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With WebMedley, your Web site, email and newsletter systems
can support a wide variety of congregation activities,
organizations and ministries. Here are some examples:
Post group meeting date and time reminders here, along with special event notices so that congregation members can check at their convenience and not have to call the congregation office.
Everyone needs to be reminded now and then when regular and special holiday services are held or how to get to your place of worship. This is especially important for visitors, guests, friends and family members of current congregants who need clear, concise information.
When searching for a church home, people look for the pastor's greeting and invitation to worship along with the group's statement of faith and denominational association. With these you may invite new members and clearly position your community and its benefits. You could even have a video greeting to visitors to your site!
Updated announcements on your Web site along with a weekly or monthly email summary will keep members current on events and happenings in your church or ministry. Content subscription allows you to also have news from the church worldwide!
Many churches have a special history or heritage that is important to new members and significant to existing congregants. The story of your church, its growth and key events can be told here with narrative, pictures, or even audio and video.
Some churches may have more formal welcoming rituals and inclusion ceremonies while others simply encourage community worship without registration. This section of your Web site provides that information to any person inquiring about your church or ministry.
Ministers and other leaders can use this section of a Web site to place their sermons and homilies for congregants to view and use in post-service discussion groups. Audio and/or video recordings of sermons can also be placed online - replacing a tape ministry and making these recordings avalible to anyone at any time.
A simple one page version of your staff list offers a quick and easy-to-use one page listing of important names, phone numbers and addresses.
Just how many different groups, ministries and organizations operate within your church? A simple listing of committees, outreach and support groups, ministries and other organizations give an easy reference point for questions and answers. Plus, your Web site can be updated quickly and easily without the expense of reprinting a paper directory.
Many churches opt to publish a section that presents only its important committee and ministry group information, accessible only by members with clearance to view them to assure privacy. This allows members to find specific information such as meeting minutes or agendas in a direct simple-to-find manner. By having these resources ahead of time, members can come to meetings better prepared to make educated decisions.
Within many congregations, individual members organize their own prayer circles, prayer and Bible study groups. With WebMedley's powerful, flexible and easy-to-use publishing system, each person can have his or her own Web page to create, publish and update, so group members know when and where to meet and what scripture readings are scheduled to be discussed.
Included within the WebMedley system is a complete scripture search feature that allows congregation members to quickly and easily find the scripture reference they're looking for. Most congregations will elect to include this feature on their Web sites.
Everyone enjoys seeing members of the congregation participating in events. An event photo gallery brings these events home to every member, not just those who were able to attend. Special services, meetings, gatherings and events can all be photographed and those pictures published on a page in your Web site.
Publish information that's most requested of your support staff. Internet visitors frequently look for FAQ's to learn more about a church or ministry to make sure they haven't missed anything important.
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