TV this is something the truly helps me calm myself down and find some of the rest I need.  One of the problems I have found however is that my business can often times get in the way of me being allowed the joy of following my favorite teams.  The amazing thing however is that new gadgets are making it possible to watch live television on the go using mobile broad cast services by FLO TV and Mobile DTV.  The cool thing about this is that while I’m on the go, I can still find times to wind down and perhaps catch one of my favorite teams.  Here are some options I have discovered:

Flo TV

Mophie Juice Pack TV – This slim, 3.5 ounce iPhone case has a built in antenna that receives live programming from 16 channels, including ABC Mobile, courtesy of FLO.  The case, which comes with a USB cable for charging, can add four hours to the iPhone’s battery life.  Cost $150, plus $15 a month for a FLO subscription.

FLO TV personal television – Don’t have a smartphone?  FLO’s branded mobile TV player has a 3.5-inch touchscreen, stereo speakers, and a built-in headphone jack.  The 5.5-ounce device comes with earbuds and a micro-USB charger.  Cost $199 with a fee year of ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.

Mobile DTV

Valups Tivizen – The 2.5-ounce Tivizen has a built-in antenna that transmits live TV to laptops, the Ipod Touch, and a variety of smartphones via Wi-Fi.  It works with Mobile DTV’s service, which is free but currently broadcasts only a few channels in select cities.  Cost: $149.00

LG DVD & Live Mobile DTV – LG’s multitasking device plays DVD’s, CDs, and MP3’s, as well as Mobile DTV.  Weighing in at 2.5 pounds, it has a 7-inch wide-screen display, stereo speakers, and dual headphone jacks. It comes with a remote and an AC adapter.  Cost: $250.

Since the beginning, their primary service to the church has been to bridge the gap between Sunday school and seminary. Their commitment over the decades has never changed: to faithfully present the unvarnished truth of Scripture and help people grow in their knowledge of God and His holiness.

On this site you have access to more than 5000 resources to help you pursue that knowledge.  Most of their resources are offered on popular media such as DVD, CD, and MP3.  They also guide the growing Christian or the inquiring skeptic to the best books on many subjects.  We encourage you to take look around their site.  Whether it’s listening to a sermon series, planning to attend a conference, or even enrolling in one of the new Certificate Program courses through Ligonier Academy, we hope you’ll find something to enrich your growth in Christ.

To learn more go to www.ligonier.org.

Over the years, Christian Aid has provided more than $100 million in assistance to more than 800 evangelistic ministries based in 122 “mission field” countries overseas.  These boards deploy a combined total of 100,000 missionaries serving in the most unevangelized nations of the world.

Christian Aid was first established in Washington, DC as a missionary outreach among overseas students and other visitors from unevangelized “mission field” countries.  Since millions of foreign nationals come to the U.S. and Canada every year, their goal is to reach these visitors while they are away from home, and lead them to a saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior.  Hundreds of highly educated men and women have gone back to provide leadership for indigenous missionary ministries among their own people on every continent.

When they return home to spread the gospel, Christian Aid serves as their supply line. They make known their work to believers in the US; print and mail out their newsletters; maintain their list of personal prayer partners and supporters; and issue tax-deductible receipts for contributions sent in for their work.  100% percent of all gifts received from their personal supporters is used for the support of their ministry.

To learn more about Christian Aid and how you might get involved in this ministry visit  www. Christianaid.org.

Lexmark Pinnacle PRO901

This color ink-jet printer as a 4.3 inch LCD touchscreen with apps for printing stamps, travel itineraries, calendars and photos from Stamps.com and other websites.  It prints 33 pages per minute in black and white.  Cost $250

Xerox Phaser 750N

This color laser printer does not have apps, but it can print PDF’s by e-mail.  It comes with easy-to-use desktop software for adjusting print quality and handles 35 pages per minute.  Cost $2,999

Epson Workforce 635

You can send jobs to this color ink-jet printer, which prints 15 pages per minute, from your iPhone app and Wi-Fi connection.  You also have the option of loading photos directly using a memory card.  Cost $230

HP Photosmart Premium Fax E-All-In-One

Like the Lexmark, this 24 pages-per-minute color ink jet comes with apps for printing photos, news feeds, and other files from the Web.  You can also send job requests to the printer’s e-mail address.  Cost $299

At The Neat Company, they believe you shouldn’t have to work to use your information.  That’s why they developed a system of intelligent solutions that transform information into something that works for you.  Whether it’s bills or expenses, business cards or financial documents, even your collection of newspaper clippings, they free the information trapped on paper—so you can secure it, organize it, and use it. Because when your information is transformed, you move from cluttered to confident, from overwhelmed to accomplished.  The Neat Company believes the solution to our paper problem is not to use less paper, but to keep less paper.  After all, what we really want is the information on the paper, not the paper itself. Their mission is to help small businesses and consumers at home transform paper into information that works.

They think of it as the digital filing cabinet.  You can save, track and manage your information without the paper.

To learn more about if this solutions could work for you, watch the video below and visit www.neatco.com.

Who is the Barna Group?

Barna Group is a visionary research and resource company located in Ventura, California.  The firm is widely considered to be the leading research organization focused on the intersection of faith and culture.  The Barna Group offers a range of customized research, resources and training to serve churches, non-profits, businesses and leaders.

What is the vision of Barna Group?
Barna Group provides leadership and unique, strategic information and resources that help facilitate transformation in organizations, communities and individuals.

The company provides primary research; printed resources; leadership development; spiritual training; and church facilitation and enhancement. They seek to use our strengths in partnership with organizations and entrepreneurs to be a catalyst in moral, social, and spiritual transformation.  They accomplish these outcomes by providing vision, information, strategy, evaluation and resources.

How Can Barna Group impact me and my church?
Barna Group has an incredibly broad range of research topics available for you to view right now online.  Visit their site at www.barna.org.  On their home page you will see a list of topics; each topic provides a fascinating perspective of today’s culture as it relates to faith.  Barna Group encourages the utilization of this information in the church setting, but check out their permissions page for more details.

Through its publishing division, B&H Publishing Group, LifeWay has produced one of the most accurate and readable Bible translations ever – the Holman Christian Standard Bible.  LifeWay is a religious nonprofit organization that receives no funding from the denomination and reinvests income above operating expenses in mission work and other ministries around the world.

Planning Center Online supplies one central place to organize all aspects of your ministry service and keep your staff and volunteers connected. Creating service plans, scheduling volunteers through simple e-mails, mapping chord charts, transposing mp3s, and reporting to CCLI are just a few of the program’s features.  Volunteers receive scheduling e-mails and they have the ability to “accept”, “decline”, or “view the service” all with the click of their mouse.  Volunteers will now be able to view all pdf’s and other various attachments associated with your plan in one central place.

Using Planning Center’s “Matrix” view will allow you to plan several weeks in advance through simple drag and drop functionality.  Planning Center has specific Media and Song pages that allow you to search, filter and find specific songs or media for your plan.

The People page allows you to search for people to schedule by band position, vocal part, ministry group and the list goes on and on.  For example, in just two clicks you can schedule a piano player for your service.

Each user on your account will have their own calendar where they can block out dates they are unavailable.  You will be notified immediately of these dates while creating your schedule and be able to work around them.  Their calendar will also reflect the dates that they are scheduled to serve.

Planning Center Online is web-based which means you or your users will not have to install any software.  You just need an internet connection and you can access the program from anywhere .  Check out our video tutorial below or just sign up for a free 30 days and see how Planning Center Online will revolutionize the way you plan your ministry services.

Introducing Planning Center Online from Planning Center on Vimeo.

SermonSearch

Today SermonSearch.com is your online central source for sermon outlines, sermon illustrations, and church media. With over 20,000 Bible sermons on topics like love, prayer, faith and more from popular pastors and authors including Adrian Rogers, Charles Stanley, and more, SermonSearch helps make preparing for Sunday easy!  Get sermon ideas and help for occasions like holidays, funerals, revival, and weddings.  SermonSearch.com also has over 2,000 church and worship media resources including worship backgrounds, sermon PowerPoint backgrounds, video illustrations, and more! Create dynamic church services with powerful sermons, illustrations, and worship media from the central online sermon resource – SermonSearch.com.

SermonSearch.com Resources:

• 20,000+ Sermons
• 4,800+ Motion Backgrounds
• 3,600+ Still Backgrounds
• 2,200+ Video Illustrations
• 600+ Church and Worship Countdowns
• Bible Study Tools with more than 29 translations, commentaries, concordances, lexicons and many more resources for studying the Bible.