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4 New Ways Technology Allows Members To Give
Add a commentTechnology is changing rapidly. Among the many ways technology is shaping how we do church is in the area of giving. Technology allows members to give:
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5 Posts You Need to Read About Online Giving Before Sunday
Add a commentIf your church isn’t already offering the ability for your members to give online, you are most likely talking about it. The demand is rising as the habits of our culture change in relation to how we exchange money. (Some airlines are no longer accepting cash for snacks or beverages in flight.)
Below are five popular posts about online giving just in case you missed a few along the way:
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10 Things Every Church Can Do to Prepare for Fall Events
Add a commentFall is one of the busiest times for church events and on-campus activities. From back-to-school parties to Fall Break discipleship weekends to church-wide programs around Thanksgiving and Christmas. It can feel like a tornado just hit your staff if you don’t proactively deal with a few logistical details in advance.
As you’re dreaming big about the fall ministry season, consider doing these 10 things to take control of your fall scheduling and avoid feeling overwhelmed:
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How to Promote Online Giving with...Direct Mail?
Add a commentThe first time you introduced online giving to your church, you probably expected a mass shift of people to move from writing checks to giving online...immediately. After a few months or even a year, you realize only 5 to 15 percent of your total contributions actually come from online sources like automated bank drafts, debit cards, and credit cards.
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Online Ticketing Improves Community Event Experience
Add a commentYour church only has one chance to make a good first impression.
Events are meant to make an impression, and every church wants their next event to be remembered as a special one. You want the registration process to be so smooth that they remember how significant the event was rather than how frustrating or difficult the event process was to endure. This becomes even more important when your event is designed to draw from the larger community or even people from out of town.
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6 Ways Small Churches can Benefit from Online Event Registration
Add a commentThe two most pressing realities of doing ministry in a small church setting are limited staff and limited time. Most small churches only have one full-time staff member while others can only afford a bi-vocational or part-time pastor.
The good news is ServiceU is helping streamline the event registration. While small church leaders might think online event registration is only something that larger churches can benefit from, the reality is that small churches have even more to benefit from offering the chance for others to register for ministry events online.
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Reduce Facility Energy Cost by 20% with Automated Climate Control
Add a commentWhat do the facility director, finance director, and ministry leader all have in common? Each person plays a critical role in managing church facilities for maximum ministry impact.
The facility director knows that managing facilities is more than turning on and off the lights and making sure the doors to the church are locked. The finance director wants to control utility costs. The ministry leader just knows he or she needs to use this room for that event.
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12 Benefits of Dumping your Paper-Based Church Calendar
Add a commentMaintaining a church calendar can be overwhelming, even for a church of one hundred people. Think about what it must be like for a church of one thousand members or more? When every church operated in similar fashion, people found a rhythm between Sundays, Wednesdays, and other service, learning, and worship opportunities throughout the week. Now every church has a slightly different schedule. And the more generations represented in your family, the more likely the complexity is magnified.
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Online Giving isn’t Limited to Credit Cards
Add a commentPerhaps one of the most common objections to offering online giving options in church is an aversion on behalf of key lay and staff leadership to credit cards. While not inherently evil, credit cards have become the universal, American symbol for debt. Given that credit card debt accounts for much of Americans' non-mortgage debt, it seems like a reasonable concern.
