If you are in youth ministry and you are currently NOT using any sort of “youth tracking software” to keep track of your students’ and leader information, let me suggest to you the powerfully wonderful Blockhead Management!

Currently still in its “beta” release, Blockhead serves ME very well – and if you know me and my “tendencies”, you know this is somewhat or a miracle. There are still some “bugs” they are working out and it’s not officially publicly released yet, but you can sign up right now and use the software for FREE FOREVER. The post-beta release will be ads-based and that is how they will pay for their costs – in my opinion, this is COMPLETELY worth it.

I have entered all of my students’ information into this web-accessible database and given my leaders access to the same information I have – it’s an incredible time-saver!

Since it’s still in “beta”, if you sign up you will have to enter a credit card # to register to use the service though there will be no charge. I look forward to the “public release” and more bells and whistles as they become available.

Check it out here – www.blockheadmanagement.com

The reason I’m posting about Blockhead right now is because I just talked my friend youth-pastor sitting next to me to registering right now (while we’re supposed to be paying attention to something else!)

Absolute genius!

Like consumers need another reason to drink Coca Cola products!

Nonetheless, the world’s largest soft drink manufacturer has created a new form of keeping their bottles of fizz ice-cold by packing new technology into each bottle, so when the cap is twisted off, a mechanism inside will create ice made from the drink itself.

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One of my former pastors that I worked with in Warsaw, Dr. Dan Berry and his wife, Shelley were involved in a serious accident yesterday down in Conyers, GA. Dr. Berry is listed in stable condition, but Shelley is still in critical condition after the accident. Updates are being posted to the South Coastal District website – he is the District Superintendent of that district.