NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL CHURCH COMMUNICATORS
The National Association of Local Church Communicators (NALCC) has nearly 500 members in 41 states and the District of Columbia according to their 1982 directory. NALCC is less than two years old with its second annual meeting scheduled for Jan. 21-23 at the Superdome in New Orleans. Contact: NALCC, P.O. Box 1904, Dallas, TX 75221. Ph. 214-744-0346. The following articles were extracted from Nexus, the newsletter of the NALCC
ASK QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS ABOUT COMPUTERS
"Putting the computer to work in your church" was the topic of NALCC's second annual September Dial-In.
Caller-participants included some people who already are computing at their churches, and others who are interested in acquiring computers and computer knowledge for church applications in administration, education, evangelism, finance, worship, planning and research, counseling--and communication.
If you missed Dial-In, no doubt you have questions about computer use, so you may want to contact someone who has entered the computer era to find out what was and is involved.
NALCC president Bob Crump invites inquiries at 901-352-2456. He's an Apple user. If you're interested in IBM, contact Decatur First Methodist (300 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, GA 30003), which received an IBM Datamaster 23 computer a few months ago from an anonymous donor. To explore another alternative, talk with us at NALCC about Radio Shack's TRS-80 used to prepare Nexus.
You have another source of information: CCUN--Church Computer Users Network (P.O. Box 990, Dallas, TX 75221).
Don't be afraid of asking "stupid" questions. We all started with no computing knowledge, and even those of us who work daily at a terminal still remember the fear and frustration we faced when we were beginners.
RESOURCES AND REMARKS
* Wesleyn Satellite Network, or WSNet, is broadcasting after a year and a half of research. It is a telecommunications ministry of the United Methodist Communications Council, serving Texas and New Mexico. Its initial service is the development and delivery of television programming via satellite. Write for a free brochure on WSNet (P.O. Box 990, Dallas, TX).
