For most churches, Easter is the biggest Sunday of the year, bringing in many first-time guests. A great experience can encourage them to return, and preparation is key.
One way to get ahead is by using a pre-registration form to collect guest information before Easter morning. This helps streamline check-ins and ensures families feel welcomed right away.
The Power of Pre-Enrollment
To best serve new guests on Easter morning, you can set up an Easter Pre-Enrollment Registration Form to streamline the check-in process. This allows parents to fill out key details ahead of time, reducing wait times and making the morning less stressful.
The form should capture the most needed information:
- Child’s name and grade (so they can be assigned to the correct group)
- Allergy and medical information
- Emergency contact details
With TouchPoint, children can be pre-assigned to the right classes or groups, making check-in on Easter morning quick and efficient. Parents will appreciate the organized process, and kids will feel welcomed into their age-appropriate groups without delay.
By taking this step in advance, your church can provide a stress-free and organized experience—one that leaves a positive impression on first-time guests and increases the likelihood of their return.
Why Engaging First-Time Guests Before Their First Service Matters
Many people visiting your church on Easter may be looking for a faith community to call home. If they feel welcomed, known, and cared for, they will be more likely to return.
That is why engagement should start before they even arrive. When guests pre-register, it creates an opportunity to connect with them beforehand. A simple follow-up message can make a huge difference in making them feel seen and valued.
Ideas For Welcoming First-Time Guests Before They Arrive
Once a family has registered for Easter service or any service, don’t let the connection stop there. Here are a few simple ways to follow through and make their visit memorable:
- Send a personalized welcome email – Send an automated but personal email thanking them for registering, providing service details, and letting them know what to expect on Easter morning. A friendly email can ease any nerves and set the stage for a great experience.
- Text message reminder with service times – A simple text a day or two before Easter with service times, parking details, or special children’s activities reinforces that their visit matters.
- Short welcome video from the pastor – A quick video introducing the church and personally inviting them to service can help first-time visitors feel connected before they even arrive. This can be shared via email, text, or posted on your church mobile app.
Follow Up After Easter
A guest’s first visit shouldn’t be their last interaction with your church. After Easter, continue building the relationship by:
- Sending a personalized thank-you email or card expressing how glad you were to have them and providing ways to stay connected.
- Invite them back with a text that includes a link to upcoming events or small groups.
Easter is a great chance to connect with new people, but it shouldn’t stop there. By leveraging the church technology in TouchPoint–utilizing Process Builder, Task & Notes, Registrations, along with Check-In, you can automate these actions while still making first-time guests feel welcome.
Catch up with this month’s TouchPoint Webinar, Giving Essentials!
Churches across the country are facing new challenges and opportunities when it comes to financial stewardship, church giving, and donation management. With changing donor behaviors, rising operational costs, and evolving technology, church leaders must be proactive in engaging their congregations in generosity.
In January’s TouchPoint webinar, we sat down with Brad Leeper, Founder of Ministry Essentials, to explore church giving trends for 2025 and practical steps to increase giving beyond budgeted income. Whether you’re a pastor, executive pastor, or church administrator, this discussion is packed with actionable stewardship strategies to help your church grow financial support and engage donors more effectively.
Church Giving 2025 Webinar
Morgan Mudge, Vice President of TouchPoint Software, discussed with Brad what churches are challenged with when it comes to stewarding financial giving:
- How churches can increase donations beyond budgeted income
- The importance of donor segmentation and how to engage high-capacity givers
- The role of online giving platforms and giving management software
- How to encourage recurring giving and create a healthy generosity culture
- The impact of crypto donations, stock gifts, and digital giving trends
- How churches can optimize their giving database and stewardship strategies
- The importance of capital campaigns and free cash flow growth
Sign-Up For A Free Church Giving Analysis
To help churches optimize their giving database, financial stewardship, and donation management, Brad and his team are offering a free financial analysis in partnership with TouchPoint churches and prospect churches.
This analysis will help you:
- Identify key giving trends in your church
- Understand the health of your giving database
- Find opportunities to increase church donations
- Implement church stewardship strategies that work
To request your free giving analysis, contact Melissa at [email protected].
Stay Up to Date With TouchPoint
If you found this webinar valuable, be sure to check out past discussions on our YouTube channel. Our webinars are designed to equip church staff members, pastors, and ministry leaders with the latest insights on church database management, engagement, generosity, and discipleship.
At TouchPoint, we’re committed to helping churches thrive by providing Kingdom-focused solutions and resources.
Our January webinar is happening tomorrow at 2pm CST, and we’d love for you to join us! This session is all about cultivating a thriving culture of generosity and stewardship with giving essentials in your church.
TouchPoint’s January Webinar with Brad Leeper: Giving Essentials For Growing Generosity
Date: January 30th
Time: 2pm CST
Host: Morgan Mudge, Vice President of TouchPoint
Guest: Brad Leeper, Founder of Ministry Essentials
Morgan Mudge, our Vice President, will be joined by Brad Leeper, founder of Ministry Essentials, who has spent over 30 years helping churches and ministries create effective giving strategies. Whether you’re looking to enhance church giving, optimize your online giving platform, or strengthen your donation management processes, this webinar will provide practical insights to support your mission.
Our Speakers
Keeping your church database clean is critical for effective communication and ministry. It not only supports the staff, but it also communicates safety, care, and love for your community. Here are practical ways to empower your church members to update their own information using tools already at your disposal.
1. Use a Data Intake Form
Create a Data Intake Form to collect updated information from your congregation. Include basic demographic details, contact information, and member-specific questions. Consider using conditional logic to ask non-members about their interests, such as learning more about your church’s various ministries.
2. Share Forms Through SMS Reply Words
Make it easy for members to access forms by utilizing SMS reply words. For example, set up a reply word like “Sunday” that automatically sends a link to the form. Depending on whether their phone number exists in the database, members will either receive a personalized link to update their profile or a generic link to the form.
3. Integrate with Your Mobile App
Encourage churchgoers to update their information through your church’s mobile app. Those who are logged-in can navigate seamlessly to the form and make necessary updates. This method is convenient and user-friendly, making it easier for everyone to participate.
4. Use Registration Links in Emails or Texts
Send targeted emails or text messages to individuals in your database with a registration link. When the link is clicked, they are automatically logged in and can quickly make changes to their profiles. This eliminates extra steps and ensures a smoother experience.
5. Highlight the Importance of Updating Information
Explain to your congregation how keeping their information updated helps the church. Accurate records improve communication, enhance online giving processes, and support volunteer management. By involving your church body, you can ensure data stays current while building engagement.
For more tips and tricks on utilizing TouchPoint’s Church Management Software, visit our YouTube Playlist.
Connect With Our Consulting Team
Would you like to learn more about database cleanliness? Email our consulting team at [email protected] to schedule a session and learn more about managing members and tidying up your database. Together, we can help your ministry thrive!
Considering TouchPoint For Your Church?
Not yet a TouchPoint partner? Schedule a demo today by filling out this form to connect with one of our team members.
We know how crucial it is for churches to send timely and accurate giving statements to their donors. At TouchPoint, our goal is to make this process as seamless as possible for you. Here are some helpful tips and tools to ensure your end-of-year contribution statements are prepared and distributed with ease:
- Multiple Delivery Options: Giving statements can be mailed physically, links can be emailed, or donors can retrieve their own statements anytime they need.
- Customization Is Key: Make sure your church’s information (statement header) is correctly displayed at the top of the statement by customizing it beforehand.
- Include a Cover Letter: Create and personalize a cover letter to accompany your statements for a more personal touch. You can find detailed instructions here.
- Non-Tax Statements: If you need to issue statements that only include non-tax-deductible items, use the “Non-Tax Statements” setting under Admin > Advanced > Settings > Finance > Statements. Note: Your IT staff may need to add additional code to the Statement Template Body HTML for this option. See code information in the same document a little farther down the page.
- Direct Access Links: Email a special URL to your donors that takes them directly to the “Statements” tab on their TouchPoint record once they sign in. Replace “mychurch” in the following link with your church’s database name: https://mychurch.tpsdb.com/Person2/0/Statements
Donors can also access their statements from the TouchPoint Mobile app. - Go Paperless: Some donors may prefer not to receive paper copies. They (or your TouchPoint Admin) can update their preferences in the Giving > Statements tab on their record to reflect an “Electronic Only” option.
We’re here to help streamline donor communication efforts, allowing you to focus on what matters most—building relationships and growing your ministry.
If you have questions or need further assistance with giving statements, please don’t hesitate to contact our consulting team at [email protected].
We at TouchPoint Software are grateful to partner with you for all your church management software and giving needs!
Managing your church database system effectively is key to maintaining meaningful connections with your congregation. In this video, we walk you through how to disable the automatic creation of tasks when new people are added to your TouchPoint database. While this feature can be useful, we understand that it might not align with every church’s processes. That’s why we show you how to turn it off and introduce alternative strategies for tracking and managing new records in your church database software.
Discover how to:
- Disable “New People Task” in the TouchPoint church database system.
- Use the People Search page for efficient filtering and management.
- Create saved searches to customize your approach to new records.
- Integrate new records into a streamlined process for personalized outreach.
Whether you’re welcoming new members with a visit, phone call, an invitation to a small group or orientation class, this tutorial equips you with the tools to adapt TouchPoint to your church’s needs. Watch the video now and simplify your workflows today!
For more tips and tricks utilizing TouchPoint’s Church Management Software, visit our YouTube Playlist.
Connect With Our Consulting Team
Would you like to learn more about database cleanliness? Email our consulting team at [email protected] to schedule a session and learn more about managing members and tidying up your database. Together, we can help your ministry thrive!
Considering TouchPoint For Your Church?
Not yet a TouchPoint partner? Schedule a demo today by filling out this form to connect to one of our team members. This is one of many ways TouchPoint’s powerful church management software can uniquely support your ministry’s needs.
The start of a new year is the perfect time to refresh and refocus. What better way to begin than by ensuring your church database is clean and organized? At TouchPoint, we’re dedicated to helping churches maintain accurate, efficient, and effective church database systems. We are kicking off this month with managing members.
We are focusing on database cleanliness and sharing practical tips to help your team keep your church management software running smoothly. Our latest TouchPointer video highlights key tools and strategies that simplify data cleanup tasks.
For example, you can:
- Identify and update outdated member statuses.
- Correct missing or incorrect fields like gender, marital status, or family positions.
- Streamline engagement scores and other reporting tools with accurate, up-to-date records.
A clean database doesn’t just make your systems easier to manage—it enhances how your church connects and engages with those within your church. By maintaining database cleanliness, you will set your church up for success in 2025 and beyond.
For more tips and tricks utilizing TouchPoint’s Church Management Software, visit our YouTube Playlist.
Connect With Our Consulting Team
Ready to take full advantage of the prayer wall? Email our consulting team at [email protected] to schedule a setup session and learn more about managing members and tidying up your database. Together, we can help your ministry thrive!
Considering TouchPoint For Your Church?
Not yet a TouchPoint partner? Schedule a demo today by filling out this form to connect to one of our team members. This is one of many ways TouchPoint’s powerful church management software can uniquely support your ministry’s prayer needs.
TouchPoint’s January Webinar with Brad Leeper
Date: January 30th
Time: 2pm CST
Host: Morgan Mudge, Vice President of TouchPoint
Guest: Brad Leeper, Founder of Ministry Essentials
Brad Leeper is the founder of Ministry Essentials, an organization dedicated to helping churches and ministries create a thriving culture of generosity and stewardship. With over 30 years of experience in financial stewardship, Brad has devoted his career to equipping churches and nonprofits to achieve their God-given missions through effective giving strategies.
On January 30th, Brad will join Morgan Mudge, Vice President of TouchPoint, for an insightful webinar designed to provide church leaders with practical tools to enhance their mission and stewardship efforts.
Our Speakers
How TouchPoint Software Strengthens Your Church’s Prayer Ministry
Prayer is the lifeblood of a thriving faith community. Churches need tools to encourage and facilitate prayer requests, prayer support, and communication. The TouchPoint Software prayer wall provides an organized and interactive space for church members to share prayers and connect with staff and other churchgoers on a deeper level.
Customizable Prayer Wall Settings to Fit Your Church’s Needs
The TouchPoint prayer wall is highly customizable to ensure your church can tailor it for pastoral care and privacy. Here are a few key features you can adjust:
- Enable or Disable the Prayer Feed
- If you prefer not to publish a full prayer feed on your church’s app, you can simply offer an option to submit prayer requests. This will send the request to only the staff and allow essential pastoral prayer and care.
- Turn On the Approval Process
- Staff can review and approve prayers before they are added to the prayer wall. This is especially helpful for maintaining privacy and preventing oversharing.
- Set a Duration for Prayer Requests
- Prayers can be marked as answered by the requester, and you can configure how long they remain on the wall to keep the feed relevant.
- Control Privacy Settings
- For privacy, churches can choose to share first names and last initials on the prayer wall instead of full names.
- Allow Anonymous Requests
- If anonymous submissions are enabled, you’ll need to identify a placeholder record within your system to manage these requests. Our consulting team can help support this setup.
- Include a Prayer Disclaimer
- It’s best practice to include a disclaimer explaining how your church manages prayer requests. Address key questions like:
- Will a pastor, member of leadership, prayer partner, etc., follow up with the requester?
- Will the prayer immediately be published, or does it go through an approval process?
- How long will the prayer stay on the prayer wall?
- It’s best practice to include a disclaimer explaining how your church manages prayer requests. Address key questions like:
These features empower your church to serve your congregation intentionally, ensuring pastoral care, connection, and privacy are prioritized.
For more tips and tricks utilizing TouchPoint’s Church Management Software, visit our YouTube Playlist.
Connect With Our Consulting Team
Ready to take full advantage of the prayer wall? Email our consulting team at [email protected] to schedule a setup session and learn more about the prayer wall’s functions. Together, we can help your prayer ministry thrive!
Considering TouchPoint For Your Church?
Not yet a TouchPoint partner? Schedule a demo today by filling out this form to connect to one of our team members. This is one of many ways TouchPoint’s powerful church management software can uniquely support your ministry’s prayer needs.
If you missed our December Fireside Chat, the recording is now available! It was a special time with the TouchPoint Software leadership team, sharing insights, stories, and updates about this year’s highlights.
This fun and lighthearted event was hosted by Ross Miller, Morgan Mudge, and Ronee de Leon, who were joined by special guests Adam Ashe, Cody Binder, Andrew Triplett, and Hayley Whitworth. Together, they shared highlights from this year.
The team also offered a behind-the-scenes look at the work being done to enhance TouchPoint for our partners in 2025. From stories about partner churches to laughter-filled moments debating Christmas songs, it’s an event you will want to replay and enjoy!
Are you interested in TouchPoint as a church management software option?
Contact us to set up a free demo!
See what we have planned for our next webinar!
Maintaining a thriving prayer ministry in today’s fast-paced church environments can be challenging. Prayer is the cornerstone of spiritual connection and community within the church. That’s why TouchPoint provides a powerful tool to streamline prayer requests and foster deeper engagement: the Prayer Digest.
The Prayer Digest enables churches to compile prayer requests submitted by members on a prayer feed or prayer wall into a single, organized email. Whether you’re managing requests daily or weekly, this feature ensures every prayer need is addressed efficiently and appropriately. This tool is primarily available for TouchPoint partner churches using the mobile app prayer wall feature. Customizable and automated, the Prayer Digest is your ally in fostering meaningful ministry through prayer.
Key Features Of The Prayer Digest
- Customizable and Automated
The Prayer Digest integrates seamlessly into your daily batch processing. The system collects prayer requests submitted within a designated timeframe and automatically emails the compiled list to a specific audience. Whether it’s your pastoral staff, prayer team, or a dedicated prayer group, distribution is effortless. - Targeted Distribution
This ensures requests are delivered to those who are prepared to respond, offering the care and intercession your members rely on. - Scalable for Every Church’s Needs
From small congregations to larger communities, the Prayer Digest supports a variety of church management strategies. Whether you want to enhance a public prayer feed or maintain confidential staff prayer lists, this tool adapts to your unique needs.
Prayer Feeds & Prayer Walls Matter
This tool exemplifies the strength of modern church software by bridging technology with spiritual care. By automating routine processes, church leaders gain more time to focus on personal engagement. The Prayer Digest also promotes accountability and consistency, ensuring no request goes unnoticed.
Elevate Your Prayer Ministry
If you are a current TouchPoint partner, contact our consulting team at [email protected] to set up the Prayer Digest and enable the mobile Prayer Wall for your congregation.
Not yet a TouchPoint partner? Schedule a demo today by filling out this form to connect to one of our team members. This is one of many ways TouchPoint’s powerful church management software can uniquely support your ministry’s prayer needs.
Join us for a laid-back Fireside Chat this Thursday, December 12th, at 9am CST, where we’ll combine a little fun with meaningful updates from our team.
Ross Miller, Morgan Mudge, and Ronee de Leon will be your hosts for the morning, bringing you candid conversations and insights from some of our department leaders. They’ll be joined by Adam Ashe (Development), Cody Binder (Product), Andrew Triplett (Consulting), and Hayley Whitworth (Marketing) to share what’s happening across TouchPoint.
This isn’t your typical chat. Sure, we’ll talk updates and plans, but we’re also keeping things relaxed and lighthearted. So grab your coffee, settle in, and spend time together as a team.
Don’t Miss Our Fireside Chat: Thursday, December 12th at 9am CST
Be sure to mark your calendar—we’d love to have you join the conversation.
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