There’s been lots of talk about the formation of a Church IT Association (CITA).  Refer here and here and here and other places.  Here’s my thoughts…
I’ve dreamed of a united Christian IT group for at least 6 years now.  When I actually started working in Church IT 3 1/2 years ago I formed a plan.  [...]

After listening to all the vendors, and everything that was said during the roundtable, I’ve decided to do things a little different around here.  I’ve spent too much time focusing on the technology and not enough time on the ministry of CHCC.  Of course that’s my job, but I’ve come to the realization that in [...]

Once a month I visit St Mary’s Catholic Church here in town to do maintenance on their computers and take care of whatever computer problems they have.  They usually have a list of small things for me to either take care of or show them how to do.  A few weeks ago I got an [...]

Today is full of more vendor presentations, but they’re all specifically Church Management Systems. There’s still a few left, but I am certain CHCC NEEDS to change. Our current solution is just getting us by, but I’ve seen several very innovative solutions here that don’t just help us manage information, but help facilitate [...]

It has been awesome to see so many people talk about IT Ministry. IT as a ministry has been a dream of mine for 6 years. And since the beginning my dream has been to see IT professionals from churches all over to join forces and work together. Now I’m in Houston [...]

So far we’ve covered three topics this morning. We spent alot of time talking about virtualization (definitely a hot topic this year), then we talked about intranets/Sharepoint, and then staffing and volunteer issues.
Then we went to lunch and we had a discussion about the formation of a national association of church IT people. [...]

This Round table is a little square.

The first official day of the IT Roundtable was full of vendor presentations. We heard from VMWare, Xcentric, Katharion, ScriptLogic, DataCore, ServiceU and the Web Empowered Church. Overall it was a very informative day. I’ve been using VMWare for some time, but no where near it’s full potential. Virtualization was a [...]

I made it to Houston without anything interesting to report. Now I’m just chillin’ a bit until 5:30 when we get together for dinner. I think I have just enough time for a nap.

Our church is in a transitional period right now. We’re less than 10 months away from having a new worship center, and the leadership is taking a long hard honest look at everything we do and deciding what needs to change. We’re working hard at defining what our purpose is and how we [...]