Hi I'm a Church Administrator with 12 Years of Experience in the UK Church Community. The day I decided we'd had enough with spreadsheets is still fresh in my mind. I had spent the whole of the weekend attempting to reconcile our attendance records, volunteer rotas, and giving reports—all dispersed over several tabs, versions, and Excel sheets—and it was a gloomy Sunday afternoon (when else, right?). There had to be an easier way after I had three cups of tea and a second headache. The reality is that we had become used to the disarray of conducting our operations in a proliferation of spreadsheets, much like many other churches in the UK. What mattered most was that it was free, or so we believed. Plus, it was what we were familiar with. But the truth is that spreadsheets were really hurting us—not only in terms of wasted time, but also in terms of chances to connect with our congregation on a deeper level. We are now in the modern era, and our church has completely adopted online church management software. Since then, we haven't retreated. I think your church should make the same move that we did, and I'll explain why.