Program: Shelby

Features and Benefits:

• Immediate, always on (24/7) access to matching process: button within ShelbyMAILROOM
• A single mailing or your whole database - process addresses as needed
• Addresses corrected via National Change of Address (NCOA) database and CASS certified in one process
• Adherence to USPS requirements for First Class bulk mail
• Data exchange via Internet: speedy reaction in a near real-time* environment
• Shelby database updated with corrected addresses
• User-specified process: which records and what frequency
• Prints required USPS Forms and reports showing processing results
• Eliminates file manipulation or data entry; no file import or export, no manual data entry
• Reduce duplicate mailings
• Reduce duplicate postage
• Spend less time with re-mailings - save time and money
• MOVE Agent has an annual registration fee, plus a nominal per-record charge. Results vary, but between 3-12% of all records are updated during a typical MOVE Agent job. Cost of 100 pieces of Underliverable Mail: Postage ($0.41 per piece) + production costs ($.40 per piece estimated) = $81.00

NCN Churches Using Shelby: Harvest Church in Elk Grove, Bethel Church in San Jose, Capital Christian Center in Sacramento, Hilltop Community Church in Richmond

Program: Fellowship One

Features and Benefits:

• Web based system allows you to access information from any machine not just on your network
• Allows you to store many individuals and groups
• Connection with the church through online contact forms
• Online donations with the ability to view giving history
• Event registration with online payments
• Volunteer applications with automated background checks
• Small group access with integrated "finder module"
• Small group management with group email, attendance tracking, and meeting note recording

Concerns: Can be difficult to remove individuals

NCN Churches Using Fellowship One: Mars Hill in Natomas, New Life Church in Alamo

Program: Power Church

Features and Benefits:

• Record useful information about the people in your congregation, so that you can serve them even better.

• Keep your church finances in order with an accounting system that is specifically designed for church use.

• Use the contributions system to record donations and track pledges or faith promises.

• The Events module allows you to keep track of upcoming events, such as potlucks, worship services, choir rehearsals, or virtually anything else you have going on.

• A customizable feature that brings time-sensitive data to your attention at program startup.

• From your education library to equipment inventory, keep your records up-to-date.

NCN Churches Using Power Church: Grace Community in Elk Grove, New Life Community in Fair Oaks

Recommend: Yes

Check it Out: www.powerchurch.com

Program: Connection Power

Features and Benefits:

• Designed by successful Pastors and leading authority in church growth
  
• ConnectionPower conducts targeted large-scale church growth research to verify the benefits of key design upgrades
  
• Seamless migration from an acclaimed visitor connection process to a highly evolved member integration process that ensures people move from the crowd to the core
• Free hosted websites that display unparalleled cutting edge technology that helps every-sized church to have a strong "attraction factor" with a fortune 500 feel to their surrounding communities
• Integrated website design that removes all the obstacles for visitors and newcomers to make friends and get involved by transforming a church website from a static brochure into an interactive medium
• Unique reports that create critical feedback on the health of your central ministry processes as they directly relate to church growth.
• All Information critical to sustaining healthy ministry processes is PUSHED in front of the right eyes so users do not have to wonder what to do next
• Monitor the health of key ministry processes through unique metrics and trends on a church's leading growth indicators which reliably predict future performance
• Online calendar with robust event descriptions, pictures, unique online event registration capabilities and online payments directly through the church website
• An interactive 'personal church homepage' for every member in your invited online community where they can build an online community
• An interactive Ministry Group web page for every ministry group of the church, with "member only access" that facilitates relationships and ministry growth
• Paperless facility management with full online setup instructions and communications
• Web based interactive calendar/event/facility manager that is seamlessly integrated between modules and creates powerful direct functionality between ministry leaders/planners and a church website
• Unlimited access to fiscal giving history for congregants with highly detailed online transactional reports for self reconciliation of contributions by members from home
• Unparalleled decentralization of ministry/communication functionality that removes the centralized church office from an impossible mission to support the organic development of the Body of Christ
• Mail merged mailings can be easily developed and generated directly by ministry leaders with little or no staff assistance
• Automated mailings that are system generated to save staff time with mundane tasks

• 12 week calling cycle for entries (such as visitors) it reminds the designated person to follow up (" If you want your church to grow this is the program!")
  
• Cost varies
  

Churches Using Connection Power: Laguna Christian Center in Elk Grove (Debbie Mena is available to answer questions regarding the program, Debbie_mena@sbcglobal.net.)

• Allowing virtually unlimited membership information on every individual. In addition to standard fields for addresses, phones, birthdays and so forth, there are dozens of user-defined fields, including date fields, so information is easily tailored to individual church needs.
• Grouping individual records by family. Last names and addresses are entered just once for the whole family to speed entry. Different, last names or addresses can be easily changed for an individual, while still maintaining family relationships. Labels print properly for households with different last names.
• Storing individual and family pictures by using its full picture capability. It can be acquired from any TWAIN device or imported (including from digital pictorial directories). Pictures can be lightened, darkened, resized, etc. within ACS to enhance display or printing.
• Getting current directions to one's house is easy through ACS Internet mapping.
• Keeping unlimited phone numbers, email addresses, and mailing addresses for each individual or household. Phone numbers and email addresses may be marked as unlisted.
• Handle postal regulations & documentation, including periodicals.
• Calculate postage costs & bulk mail savings.
• Presort, bar code & verify addresses.
• Set meeting rooms at a glance
• Create and distribute custom calendars
• Coordinate multiple events and activities
• Book multiple locations for one event
• Schedule equipment, people, and facilities
• Create system-wide calendars for every ministry area
• Schedule rooms, events, and meeting with a mouse click or key stroke
• Publish information across calendars
• Review daily and weekly planning quickly
• Gain insight into the program with extensive context-sensitive Help screens
• Access this program over the Internet whenever you need it
• Track all employee information including vacation and sick time. You can set up specific pay types that may be assigned to an employee. Each type is set up to be taxable, or not, for federal withholdings, state withholdings, FICA, etc. You may want to set up Regular Pay, Sick Pay, and Overtime.
• Pay via printed checks or direct deposit. Use the Direct Deposit feature, ACH format, to provide the option of electronically depositing payroll checks for employees who choose to participate.
• Print W2-s, 941's, and other payroll reports. ACS Payroll supports IRS requirements, including printing W-2's and Form 941.
• In addition to payroll tax adjustments, you can set up customized additions, deductions or contributions.

Recommended: Yes

Check it Out: www.acstechnologies.com

• Servant Keeper® keeps track of all of your members' pertinent information and contributions in a safe, secure and easy to use package.

• You can store all kinds of information including Family & Individual mail and email address, phones numbers,important dates, skills, leadership positions, activities; which people are willing and where and much more

• ·The unique Groups Keeper ™module will save you hours and hours throughout the year when mailing newsletters and producing customizable lists based on whatever criteria you chose. Groups Keeper is also invaluable in setting up classes, functions, activities, retreats - just about anything you can think of.

• · Servant Keeper® also keeps track of attendance so that you know exactly who's attending what functions as well as who's not been attending regularly. Servant Keeper® also provides tools to help you quickly and easily follow -up on visitors as well as non attendees.

• ·The Servant Keeper® Contribution module is the most efficient way to enter the weekly offerings and produce attractive and informative reports and graphs including individual and family contribution statements, bank deposit slips, pledges and several customizable account listings. Best of all Servant Keeper® links to the leading accounting packages Quicken and QuickBooks to provide complete general Ledger functionality.

Recommended: Yes

Check it Out: www.servantpc.com