When it comes to software, some solutions that churches need are fairly unique to their setting. One of those is for scheduling rooms and resources. Our firm (MBS, Inc.) has been telling its clients for some time that no one does resource scheduling better than Dean Evans Associates’ Event Management Systems, or EMS.

Are you tired of getting those emails too? Most people don’t realize that modern viruses are able to spoof the From email address. That means you may not have been the source of the virus you’ve just been told you sent.

There’s a change in the wind! Churches are switching from putting their messages on cassettes to putting them on CDs. It’s getting hard to buy new vehicles with cassette players in them. Even portable cassette players are getting hard to find. Is this a large expense? Is it a difficult process? Let’s talk about it.

Churches are about program, not administration. During church site development projects we focus on program-related needs— auditorium, classrooms, etc— that’s only natural. We look ahead with vision to meet our growing needs in these areas. What often gets left behind is a balanced look at our growing administrative needs. One of those is setting our campuses up for data communications— our network. Networks run best when their infrastructure is solid. Let’s look at a few network cable issues worth keeping in mind as we plan our new site.

A lot of folks are talking these days about an amazing ability they heard of— that their computers can interpret their speech and turn it into text! What a time saver that will be! Is it true? Well, sort of!