FreeShow Insider
FreeShow has reached more than 2 million downloads and is being used by over 2,100 churches every week. We are always working to make FreeShow better for your ministry. Check out FreeShow at https://freeshow.app/. To join the community of people who use FreeShow go to our Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/6457061751074053/
If you want to get inside information you can join the FreeShow Insiders Group. Follow this link to sign up to be an insider. https://go.churchapps.org/freeshow-insiders-group As an insider you will recieve advance information concerning upgrades, insider tips and access to beta features for FreeShow.
There are several great tutorials available on youtube for FreeShow. Go to https://www.youtube.com/@freeshowapp to find everything you need to know about setting up and using FreeShow. There are also several independent YouTubers who provide great videos on how to use FreeShow. Just search FreeShow on YouTube. Many of them are good but one that we recommend is Gary B Jr. https://www.youtube.com/@theGarryBjr
Like all of our open source programs FreeShow relies on donations. Every donation goes to improving FreeShow!
FreeShow Designer
We are excited that Kristoffer Vassbo the developer of FreeShow will be in the United States from September 25 - October 4. (Kristoffer lives in Norway). He will be joining Micheal at the Renewing Worship Expo then spending a few days traveling through the U.S. Kristoffer would like to visit some churches who are using FreeShow. Please let us know if you would like to have him visit your church and we'll try to make it happen.
Are you are looking for a place where your donations will make a lasting impact? Consider joining the fantastic group of donors who make this ministry happen. It's a great opportunity to invest in the Kingdom! FreeShow, Chums, B1.church and Lessons.church could not happen without our generous donors. Would you consider making a small donation to make a lasting impact? Click here to donate. https://churchapps.org/partner#give
Do you know of any churches or individuals who might be interested in supporting ChurchApps? We would love to connect with anyone who might be open to a conversation. Send an e-mail to terry@churchapps.org
Volunteer Resource Partners
Our volunteer resource partners, Micheal and Kari Byrd are scheduling their ministry trips for this Fall/Winter. If you would like to have Kari and Micheal come to your church please reach out to Micheal at micheal@churchapps.org.
September 26-27 they will be at the Renewing Worship Expo at the Western Avenue Baptist Church in Statesville, NC. Micheal will be leading a breakout session entitled "Unlocking the Power of Open Source: Revolutionizing Church Ministry. Gary B. Jr will be leading a session entitled Freeshow: Upgrade Your Worship Presentations. Find out more about the Renewing Worship Expo here https://ncbaptist.org/events/renewing-worship-expo/
Chums And B1 Have A New Look
We are constantly working to improve all of our software to better meet the needs of the Church. In the past couple months Chums and B1have received a facelift! The changes are not just cosmetic. We have improved the way Chums functions to make it more intuitive and responsive. We have removed some redundancy and streamlined the process. We have also added a few features that you have been asking for. For instance: you can now easly do an advanced search using our AI Search option.
Another exciting addition is the ability to set up your worship service, including songs, band members and order of service. Here is a brief list of improvements:
- We added a ton of performance improvements and did some general housekeeping on the projects. Our goal is to make sure they are updated to the latest libraries, have consistent code formatting and are minimized to reduce load times. We also improved error handling and rate limiting so they will not take down the APIs when something goes awry.
- Implemented user interface updates across the board - Blue headers across the platform, updated navigation and more full-screen-width components rather than the 2/3 1/3rd split from before.
- Released new B1 app that fixed tons of old bugs (and introduced some new ones lol). The updated app has a more clean, modern look.
Every time we update our programs there is a potential for bugs. If you find one please reach out to us and let us know. You can contact us at terry@churchapps.org or micheal@churchapps.org You can also check out our Github account, just go to Github.com and search for ChurchApps.
