Wow, it has been a while since our last newsletter and a lot has changed over the course of a year! Today we are announcing the demo release of our web-based church software, Five Talent Church. This is only a demo release with the production releases to follow soon. About a year ago, when we were still working on the previous version of the web-based version, Microsoft announced the upcoming release of Silverlight. This is a brand new technology for building cross browser and cross OS platform web applications. At that time we made the strategic decision to build Five Talent Church on this new technology platform because it will allow us to build web applications that look and behave more like traditional desktop applications, yet also provides us with a mechanism to more easily deliver new features and bug fixes.

The initial feedback we have received for the new web-based application has been very enthusiastic and positive regarding the new design and the new features of the application, which include new items like volunteer hours, visitation records and pledges. To see a more complete list of the changes and additions going into the web-based version, please visit our Roadmap. Now, are you ready to see the demo? Please visit http://demo.FiveTalentChurch.com and use the username: demo and the password: demo. Regarding the timeline and estimate of the production releases, we are still estimating a January 1st release. Yes we are still on track to release the first version by the new year and are anxiously awaiting to help further His kingdom by our technical efforts and time!