As summer time approaches for churches in the US, there are mixed emotions of happiness, sadness, and everything in between. Churches reopening for worship is a big news story as many states are working towards reopening. Some of the options states have given are allowing church buildings to be filled to a certain capacity, open… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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Live Streaming Church Services – Let’s Learn Together!
How’s it going for your church? Even before shutdown orders started coming in response to the Coronavirus, many churches were live streaming church services. It’s a good way to reach out to people that aren’t able to attend due to distance, illness or many other reasons. But now, most churches have no choice. They either… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Track Church Visitors with IconCMO Groups
A common concern of churches is how to effectively track church visitors and take every appropriate step to make sure those visitors feel welcome and can find answers to their questions. IconCMO’s record keeping features and filters and its powerful groups module can give churches many options to track church visitors and reach out to… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Making Guests Feel Unwelcomed (p2)
This is the second part of the two part series. If you haven’t read the first part please read it before continuing. 6. How fast does the congregation leave the church after the sermon? Do people stick around and talk or is it like a ghost town? When people are making a mad dash to… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Making Guests Feel Unwelcomed (p1)
First impressions can never be repeated. As the saying goes, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. This is so true for people, employers, meeting new people, and first time visitors to the church. Some ways churches may unintentionally make first time visitors feel unwelcomed: 1. Do you unlock the church’s… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Connecting your people in the community
Churches go to great lengths connecting to their member and visitors. This type of connection is no different from organizations connecting to their customers. After all aren’t church members and their visitors the ones that largely fund the church, just like when customers buy products from companies, the money made on the sale funds the… ⪼ Continue Reading…