CMS FORMS STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SUNDAY VISITOR/AMERICAN CHURCH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2005

Contact:
Our Sunday Visitor:
Kyle Hamilton, President
Offering Envelope Division
Greg Erlandson, President
Publishing Division
Phone: 260.356.8400

Church Management Solutions
Phone: 800.247.8044

YOUNGSTOWN, OH - The parent company of AmericanChurch, Inc., Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., located in Huntington, IN announces a strategic partnership effective Jan.1, 2005 with CMS and ParishSOFT LLC, according to statements released by their management teams. CMS is a Division of ParishSOFT LLC.

AmericanChurch and Our Sunday Visitor together are the nation's largest producer of church offering envelopes as well as one of the leading publishers of Catholic periodicals, books and religious education materials.

CMS and ParishSOFT are engaged in the development, sale and support of church management software and web services for the religious market in the United States.

"The possibility of aligning offering envelope and stewardship capabilities, educational and informational materials, with church management software and web services provides strategic opportunities," said Kyle Hamilton, President of AmericanChurch.

"We have tremendous respect for ParishSOFT's technical innovation, their dedication to meeting the needs of churches and religious organizations, and their high standards for software training and support," Hamilton added.

William Pressprich, President and CEO of ParishSOFT, said he was "delighted to become strategic partners with Our Sunday Visitor/AmericanChurch."

David Rosenberg, Founder and Chief Product Architect for ParishSOFT, praised Our Sunday Visitor/AmericanChurch for "excellent products and dedicated service extended to their customers."

"Over time, the ParishSOFT technology will provide substantial benefit to AmericanChurch customers as innovative new products are introduced that augment the existing business."

"This strategic partnership has value for both companies," said Greg Erlandson, President of Our Sunday Visitor's Publishing Division. "We know that the thousands of customers we currently serve can benefit from this cutting edge church management software. We believe that ParishSOFT's web services will provide effective means for churches to communicate with their members, including delivering content to targeted audiences, such as those participating in various ministries."

The ParishSOFT software offers AmericanChurch the means for church customers to update their membership lists on line. It also offers an effective means to respond to a growing interest in electronic funds transfer at the church level, integrating electronic giving with traditional offering envelope giving.

ParishSOFT's software and web services provide innovative new means of distributing educational and training materials directly to church staff and members via e-mail and the church web site.

Taken together, these benefits will integrate AmericanChurch more closely with its current and future church customers and strategically position AmericanChurch in an emerging market.

ParishSOFT LLC, provides software and web solutions to empower churches, dioceses, schools and other organizations to organize, communicate and collaborate. ParishSOFT began operations in 1998. Today, with a staff of 40, CMS and ParishSOFT serve 3,100 Protestant and Catholic churches and 16 Catholic dioceses. For more information, visit www.churchmanagementsolutions.com and www.parishsoft.com.

Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., was founded in 1912. Besides the production and distribution of offering envelopes, it also produces six periodicals, including a national weekly newspaper, stewardship resources, and more than 500 active book and religious education titles. For more information, visit www.osv.com or www.offeringenvelopes.com.

AmericanChurch, Inc. was founded in 1903 and was acquired by Our Sunday Visitor January, 2002. AmericanChurch serves the Protestant community with offering envelopes, stewardship resources, and outreach products. For more information, visit www.americanchurch.com. AmericanChurch is located at 8401 Southern Blvd. Youngstown, OH 44512. Local phone 330.758.4545. Toll-free 800.250.7112.

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THE SOFTWARE LIBRARY JOINS THE PARISHSOFT FAMILY!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 2003
Contact: ParishSOFT
Phone: 800.247.8044

The Software Library joins the ParishSOFT Family! We are delighted to announce that The Software Library^TM ("TSL") joined the ParishSOFT family on September 21, 2003. TSL markets its products and services under the name "CMS - Church Management Systems." CMS modules include: Membership, Contribution, Attendance, Finance & Payables, and Payroll. TSL is known for these high quality, fully-featured software products and outstanding support. Here are some quick facts about TSL:

• Over 1,900 church customers
• Founded in 1985
• Located in Brooklyn Center, near Minneapolis, Minnesota /li>

We recently introduced ParishSOFT Web Solutions to TSL customers, and have begun to incorporate some of the "quick" reporting features of CMS into ParishSOFT software. The TSL staff has joined with the ParishSOFT team to develop and maintain the CMS products and support CMS customers. We are working together on next generation finance, payables, and payroll software. ParishSOFT's primary focus has been to offer outstanding products and services to Catholic Churches and Dioceses in the United States. This team effort will provide important advantages, such as adding financial software products and expertise, which will benefit all of our customers in the future. Please let us know if you have questions or comments about The Software Library (CMS).

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THE SOFTWARE LIBRARY GETS A NEW NAME

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Church Management Solutions
Phone: 800.247.8044

Over the years, we have been pleased to provide you with quality software and support services as CMS and The Software Library. As of February 1, 2004 we will still be pleased to offer you quality software and support services as Church Management Solutions. While our name is changing; the people and services you have come to expect and rely on remain the same.

The "Solutions" in our new name emphasizes that we are available to help you improve your ministry in any way we can, as we always have. We will continue to support, enhance, and help you with your CMS software.

You may recall that we joined forces with ParishSOFT last September. I'm pleased to report that the two companies are working very well together, and improving both the products and the services that we offer to churches.

Already, new products and solutions are available to you. With your paid support subscription, CMS Web Solutions is available to you at www.ChristianChurches Online.com (a $750 value) at no extra charge. Web Solutions include a web site for your church including your location and service times, a place for your weekly announcements, online calendar of events, facility schedule, and much, much more. You may go to www.ChristianChurchesOnline.com for information and to view a sample church's web site.

You may contact us as you always have. In addition, you may access our company website at www.ChurchManagementSolutions.com. We are in the process of redesigning our website to provide more information and make it easier to navigate. Also, we have set up additional email accounts using our new name. For example, you may reach me at TomK@ChurchManagementSolutions.com.

In order to communicate better with you, we now have a shared customer database with ParishSOFT. You may call, write, or email us as you always have except that you will see a new address for sending your payments.

As always, we love to hear from you! Please know that when you call us at our same number, 800.247.8044, we at CMS - Church Management Solutions - will be happy to serve you!

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