If I can just take a minute to say, this has been one of the fastest summers ever for me. It’s amazing, in youth ministry, how the weeks can fly by and before you know it your right back in the school season. After all the summer camps, mission trips, and 100ft freestyle slip & slide parties (this one was great for our kids:) ) it’s almost time to kick back in gear for the school season. So, my question for this week is, "Are you ready?".
One of the great things about school season starting back up is all the new faces that come with it. I love it when school season kicks back into gear, but at the same time it can quickly turn into a organizational nightmare… unless you are prepared. Come on, you know what I’m talking about… as a youth pastor your opportunities increase and as those opportunities increase so does the administrative work that comes with them… blah…. I don’t think I met any youth pastor that just loves, with an intense passion, administrative work… they do however love being with their kids and helping them grow. Tracking event money, attendance, pictures, names, phone numbers, email addresses, and all the other gamuts of information can quickly suck up your time, unless you have the right tools.
I try to think of if like trying to repair the broken screw on your car with an old butter knife… it just never seems to do the job like the right tool would. The same thing applies with administration in youth ministry… spreadsheets and word doc’s just are not the right tools for the job. Sure, they can work… I’ve been there… I actually love spreadsheets and formulas and functions… but they are time consuming… and there is a better way. The answer…. get software designed especially for youth ministry admin. This will not only save you time… but it will make you more productive… and I know being more productive is something we all would like to be in youth ministry. A good youth ministry software will easily track pictures, names, addresses, phone numbers, event money, attendance, and more. But what makes youth ministry software shine even more is the ability it will give you to search the information in the database.
If you need to find all the 8th graders who signed up for next weeks event but still have not paid all the money, or just simply the youth who have a birthday coming up… no matter what it is a good youth ministry database will make these tasks a breeze…. oh, and you shouldn’t have to know any programing language to do this. What I have listed here is only the tip of the ice burg of what youth ministry software can do for you. So, That’s why I will be starting this series on "Why Youth Ministry Software" Keep an eye out and if you have questions be sure to post a comment and I will get it answered for you.
In the mean time, head over to www.youthassistant.com to see the leader in youth ministry database software.
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