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Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and Biblical Inspiration to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission

Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and Biblical Inspiration to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission.

Q & A: I need a resource for bargain software—is Consistent Computer Bargains still in business?

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QUESTION:

Yvon,

A number of years ago (app. 2004 or earlier) I attended one of your seminars. You handed out a book with a couple of resource pages in the back. I’m interested in one particular resource, Consistent Computer Bargains (www.ccbministries.com).

In 2004 when we purchased a new computer we were able to order software from this site for a reduced price for churches, we saved quite a bit of money. We are again looking at purchasing a new computer and would like to again order this discounted software. However when I check out the website another site comes up that doesn’t look right.

Do you know anything about the current state of this company? Are there other companies out there who will give generous discounts on software programs to churches? Computers also.

I would appreciate hearing back from you so I can forward the information to the person at our church in charge of making a new computer purchase for us.

Thank you ahead for your help and for all you do to provide help for church secretaries and their churches!

Connie, Trinity UCC

ANSWER:

CCB onlineThe best place is till Consistent Computer Bargains. Though they have changed their name somewhat, here is their website: http://www.ccbnonprofits.com.

I spoke recently to their Director of Religious Sales, Patti Lojeski. I have known Patti and the folks there for over 15 years and I can't recommend them enough.

Not only for MS Publisher, the company still has many fantastic deals on software for churches—they are able to sign churches up for nonprofit pricing for the companies that offer this. You can't get these prices in regular retail stores, you must use a group like CCB.

In addition, they have also expanded their offerings in hardware, software, and cloud services.

I featured them in my e-book:  9 Reasons why MS Publisher is a great program for churches to use for print and graphic creation. This ebook is free for ECC MEMBERS and is an inexpensive download for others. For more about it, to link to the book and download, CLICK HERE .

Here is Patti Lojeski's contact information. She can refer you to someone who can specifically help you. Do let her know I sent you!

800-342-4222 ext. 107 | patti.lojeski@ccbnonprofits.com

How to modify templates for A paper sizes

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I created this brief video in answer to a question from Australia about what to do when the Effective Church communication files are in PDF format sized for American paper sizes, but these sizes are not the standard paper sizes for Australia.

This short video shows how to modify the communications in MS Publisher and MS Word to the "A" paper sizes, which is what most of the world uses. Being able to modify the templates is one of the benefits of Effective Church Communication Membership and this video shows how easy it is to do this.