Event Planning Checklists | 219

Have you worked on planning an event and thought… it would be nice to develop a checklist?  SAME!  None of us want to forget anything, but there are so many little details to remember.  Centrally, we have created an operations task list template to help us close some of those gaps when planning an event. […]

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Event Planning Timelines | 218

As the new ministry year kicks off, we know many of your are starting to plan little and big events. Maybe you are planning a worship night, a prayer night, a team dinner or maybe your kickoff leader meeting. Each of these events requires some time, thought and energy behind them.  We thought it might […]

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Background Check Process | 217

Background Checks are good for 1 year. At CedarCreek Church we run renewals each year.  There are a few nuances to be aware of so we thought we would type up this ProTip to work through the details with each of you! Here is the process as we have previously put together. Lets first discuss who […]

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Setting up your Matrix | 215

The matrix lets you view many plans at once, so you can schedule many weeks at a time. Set it up so the plans you want to access show in the quick load, and you can also load and remove plans individually. If you have more than one window with the matrix open in your […]

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Mobile Device Security | 214

Most of us have a smartphone, but how many of us really think about the security threats faced by these mobile devices? Mobile devices are vulnerable to many different types of threats. The bad guys are increasing attacks on mobile devices and targeting your phone using malicious applications. Using these methods, they can steal personal […]

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Social Media Hijacking | 213

More than half of the world’s population uses at least one social media platform. Users can post to Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat for all their followers to see. When a friend, family member, or influencer posts to social media, do you ever question whether they actually created the post? Would you trust them if they […]

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Bulk Edit Connections | 212

Did you know that you can bulk update connections. An example of this might be… you want to take 5-10 connections and give them all the same activity. You might have been calling a list of connections and want to close them all out at once.  You can do that with bulk updates!  If you […]

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Microsoft Teams Conference Room | 211

Did you know that both Findlay Campus and Central Support each have their conference set up with Microsoft Teams. Below are some instructions on how to use these systems.  If you want to invite these rooms to a meeting before the meeting begins, you can use these email addresses: Central Support: RoomCentralSupportConference@cedarcreek.tv Findlay: RoomFindlayConference@cedarcreek.tv Invite […]

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Rock Photo Requests | 210

Rock is about fostering relationships. Nothing helps this more than having photos in the system. Rock makes it easy to populate photos into the database by asking individuals to upload a photo from an emailed request. Let’s take a look at how it works. PHOTO REQUEST PROCESS 1 Request Staff sends out a photo request. This […]

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Let Volunteers Schedule Themselves | 209

Initially Posted by Planning Center on April 18th 2023 You can schedule your teams in different ways, but sometimes you may need your team members to schedule themselves. Where there’s a will, there’s a way! Enable the new Signup Sheets in Services, and allow your team members to add themselves to the schedule based on their availability. Now the […]

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