Finding the Right System
Apr 21st, 2007 by John Goodell
At the end of last year it was very apparent that we needed a much better communication system within our church.
We needed a system that would:
- provide for very easy input of information
- provide fast & timely information to the committees & congregation
- would reach all of the congregation
We started using ChurchPost as the core of our new system in January, 2006, and it has been working extremely well.
Our basic procedure is:
- Have each of the committees within the church write up a one page summary of their Meeting Highlights after each of their meetings.
- Then they send these reports out using a predetermined ChurchPost group consisting of the church staff, the church council members, and our web master.
Any members of the congregation can also sign up to receive the committee reports that are of interest. (We have a person post these reports on a central bulletin board for those members not wanting to get their information from the computer.) For anytime access, our web master also posts these reports on our church website.
In addition, each of our committees is using their own ChurchPost group for communication of meeting notices, minutes, agendas, etc within their own committees.
Since using this communication system we have had nothing but favorable feedback from the congregation. Several of our minitries and programs are now using ChurchPost to communicate with those who are interested as well. We are even getting members of our congregation who are spending the winter months in Florida and Arizona signing up to receive the information through ChurchPost.
Bill Lynn
Chairman - Church Council
West Side United Methodist Church
Ann Arbor, Michigan