should appear that looks like this.Hover your mouse over the picture and ‘right click’.Click ‘Save image as…’

1. Click ‘desktop’ as the saving destination.2. Click the ‘Save’ button to download the picture.

If you go to your desktop, you will see the saved file.

1. Now jump back into your Facebook Page creation window. 2. Click Upload from Computer.

1. Click desktop.2. Select your picture file.3. Click ‘Open’.

Now your main Page picture is uploaded.Click ‘Next’

A screen will appear that asks if you would like to reach more people. SKIP this for now.

Congratulations! The foundations of your page is now set up.

Please watch the next tutorial to understand how to navigate your page on multiple platforms (desktops / notebooks, tablets, and smart phones).