Ministry Purpose & Description
Established in 2005, the purpose of this committee is to meet the technology needs of St. Lucy Parish and Church, in addition to maintaining the St. Lucy Parish website.
These are the primary areas of support that members of the Technology Committee provide for St. Lucy Parish office and Church.
- Proactively maintain network equipment in order to provide a stable and secure network experience for today’s demanding need for technology in the church and parish office.
- Management, monitor and support of desktops, laptops, tablets, PCs, Apples/Macs, Audio/Video and network equipment.
- Administration of server, storage and network printer operations. Performs backup/restore operations to/from local or cloud storage. Second level support of parish software applications.
- Plan and implement hardware and software upgrades as needed
- Setup and management of network routers, wireless access points, network switches, bridges and associated cabling.
- Plan and execute virus sweeps, removal of unwanted content. Responds promptly to impacted systems.
- Hardware and software repairs as needed.
- Manage and support of parish Audio/Video setups, existing implementations and enhancements to legacy equipment.
- Website enhancements and support as needed.
Meeting Frequency and Meeting Place
Meetings are held on (more or less) the 3rd Saturday of the month from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM to discuss ongoing or new projects, needs of parish office/church hardware or software systems and/or perform maintenance of existing equipment. Members are tasked to perform various IT related tasks based on their IT knowledge and/or comfort level. There are many opportunities to learn about Audio/Video, wired and wireless network operations and related equipment.
The St. Lucy Technology Committee members do this because it is our way of helping build the kingdom of God.
He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored. “Proverbs 27:18”
Contact Details
Raymond Langford, 408-378-2464 X110, raymond.langford@dsj.org
Mineo Yamakawa & Dan Yamakawa
Technology Committee Lead
Updated 10.06.22
