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Organize your youth ministry with Bento

7 Apr

Bento is a powerful database software for Mac (lightweight version of Filemaker). If you’re looking for a clean, easy and elegant solution for your youth ministry, look no further. For $49 bucks you can be in the driver’s seat. Bento allows you to create drag-and-drop database applications with no fuss. Within a matter of a few minutes, you can have your entire youth ministry operation organized. Here are a few things you can do with accomplish with Bento.

  1. Student roster with photos from iPhoto
  2. Event lists (even import iCal feeds)
  3. Keep attendance using relational fields that link the events and roster together
  4. Easy export of data to Excel or other applications

Bento also offers iPhone and iPad applications for a minimal fee so you can take your data anywhere you want.

Thanks to Joseph Waterman for creating this awesome two-part tutorial screencast.

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Connected – A Free Youth Series

10 Oct

Connected – A Free Youth Series

The guys over at Solid Youth Ministries have released a free graphic youth lesson series.  The series includes the following free files:

  • Lessons in a Word document
  • PDF Printouts
  • PSD Design File
  • Media Slide

Thanks to David McGovern for making this available to everyone.

Go To Solid Youth Ministries