· A well-chosen domain name is easy for people to remember

· Email forwarding service using that domain name for your staff and church

officers makes it easy for people to contact you

· Only one person needs to make the changes to email forwarding addresses when

staff’s and officers’ email addresses change

Go to http://godaddy.com, sign up with a username and self-selected password. Find out

if the domain name of your choice is available, then follow the instruction to register it.

At different stages of the registration, you are offered a variety of different choices at

different costs. Resist all temptations and choose the one that allows you to "park the

domain name for free." At the end of the registration, you’ll be asked for a credit card

number to be charged the $8.95/yr domain registration fee. This will take 24 hours to go

into effect.

Go to http://mydomain.com and sign up with your email address and a self-selected

password. Follow the instruction and let them know that your domain resides with

godaddy.com. Set your web forwarding address to your church’s homepage and create as

many email forwarding addresses as you need them. The catch-all (any unspecified

username) will automatically go to you as owner of your domain name and can be

forwarded to the appropriate person they are intended for. Once this is set up, it takes

about 24 hours to go into effect.

Go back to http://godaddy.com and click on "my account" then sign in again with your

email address and password. In the Account Management area, click on "Domain

Names." The domain name(s) registered by you will pop up and you’ll see the Name

Servers listed as "park1.godaddy.com" etc… Select "modify DNS information" and add

the following 4 DNS entries in caps:

NS1.MYDOMAIN.COM

NS2.MYDOMAIN.COM

NS3.MYDOMAIN.COM

NS4.MYDOMAIN.COM

Once this is set, wait 24 hours and see if you can access your website using the domain

name and test the forwarding service.

When these work to your satisfaction, send the appropriate information to the District

Office and publicize your new domain name and email addresses.