Today on the show we take a look at how to use technology for a devotional series with Josh Gribble, who serves in a church in Conyers, Georgia. In our conversation, Josh describes how he uses Text In Church to help him connect with his church members and support them along their spiritual journeys. He also reflects on what he’s learned from his latest seasonal devotion. Tuning in you’ll hear our breakdown of how you can incorporate his strategy into your church communications. You’ll gain insight into how best to use email and text in your communications and the value of a longer devotional series. Join us today to hear it all!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing Josh Gribble and how he has been using tech in church.
• How Josh’s church has integrated tech and physical items to prepare their congregation for advent.
• The impact of doing something familiar, like a devotional series, in a new way.
• How churches can utilize technology to transform the experience of something familiar, like a seasonal devotional series.
• Why some of your congregants might be more comfortable with email than text.
• How to best use texts in a devotional series.
• The value of doing a Lenten devotional or another seasonal devotional with a longer time frame.
• How you can use a longer devotional series to keep up with your congregation over an extended period, like the summer.

Resources

Most churches really struggle to communicate consistently with their people and that can leave them feeling disconnected. Text In Church is an easy-to-use 2-way texting system created for churches to connect with their members and guests beyond Sunday mornings to make them feel known, noticed, and loved.

Text the word, CONNECT, to 816-429-9396 to start your free 60-day trial of Text In Church today to see just how easy it is.

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The Tech In Church Podcast is a Text In Church team production. For more information about this podcast, go to https://podcast.textinchurch.com. For more information on Text in Church, visit https://textinchurch.com.

In this episode of Tech In Church, we are talking about small church communications with Pastor Carley Moore, who uses Text In Church to help him with pastoral care. We break down how you too can incorporate his strategy into your church communication, to ensure you spend more time building relationships and focusing on the very things that got you into ministry in the first place. Join us today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Pastor Carley shares what it’s like to be a small church pastor and how Text In Church helped him in his ministry.
• How using Text In Church as a virtual assistant can make a real difference. 
• How you can use reminder messages to help you better shepherd your flock.
• Pastor Carley shares how he gets the word out to mobilize his small church to help the community.

Resources

Most churches really struggle to communicate consistently with their people and that can leave them feeling disconnected. Text In Church is an easy-to-use 2-way texting system created for churches to connect with their members and guests beyond Sunday mornings to make them feel known, noticed, and loved.

Text the word, CONNECT, to 816-429-9396 to start your free 60-day trial of Text In Church today to see just how easy it is.

Tech in Church Podcast

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The Tech In Church Podcast is a Text In Church team production. For more information about this podcast, go to https://podcast.textinchurch.com. For more information on Text in Church, visit https://textinchurch.com.

Welcome back to the Tech In Church podcast! Today we’re talking about all things guest communications with Caleb Oliver. He is here to tell you how to use tech to communicate with his community and church attendees before and after they come to the church. Tune in to hear how you can use his strategies; not just for those big events like Easter, but all through the year. Tune in today to hear how Caleb moved from a big catch-all event to a small on-ramp with specific roadways to enter their church community. You’ll also receive two great resources to up your church’s communication strategy today. Thanks for tuning in! 

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to today’s topic: guest communications with Caleb Oliver.
• How they have changed up their approach this Easter, saving the festivities for the following weekend.
• The importance of changing up your strategy in order to reach your goal.
• Caleb’s strategy for letting people know about the Easter service.
• How they are advertising their Easter event via Facebook and Google Ads, along with handouts. 
• The upside-down funnel of giving people a little bit of information at a time.
• Why you shouldn’t print all your information on one card but focus on just one thing.
• How Caleb uses QR codes to connect with his audience in a more meaningful way.
• What the six events to get to know the church community and campus look like.
• The assimilation process including a staggered membership class.
• Their aim to have 100 people text ‘new’ on Easter Sunday.
• Why it is so important to keep your process simple and focus on the one step people need to take at each point in the process.

Resources

Most churches really struggle to communicate consistently with their people and that can leave them feeling disconnected. Text In Church is an easy-to-use 2-way texting system created for churches to connect with their members and guests beyond Sunday mornings to make them feel known, noticed, and loved.

Text the word, CONNECT, to 816-429-9396 to start your free 60-day trial of Text In Church today to see just how easy it is.

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Plan a Visit Blueprint

The Ultimate Guest Follow-Up Plan

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The Tech In Church Podcast is a Text In Church team production. For more information about this podcast, go to https://podcast.textinchurch.com. For more information on Text in Church, visit https://textinchurch.com.

Welcome to the Tech In Church Podcast, brought to you by Text In Church! Join your hosts, Nina Hampton and Jeanette Yates, as they interview church and ministry leaders about how they use technology to make an impact in the Kingdom of God. This show is all about helping you find shortcuts and systems to make technology work for your ministry. If you are ready to make a huge long-term ministry impact using technology the right way, then you are in the right place! Be sure to stay tuned as we explore the exciting terrain overlap between technology and ministry in this show's future episodes!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Welcoming guests to our new show: Tech In Church.
• Which listeners this podcast is aimed at.
• What to expect from each episode of the show.
• Our work in tech and ministry and the dream that resulted in this podcast.
• Our aim to help you find shortcuts and systems to make technology work for your ministry.
• When to expect the first episode and where to follow us online.

Resources

Most churches really struggle to communicate consistently with their people and that can leave them feeling disconnected. Text In Church is an easy-to-use 2-way texting system created for churches to connect with their members and guests beyond Sunday mornings to make them feel known, noticed, and loved.

Text the word, CONNECT, to 816-429-9396 to start your free 60-day trial of Text In Church today to see just how easy it is.

Tech in Church Podcast

Text in Church on Facebook

The Tech In Church Podcast is a Text In Church team production. For more information about this podcast, go to https://podcast.textinchurch.com. For more information on Text in Church, visit https://textinchurch.com.