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People

 

Here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see ... all the PEOPLE! Your church is made up of people and MinistryPlatform helps you care for them. Let's learn how!

Add a New Family

One of the best ways to add new individuals or families or to make changes to existing ones is to use the Add/Edit Family Tool. Let's learn how! 

Add Someone to a Group

It's time to track your groups in MP! What are groups? Groups are a collection of people who minister to or are ministered to together, like small groups, classes, volunteer teams, and more!

Creating Labels: It's Time to Party

We've got some birthdays coming up, so it's time to send out birthday postcards! To get started, let's find out who we're celebrating and prepare some labels for these mailers. Let's go!

Connect With the Connection Card Tool

The Connection Card Tool is most commonly used to enter information from cards your attendees fill out during services, such as a Visitor Card or Sign-Up cards. Let's get started! 

Bless Your People Using Demographic Reports

Did you know that you can use MP to answer your questions about your congregation? For example, if you needed a quick overview of their demographic info, the Selected Contact Demographics report is your best friend!

It's Time to Check-In!

Got some events you need to check people in for? Well, you're in the right place! Let's do this! It's time for Check-In Suite! Please note that since Check-In may require specific customizations, work with your Database Admin as needed.

Taking Attendance (Event & Group Management)

Attendance is managed through groups and events. Here's the breakdown: groups consist of people like students and teachers. Events record where and when they meet. In fact, there is an event per instance that a group meets. Join us as we practice taking attendance!

Let's Register for an Event

There are few better feelings than to jump through ALL the hoops, planning and preparing for an event, and then someone registers for it! Are you excited to see who’s coming to the Summer Retreat? So are we! Let's take a look.

Let's Report on an Event

So now that people are checked into the event, what do you do? Let's track down an event and pull data! 

Milestones: A Way to Keep Track

Do you need to track an important date or accomplishment by a participant like a first visit, salvation decision, baptism, or approval to serve or lead? Check out Milestones! Milestones have dates so you know when they were accomplished.

Let's Add a Milestone

You just found out that prospective members need to join a small group as the fourth step in their Membership Journey. Let’s add it to the process!

Let's Track with GroupLife! Potluck Anyone?

It’s potluck time! Josh has started a Potluck Group. Who’s bringing what? How do I manage the people? Let’s use the Group Life widget to track everything! Here’s how. 

Let's Track Prayer Requests, Hospital Visits, and More Using CareLife!

Do you have anyone that has had a new baby, a death in the family, or a prolonged sickness? CareLife allows you to manage care cases when someone is going through something extraordinary. Let’s check it out!

Let's Track Prayer Requests, Praise Reports, and More in MP!

Let's bless our people by using the system to view their prayer requests, praise reports, or comments! Here's how.

When Someone Wants to Serve

When someone wants to serve, they are "Responding" to an "Opportunity." Let's learn how to view these.

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