Church staff

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The menu on the left has every part of the portal. "Members" 1 shows the people who ask to join. "Announcements" 2 is the church news, "Events" 3 the calendar, "Sermons" 4 the sermon library and "Bulletins" 5 the Sunday outline.

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"Giving" 1 holds the ways to give. "Screen" 2 is the slideshow for the projector. "Prayer" 3 is the prayer board. "Groups" 4 holds the groups and classes, and "Class check-in" 5 the children's check-in.

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"Surveys" 1 asks the church questions. "Reports" 2 shows what members reported; the number says how many wait. "Staff" 3 lists who runs the church on Hibret. "Member view" 4 shows Hibret as your members see it.

In the member view, "Church portal" brings you back here.

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"Waiting" 1 lists the people who asked to join. Under a name you see what other members said about them 2. Press "Approve" 3 when you know the person belongs to your church.

The person becomes a member and can see the member directory.

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Not sure? Press "Ask another member" 1 and choose a member who may know the person. Hibret asks that member for you.

The answer shows under the name: "knows them" or "does not know them".

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To turn someone away, press "Decline". Hibret asks first 1. Press "Cancel" 2 if you changed your mind, or "Decline" 3 to decline.

A declined person can still be approved later, under "Declined".

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On "Members", press "Member list" 1.

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In Excel, copy the columns name, email and phone, and paste them here 1. Then press "Add to the list" 2. You can also press "Choose a CSV file" 3 to choose a file.

The people are on the list, ready to invite by email and SMS. Nobody is invited twice within 7 days.

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Press "Member view" 1.

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Open "Who's Who" 1. Search by name, profession, skill or neighbourhood 2. Press a person 3 to see what they share.

"Church portal" at the bottom of the menu brings you back to the portal.

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In "Church details" 1, find the leaders. Press "Add a leader" 2 for a pastor, an elder or another leader. Press "Add a guest preacher" 3 for a preacher from outside.

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Members see them in "Our leaders" 1, with their role and a short word about them.

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In "Announcements", press "New announcement" 1.

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Write the title 1 and the text 2. "Improve" 3 suggests better words; you choose to use them or keep yours. In "When" 4 choose now, later, or a draft.

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To add a picture or a poster, press "Add a picture" 1, then "Upload a picture" 2.

The picture shows on top of the news.

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Choose "Who sees it" 1. Tick "Pin to the top of the feed" 2 to keep it first. Tick "Also send as a notification to the members" 3 for important news. Tick "Share with the people who follow our church" 4 so people who follow your church see it too. Press "Save and publish" 5.

Your members see the news in Church news and on Fellowship.

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In "Announcements", press "Edit" 1 next to the news.

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Under "Who sees it", press "Ask Hibret to share this with other churches" 1.

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Say which churches it is for 1 and what kind of news it is 2. Press "Send the request" 3.

Hibret reads the request and decides. You get an email at each step.

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In "Events", press "New event" 1.

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Write the name 1 and the place 2. Choose the day and time it "Starts" 3. For a weekly service, choose it in "Repeats" 4.

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Tick "Ask members if they are coming" 1 to know who comes. Choose a group or class 2 if it is only for them. Tick "Main service: show on Home as "This Sunday" in the week before" 3 for the main Sunday service. Press "Save" 4.

The event is in the members' calendar. A weekly service shows every date.

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Under each event you see how many are going 1. Press "Answers" 2 to see the names.

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The list 1 shows each person's answer: going, maybe or not going, with adults and children.

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In "Sermons", press "New sermon" 1.

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Write the title 1 and the Bible passages 2. Choose the "Preacher" 3. Paste the YouTube link 4, or press "Add a recording" 5 for a recording.

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Keep "Publish: show in the sermon library (untick to keep it as a draft)" 1 ticked. Choose the Sunday bulletin 2 if there is one. Press "Save" 3.

The sermon is in the library. Members can watch or listen, and open the slides and the bulletin.

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In "Sermons", press "Slides" 1 next to the sermon. The number says how many slides it has.

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Press "Add a slide" 1 for a new slide. Move a slide up or down with the arrows 2. Press "Edit" 3 to change one.

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"Present here" 1 shows the slides on this computer. "Show on church screen" 2 shows them on the church screen. "Download for offline" 3 keeps them for a church without internet.

After the service, every member sees the slides with the sermon.

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In "Screen", on the computer connected to the projector, press "Open the screen" 1. On your phone, "Open the remote" 2 moves the slides during the announcements.

Press the F key for full screen. The screen gets new slides every few minutes.

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In "Timing and look" 1 choose how fast the slides move and the colours. In "The order of the slides" 2 switch a part on or off and move it up or down.

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For a smart TV without a sign-in, press "Make a screen link" 1.

The link shows only what is meant for everyone. Make a new link if it reaches strangers.

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In "Bulletins", press "New bulletin" 1.

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Choose the day of the service 1 and the sermon 2. Write the title 3 and the outline 4: one point per line. Select a word and press "Make a blank" 5; members fill it in.

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Press "Preview as members see it" 1 to see it as members do. Add files to download 2, like a song sheet. Press "Save" 3.

Members open the bulletin from Sunday's sermon.

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In the editor, press "Attach files" 1 and choose up to 5 files of 10 MB each. You can also add a survey 2 that members fill out from here.

The files show under the news. Members tap one to download it.

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In "Groups", press "New group" 1.

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Write the name 1. Choose the "Kind of group" 2 and "Who can join" 3. Choose the "First leader" 4. Press "Save" 5.

The leader runs the group from the member area: members, chat and news.

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In "New group", choose "Class" as the kind 1. Press "Add a time", then choose the day 2 and the hours 3 the class meets. A class that meets twice a week has two rows: press "Add another time" 4.

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Choose "Who learns in this class" 1: children or adults. Press "Save" 2.

Parents enroll their children from their Family. The class leaders are its teachers.

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"Check in at the door" 1 checks children in when families arrive. "Today's classes" 2 lists each class with the number in class. For pickup, type the code 3 or press "Scan QR code" 4. "The day's record" 5 shows every check-in of a day.

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Open a class. Press "Parent needed" 1 to call a parent. Press "Check out" 2 when the child is picked up.

The parent gets a message at once.

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In "Surveys", press "New survey" 1.

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Write the title 1. Choose who it is "For" 2. Tick "Anonymous answers" 3 if nobody should see who answered what. Write the question 4 and choose the "Kind of answer" 5.

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Press "Add an answer" 1 for more answers, and "Add a question" 2 for the next question. Press "Save" 3.

The survey is saved as a draft. Press "Open" in the list when members may answer.

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In "Surveys", press "Answers" 1 next to the survey.

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Each question shows the answers and how many chose each one 1. Press "Download for Excel" 2 for Excel.

At the bottom, "Who answered" lists the people (not for anonymous surveys).

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"On the board" 1 shows what members see now. "Hidden" 2 holds what staff hid, and "Answered" 3 the answered prayers. Requests for pastors only 4 are not shown to members.

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Press ··· 1 on a request. "Hide from members (can be undone)" 2 takes it off the board; you can undo it.

"Delete for good" always asks first.

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"Reports" 1 shows the reported items, most reported first. You see the words 2 and why members reported them 3. Press "Hide it" 4, or "It is fine, keep it" 5 if it is fine.

Either way it leaves this list. "See it in place" shows it where members see it.

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In "Giving", the "Funds" 1 are what members give for: tithe, offering, building. Press "Add a fund" 2 for another one.

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Press "Add a way to give" 1. Choose the "Kind" 2: bank account, telebirr, e-Transfer, cheque… Fill in the account details. Press "Save" 3.

Members see the new way on the Give page and can copy the number or scan a QR code.