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Ministry Links....

ICCM The International Conference on Computing and Missions is an annual informal (no ties allowed!) gathering of women and men with a common interest in computers and missions, who share a vision of cooperation for the effective use of technology to bring the Gospel to every nation.	ICTA The International Christian Technologists' Association's vision is "to see vital communities united in Spirit and in trust", the result being "Spirit-led technologists and technology, transforming the Church and its witness in our technological world." ICTA has a great new community site called A Place of Koinonia.
CODN The Christian Open Development Network (CODN) is a ministry of LightSys which is dedicated to providing a collaborative resource for Christians interested in open-source software development for the furthering of the Gospel.	MissionaryTechSupport.com Need help training missionary end-users on how to get the most of their computer? Check out MissionaryTechSupport.com for a ministry which is very similar in spirit to LightSys. They provide training & help for common PC issues.
Potter's Ministries - COSS Potter's Ministries is a partner ministry in the Christian Open Source Software (COSS) effort, now being realized in the new CODN site.	Crosscape Technology Ltd Crosscape is an Australian-based ministry which has goals and a ministry model very similar to LightSys. They are actively serving missions, particularly in Australia and neighboring regions.
MissionBytes Email List MissionBytes is an email newsletter for those who are interested in knowing more about specific "byte-sized" goings-on in the missions computing world. We offer this as a service to the Christian community.	LightSys Our main website!

Training Courses....

Basic Linux Workshop
The Basic Linux Course is aimed at providing a broad introductory understanding regarding several of the major components commonly used within the Linux operating system. Some more detailed material is also covered. This course is accompanied by a workbook that is approximately 140 pages long, in addition to demonstations, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures.

Internetworking and Security Workshop
In today's world, and especially for the ministries that we serve, information security is a high-stakes issue. Not only so, but we only expect things to get more and more critical as time passes. The Internetworking and Security course is designed to first acquaint you with the fundamentals of TCP/IP and internetworking, in preparation for also learning how to implement security infrastructures and protection measures within such an environment. The workshop consists of three parts: Internetworking (a study on TCP/IP, routing, subnetting, tunneling, and policy routing), Firewalling (a study on network perimeter security, including firewall architectures, security policies in general, packet filtering, proxying, intrusion detection, and proactive measures), and Secure Networking (a study on how to communicate with others securely). It includes a 210-page workbook in addition to demonstrations, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures.

For more information about these Missions Computing Education Program courses, or to schedule a course, please feel free to contact us. There is no tuition charge. Both of the above courses require an absolute minimum of 24 hours of class/lab time, preferrably spread out over a week.

Software/Tools....

Centrallix
The Centrallix project is a web-based application server featuring advanced application-like user interface generation coupled with a sophisticated data abstraction and management system. It is an open-source project hosted on SourceForge and is available under the GPL free software license. While LightSys is heading up Centrallix development, we are by far not the only ones contributing to it and maintaining it.

Kardia
The Kardia project envisions an open-source missions management software package providing accounting, personnel, donor management, etc., features to help missions home offices in their day-to-day activities. It is also hosted on SourceForge and is being headed up by Taylor University student Luke Ehresman.

More to come as we post some of our other tools here...