Have you ever seen a Martian?

A Church Without A Stranger, one of the most exciting companies to enter the Christian marketplace in years, is amazing Christians everywhere, demonstrating to them that they really can know everything about everyone in their churches as well as they know their own families -- and sometimes even better! Because no one has ever seen a Martian before and because weve actually created one, were having trouble explaining what our Martian looks like, what it eats, what it wears, and where it sleeps," says Rick Neubrander, President of the company. He goes on to say, A Church Without A Stranger will eliminate once-and-for-all the Familiar Strangers we all seem to have everywhere around us at church -- you know, the people we see week after week but dont know who they are, what they do, or how to get to know them!

Theres not one of us who hasnt been embarrassed when we couldnt recall a persons name or remember what that person does for a living or what that persons hobbies or interests are. I admit Im guilty. Ive excused myself many times saying, 'You know, Im good at faces but I just cant remember names."

So what does their Martian look like? First, it has two software programs, Friends and FriendBuilder that have been neatly wrapped up into one compact package known as A Church Without A Stranger. Second, it contains: a) three different types of photo directories that are never more than 3 months out of date; b) a Learning Center full of fun and enjoyable games with pictures of church members representing the questions and the clues; c) Fun Pages showing all the churchs activities, whether working, playing, or praying; d) a Church Yearbook that starts building immediately and continues building for the next 50 to 100 years; e) a powerful database that members use to search for information about fellow church members, e.g. what they do for a living, what their hobbies and interests are, what church offices or positions they occupy, what church sponsored clubs and teams they participate in, etc.; f) a very special personal messages" section where members have the option to share personal and special things about themselves that they would like fellow members to know; g) a unique member-to-member email system; h) an optional classified ads feature allowing church members to support fellow church members in their businesses. Third, the program is not available to the Internet and by special planning and complex computer programming design work, identity theft has been made almost impossible.

The Friends Portion of A Church Without A Stranger contains three unique photo directories that are quickly and easily updated every 3 months instead of every 3 to 5 years. There is a Family Photo Directory with pictures of families and, if desired, extended family members. There is an Individual Photo Directory showing each family member alone, as they would like to be seen as individuals. Both directories provide the option for churches to picture their members spiffy and all dressed up" or, alternately dressed as plain ole people wearing plain ole people clothes." As an added feature especially designed for the children but equally loved by adults is the Family Pet Photo Directory. It is here where children and adults can not only picture their pets but also let their pets speak if their pets want to say something special to other children or church members!

The FriendBuilder Portion of A Church Without A Stranger contains the real power of the program. Within FriendBuilder members can learn about fellow members while enjoying themselves and having fun. This is done using pictures of the members as the questions and clues to play games like Crossword Puzzle, Word Jumble, Wheel Of Texts, Bible Quiz, etc. It is within FriendBuilder that members can search A Church Without A Strangers powerful database to find everyone in the church that has the same interests they have, or that is involved in a job or profession they may do themselves or that they are in need of. FriendBuilder is a unique and powerful tool enabling deeper and long lasting relationships to be initiated and subsequently nurtured, all the while being safely accomplished within ones own home. FriendBuilder is an in-house" program and has been carefully designed to block Internet access. Therefore the program is safe for everyone to use. Church members can be assured that vital personal information about themselves is never available for others to see or have access to because each member controls as little or as much information as he or she will allow fellow church members to view.

The Martians weve created really do exist!" says Neubrander. Theyre invading our churches and they make wonderful friends. And the best thing about them is theyre willing to help all of us get to know each other better than we know our real families if we let them teach us what to do and how to do it!"