Mobile Ministry Magazine

And here is part 3 of The Paperless Pulpit. I hope that this has been an excellent series for you. It has been a really good one for me. I thank Pat H. for sending this in. I hope that he would do other excellent articles in the future :) And if any of you have something that you would like to share with the MMM audience, send it in a email to MMM and we will get that published for you.

The Paperless Pulpit
(or how to preach with your PDA; part III)

Conclusion
While paperless preaching is best done from memory and Holy Spirit inspiration, we all know that the scripted sermon has an important place and power. By carefully planning, practicing and keeping your trusty paper backup handy, the minister of God can use technology for greater effectiveness. Below are some technical helps that may be able to help improve your transition. I hope this guide will help you launch out into the paperless pulpit, if you so desire.

Please feel free to mail me any questions you might have about making this work. I am doing this on one platform, device and software, but if I can help then I would be glad to do so.

Yours in Christ,
Pastor Pat Horne
www.ChurchOfLivingFaith.com
PastorPat at churchoflivingfaith.com

More Tips for BibleReader:

• Maximize screen real estate and text viewing by choosing the “Kalamata - 1” desktop
• Use a small, but readable font to get a large amount of text on the screen
• Get rid of the scroll bars to give more text

Tips for Word to Go (via Documents to Go)

• For the T3, upgrade the bundled 6.002 version to the 6.008 for free.You’ll be glad you did.

Performance improving apps for the Palm Tungsten T3:

• PXAClocker or equivalent: Extends battery life by underclocking fast devices or improves crispness for sluggish apps at a cost to battery life.
• FullPower by Mobile Stream: Allows lowering battery warning thresholds to extend battery life. Keep in a safe range for your particular device. I lower my voltage threshold from 375 to 352, which gives my T3 at least 20 minutes extra battery life. 350 or less is getting into dangerous territory experts say, so I stay above that area a bit. This app also allows near complete control of LCD backlight to conserve power too. This is an awesome and simple application.
• AutoOff: Allows you to set screen auto off settings to as long or short as needed. A longer time setting allows less powering on during your message, but make sure you’ve got the battery life to go the distance.
• Single Button Launcher: Allows programming of all hard buttons to up to five programs each. This is handy for preaching because it allows access to many apps with hard keys. This way your button layout stays the same all the time allowing more accuracy. Without this I would want to change the button layout back and forth after each message.

As promised, here is the complete The Paperless Pulpit article, in raw HTML form. One can save the page and then export it to any format one needs. Enjoy.