"A Family of Encouragement"

 

Our sermons are stored at ChristianPodder.com. The "Listen" button beside the sermon will take you to the sermon on ChristianPodder.com.

Three ways to listen to the sermons on ChristianPodder.com

1) Listen on your Computer-- All sermons can be listened to by selecting the "Preview" button, but if you hit the pause button it actually stops the sermon. Hitting preview again will start the sermon over. If you would like to be able to pause, rewind, or forward the sermon, you must listen to it in itunes. More info below at "Follow these simple steps."
2) Download ONE Sermon to your Ipod -- If you want to download one sermon, but don't want to subscribe, use the "QUEUE" button. Each sermon will have a queue button that will add the individual sermonto your personal queue for download.
3) Subscribe – A user may subscribe to any podcast by selecting the subscribe button. Once subscribed to a podcast, each new sermon will automatically be added to your personal queue for download. Go to HBC's main page on ChristianPodder.com click the "SUBSCRIBE" button.


My Casts
The My Casts page is your personal page for managing your queue, subscriptions, casts, and personal profile.

Queue – here you will find any episodes that you have added to your personal queue by using the queue button on an episode or that have been added because you are subscribed to a podcast. The queue contains all the episodes that are waiting for your podcast software to download. This is where you will also find the RSS feed that is required to add to your podcasting software to automatically download the queued episodes. Read the next section for more on RSS.
Subscriptions – here you will find all your podcast subscriptions. Keep in mind a subscription to a podcast causes any new episode of that podcast to automatically be added to your personal queue for download. If you have subscribed to specific search criteria it will also be listed here with the name your provided during the subscribe search process.
Casts – This is where you will contribute or maintain a podcast if you so desire. Contributing a podcast has never been easier, all you need is something to say, sing, or play. Most people can fill that requirement. Before contributing your first podcast please review the Contribute page for important information on how to achieve the best podcasting results.
Profile – This is where you can edit your personal information provided during the registration process. Please provide as much information as you are comfortable with as it helps the entire community. All of your information is kept confidential (see our privacy policy). The more you tell us about yourself, the better ChristianPodder.com can serve up what you are looking for.

If you want to download the sermons to your iPod, Follow these simple steps:

1) Register at ChristianPodder.com for Free: If you haven’t already registered with ChristianPodder.com take a moment and fill out the brief online registration form here. There is no cost to join and all of your information is kept confidential (see our privacy policy). The more you tell us about yourself, the better christianpodder.com can serve up what you are looking for.

2) Install podcasting software on your PC if you haven’t already done so.
Here is a free popular podcasting software program:
· iTunes (For Windows and Apple PCs)

3) iTunes users: Go to “My Casts,” select “Queue,” you will see two buttons, one named “iTunes” and another named “RSS.”
If you are using iTunes, click on the iTunes button. iTunes will launch and automatically add the RSS feed for your ChristianPodder.com personal queue.

If you are using podcasting software other than iTunes. If you have already installed podcasting software you are now ready to add your Christian Podder personal queue RSS to your podcasting software. click on the RSS button and a browser page will be opened with the RSS XML displayed. You will need to copy the URL from the address bar of the browser and paste it into your podcasting software where you add RSS feeds.

Now You Are Ready
You have now connected your podcasting software to your personal queue at ChristianPodder.com. ChristianPodder.com will add episodes to your personal queue anytime you select the queue button on an episode, or whenever a new episode is published to a podcast that you have subscribed to. The episodes will stay in your ChristianPodder.com personal queue until your podcasting software request them to be downloaded. Most podcasting software allows you to specify when to download new episodes. Options normally include: when you start Windows, at a defined time frequency, and so on.