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Connect Card

With the Connect Card, you can highlight important events and opportunities and gather prayer and feedback requests.

Connect Card can replace your old paper bulletin with a digital format that is immediately actionable. And because PocketPlatform is powered by MinistryPlatform, you can set up processes to automatically contact the individual that the information is logged for, or cue a staff member or volunteer to follow up.

Through the Connect Card, individuals can:

  • View unlimited active events.
  • View unlimited active opportunities (for example, visitors, first impressions, and service opportunities).
  • Submit a prayer request or other feedback entry with a note.

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Custom Messaging

Let your congregants know exactly what to expect by using the Connect Card! You can customize the introductory paragraph to fit your branding and help people know what they can do to connect with your church.

Prayer & Feedback

An admin can set the types of feedback that are available on the Connect Card under System Lookups > Feedback Types. When someone submits a request through the app, a Feedback Entry record is created in the Platform. To learn more about managing these requests, see Prayer & Feedback.

Providing Access to the Connect Card

  • Dashboard Recipes: Create a dashboard recipe that displays during your worship services and encourages your members to connect. An articulate call to action will stimulate your congregants to click the button and follow the steps. If the Connect Card can be announced from the stage or included in on-screen announcements, congregants are even more likely to engage.
  • User Navigation: Add the Connect Card link to your user-specific navigation so congregants have a convenient way to access it from anywhere in the app.

Add Events to Connect Card

In addition to weekly services, you probably host events that you want people to attend. You can promote an unlimited number of events on your Connect Card so people know when and where to show up!

Tip: If you know you want an event to show up on your Connect Card when you create it, you can set this option at that time.
  1. In the navigation menu, click Events.
  2. Open the record for the event you'd like to add to the Connect Card.
  3. Click Edit Record.
  4. Set On Connection Card to Yes.
  5. Click Save.

Events display on the Connect Card as long as the Start Date is between the current date and seven days after.

Add Opportunities to Connect Card

Opportunities are ways people can be involved in your church. They're like classified ads or the bulletin board tear-offs. You can add opportunities to your Connect Card to highlight the places where volunteers are needed the most.

  1. In the navigation menu, click Opportunities.
  2. Open the record for the opportunity you'd like to add to the Connect Card.
  3. Click Edit Record.
  4. Set On Connection Card to Yes.
  5. Click Save.

Configure Settings for Connect Cards

You can update the message wording to fit your church. This introductory paragraph lets people know what to expect from the Connect Card.

  1. In the navigation menu, click Administration > Configuration Settings.
  2. Locate and open the POCKETPLATFORM, ConnectCardIntro setting.
  3. Click Edit Record.
  4. Update the Value to a message that suits your organization.
  5. Click Save.
Note: Most applications reset and reload new settings after 24 hours. As a result, your configuration setting changes may not take effect immediately.
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Last updated: November 26, 2024