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Churck Management Overview
Shepherd’s Staff is fully integrated church management software currently being used and appreciated in approximately 6,200 churches nation-wide. It is the only church management software on the market today both developed and sold exclusively through a not-for-profit Christian organization, making it genuinely a computer product designed “by church people, for church people.” Tracking Membership, Attendance, Contributions, [...]
Continue reading...Why to Consider Churck Leadship Training
2. July 2010
Society for Church Consulting - Consultant Training and Certification Level 4 Church Health Consulting Process Details on the Level 5 Consulting Project Becoming a Certified Church Consultant Church Central Consultant Directory Certified Church Health Consultant Certified Transitional Pastor by LifeWay Certified in use of Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis Trained in the use of Growth Spiral and [...]
Continue reading...Why Create Backgrounds?
2. July 2010
PowerPoint offers a healthy assortment of “design templates,” which give users a head start on slide show formatting. They can either choose a template when they create a new presentation, or they can use the Apply Design command to change the appearance of an existing one. Fortunately, you can give your students the best of both [...]
Continue reading...Curch Consuting
1. July 2010
Those who still go to church in Europe do not usually go there to find out what God requires of them. One report from Italy says: “Italians tailor their religion to fit their lifestyles.” One sociologist there says: “We take from the pope whatever suits us.” The same might be said of Catholics in Spain, [...]
Continue reading...Essentials to Create a PowerPoint Background
28. June 2010
Custom Animation is a feature in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. It contains a list of effects that you can apply to objects to have them animate during the slide show. PowerPoint 2000 and earlier versions offer basic Entrance effects such as Appear, Dissolve and etc. It is to be noted that in PowerPoint 2000 and earlier [...]
Continue reading...How to Create a PowerPoint Background
26. June 2010
Before getting all caught up in the gee-whiz features of PowerPoint, remember that the purpose of a presentation is to present information — not overwhelm the audience with a demonstration of all the software bells and whistles. In that respect, using PowerPoint is similar to using a page layout program. The software is merely a [...]
Continue reading...The Fundamentals of Creating Church Backgrounds
24. June 2010
Over the last month, I’ve noticed an interest in worship backgrounds or images for churches to use in PowerPoint or worship software programs. So here’s my first experiment with offering some free backgrounds for your use. Below are the thumbnails of the backgrounds I threw together … you can see the full files by clicking on [...]
Continue reading...Non Profit Software in the News
22. June 2010
Nonprofits seek funding through a variety of means. There are many grants available through both federal agencies and private foundations, but the competition for a really good grant can be huge. Few organizations are able to survive on grant money alone. Building a large base of donors can be the key [...]
Continue reading...Topical Review of Donor Management Software
15. June 2010
Many people I spoke with informally, however, were not happy with the current software choices and had decided to do just that: figure it out and build it. The most common set of complaints was that donor software was either loaded with features that didn’t apply to the organization and made it overly complicated to [...]
Continue reading...Church Membership Software Research (part 1)
10. June 2010
This data set contains statistics by state for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, providing information on the number of churches and members. The denominations included represent an estimated 91 percent of U.S. membership totals officially submitted to the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. This data set contains statistics by state for 133 Judeo-Christian church bodies, providing [...]
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Fred Burfell
I am a seasoned (old) freelance writer with more than 40 years experience with newspapers and magazines. In my golden years I write for myself and trust that maybe someone else will find value in my musings.
2. July 2010
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