You know the story of the lost sheep in Luke 15? It's about how God is like a good shepherd who recognizes that a sheep is missing and drops everything to go find it. You know how he recognized one was missing?  He counted.

One of the trends we are seeing is churches offering an option on their website for people to prepare for their visit.  This blog will address this new trend.  First a few ideas on the concept and then suggestions on how to use Churchteams registration to implement this strategy.

You spend a lot of time planning for holidays, ministry seasons, church-wide campaigns and sermon series.  Let Workflow Automation make these times pop. Use them to make key ideas and habits sticky. 

Ready to go paperless with your connection card?  Or at least give a mobile option for people to respond?  What if that digital connection could then be customized to launch a workflow with personalized responses and follow up assignments? Here’s how to make it happen. You’ll want a copy of your card to help set this up.

As you think about your assimilation process for guests, you'll want to decide if it makes sense to create a second or even third time guest workflow. 

The most obvious use of workflows is to follow up people who have visited your church for the first time.  You want to make them feel welcome, answer any questions they might have and invite them back.  The goal of this workflow is simple: get people to come a second time.  

Ready to use our Church Management System to automate some of those important but repetitious administrative, communication and follow-up tasks?  Workflows are here to help. 

Have you ever wished there was a way to make sure everyone who asked for something from you or your church got what they needed?   

I just Googled "church response cards" and there are some great blog posts and articles on why use them as well as best practices on how.  However, when Sunday afternoon or Monday comes, it all boils down to one thing ... entering all this information into the database.  Only then can all the other assimilation processes and workflows be launched. The best way to do that in Churchteams is by using Check-in.  

It is no secret that the best way to collect data on Sunday morning is through children's check-in.  The reasons are obvious: