See below graphic for the Playbook Play #3 with sample text messages you could send as part of this implementation step.
Text In Church makes it easy to create Groups based on various ministry areas and smaller groups within your church.
This allows group leaders to easily send reminder messages about upcoming meetings and open direct communication as needed, too.
Your church is stronger and you have higher regular attendance when members get involved in groups and activities within the church beyond just your regular weekly service.
You can even create a Keyword for a given Group and ask people to sign up via Keyword during service or use a tablet with a Digital Connection Card link at a table in the lobby to get people connected to various ministry areas in your church.
Staying connected is the important part!
AUTOMATED WORKFLOW TEMPLATE DETAILS:
We have a template set called "Outreach Event RSVP" that you can import! Here are the steps to access it:
Head to Connect -> Workflows
Click the blue Add New button in the upper right-hand corner and choose "Create from Template"
Search RSVP for this Workflow, or look through the available templates to find it.
Click on this Workflow and press Select, then choose which steps to import (we recommend all) then click Next
Fill in the Variable information and click Next
Choose the Workflow's Trigger date and what Group will receive its messages, and choose Done
This Workflow has three texts and one email thanking them for signing up for a specific Event and asking for feedback.
Remember to set them as Active when editing is finished.
(The red dot means inactive, and the green dot means active.)
Manually Scheduled Messaging:
There are times where it may be easier to manually schedule a message.
You can do this under the Messages tab, then New Message, and select the Group when sending.
Then you can queue to send right then, or schedule for a date & time coming up.
We have some examples of texts you could send below!
Meeting Reminder Text:
"Don't forget the [INSERT GROUP NAME] meets [INSERT DAY] at [INSERT TIME] in [INSERT MEETING LOCATION]. Hope to see you there! -- [INSERT LEADER NAME]"
Request for Help for Serve Group Text:
"We need to have an extra meeting this week. Can you come at [INSERT MEETING DETAILS], {FIRST_NAME}? ---[INSERT GROUP LEADER NAME]"
