When you need to understand the lifestyles and life stages of individuals in your markets, you need Esri’s Tapestry Segmentation. Tapestry classifies U.S. residential neighborhoods into 65 unique market segments based on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does so by conducting public opinion polling and social science research; by analyzing news coverage; and by holding forums and briefings. It does not take positions on policy issues.
Microframe Corporation has been designing and manufacturing a variety of LED displays and systems for more than 20 years. They now provide visual and vibrating pagers for paging parents, a secure web based child check-in system called Lambslist, timers clocks and counters for monitoring service times, and much more.
Google Calendar is a g
reat way to keep an online (and offline) scheduling calendar for yourself, or for an entire church staff. It’s something that our church uses and that we like very much. We love the easy integration of church and staff calendars through Gmail’s calendar application. - Mike DeLong (CrossPoint Community Church)
Is it time for you to move on to a new printer for your ministry? Today’s printers allow you to print directly from the Web using apps or send jobs via phone and e-mail. Here are four good options recommended by the Great Lakes District: Lexmark Pinnacle PRO901, Xerox Phaser 750N, Epson Workforce 635, and the HP Photosmart Premium Fax E-All-In-One.
Over 80,000
leaders, students, and teachers use ChristianBibleStudies.com to learn and apply God’s Word! For small groups, Sunday school classes, or your personal devotions, there are dozens of ready-to-download, ready-to-use Bible studies on topics as relevant as today’s headlines. You’ll also find tips and tricks to teach your group more effectively, free articles to share with your group and help them in their walk of faith, answers to common Bible questions, and illustrations for teaching.
The mission of Living Stones is to help churches become healthier and more effective in carrying out their mission through strategic planning, leadership training, leading churches through cultural change, and by offering select resources. Living Stones partners with organizations and congregations both large and small, check them out at living-stones.com.
ESRI provides business, consumer spending, demographic, and segmentation data to help you analyze markets, profile customers, evaluate competitors, and identify opportunities. In working to understand who is around you and what they value ESRI can be a great tool to evaluate market data. www.esri.com
Have you ever wanted to get great ideas from your teams? Tired of simply making phone calls or sending out random emails? Not sure of when feedback may or may not come in?
Wufoo might just be the thing you need! Wufoo strives to be the easiest way to collect information over the Internet. Wufoo’s form builder helps you create contact forms, online surveys, and invitations so you can collect the data, registrations and online payments you need for your organization, and the best part is that it is FREE!!!
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At the GLD we think this is a pretty cool little resource for you to use. So cool in fact we decided to put it into practice and created our own survey. We want to know what you think about how we are communicating and how we can interact with you. So if you don’t mind take a minute, click on the link below and give us your thoughts!
Looking for a way to raise money for your church, ministry or outreach?
Samaritan Fundraising was founded to support churches, ministries, and outreach organizations with new and innovative fundraising products. We are the only national fundraising company dedicated exclusively to the needs of Christian-based churches and charities.
Fundraising is hard work and distracts from your mission. Samaritan Fundraising wants to be your “armorbearer,” doing the hard work for you so you can stay focused on your work and ministry. All of their products are designed to be easy, high-profit, and risk-free. Samaritanfundraising.com
