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A twelve-month church social media calendar, built on the church year The actual grid for Advent 2026 through Advent 2027: computed feast dates, lead times, an approval matrix, verified scheduler pricing, and the whole calendar as CSV and ICS. -
Reaching a neighborhood without growth-industry tactics Map the half mile around your building, find the four things a congregation can actually do there, and measure it without pretending a block party is a strategy. -
Planning Center vs Breeze vs ChurchTrac, priced at five congregation sizes Every published tier read on 29 July 2026, the export test run against each vendor's own documentation, what each one is bad at, and a named recommendation by size. Tier table as a CSV. -
Presentation and lyrics software that a volunteer can run on Sunday ProPresenter, EasyWorship, OpenLP and FreeShow with prices read off the vendor pages on 29 July 2026, what the CCLI Copyright License actually covers, and the failure modes that show up mid-verse. -
Seven words end it: the consent, quiet hours, and opt-out rules for church texts The consent standard a church has to meet, the nonprofit carve-out at 47 CFR 64.1200(a)(2), the seven words that revoke consent, the ten business day clock, and what never goes by text. -
Church promotion ideas, costed: what actually brings people through the door What a postcard drop, a paid social campaign, a door walk, and the funerals you already host cost per first-time visitor. Sourced prices, stated assumptions, and the ideas that waste a Saturday. -
Church web hosting is $2.99 in year one and $17.99 in year two Introductory and renewal prices for fourteen hosts, read on 29 July 2026, the four-year cash total, which free tiers a church is not allowed to use, and who owns the domain. -
Small church bookkeeping, in the order the month has to run The monthly cycle a church treasurer runs: two counters on the offering, designated funds, the bank reconciliation, and the January statements. -
What actually fills a church calendar An audit method for church events, how to cost each one in volunteer hours, and the four questions that decide what stays on next year's calendar. -
Sermon clip tools priced: Sermon Shots, Pulpit AI, and seven more, 29 July 2026 Prices read 29 July 2026 for Sermon Shots, Pulpit AI, Pastors.ai, Sermon Clips, OpusClip, Choppity and Descript, who owns the clips, and what we did not test. -
Website options for a small church, ranked by who maintains it The five pages a church website needs, four hosting paths with prices read on 29 July 2026, who owns the domain, and the launch order that gets a real site up in one weekend. -
Communicating a building project without losing the room The announcement sequence, the numbers a congregation is owed, a monthly update rhythm, the six parking-lot questions, and the IRS receipting rules a capital campaign walks straight into. -
A church app buys one thing, and it costs $1,068 a year Push notifications are the only feature a website cannot match. What Tithely, Subsplash and Church Center charge on 29 July 2026, a four-number test to run first, and the objection worth taking. -
Social media for a church with no media team A 45 minute weekly workflow for one volunteer with a phone: an eight shot capture list, batch captions, verified free-tier tools, and why the child photo rule is your policy rather than federal law. -
Order of worship examples Two complete orders of worship, what each element is doing, a timing guide for sixty to seventy-five minutes, and what to avoid. -
Register the brand before you send: the 10DLC rule that silently blocks church texts Why church texts get filtered before anyone reads them, what A2P 10DLC registration requires, the TCPA consent rule and the nonprofit carve-out, quiet hours, and the five-field consent record. -
Stay in one book long enough to hear its argument: four Bible study plans Thirty days in John, twelve weeks in Ephesians, the Psalms in a month, Genesis 1 to 11 in eight weeks, how a plan length changes what a group can do, and the commentary you may print free. -
A church newsletter needs six parts, one editor, and one deadline The six-part monthly structure, two sample openings, the send-timing rule, and the two sets of email rules a church has to obey: CAN-SPAM and Gmail's sender requirements. -
One doctrine a day for five days beats five stories with glitter Four five-day VBS themes with the daily truth written out, the planning order, the allergy and safety rules with the numbers behind them, the song licensing trap, and follow-up that reaches families. -
What you may legally print in a church bulletin, and what needs a license first A seven-part page order, the copyright rule that decides which hymn text you may reproduce, the 1931 public domain line, what a CCLI license covers, accessible type and PDFs, and a cut list. -
Cap the announcements at five, put them after the sermon, read from paper A four-part sentence formula, sixteen examples across six categories, why five is the cap in minutes rather than in taste, the IRS line one announcement can cross, and where the overflow goes. -
Advent without Scripture collapses into sentiment: four Sundays, four readings The four Advent dates for 2026, a four-candle reading set, the Revised Common Lectionary Year B readings beside it, the hymn copyright test, and notes for the people reading aloud. -
One hour a month builds a church content calendar a volunteer can hold A four-touch weekly rhythm, the sixty-minute monthly session, what each channel is worth in open and reach terms, the 2026 seasonal dates, and the clip that needs a license. -
Build the youth night so the game makes the Bible reading easier A five-part shape for the midweek night, five low-prep indoor games, active games for a gym or field, what the attention data says you are competing with, and the guardrails that protect students.
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