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[VIDEO] Rocking Out With Memphis’ Best

Every year at our International Shelby Conference (ISC), we have classes, speakers, performers, one-on-ones, and much, much more. Last year, we had the very talented Nicole C. Mullen perform during a worship breakfast, and this year we are so excited to have two artists that are Memphis stars, but also performers for different projects all over […]

Happy April Fool’s!

How is March over already? I know that other parts of the country have had a cold winter, but here in Memphis, it seems like Spring started in January and Summer started in February. Now April 1st will be here on Sunday. April 1st, as you know, is April Fool’s Day. No, really, it is […]

We Need To Turn This Around (Duh)

I recently wrote a blog post about how to use Shelby Arena to measure the health of your church and its members/visitors. Well, right after it was published, I saw an article on The Christian Chronicle about the major decline in Church of Christ attendance in the last nine years. The article, titled “102,000 Fewer People […]

Measuring the “Health” of Your Church & Your Members

One great tool that we offer in our browser-based Arena Premium software is the Health Meter (also known as the Active Meter). We always like to open up opportunities to hear from our customers and see what tools are really helpful to them. It’s also a plus when we can offer something that doesn’t yet exist anywhere else in […]

ANNOUNCING… Arena Select in the Cloud! [plus Giveaway!]

Arena Select is now available in the Cloud! Cloud, or “hosted” software, is software that is delivered over the Internet from an off-site location where the data is stored. No more hardware or software installations. No more virus software to update or software upgrades to deploy. The servers where your data is located are regularly […]

Flying Priests

Apparently the Russians are dedicated to having a church of worship on their army bases, as opposed to performing worship services in tents or other military buildings. It has just been announced that their army will have an air-dropped chapel (along with parachuting priests) where their soldiers are stationed. The churches are needed because of special rules […]

Something for Your Soul

This story in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal caught my attention because I have recently started running and I also regularly work out at the YMCA, so I figured it would be right up my alley. I quickly realized that it isn’t just about a man’s determination to stay in shape and to challenge himself with marathon running, […]

ISC 2012 Is 3 Months Away!

Hopefully by now you have heard of ISC, or the International Shelby Conference. It is our annual conference that is being held in Memphis, TN this year (shout out to our hometown!) and is full of classes and many special opportunities to meet people who do what you do each and every day. If this is […]

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