I can’t speak for your church, but at mine it is a huge obstacle to upgrade everyone’s computer with new software.  And if we are able to to do it, it comes at the expense of something else we care about deeply.

I have posted on a couple of different occasions (I will provide links to those posts at the end) on free software you can use to save your church and yourself some money.  Here are a couple of recently posted lists of free computer resources.

A great free software list:

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/01/30-essential-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-windows/#comment-594

Free Office Templates:  (Templates rock because it can save 50-70% of the time needed to create a document!)

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/11/250-free-office-templates-and-documents.html

Both of these links came to my attention via www.lifehacker.com.

Previous Posts on saving money on computer expenses:

http://www.smartpastor.com/2006/10/running_a_churc.html

http://www.smartpastor.com/2006/10/more_ideas_for_.html