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Tech Hurdles: Internet solution for the mobile church.
The Sanctuary meets in a Minneapolis Public School.
We’ve long had the desire to move our kids’ check-in system to the web-based system that comes with Fellowship One (Our church management software). Internet access has always been a hurdle. The school isn’t able to allow us to use their network. They also aren’t able to let us install our own line. So, we’ve had to come up with a new solution.
That’s where the Novatel 2200 comes into play. We’re going to be using this handy little device on the Verizon network to give us internet access for our 3 check-in stations. Certainly it’s not optimal. But in my early tests, We’ve been able to simultaneously use two check-in stations and watch a video on YouTube with almost no hindrance. And that’s in our office which tends to be an network dead zone (just two bars coming through).
The simplicity of this device is also a winner. Just 1 button. Let me say that again, just 1 button. You turn it on, it shows up as a wi-fi network in your regular drop-downs, pop in the password and you’re off. No real set-up, just push the button. Brilliant.
I’m very excited to give this a spin as we begin real-world testing in early December preparing for launch in the beginning of January.
UPDATE 11/08/09: Fantastic first time use running our Counts Team machines as they processed checks and gifts from our congregation today. Fast. Simple. Plenty of connection to go around.
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Reflections on DC09
Spent the last few days at the Dynamic Church Conference in Dallas. It’s a conference for users of Fellowship One, a Church Management software from Fellowship Technologies.
Here’s what I like about this software, these people, their passion:
- Passion drives their purpose.
There is a genuine heart and belief that technology can be harnessed to help people become more fully devoted followers of Jesus. - They know that their technology is not the end but the means.
Fellowship One is about all about helping the church clear the administrative barriers to make way for real relationships. - They have an impressive road map.
Ftech has clearly been putting in the work to architect or rearchitect the product to be more agile and responsive to the growing technological needs of the evolving Global Mobile Church (GoMo as @terrystorch labeled it). - The don’t have the answers.
They made it very clear that the users of F1 are vital to drive future developments of the product. They call us church partners…and they mean it.
In my roll @theSanctuary, I see a long relationship with F1 in our future. If we’re diligent about it’s implementation, realistic about putting a SuperTeam around it, and intentional about pursuing the relationships on the other side of the data, this should be a beneficial partnership now and into the future.
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Sanctuary Refresh
In addition to a forthcoming brand spanking new website, I’ve been working on refreshing a lot of Sanctuary’s collateral. Here’s how the stationery is shaping up. You won’t believe how the website is going to look when my man Elliott Munoz gets done working his designer magic.
A lot of other materials are going to get a fresh kiss from the creative department.
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Change We Can Believe In
The campaign postcards aren’t over yet. Sure you’ve been inundated with them for the last year. How funny it will be to get one more handed to you by a friend or co-worker this week.
Thanks to some graphics from GCC, we’re going to be diving into a series called Change We Can Believe In.
No, it’s not about our excitement over the Obama victory. It’s about you. Your heart. Your growth. Our journey together. We’re making some changes at Sanctuary, and we want to let you know what it’s going to mean for all of us. Through it all, our goal is to help you become fully engaged followers of Christ…and now we’re making strides to help us all get there.
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Efrem at Willow Creek Lead Summit
The Willow Creek Lead Summit is coming up in August. Efrem will be speaking there this year.
They’ve got their website up and running now. You can check out a sample video from Efrem there.
Or check out the introduction from Phil Jackson, who co-wrote the Hip Hop Church book with Efrem.
The Book at Amazon:
Incidently, Phil and Tha House MCs will be at Hip Hop Sunday this month, April 20th 9 & 11am. They blew the roof off last time…Tha House is a ministry led by Phil Jackson birthed out of Lawndale Community Church in Chicago.
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Planet B-boy
I can’t wait to see this:
Maybe there will be a field trip for Hip Hop Academy sometime…
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It's true. We're Ol' Skool in an Old School.
We’re still young. We’re learning. We’re growing.
