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2. 3 02 Connections The number in parentheses to the right of CONVERSATIONS indicates the number of unread conversations in your Inbox The City 2 0 Coming Soon i Gc Conversations es Geoff as inbox sent Archives E 4 Start a conversation Search conversations News Select All None Connections LASER ET You ES Hi Lucy Conversations 1 Just wanted to say you re the raddest younger sister ever The end le Search en Boss E You Solveigh EI Children s Ministry Sock Puppets 10 41 am Friends Osterburg and 5 more Hey So we want ta make sock puppets with the kids on on the 24th to make the 12 more Grou ps You Nate Bell and 1 Group Visit Suggestion Nate Bell Nov 24 7 45 pm more meet Ishmael Dude Nate think met you a couple years ago at Billy Avfin s birthday party Crazy small world Growth i eh Sa yeah I m looking to find some people to live life with And here am C Victoria Rasputin Lars m Welcome to City Community Aug 31 7 29 pm Search for Users ar Groups Osterburg and 5 more Churchl Hi there Thanks for stepping out and telling us that you d like to get connected more Mark as Road Markas Unreac Marketplace Help Connections 3 03 Conversations continued Starting a Conversation To start a conversation just click START A CONVERSATION Begin by typing in the name of your recipient Once you start typing a list of possi
3. Campuses East Campus West Campus You wrote 1 day aga Joy in suffering There s a man in our church who most everyone knows He s got the biggest smile and is always ready with a word of encouragement What very few people know and what learned more Miranda Mouser wrote 4 days ago Neighborhood connection was woken up to loud voices outside at Jam on Sunday moming A visitor at the house in my cul de sac had reversed out af tha driveway and tumed into the street too 500N more arch stories search What an amazing stary af being involved locally View Profile Settings Admin AS O LA E J y ARTT dadi PIASTRE PSI LPP OIL OL TIES EE Help Center 4 Invitation 1 k Process 2 b Sharing 2 See what s new on TeCityPlaza Story Center 7 05 Writing Your story To share your own story of God s goodness click the WRITE A STORY link This page works just like all the other places in The City where you can start something new but it also gives you the I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THE CITY TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH OTHER CHURCHES option at the bottom of the panel Checking that box is your official agreement to share this story with the City staff who may choose in turn to edit and share your story on a global scale Whatever you choose to do write out your story read it to make sure everything s correct and click CREATE This story will instantly be on its way to your church
4. Help DB All RECENT CALCE FEL CWEHE CHURCH WE WS Fia h E Jenny Payne cresiod the event Deo 29 2000 al 2 11 pm There st people online Pastor Wl ear created tha topic Dec 29 2000 af 11 52 am Does anything change on Mew Year s Day 9 Grace Fetewship Church Halo Grace Fellowship As we move from the Advent season into the new yaar it s a natural time to fake stock of what God ls doing ln cur midst Aa reflect on what he has mone View all 3 responses j BattyHousion resporcied Dec 29 1 38 pm Oh my Pastor Will This could get long but Fil try to imit myse l rm already tearing up just thinking about how wonderful aur Lord has been to me this year and every yen mom Jenny Payne responded Dec 28 2 15 nm Thanks so much for leading us wel Pastor Will H s bean such a hard year and l m already encouraged by thinking about how much God has worked In our church Specifically the Easter mona Deacon Emma Eames crested the aveni Dec 29 2009 at 1223 pm New Year s Party in Dowmown Community Group Thursday December 3 6000 pm 100 am 13 peoples are coming Time to ring in tha Kew Hear Downtown C stylal Wet be having cur annua Talent ar Not Show so bring your special or spesescarl gifting to share wih us all Just before micinigh mong View all 10 responses van
5. s Reporting User who is responsible for reviewing stories created by people in your church and making the decision to publish them for your whole church to read Whenever you create a story you re giving permission for your story to be edited before it s published either to your church s PUBLISHED STORIES tab or to the GLOBAL CHURCH tab if you ve checked the box for that option Announcing the Story Center Your C City Community Church PE e tarate Fellowship New Story What an amazing story E af being involved focali News Write a Story View Profile Settings Admin You ara creating a public story that other people will be able to ses Church leaders may also Connections choose to publish this story for anyone in your church to 500 Your story may be adited by church leaders before itis publisted A G s ere b Help Center 4 roups Saved by Christ through a dear Cid P invitation 1 B F Am Font sie i j Pon et Growth Sii b Sharing 2 Just this last wees witnessed one of the wildest acts of God that I ve honestly aver seen a 30 year atheist brought to faith in Christ by the words and actions of a Su viale ee cunanch for Liters or Groups preschooler The 1 Cil D was hanging eut with my brother in law James and my nephews al Seaside Park ty ded Marketplace when it just so happened I ran into an old coworker Marty who was just meandering i sardi Asi ds le bar h
6. Once you ve created your account on The City we figure you may need a little helo getting started so we ve STARTED to see a full list of actions to take including prompts to FILL OUT YOUR PROFILE FIND YOUR FRIENDS and FIND SOME GROUPS Process Reminders Once you start a process in The City you ll see a PROCESS category Just click the appropriate link to CONFIRM or REJECT the invitation If you lead any groups on The City Enjoying this M becutifel dei ZZ slve yeursome assistance in you you ll also be notified here whenever hiking trip THINGS TO DO list Click GETTING Sn ela ie ie e oH dp you lead Again just click CONFIRM or REJECT Reconnect Notifications This category will appear in your THINGS TO DO list whenever one of your friends hasn t been active on The City for over a month Click RECONNECT to see the full list your friend in THINGS TO DO The number to Confirm Reject the right of PROCESS shows you To reconnect with your friend Geoff McCoy wants to be your how many process alerts are in your pren OUT to begin a friend list Click PROCESS to expand the Oe eae j category om Sharing Notifications v Invitation 1 Click on the name of the process to If someone shares a post with a Invitation to join Serving Single continue working through it group that you lead or manage Moms you ll see a SHARING category in Confirm Reject Friend Requests your Things To Do list Click SHOW When someone requests
7. Settings Connections y Configure your Twitter account to allow Configura your City account to watch your CESE M your status updates in The City to ba sent tweets for the tc hashtag and bring them Things To Do to your Twitter account to your Gily status m No action items right now Groups A Growth See what s new on Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Help Twitter will then walk you through the steps necessary to link the accounts and then return you to The City Once that s taken care of you ll find a new TWITTER checkbox beneath your status bar that allows you to push new City status updates to Twitter letting both your church family and vour Twitter friends know about what s going on in your life at one time Personal Controls Panel 2 11 Settings continued Relaying Tweets Into The City But wait there s more You ll also find that when you ve set up Twitter to receive City statuses there will be a new option on the CONFIGURING TWITTER page allowing The City to START LISTENING FOR TC Click that and follow the steps provided by Twitter Once you re done every time you attach the hashtag tc to a tweet The City will notice it and use that tweet as your newest City status update Grace Fellowship News Connections Groups F Growth Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Help Configuring Step 1 The City to Twitter Configure your Twitter account to allow
8. the LEADERSHIP checkbox gives you the opportunity to make your post only visible to leaders managers and volunteers not participants f you re a man you ll see the option MEN ONLY Of course if you re a woman your option will be to only allow women to see your post f you don t want to bother all your group members with an email notification when you create your post select LIMIT EMAIL The post will still be displayed on group members news feeds and group streams but initial email alerts will only go out to folks with their email set to EVERYTHING When creating a Topic you will also have the NO RESPONSES option This is great for when your topic is informational only Downtown Community Group v Start Something Search in this group Topic Event Prayer Need Album B 7 U Fontsize 1E With friends or groups _ Publish To The City Plaza OPTIONS m L Member only O Leader only Emergency O Men only L Limit email No responses Add a File Featured Cancel 4 12 Groups Creating a Post continued Sharing Your Content with Other Groups or Your Friends Whenever you create a post in any of your groups you have the option to SHARE WITH FRIENDS OR LINKED GROUPS by checking the box that bears that name Sharing is your way of inviting other groups and users into a post it makes your TOPICS EVENTS PRAYERS NEEDS and ALBUMS accessible to folks outside the group it was
9. Grace Fellowship Church 2 SHARE m See what s new on Midtown Community Share Theft Group B Z U Fontsze j 6 With friends or groups CityPiaza North End Neighborhood J E erag HR gt a B aza West Campus 3 e OPTIONS m j Group Search 8 L Women only Group Ideas mieu Growth Beath for User or Coups E Change the need address Marketplace PAGG teske or tome 1 Cancal Help MET SD Apo LAKE RIMERAD 4 10 Groups Creating a Post continued Grace Creating an Album Creating Photo Albums is a great way to remember and celebrate the work of God in your group After expanding the START SOMETHING toggle click ALBUM Type an album title Type a description of your album ROW N You can check the SHARE box to share this Album with your City friends and other groups hidden groups do not have this option or the Plaza posting capability 5b f your church has enabled the Plaza you can check the PUBLISH box to unveil the Plaza options available to you If you choose PRIVATE URL only people who are given the page s address will be able to find it Choose PUBLICLY LISTED if you want anyone to be able to find it For more about The City Plaza see appendix A of this manual 6 To keep others from adding to this Photo Album click the LOCK THIS ALBUM checkbox 7 Click ADD PHOTOS This creates the Album but you still have to add images 8 Select ADD MORE PHO
10. PUBLISH box to unveil the Plaza options available to you If you choose PRIVATE URL only people who are given the page s address will be able to find it Choose PUBLICLY LISTED if you want anyone to be able to find it For more about The City Plaza see appendix A of this manual 7 You can also apply other Options depending on your role in the group For more info on this feature read Options When Creating Content on p 4 12 8 When you re ready click CREATE Note If the group has more than 50 participants please read Targeting Large Group Emails on p 4 14 Groups 4 07 Creating a Post continued Introducing Emergency Email Grace gt Eg Fellowship Midtown Community Group Sitting hy the lake and ES Nim reading Birds look like o d they bara a IENA News flying around v Start Something Search in this group View Profile Settings Connections 3 1 Topic Event Prayer Need Album T 2 Grou ps m No action itema right new hi SHARE 7 Grace Fallows ipi Church 2 E m _ Share See what s new on Midtown Community sm q 1 Group B 7 U s Font size 2 j With friends or groups treCityPlaza L J Publish North End Neighborhood To The City Plaza M a 2 West Campus OPTIONS m A gt Group Search 7 L Women only gt 2 Group Ideas C Limit email Growth gl Sath for Liters or Groups 4 Pate ltems amp Roles Repeat Marketplace From 0527 2010 3
11. Things To Do has the ability to send Link requests and create Auto Approved sharing channels receives the message from a Connect Group when a new user is interested in visiting the group can create a new child group from a group idea can view and interact with leadership content Manager has full editing privileges in the group can view the Health Assessment in a community group but cannot change it can create promotions receives a Things To Do item and email alert for shared content and can either approve or reject receives Link Requests via email and Things To Do has the ability to send Link requests and create Auto Approved sharing channels receives the alert and either approves or rejects invitations sent from group participants to users outside the group receives and approves or rejects requests to join the group can create a new child group from a group idea can view and interact with leadership content Dividing the work of group management this way takes busywork off the shoulders of the leader so that he get on with the business of leading people Knowing the differences in these responsibilities will helo you find the best way to operate each City group you lead and select the right people for every role 9 061 Appendix B Volunteer vs Participant Volunteers and Participants are a far cry from the more administrative roles in a group but there are subtle differences that distingui
12. about God while working on North End Neighborhood cars Toddlers West Campus Group Search Group Ideas Growth Seach for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Haln New Group Idea If you see a group idea you re interested in the SEARCH RESULTS n be sure to support the idea so II ir that it will have a better chance of becoming a group To support CGU the idea click on the name of the BI Jas ram EE group check the box labeled I AM INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA type a response then click SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE Name Addresses Add an Address Cancel Create Groups 4 33 GROW IH SSS li SS IE SEI Dem Lee uam Growth In addition to helping you make connections to other people and live in the community of groups The City also provides opportunities to deepen your spiritual growth That s where the GROWTH menu comes into play e lip 5 02 Growth Journal This is a simple tool that can have a profound impact as you create a record of God s work in your life If you choose you can also share the experiences and insights recorded in your journal as an encouragement to others Select JOURNAL from the GROWTH menu You can SEARCH YOUR JOURNAL ENTRIES using the search utility and view past journal entries Click on a journal entry to view it where you ll also have the option to edit or delete the entry To add a new journal entry click WRITE A NEW ENTRY From there just type a
13. created in After checking the SHARE WITH FRIENDS OR LINKED GROUPS box and clicking the CREATE button to send your post out to your group you ll find yourself at a new panel that allows you choose who to share it with This page is broken into two segments for the average user FRIENDS and LINKED GROUPS Under the FRIENDS heading you ll see a complete list of your personal City friends which allows you to quickly share with the people you talk to the most Scroll down this list and check the boxes beside the faces of the people you d like to share this particular post with And if you want to share with someone not on your friends list simply click SEARCH FOR SOMEONE NOT IN YOUR FRIENDS LIST and seek the person by name Under the LINKED GROUPS heading you ll see groups to which your leader has made quick links for sharing You can choose to share with these groups by checking the box beside each name or use the SEARCH FOR AN UNLINKED GROUP tool to find groups you re not currently linked to When you ve chosen all the friends and groups you d like to include in the post click SHARE and share requests will be sent to everyone you ve chosen Once those parties have accepted the share they will be able to interact with your post Note you can only choose to make a post sharable when you create it this cannot be done after the item has been made If you think you might like to share a post at any point in the future remember to check the s
14. of all flesh And the waters shall never again became a flood to destroy all flesh 16 When the bow is in the clouds I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is an the earth 15 God said to Noah This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is an the earth iB The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem Ham and Japheth Ham was the father of Canaan 19 These three were the sona of Noah and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed Typa a ita B F y mi C 2010 The City Motsle Sile You can also create a journal entry to record your reflections on each day s reading Any journal entries you create here will be added to your JOURNAL page Ti Listening to the daily Bible readings can allow you to o tp tend to other activities while hearing God s word 5 04 Growth G rowth continued Scripture Memory Just as advertised the SCRIPTURE MEMORY tool helps you memorize Scripture To start building your own personal list of memory verses select SCRIPTURE MEMORY in the GROWTH menu then click ADD A NEW MEMORY VERSE Next type in any passage of the Bible e g John 3 16 or 1 Corinthians 6 19 20 If you want to receive a daily reminder email including this memory verse click the box to INCLUDE THIS IN A DAILY REMINDER AS A DIGEST OF ALL YOUR VERSES When you re set
15. of the group 5 Expand the ADD TASKS OR ITEMS toggle click ADD TASK OR ITEM then type in the name of something associated to this Need that someone needs to do 6 Click the SHARE checkbox if you want to share this Event with other groups or City friends hidden groups do not have this option or the Plaza posting capability 7 f your church has enabled the Plaza you can check the PUBLISH box to unveil the Plaza options available to you If you choose PRIVATE URL only people who are given the page s address will be able to find it Choose PUBLICLY LISTED if you want anyone to be able to find it For more about The City Plaza see appendix A of this manual 8 You can also apply other OPTIONS depending on your role in the group For more info on this feature read Options When Creating Content on p 4 12 If you d like to add a file to the need go ahead and click ADD A FILE From there you ll click CHOOSE FILE then browse and select the file on your computer You can add multiple files by repeating this process 9 When you re ready click CREATE Note If the group has more than 50 participants please read Targeting Large Group Emails on p 4 19 Introducing Emergency Email Grace _ Midtown Community Group Sally Fellowship uc y News v Start Something Search Ih Uds group View Profile Settings Connections TA 1 Topic Event Prayer Need Album B 222 Ho action items right now Groups
16. s to get at the book pulled the cover ck turned to the picture book page portraying the crucifixion and began to tell the story just the way James had told it to him a hundred times before And Jake concluded that s what Jesus did for you and me Do you trust Jesus too Mr Marty He clasped his little hands and tightened his squeeze around Marty s arm Strangely this whole time Marty had nothing to say absolutely nothing He looked like he was on the edge cf bawling but couldin t let go He looked at the boy latched to his arm sort of whispered I think do Jake and instantly started sobbing The boy held on trying to calm this broken man and reached out to pray for him That day this once hardened man accepted the loving sacrifice of Christ on his behalf and began the long hard wonderful road of following him Marty later explained the back story to me and it blew me away When he was 28 he d had a wife and son When his son was about Jaxe s age he made the tragic mistake of driving while intoxicated with his son in the passenger seat That night ended in an accident that took the life of his child and though he wasn t found legally at fault for the accident he and his wife both knew he was responsible for the death of their son and it wasn t long before his wife left him He spent the next 10 years becoming an increasingly hardened cynical man who was nice enough to others but could never forgive himself o
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18. to add you to view the post being shared click v Process 1 asa tiend you ll sees FRIENDS CONFIRM to accept the shared post Continue into your group REJECT the share Membership More wv Reconnect 1 The City Misses Lars Osterburg Reach Out Ignore More category in your THINGS TO DO list The number to the right of FRIENDS shows how many friend requests are in your list Click FRIENDS to expand the category You can CONFIRM or REJECT the request by clicking the appropriate link Group Invitations If you are invited to join a group on The City you ll see an INVITATION category in your THINGS TO DO list The number to the right of INVITATION indicates the number of invitations in the list Click INVITATION to view everything in the category Personal Controls Panel 2 13 or click MORE to see who shared the post with you CONNECTIONS _ OT ume SES bat a y Si y B 3 J 4 VA L p 7 te P EN me i ta gt PT se _ rt isa z cU EE ecs om SSS SSS um CREER MEER CITE aimo Tax Mb 0 AE TASR oS dg AN c A A A UB A o 8 35 30505 5 085528 20520220 00 1 0 1 14 04 1 1L 1 eeeepeseeBeBbeB a Em Ss za SE EE aaa a 79 4798 umo n eS am n a Cu SB BB SB SB SB SB SE SBS SS 2S EMm gt PRESTI ia a Cal iE en De FI d a kg y J Conversations Now that yo
19. views Albums 3 5 Grace Fellowship Church Grace Fellowship is a community of people committed to sharing life in obedience to Jesus We seek to love each other and forgive each other We welcome anyone to join us and discover the love and forgiveness of Jesus You can check us out at cur website 2 Campuses West Campus East Campus Already a City user Login to Grace Fellowship on The City Appendix A 9 03 Posting to the Plaza Posting items to the plaza is an easy and effective way to invite your friends into the life of the church a specific campus or even an individual small group If your church has activated THE PLAZA posting a DISCUSSION TOPIC EVENT PRAYER NEED or ALBUM to it is as simple as clicking a single button Downtown Community Group v Start Something Topic Event Prayer Need pS eere B Z U as Font size kill the body and can trust that God is still in control o Also if you re interested in supporting them financially an additional fund has been created to send a special gift to latros Mission for Ronnie s clinic to provide additional medical supplies as he cares for those wounded in the riots You can give through The City by clicking on the Growth tab on the left column and then clicking the Giving link You ll be able to choose the lastros Mission under the Fund dropdown list AL Add a File Search in this group Album SHARE
20. what He was doing as we sat quietly on that park bench Suddenly my youngest nephew Jake came wandering over to see what the grownups were doing o quietly He looked at my friend doubled over with his head in his hands then looked at me inquisitively said to him Hey Jake ya havin fun He asked What s wrong with him unky lzry I don t know buddy We haven t talked about it yet Marty hera is just having a hard day That must have been some kind of code for Jake because a light went off in his little head and he trucked off toward his dad as quickly as his stubby legs could carry him James took him over to the car He climbed up and into the back seat grabbed something squarish stumbled back down out of the door and ran back toward us at the bench with the object in his hand But when he reached us he went right past me to Marty stopped to catch his breath and quietly said Hi Mr Marty Have this He held out his little story Bible toward the man and waited a second Marty looked up and slowly moved to take the Bible from my nephew s outstretched hands As he eyed the cover Jake climbed up on the bench between us and continued to speak again It s my Bible My daddy gave it to me so could knowed about Jesus Sometimes do bad things that God and my mommy and daddy doesn t like Jesus never did nothin bad but God asked him to take all my bad things and he did Then the boy reached one arm under Marty
21. your postcode in the ZIP field Account Settings Addresses Adding your address es helps you stay connected to groups and friends from your church The City also uses your address to help you find groups that may be of interest to you Type Home Who can see this address Proximity Remove Street Gity State Zip Add an address Save Addresses It s important to include your address to your profile and e Rr e y 1 S keep it accurate so your church has an easier time sending p you important documents like tax statements for instance 2 08 Personal Controls Panel Settings continued Skills The SKILLS tab provides a list of skills your church has identified as being of particular value in serving needs Selecting the skills that you possess can helo you get connected to opportunities to helo others Just click the box next to each skill you possess and click SAVE SKILLS Your skills will be displayed on your profile page and your name will also be listed whenever someone searches for people possessing a particular skill Account Settings Adding skills to your profile can helo you get connected Skills to opportunities to serve other people Selecting your skills helps you pal connected to opportunities to hel others Full Skills List Y Accounting Cl Art 2 Art Graphic Design O Art Graphic Web Design O Art Photography O AN Audio Post Production 2 AV Audio Technician O AV CAD D
22. your preferences for email communication from The City You can also do a few other similar things here If you d prefer not to allow people to start private conversations with you through The City click the box labeled DO NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO START CONVERSATIONS WITH ME You ll still have the ability to start conversations with people and recipients of your conversations will be able to respond If you d like to send your City status updates to Twitter and vice versa you can click the TWITTER icon to do just that We ll look at this closer on the next page In the GROUP EMAIL SETTINGS area you ll see a list of all the groups you belong to along with an email settings slider Select NOTHING if you d prefer not to receive email alerts from the group or choose DAILY DIGEST to receive a single email each day showing you all the day s activity Select NEW CONTENT if you d prefer to be emailed anytime new content is posted in the group or select EVERYTHING if you want an email anytime content is created or responded to in the group You can select which groups you want to show in your GROUPS menu by clicking the HIDE IN GROUPS MENU box And should you need to leave a group you can do that here as well by clicking LEAVE GROUP Connection Email Settings Receive emails from Conversations El Do net alo people lo start conversations with me C Do not email me when people reply to my status updates How do you want to respond to fr
23. your status updates in The Gity to be sent to your Twitter account o Your City account can publish to sallysphotos Step 2 optional Twitter to The City Configure your City account to walch your tweets for the ic hashtag and bring them to your City status Start listening for amp tc fun follow TheGity How much fun saya you Fu Wecome Sally Sitting by the lake and reading Birds look like P they have a lot fun flying around Wiaw Profile Settings ALLE E os 10 LA m No action items right now TeCityPlaza See what s new on SOCk Drive Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out What s happening Sometimes you just have to appreciate God s natural art without taking a photo of it tc Share your first tweet with the world 2 12 Personal Controls Panel Tweet sallysphotos 7 Otweets 3 1 0 following followers listed fav star n a place to discover Twitter s favorite tweets Things to Do Your THINGS TO DO list shows you actions you need to take including help with GETTING STARTED on The City prompts for any PROCESSES you are in FRIEND REQUESTS you need to approve GROUP INVITATIONS and content SHARING to accept or approve and notifications to RECONNECT with friends who haven t logged in recently Welcome Solveigh View Profile Settings Things To Do w Friend 2 Deacon Emma Eames wants to be Help Getting Started
24. 0om ta 7 30pm 05272010 Stories b Change the event address Hel P Add a File 8 er ri 3 23 10 27S Cancel LAKE KINKEAD z a _ r a a MIST THE INFO PAPES FOR MORE INFORMATION sii a im 4 08 Groups Creating a Post continued Creating a Prayer 1 After expanding the START SOMETHING toggle click PRAYER 2 Type a Prayer title 5 Type the body of your Prayer Use the text formatting icons at the top to make your message look just like you want it to 4 If you d like to add a file to the Prayer go ahead and click ADD A FILE From there you ll click CHOOSE FILE then browse and select the file on your computer You can add multiple files by repeating this process 5 Check the SHARE box if you d like to share this post with other groups or your City friends hidden groups do not have this option or the Plaza posting capability 6 If your church has enabled the Plaza you can check the PUBLISH box to unveil the Plaza options available to you If you choose PRIVATE URL only people who are given the page s address will be able to find it Choose PUBLICLY LISTED if you want anyone to be able to find it For more about The City Plaza see appendix A of this manual 7 You can also apply other OPTIONS depending on your role in the group For more info on this feature read Options When Creating Content on p 4 12 8 Once you re ready to post your Eve
25. 7 M Share With friends or groups IM Publish To The City Plaza Y Private URL Publicly Listed OPTIONS __ Women only Limit email canc When you create a new item in any of your City groups you have the option to PUBLISH to the Plaza When you check that box you are given a drop down menu that determines the level of publicity this item will receive Depending on what your church decides to activate you may or may not find all of these available 9 04 Appendix A Posting TO the Plaza continued I The PRIVATE URL option posts this item to your church s Plaza but doesnt list it for public viewing Instead it provides you with a short URL that you can send to your friends inside and outside The City That way you can invite only those people you want to view it which is perfect for small events 2 PUBLICLY LISTED will put your post on The Plaza for anyone and everyone to see whenever they visit Prayer Pray for the Macaulay s You posted less than a minute ago Stats D Siac This prayer is privately listed at http bit ly 6Bcuwy To post an item to the Plaza you must choose that at the point of its creation This is to ensure your respondents don t come back to what they thought was a secure post only to find their orivate thoughts on display for the world Once a post is active on the Plaza users in The City will see a CITY PLAZA tag to the right of the title alerting them
26. Account Settings Family Members If you have a spouse and or children you can add them here After clicking Add a family member type the name of your spouse or child If they have an account in The City you ll be able to select their name from the search results If they do not have an account on The City or are under 13 years of age select Not In The City then type their name select their birthdate their gender and relationship to you In The City Not In The City is my cancel Add a family member Save Family Personal Controls Panel 2 07 Settings continued Addresses The ADDRESSES tab allows you to add your physical addresses Adding your addresses helos you stay connected to people and groups from your church The City also uses your address to help you discover groups that may be of interest to you Click ADD AN ADDRESS and enter the appropriate information Be sure to select your desired privacy setting in the WHO CAN SEE THIS ADDRESS field This controls who can see your address on your public profile page Select PUBLIC if you want to allow anyone to view your address PROXIMITY if you just want to show your general location on the map MEMBERS if you only want to show your address to church members and PRIVATE if you don t want anyone else except for church staff and leadership to see your address If you are outside the USA you can still enter your address Just disregard the STATE field and enter
27. E SBE SE SBE SBE SB SE SE mm ass n n n x SB x n x uo SSeS cc a Sa EE EB BE BSB SB SB SB SB SB SE SS eS eS XM wm nr naacal SB SBE BSE wo ss Gmx o wm re he L2 Ci E 2 i ha a a i rer aan A site d The Story Center With the Story Center you no longer have to worry about missing out on the stories of what God is doing in the different corners of your church Not only can you read about what God is doing in people s lives you also have opportunity to share your own stories Selecting STORIES from the Nav Panel will take you to the Story Center Click on a tab to see stories from various sources the tabs available to you may vary depending on your church s settings and your assigned Admin privileges The PUBLISHED STORIES tab shows you all the stories that other people in your church have submitted and administrators have approved to be shared with the whole body GLOBAL CHURCH is where to go when you want to see stories of God s love and faithfulness to real people around the world All users in any church on The City if the church chooses to activate the feature have the ability to make their stories known to The City staff and potentially see them shared with all Cities everywhere PENDING STORIES is a special tab that s only visible to your church s administrative Reporting Users It houses all the stories waiting to be reviewed and edited before sharing with the rest of the local church communi
28. Fund Find u The ity 173 Amount pi IA Growth Cit OLTE Prayer List Coffee amp janr de e Google Theology Scripture Memory Lion aliena I gi gt wie ie via 1 ji Service Opportunities H you have ary questione or concema about the giving process please don t heanate to contact eur administrative office at 555 555 1234 Marketplace Help The City 2 0 Coming Soon E p 4 Lose Le Giving pa a a a a Grace e Anyone actually kao Give Online My Giving E rhe words to Aud Long Same 2 1 View Profile Sot Admin News Create a Giving Report A Giving Year 2009 bf include my spouse Export to PDF Connections ETA F imitation 1 Groups na P arnie iene Giving Summary 01 01 2009 to 12 31 2009 Growth City Plaza Geoff McCoy Jeune 2690 10th Ave E Saaria WA 98102 Prayer List Raad the Bible Pledg 3 Give Scriptura Memory Description Pindged Given Servica Opportunities General Fur 0 00 5950 00 Giving Data Given By Description Amount Document E 10 25 2008 Geoff McCoy General Fund 100 00 Check 4588T2245008T358 Marketplace 11 01 2008 Geoff MeCoy General Fund 350 00 Check 3540687220340873 Help 12 01 2008 Geoff McCoy General Fund 500 00 ec Total 950 00 5 08 Growth MARKETPLACE The Marketplace The City s MARKETPLACE gives people in your church a place to buy sell trade and share with each other When you se
29. Groups Creating a Post continued Creating an Event 1 After expanding the START SOMETHING toggle click EVENT 2 Type an Event title 5 Type an event description And remember that you can use the formatting icons to format the display of your text 4 Below the event description field are some additional controls for defining the event DATE ITEMS amp ROLES for the event and whether or not the event will Repeat Date Under DATE select the FROM date and time and the TO date and time You can also change the event address here It defaults to the address of your group so if the event occurs elsewhere make sure to change it Items amp Roles Click ITEMS amp ROLES for the option to ASK GUESTS TO BRING SOMETHING or to CREATE ROLES Expand the ASK GUESTS TO BRING SOMETHING toggle and click ADD AN ITEM then enter the ITEM DESCRIPTION and QUANTITY Repeat this for as many items as you like Expand the CREATE ROLES toggle click ADD A ROLE then type in the name of the ROLE Again repeat as many times as you need Repeat Click REPEAT and then select the event recurrence schedule Once you have set the event to recur you ll then be able to enter an end date for the recurrence of the event 5 Click the SHARE checkbox if you want to share this Event with other groups or City friends hidden groups do not have this option or the Plaza posting capability 6 If your church has enabled the Plaza you can check the
30. Mortenaon responded 251 pm Sonda and will be ters We re still conspirng on our talent Geof MeGoy miponder 301 om Melissa and are coming We ve pol a lop secrel talent project in ihe works Miles looks soooooo cute in his teensy onesie and hat salad Sonia Monerson sad 53 pm Reply It s sunny outside yo sad Hector Martinez anio 2 42 pm Reply First Friday Art Show at Dwell in Gewntewn Community Group Friday February 05 7 20 pm 10 00 pen amp people ane coming Carl Osterburg and will be showing our photography over at Owed this upcoming First Fricay Carl willl be showing his Imitesis series and Il be showing soma of my food photography more View ali 7 responses ME Deacon Emma Eames responded Dec 23 2005 pm e I ll ba out of town that weekend WII the show be up for the month Really would love to seo your work Rachael Wiggin mspono aed 2 38 pr Coco Vory excited to eoe your work can attest thal they came from soma very tasty mone When I tread the verge of Jordan bid my anxious fears subside said Rocha Wiggira said 2 17 pm Rap Gao Molor croabod a rame propor l 2 39 pm I m going to be an unelel in Pownteun Community Group Actually this prayer ls for my sister Margot and her husband Reid Just found out she s at amp weer and will be due sometime in August Ill be their first and We re all very mora Thankful for the godly men in my life You guys are awesome nali Deacon Chris
31. N ROLES ITEMS EDIT FEATURE and DELETE are only available to the creator of the post group leaders and managers 4 16 Groups leon lray Now let s go back to the group s header block and look at the items in your icon tray just next to the content filter tabs Your Email Settings Click the Lj icon to view your email settings controller for this group Notice that this is the same controller you ll find in the EMAIL tab within your SETTINGS page Just slide the control to your desired setting NOTHING will keep you from receiving any email notifications from this group DAILY DIGEST will consolidate all of this group s activity into a single daily email If you have more than one group set to this option you ll receive one daily digest email that includes the activity in all those groups The NEW CONTENT setting will deliver an email notification when a new thread is created in the group If you choose EVERYTHING you ll get an ernail notification whenever someone posts new content or replies to a thread The one exception is that you will not receive an ernail notification every time someone RSVPs to an event listing If you need to leave the group you can do that here by clicking LEAVE GROUP Downtown Community Group Email me Nothing will not send you any email DAILY NEW NOTHING DIGEST CONTENT EVERYTHING Daily Digest will send you one email per day P with rolled up content New Content sends you o
32. NACTIVE Give this role to anyone who is no longer an active participant in the group and they will be denied access to the group from that point on Whatever role you choose select it for a user in the drop down menu across from their personal information then click SUBMIT to set your selection And as the group changes faces over time vou can come back and change up the roles as often as need be Group Roles continued People Invite someone new Deacon Emma Eames T joined 9 months ago Member Active tz 1230 W Dravus St 9 Seattle WA Leader Manager Volunteer Deacon Christopher Guthrie voting s iced joined 9 months ago 2340 W Dravus St WA Betty Houston joined 9 months ago Member Active 9488 26th Ave NW La Seattle WA Israel Jennings joined 9 months ago 206 555 9456 Home 21 96 078 Work Member Active 2920 W Dravus St Seattle WA Hector Martinez joined 9 months ago Member Active 2910 W Dravus St o Seattle WA Groups 4 21 Group Settings If you re a leader or admin in the group you ll also see the WA icon in your icon tray Click it to see your GROUP SETTINGS options Name amp Info Most everything here is pretty self explanatory but there are a couple of things to note D First notice the GROUP NICKNAME field The name you enter here will create a custom filter for your group s Plaza content This allows you to send people a direct U
33. NEEDS or ALBUMS 3 To the right of the nav tabs is an easy to use search bar to help you find specific posts quickly 4 Each listing includes the title of the item the beginning of the description and an icon telling what kind of post it is events also provide the date time and number of people involved 5 The column down the righthand side of the page provides visitors with basic information about your church so that newcomers feel welcome and connected even if they ve never stepped foot in your church building And below that there s a link giving you quick access to The City s login page 9 02 Appendix A The Plaza continued 1 G Grace Fellowship a Topics Prayers Needs Mark Buckner Local Boy Fighting for His Life in Iraq Many of you In and out of the church know Mark He s lived in the area all his lita has known Jesus since he was a small child and Posted by Deacon Emma Eames in Downtown Community Group om Back to School Supplies roi Help local kids go back to school Donate supplies at Grace Fellowship or at Lincoln Elementary any day this week Posted by Israel Jennings in West Campus Comment from Sarah Templeton heard about this guy It s so sad Do you know if there s any way we can help his family recent activity B minutes ago 31 views Comment from Sarah Templeton Is this still going on Can help recent acivety 10 minutes ago 43 views Grace F
34. RL link Atto vourchurch onthecity org plaza yournickname to see just the Plaza content from your group 2 Secondly the PARENT GROUP selection will have most likely been set for you and you shouldn t need to change it unless directed to do so by your church 3 The final field to discuss here is the IDEAL SIZE field This indicates the ideal number of participants in this group If your number of participants exceeds the IDEAL SIZE your group will be shown as full in the GROUP SEARCH map used by connect agents Downtown Community Group Name amp Info mall Group Group Downtown Community Group Mame Group nickname downtownog tor Tha Plaza wee Bill s Leaders Internal Description We worship Jesus support and cara for each other in imitation of Him and sarve tha people will only be seen by around us wherever possible And it all happens in the center of everything Downtown group members Extemal Wa worship Jesus support and care for each other in imitation of Him and serve the people Description around us wherever possibla And it all happens in the cantar of everything Downtown for your group profile page ideal Size optional Update mol 4 22 Groups Group Settings continued 2 Address Use this option to add or edit the group s address You can add multiple addresses if you like but the first address entered will be the default address for the group After yo
35. TOS then click the UPLOAD PHOTO button and begin selecting the photos you d like to attach from you computer Note If the group has more than 50 participants please read Targeting Large Group Emails on p 4 14 Introducing Emergency Email Midtown Community Group Saly Fe Ll owship F love sunny ds with a Al Topics Prayers 2 j comerd in hand News Y Start Something Buc di pup gt gt gt Connections Topic Event Prayer Need Album dea et t m Neo action items right now Grou ps Create a photo album Midtown Community Group 5 SHARE ft Grace Fellowship Church 2 i See what s new on L Share With friends or groups TeCity Plaza B 7 U e Fortsize Il Hl L Publish North End Neighborhood 3 To The City Plaza S CES West Campus ENE a y Group Search _ Lock this album Group Ideas Growth Seach for Users or Groups Marketplace AA Cancel Add Photos Groups 4 11 Creating a Post continued Options for Creating Your Post When creating a new post to the right of the creation panel is a list of additional options you can apply to your post Depending on your role in the group you ll get different choices but here are all the options you might final Ifyoure an official member of your church you can select MEMBER ONLY to have your post display only for other members of the church Ifyou re one of the group s leaders or managers
36. There is a wealth of information here that allows the rest of your church community to learn as little or as much about you as you d like to share These pieces of information can include the following Name Membership status Profile picture Contact info Listed skills The City groups you re a part of A list of your friends Your City status history Public journal entries Of course to ensure your privacy you have control over how much of your contact info skills and journalling you share And hidden groups never show up in the list of groups you re a part of Note f at any point The City can t contact you via email your profile will reflect that so that even if you don t know that you re missing out on communications your friends will and can helo you get back in the loop 2 02 Personal Controls Panel Grace Fellowship News Connections Conversations 0 People Search Friends Groups Growth E Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Help grow up Help Center 2 Sharing 1 gt Event 1 Deacon Emma Eames It s amazing to me that kids learn to share and then forget it when they grow up 4 days ago Reply Clear Aw Israel shared his bus pass with me I m so grateful as I ride to join some friends SOMALIA about month ago Hepty Delete Love the new Stories feature Really encouraging months ago Reply Deseta I lov ve e bi
37. anding Music Wocals Notwork Enginsering Wriing Copyedting Friends Hh i D Hm e i 7 FE N E bap Tin Sharma Vate Tha inhi e ng Y a it Fai You always encouraged to record 3 WOLF Tha agnata and convictions m your Glty Joumal When you do show more Piraino ark As Private will wind up hora cn your Profile for everyone to see This a a great way to shana yoursel with the people in your church and get to mow ota propa as Wik Personal Controls Panel 2 03 Settings Click SETTINGS to access your ACCOUNT SETTINGS page Within ACCOUNT SETTINGS are tabs for ACCOUNT PROFILE FAMILY ADDRESSES SKILLS and EMAIL Account The ACCOUNT tab shows you your ACCOUNT INFORMATION This is the information that identifies your account on The City This is where you can change your LOGIN or PASSWORD and change the EMAIL address associated with your account After you ve made changes click SAVE ACCOUNT Why do you need my email address We use your email address to send notifications of activity in The City You can even reply to conversations and posts on The City via email And don t worry we let you manage your email preferences so you only get the email you want from The City Account Settings Account Profile Family Addresses Skills Email MATA de Ll al LE A Ele dl AE E ill de li al EE EE A A e Ad AAA Account Information Your account settings are not shown on you
38. any and all content they want to share with your group this signifies your trust in them to share only high quality items When you auto approve a group here are some things to remember you always retain the ability to reject shared items even after they ve been auto approved the auto approval itself can always be turned off if the sending group is not responsible with their sharing practices ifthe receiving group is 50 people or larger the person sending the share will have opportunity to focus ernail alerts to users in the receiving group who will be most impacted by it Linked Group Auto Approve Groups 4 27 Group Settings continued 4 28 Groups Promotions Click PROMOTIONS to make a new promotion that will display to your group members when they re logged in to The City Click MAKE A NEW PROMOTION 3 Next click CHOOSE FILE then locate and select your promotion image file on your computer When creating your promotional image it s best to set the width at 180 pixels 4 Enter the URL of the page you want the promotion to link to This can be a URL for a page on The City or a webpage outside The City 5 Enter an EXPIRATION DATE Your promotion will expire and stop being displayed after this date This is a great way to make sure that your promotional messages don t continue to show after they are no longer relevant If you don t enter an EXPIRATION DATE the promotion will continue to dis
39. appens in the center of everything Downtown This Small Group group has 13 participants and has created 0 items in the last week This group has content listed on the City Plaza Ask to join Downtown Community Group ce Eu with a group leader LEADER FRIENDS IN THIS GROUP Israel Jennings ceo HUIDA ME Geoff McCoy 4 A RELATED GROUPS ADDRESS Howie s Leaders 2710 W Dravus St Christocentric Gearheads Seattle WA Community Groups Loyal Heights Community Group 5 Midtown Community Group North End Neighborhood Serving Single Moms le y 8 18 E 2800 B W Dravus St Magnolia Presbytenan Preschool POWERED BY is Maf data 2010 Google Groups 4 31 G IOUD Search continued 4 32 Groups The Find A Group Map For more visual learners clicking MAP SEARCH on the GROUP SEARCH page will take you to the FIND A GROUP map an alternative way to search for a small group On this page you can see where all the small groups in your church are located starting with your own neighborhood You can click the checkboxes below the map to narrow down the search to only groups marked with the tags you re looking for and as you do the SHOW PLACES ON THE MAP button will reflect how many group s meet your criteria Once you ve narrowed down your search to just the type of group you re seeking click that SHOW PLACES ON THE MAP button to display your findings on the map and see how close th
40. ations you ve been involved in Inside the stream items are color coded to indicate the content type News items from your church and or campus group always show at the top of the feed followed by a stream of recent content from all your groups friends and conversations To read the full content of a post or reply shown in your News Feed just click on the MORE link If you d like to see all the responses to an item or to respond yourself just click on the item to view it in its original group context You may occasionally see PROCESS REMINDERS at the top of your News Feed letting you know about processes your church would like you to complete You can click the MORE link to get more information about a process or click on the name of the process to get started And in case you get to the bottom of your News Feed and still want more news just click SHOW MORE to see even more news Intro 1 08 G ice Fellowship News Connections Groups Growth Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Help PROCESS REMIMDERS Start New Member Process in Wes Campus mora Start New Member Process in Grace Fellowship Church more Start Spiritual Health Assesment n Grace Fellowship Church more Deacon Emma Eames created the event a 3 05 pm Soup Night n Downtown Community Group Monday January 18 6 00 pm 0 09 pm 1 person in comirg Warm up the winter and Join us in making and eating soup There ll be good f
41. ble matches will display Click on the name or picture of the person you re looking for To start a conversation with multiple people simply add a comma after each recipient before searching for the next person Next TYPE A SUBJECT then type the body of the message you want to send Notice that you can format the text of your message using the editing tools provided If you d like to upload a file to the conversation click ADD A FILE then BROWSE to locate the file When you re ready to send your message click START THIS CONVERSATION G LI Plain onve ons New Conversation it s amazing to me that kids learn to share and then forget i when they grow up News Start a Conversation Connections Begin typing select the recipients use a comma to separate multiple people View Perla Hosen Conversations 01 Things To Do People Search Help Center 3 Friends B f U ast Fontsize a Sharing 2 b Event 1 Groups Ses what s new on Growth TeCityPlaza Search for Lista or Groups Add a Fila Marketplace Siwi thes Conversation Stories GE BTA Help 3 04 Connections Conversations continued 2 Replying to Conversations To reply to a conversation click on the conversation in your CONVERSATIONS tab feed Then type your reply and click the REPLY button You can also add participants to a conversation when replying You have two options when replying to a multi partic
42. click ADD Tha City 2 0 Coming Soon Grace Fellowship MES ey At Cafe Bonita enjoying News a French press and be Schaeffer s The God M Who is There Connections i amoy un view Profile Settings Arein 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God ond profitable for teaching Jor na Groups E reproof for correction and for training in righteousness ESV Rings To Do k Process 1 Growth Add a new memory verse Soe what s new on Journal j Prayer Lis Passage fac John 5 1 CityPiaza Read the Bible Scriptura Memory O Include this in a daily email reminder as a digesi of all your versas Service Opportunities Cancel Giving My hiama Vanas Displaying 0 of 0 search my veniet Search far Users ar Groups Marketplace Help Grace Fellowship News proverbs 3 5 8 At Cafe Bonita enjoying a French press and Schaeffer s The God Who fs There You posted less than a minute ago 9 Connections View Profile Settings Admin sede 74 Groups Proverbs 3 5 8 Process 1 Growth 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart REE IT Journal and do not lean on your own understanding The mi Prayer List 6 In all your ways acknowledge him Plaza and he will make straight your paths Read the Bible 7 Be not wise in your own eyes Scripture Memory fear the LORD and turn away from evil 5 Opportunities 8 It will be healing to y
43. content in your group stream works just like it does in your home page News Feed To read the full content of a post or reply shown in your group stream just click on the MORE link If you d like to see all the responses to an item or respond yourself click on the item And of course you can also see more content by clicking SHOW MORE at the bottom of the page Groups 4 03 4 04 Groups Group Overview continued Grace gt 5 G A Downtown Community Group z Growth Saar for sar or Groups Marketpiace s Start Something Simac in ir genup lho Ema Carr ee he eet a DL pem Soup Night Mornay Jamaa 18 1200 pni 1500 puro 1 perron i com rg War ep the winter and jm ve in mal ng and eating ep There ba good mone Duoon Ervra Games cospended DOS pr Ec Organizer always attends Geel Motor rested a new rd ui 2 42 i7 Lawnmower yard wor Ary chance could borrar one bron sorso Y Danno Emma Carrara crues n nene raid ar OS 2010 an 235 pen Aide to the airport has a last minute trip to visit my sser in Diener but my car amp still in the shop Aryon available Gihon Theridiy to drop maot st Sky Fad Arpat Pm going to be an uncha cial this prayer i fcr my gister Margot and her husband Reid Just found cut des at C weeks end will be due sometimes in August EI be their first and we re more x red Jenringa respec Jan 04 4048 nm Thats mwesorno rewa Geol 179 pray for tham and
44. continued Tags Click TAGS to see a list of attribute tags defined by your church Just select any tags that describe your group then click UPDATE When people are searching for a group the tags you selected can help indicate whether your group is a good fit Downtown Community Group Tags GROUP TAGS Ed Evaning Friday a Kid Friendly Bl Married Seasoned v Marrled Young B Maal Man Only Monday Momi satura j Singlas Caraer Singlas Collage ng ay ng ng eg Sunday z Thursday Es Tuesday e Wednesday E Women Only Update m O iL Groups 4 24 Group Settings continued Linked Groups As the Leader or manager you have the ability to create links to other groups with whom you often shares posts In coming pages we ll look at what this means but for now here s how it s done I You can add your first link by clicking CREATE A NEW LINK entering a group name in the provided field and clicking REQUEST Downtown Community Group Linked Groups Linked Group Auto Approve Shares trom the leader of a linked g l vith prova of the othe ups ibadi ire automatically approved tor your grou r Group can REQUESTS FOR YOU TO APPROVE Group Name Midtown Community Group Community Groups Loyal Heights Community Group North End Nelghborhood Serving Single Moms Linked Group Auto Approve Your group can easily share wit 1 the leader Shares trom f a linked groug with ap
45. e PUBLISH box to unveil the Plaza options available to you If you choose PRIVATE URL only people who are given the page s address will be able to find it Choose PUBLICLY LISTED if you want anyone to be able to find it For more about The City Plaza see appendix A of this manual 7 You can also apply other OPTIONS depending on your role in the group For more info on this feature read Options When Creating Content on p 4 12 8 Once you re ready to post your Topic click CREATE Note If the group has more than 50 participants please read Targeting Large Group Emails on p 4 14 Groups 4 05 Creating a Post continued Introducing Emergency Email Grace _ Midtown Community Group zlii Fellowsl up Sitting by the lake and wv 2 reading Birds look like si roses se rogo ret ue X138 News flying around Y Start Something Search in this group View Profile Settings Connections T Topic Event Prayer Need Album id rl Groups What would you like to start a No action items right now Grace Fellowship Church 2 v y Midtown Community i 5 See ay pd da Grow B Z U c Fotsze z z With friends or groups TeCityPlaza LJ Publish North End Neighborhood 3 6 To The City Plaza West Campus OPTIONS 7 Group Search 7 L Women only E eee the ld Group ideas Limit email THEFIGHEFOR JOY E Growth n Search for Users or Groups 4 Add a File Q Marketplace Cancel Stories 4 06
46. each then click an can help to apply for the position or request more information Ta News croate a naw service opportunity you must mato a service Opoortunity Need in a Sendo Group Group it wil then automatically show up here View Profile Settings Connections Children s Ministry I TE N tion i ight now Groups Children s Ministry Volunteers im mara Miranda Mouser posted this rid 5 months ago Growth Though we re sill OK on child grown up ratios for now we ve been steadily growing all the time and our period of relatively peaceful childcare and Sunday Journal school may be mone Prayer List Read the Bible Facilities Scripture Memory Service Opportunities Giving Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Help Clean up for Jesus Hector Martinez posted this need B days ago Hey Everyone The facilities team ia in dire need of some aditional hands We ve got about B people that are making sure Grace is beautiful and could use about that marry more Please more Financial Team sunday Offering Collectors Marissa Myers posted this need 4 months ago If you love Jesus and are good with money we need you in the financial team We re currently looking for 2 people to add to cur Sunday offering team You ll be responsible more can help can help G rowth continued Giving It s no accident that GIVING is located in the GROWTH menu It s a good location for this important tool and a good
47. ellowship is made of people It s true We re people just like you We re not here to connect you to an organization or system We re here to introduce you to a person Jesus We do that Neighborhood Clean Up Posted by lara Jennings in Grace Fellowship Church We re going to hit the 1800 block of Cedar Street and put a little shine on the neighborhood Don t worry about bringing bags or anything all gear will be Posted by Quincy Rasput n in Uptown Community Group Comment from Wally Jennings Love and forgiveness of Jesus understand why love is good but what s the forgiveness for don t think recent activity 13 minutes ago 72 views Monday November 30 2 00 PM 4 00 PM 23 people are coming recent activity 2 days ago 200 views Couple lost everything in the recent storm Hey gang A young couple down the street from ma lost everything In the storm yesterday Lightning Posted by Deacon Christopher Guthrie in Downtown Community Group North End Neighborhood Clean up One Saturday a month neighbors in the North End area meet at Jefferson Park at 6 00am to form clean up teams and get their assignments for the Posted by Israel Jennings in North End Neighborhood struck a huge maple in their front yard and one of the Comment from Ivan Mortenson would love to help recent activity 6 days ago 62 views Sunday February 28 8 00 AM 12 00 PM 1 person is coming recent activity B days ago 19
48. ent as a personal reminder this type of post can be displayed in an easy to print format Just click the icon Street Cleanup You posted 3 months ago Stats dia This event is publicly available at http bit ly crNwm2 Assign Roles Items Next to the printer is an icon of two people Depending on whether you re viewing an Event or a Need this will say either ASSIGN ROLES or ASSIGN ITEMS Click this to view a list of the roles Event or action items Need associated to your post From there you can assign or re assign those items to people in the group Assign Roles Plck Up Cleaning Supplies from City Building Assign Role 9 Dispose of Bags After Event Assign Role amp Keep Pokey Sticks for Next Month filled by Quincy Rasputin Re assign Role Team Lead 1 Assign Role Team Lead 2 Assign Role Street Cleanup You posted 3 months ago Stats da amp This event is publicly available at http bit ly crNwm2 June 13 n 3rd Ave amp Cherry St Sunday Seattle WA map 2 00 5 00pm monthly Groups 4 15 Editing a Post continued Edit This little paper and pencil takes you back to the START SOMETHING panel in which you initially made you post so that you can make any textual changes or optional adjustments you need to Feature Specific to a Topic the star icon allows you to move a post to the FEATURED section at the top of your group stream where you can keep con
49. esign AV Integratiorvinstafation O AV Lighting Technician C AV Video Gamera L1 AV Video Editing AV Viden Production O Computer Data Entry T Computer Helpdesk M Computer Office 7 Computer Powerpoint LI Computer Programming Flash ComputerProgramming NETO Computer Programming PHP O Computer H Gomputer Typing dis riali Rion 7 Computer Web Analytics T Computer Web GCopy Wrting O Computer Web Information Architecture Gomputer Wab LUser O Counseling rr O Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical M Hospitality Greeting 2 Hospitality Meals Hospitality Overnight Hospitality Telephoning Janitorial T Marketing Advertising A Marketing PR Merfical Dantistry O Madical Doctor 7 Medical EMT CI Medical Nurse Money Handiing 7 Music Bass q Music Drums O Music Guitar T Music Keys O Music Other 1 Music Strings M Music Vocals Natwork Engineering O Organization 7 Poetry O Project Management 3 Security O Teaching Adults O Teaching Children O Teaching Curriculum 2 Teaching Teens L7 Theater Acting LJ Theater Costume Design Tm J Theater Set Design O Trade Automotive O Trade Carpentry 2 Trade Electrical O Trade Flooring O Trade Genoral O Trado Painting LJ Trade Piumbing Wi Writing Copyediting O Writing Copywriting L7 Writing Creative Save Skills 2010 The City Mobile Site Personal Controls Panel 2 09 Settings continued Email Click the EMAIL tab to view and edit
50. g ideas mor ago Reply Delete Going to learn how to bake bread at Soup Night orina ago Reply Delete Thankful my brother made it home safely from Haiti months ago Reply Delete Your Public Journal Getting Ready for Paelms posted 4 months ago Pastor Will s preview on Sunday got me thinking a lot about Psalms so thought I d get ahead start on our upcoming sermon series Really excited to hear about some of More 2010 The City Terms af Use Mobile Site It s amazing to me that kids learn to share and then forget it when they View Profile Settings Admin Introducing Emergency Email Welcome Deacon Emr ma a a kids learn to share and then forget lt when they The City grow up Last engaged 4 minutes 296 View Profile Settings Admin Membership Member of West Campus Things To Do Contact Info Help Center 2 300 555 5570 Home b Sharing 1 visible t starti k Event 1 1230 W Dravus St Seattia WA 98119 visible to anyone See what s new on TeCityPlaza Communities Adminas Gracekids Apprentices in Downtown Community Group In Facsitias Grace Fellowship Church North End Neighborhood West Campus Leacis FAQ Musical Worship Loads E ANI Primary 1 Sorving Single Moma Skills Art Giraphic Design Compurtar CHfica Computer Typing Hosptolty Grooting Hospitality hicals Hosptality Cuemight Hospitakty Telephoning Janitorial Marketing PA Menay H
51. ha City Also f you re interested in supporting them financially an additional fund has been created to send a special gift to lairos Mission for Ronnie s clinic to provide additional medical supplies as he cares for those wounded in the riots You can give through The City by clicking an the Growth tab on the left column and then clicking the Giving link You ll be able to choose the lastros Mission under tha Fund drapdeawn list Responses Respond hran Mortenson bl dare thank voy for sending us Us update a mahrniahy ba praying and wall bo haiping cul ta parrot ham Pere casi Horaria Moris Praying fue and hm ippo 62010 The Cay Mobile San Appendix A 9 05 Group Roles A Closer Look Leader vs Manager The differences between a group leader and a group manager are plenty but they all boil down to a simple statement the leader is the figurehead and the manager takes care of the business When a group only has a leader he performs the duties of both but when each role is present in the group their responsibilities break down as follows Leader has full editing privileges in the group js listed in all the reporting tools as the one responsible for the group has the ability to edit the group s Health Assessment in a Community Group can create promotions receives a Things To Do item and email alert for shared content and can either approve or reject receives Link Requests via email and
52. haring box even if you don t share it with anyone immediately v Start Something Search in this group search Share with Friends Linked Groups Friend Select All Men Women n A person you can share Teaching Children to Share a Lecture with Dr Andre Gerapi Pr ne 2L events usen piere ir i m Emma Fames ESA BI y ant Font size T E With ex lt k albums with in The City It s not immediately relevant to me aside from being something I m interested o hd Li re me a m To The Para x in but for those who are parents this coukl be a very insightful event rian oy Christopher Guthrie Friday May 14th Dr Andre Gerapucci will be giving a great lecture at pisa LLL ELE A MacCiellan Hall on all his recent research into the impact childhood sharing O Member only Za Israel Jennings has on our development as people It sounds simplistic but Dr Gerapucci is O Leader onty one of the foremost researchers in the field of human development and has O Men only i spent the last 2 years researching this at Yale University According to him the O Limit email i KA RENE TEES way we learn to share as youngsters has a massive impact on who we n i C Search for someone not in your Friends list Date items 4 Roles Repeat From 05 29 2010 TiSpm to B15pm 6292010 Back Change the event address Add a File c M Groups 4 13 Targeting Large Group Emails 4 14 Groups If the group has more than 50 participants in
53. hings more casily with one another n ions E View Profile Settings Search for friends to add Conversations 1 Friends w No econ items right nao Your Friends Grou ps c Rad Humphries D Find us on a Pre been coming lo Grace for a couple months mow My brother and me moved oul here las year and he eCity Plaza was way More inbenested in finding a church than ever was Bul Jesus ma gat on my case about finding Growth t ona go when Todd found this place thought I d come along It s been great Search for Users or Groups Israo Jennings Coffee amp pr lam brasil Marketplace li that s not enough NI also mention that I m curently working on my graduate dages in philosophy work Theology at Ground Zaro Cotes and lows a good hike in the Cascades More than anything seeing Jesus work in the Ives of people around me is a rasi pleasure and honor Deacon Christopher Guthrie i Eke bikes And guitars And video games an cool too Really in a bot of ways I m a big kid at least that s what my Tanca would tell you work for the church worshigeng God by maintaining the building and aerving the community I m looking forward to marrying the women of my dreama And now im done writing this Help Remember that you can choose to accept or reject all e gt tp incoming friend requests in the SETTINGS page under the EMAIL tab Connections 3 07 GROUPS al Ninni veni GE TB ct ta
54. hr J gl A NP TA 0 City GENERAL USER The MANUAL 2 Contents INTRO 104 Group Roles 4 20 N amp Inf 22 Welcome to The City 1 05 a 4 Group Settings 4 22 Home 106 2 2 News Feed 1 08 ress 4 23 Options 4 23 Tags 4 24 PERSONAL Linked Groups 4 25 CO N TRO LS Linked Groups vs PAN EL 201 Auto Approved Link Groups 4 27 Managing Promotions 4 30 Public Profile 2 02 die Der Group Search 4 31 2 0 od i The Find A Group Map 4 32 Account 2 04 Group Ideas 4 33 Profile 2 05 Family 2 07 Addresses 2 08 G ROWTH 5 01 Skills 2 09 Journal 5 02 Email 2 10 Prayer List 5 03 Sending City Statuses Read the Bible 5 04 to Twitter 2 11 Scripture Memory 5 05 Relaying Tweets Into The City 2 12 Service Opportunities 5 06 Things to Do 2 13 Giving 5 07 CONNECTIONS 3 01 MARKETPLACE 6 01 Conversations 3 02 Adding a Listing 6 02 Managing Your Conversations 3 02 Starting a Conversation 3 04 STORY CENTER 7 01 Replying to Conversations 3 05 The Story Center 7 02 People Search 3 06 sii O Friends 3 07 i ci ps Stories and Status Updates 7 05 GROUPS 4 01 HELPCENTER 8 01 Groups 4 02 Help C 9 02 The Group Stream 4 03 ee Group Overview 4 03 Creating a Topic 4 05 APPEN DICES 9 01 Creating a Post 4 05 Appendix A 9 02 Creating an Event 4 07 The Plaza 9 02 Creating a Prayer 4 09 Posting to the Plaza 9 04 Creating a Need 4 10 Appendix B 9 06 Creating an Album dH Leaders vs Manager 9 06 Opti
55. iend requests Notify twitter Update your Twitter status from The City Save Email Group Email Settings Name Email me Options DAILY NEW NOTHING DIGEST CONTENT EVERYTHING Grace Fellowship O Hide in groups menu Church 5 items in the last week West Campus 1 item in the last week U Hide in groups menu Downtown Community Group 4 terms in the lasi week O Hide in groups menu Leave group O Hide in groups menu Leave group Facilities 0 items in the lest week NN 2 10 Personal Controls Panel Settings continued Though there are plenty of things that only The City can do for you and your church community it was never designed to replace all the other social networking tools you use in fact The City is actually designed to work with some of those other tools If you re a Twitter user there are particularly awesome things you can do with your status updates Sending City Statuses to Twitter You can set up The City to push your status updates out to Twitter To do that follow these simple steps Click WHAT ARE YOU DOING or your status if you ve entered one already in your Personal Controls panel 2 Select SETUP TWITTER 5 Click the GET STARTED button Welcome Grace Configuring i Sal Fellowship Sitting by the lake and reading Birds I UP they have a lot fun News Step 1 Step 2 optional flying around The City to Twitter Twitter to The City View Profile
56. ies Just click the link next to the LOG IN button and well retrieve it for YOu 1 05 Intro Home After you log in you ll land on your home page You can get anywhere in The City from here Here s a quick overview of what you ll find on your home page 2 Power Bar Always at the top of every page on The City this is where you LOGOUT It s also where we occasionally post important news about The City 2 Nav Panel This panel is always on the left hand side of every page in The City and lets you move quickly to the different content areas and tools avallable to you 3 News Feed Right in the middle of your home page is your News Feed which as advertised gives you all the news from the groups you belong to and the people you re connected to 4 Calendar Panel The Calendar Panel lives just to the right of your News Feed s filter tabs Just click on icon to expand the panel and see a calendar of all upcoming and possible events from all of your groups 5 Personal Controls Panel Over on the right hand side of the page is your Personal Controls panel This is where you can access all of your personal controls and manage your list of THINGS TO DO 6 Promo Block Just below your Personal Controls Panel is the Promo Block that displays promotional messages from the groups you belong to 1 07 Intro G Grace News Connections Groups Growth Search for Liners ar Groups Marketplace Stones
57. ion e eo i l generates to measure success and refine your communication strategy 4 50 Groups Group Search So now you know all there is to know about interacting in a group on The City but what if you aren t in many groups Well we can fix that in no time Select GROUP SEARCH from the GROUPS menu Here you ll see a list of ALL the groups in your church or you can sort the list by group type You can click MAP SEARCH to show the active list of groups on a map or you can SEARCH FOR GROUPS using the text search utility Group Search Map Search Search for groups Uptown Community Group 0 items in the last week We worship Jesus support and care for each other in imitation of Him and serve the people around us wherever possible And it all happens up in the burbs Families kids these are our passions Ushers 0 items in the last week Just a group of servants who like to smile shake hands and welcome folks to Grace Fellowship For new people to the church or those that have been coming for years you provide the more In the SEARCH RESULTS you can click the MORE link to see the full description of a group or click on the group name to see a bit more information and ASK TO JOIN or START A CONVERSATION WITH A GROUP LEADER Downtown Community Group About this Group We worship Jesus support and care for each other in imitation of Him and serve the people around us wherever possible And it all h
58. ion and we l suggest some possible answers If none of the possible answers helps please provide more detail then click the Ask button to get help from a real person Connections ep What s your question Possible answers Start typing your question and wel Groups I Please provide as much information as you can look for a possible answer No ection ters right now Find us on Growth p TeCityPlaza Search for Users or Gaups Marketplace Help Center 8 03 APPENDICES The Plaza The plaza is the public face of your City where you and your church can post topics events prayers and needs and interact with people outside your church People inside and outside the church can use the Plaza to engage in DISCUSSIONS RSVP for EVENTS respond to PRAYERS and agree to help out with community NEEDS Anyone can view Plaza posts and interact with them using either a City profile or a Facebook account Before exploring functionality further here s the rundown of the different parts of the Plaza s main page Just like all the other areas of The City the Plaza has your church s logo which serves as a link back to the main Plaza page and if you re currently logged in your profile picture which links vou back to your profile 2 Similar to the nav tabs used to navigate throughout The City there are six tabs that allow users to show all current posts or limit the list to just TOPICS EVENTS PRAYERS
59. ipant conversation that was originally started by one of the other participants By default you can REPLY TO ALL or you can choose to reply only to the original creator of the conversation If you choose to reply only to the original creator of the conversation a separate conversation thread will begin and the current conversation thread will not be affected Grace Fellowship News NA world it s CRAZY Plans for Next Weekend lecsal Jennings You and2 more View Profile Settings Admin Connections ias bari Nov 08 2 47pm Conversations 3 sd Hey bro Thing To Do People Search Hs been awhile since our group did a tun outing Any ideas Tor a cool thing we can do with everyone next Link Requests 1 Fii weekend k Process 1 Sharing 3 Deacon Christooher Guthrie Now 06 2 48pm Groups 1 Hmm That s a good question Maybe a movie Sea what s new on Growth i I m going to loop Emma and Rachael in on this one to get a female perspective taa CityPlaza Deac n Emma Eames Now Q3 9 32am twarch for Liners or Groups A female perspectiva nun Thanks for taking our ideas into consiceration you ne such gentlemen Well we d love to watch a chick flick Maybe we can do a guys gitts movie night with a girly movie and one of Marketplace your blow everything up man movies What do you think of that We ll even make homemade pizza Stones Hal Reply to All Reply to Israel Jennings ep Add another pargon lo th
60. is conmversmteon B f U e Font size j t Add a File Conversations allow you to communicate in a private e e j tp setting with one person or many without being limited by a groups participant list Connections 3 05 People Search If you know someone s name that s all you need to find them on The City In fact you don t even need their full name Just select PEOPLE SEARCH from the CONNECTIONS menu and start typing in a person s first or last name The City will show you pictures of possible matches to your search Hover over a person s picture with your mouse to see their full name When you ve found the person you re looking for click on their picture to visit their public profile page From there you can send them a friend request or Start a private conversation And whenever you need to find people with a particular skill click SHOW PEOPLE BY SKILLS to see a list of skills identified by your church Click on the name of a skill to see a list of all the folks who have identified themselves as having that skill You can then click on an individual s name to view their public profile page and connect with them by sending a private message The City 2 0 Coming Soon i Chocolate com Churros ml may be the best Mew Years Tradition averi Connections as Viow Profile Settings Admin News Conversations 1 Friends f i ca P Ki i m No action items right now a E 9 G
61. isa ine ha hos lask deem Anaa A dea ri Stories LL would like to allow The City lo share thes story to with other churches Help Add a Fila 7 04 Story Center Stories and Status Updates Once you re done writing out your story you ll get to see it in its entirety and you still have the opportunity to edit or delete it At this point you have to wait for your church s administrator to review the story before it s shared to the Published Stories tab but that doesn t mean you can t share it with your friends in the meantime Quite to the contrary you re invited and encouraged to share this demonstration of God s kindness with all your friends and the easiest way to do that is with a status update Simply enter a short message in the provided field and click SHARE to create a special status update that links people to your new story This like every status will appear on your profile and in your friends News Feeds so that everyone you re closest to can share in celebrating what God has done in your life Story Center 7 05 Stories and Grace Fellowship Status Updates continued Announcing the Story Center What an amazing story of being involved 2 locally News Saved by Christ through a 4 Year Old writton less than a minute ago by You Stats A View Profile Settings Admin Just this last weex witnessed one of the wildest acts of God that I ve honestly aver Connecti
62. ist that you can use as an offline reminder to pray Tha City 20 Coming Soon My Prayer List Grace Anyone actually kno M E theiwaordsto Add These are the prayers you are watching PASE Lang Syne News Geoff MeCay ted a move prayor 2008 ni 3319 View Profa Settings Admin wi 4 I m going to be an unclal in Dawriterem Community Group um g i A Actually this prayer la for my sister Mango and her husband Fold Just found cut she s at 6 weeks and Li will be due sometime in August WI be their first and we re all very more Connections ere n CA F invitation 1 G rou ps larnal Jannings t I 1251 T Find A Sa meta giril in Downtown Community Group TheCj Plaza Growth Hey everyone So here s the deal over Christmas was hanging out with some of my old friends and just 4 it y icd happened to meet thes great girl that ona of my buddies Knows Har mong Joumal View all 3 responses Prayer List Deacon Emma Eames t j 7 Leg That s great news Israel Will you guys be coming to the New Year s party Would love to meet Read the Bible hari So happy for youl Scripture Memory Se Deacon Christopher Guthrie t r 3 Yeah duce Something that was really helplu when Rachasi and started dating was having Senica Opportunities nk dign oo na na people in our Ha to help ask the hard questions Having accountability made a huge difference Giving mane Hector Martinez creat i mi Flu Strikes the Martinez Home i
63. lect MARKETPLACE from the Nav Panel you ll see a feed showing ALL listings You can filter the feed by selecting one of the tabs to show only items in a single category FOR SALE BUSINESS HOUSING JOBS COMMUNITY WANTED and MY LISTINGS which shows listings you have posted You can also SEARCH LISTINGS in the Marketplace using the search utility Click SHOW MORE at the bottom of the feed to display additional listings Adding a Listing 2 Click ADD A LISTING then select the type of listing you d like to post 2 Enter all the relevant details You can also ADD AN IMAGE FILE 3 When you re ready click CREATE NEW LISTING 6 02 The Marketplace The Marketplace continued Grace EUR Fellowship MEETS Sally I have so much stuff to get r d of Does anyone News au Forsalo Business Housing ots Community Wanted wy Listings yp need what have As per the terms of use we are not responsible for any of these transactions your transactions are solely between you and the View Profile Settings Connections individuals listed in this service do not endorse the businesses listed here Listings wil automatically expire after 2 months dm 5 Dc Groups i Add a new listing Search Katina HESS a Nothing to do right now m Show new items in my news feed OVV si a See what s new on TeCityPlaza Search x Users or Groups 3 year old HP Laptop 100 00 To get more Marketplace n
64. les nni i i A O Se Eee ux SG SEG cita SO EE Ni EEE ee Groups Now that you ve discovered how to build connections to other people let s take a look at the GROUPS menu and all it has to offer Groups are very much at the heart of The City bringing you together in community to share life with others While the life of every group is unique The City provides many flexible tools that can helb any group to communicate plan unite in prayer meet needs and stay more connected in the everyday busyness of life When you expand your GROUPS menu you ll see a list of the groups you belong to as well as the GROUP SEARCH and GROUP IDEAS tools To interact within one of your groups just click on the group s name in the GROUPS menu rr rr pra d i Deacon Emma Going to learn how to a bake bread at Soup Night o PROCESS REMINDERS Thee aro 6 people online Grace Fellowship News Start Membership in Grace Fellowship Church more View Profile Settings Admin Connections i Things To Do a No action items right now Groups Going to learn how to bake bread at Soup Night _ i said Deacon Emma Eames 1 43 pm Reply TRA Community te d FAQ Billy Palmer created the event at 6 49 ar TeCityPiaza Breakfast for Dinner Benefit in Grace Fellowship Church Ca P Facilities Saturday January 23 5 00 pm 8 30 pm 1 person is coming Grace Fellowship Church Come ha
65. n Downtown Community Group Picase pray for me and Max Healttiise we re not well She picked up a flu bug it s not the hini don t worry at ache the other day and aha was down for the weekend parents Know Mara E Eanmh iu ie ce Gwe ur or Lis Y LAG Marketplace View all 4 responses T Deacon Emma Eames Praying Hec i Geoff McCoy j t pri n m Wo will be praying The Flu this season Boemia to be a longar process than usual s0 we will be praying for strength and patience Growth 5 03 G rowth continued Read the Bible Each day this page is updated with a new set of Biblical passages giving you a handy guide for reading through the Bible To hear a reading of the passage just click the LISTEN link Grace PIANA Welcome Daily Bible Reading for 01 09 2010 Deacon Christopher Fellowship At Cafe Bonita enjoying News a French press and Previous Day Next Day schon Tee ds There Connections E Genesis 9 1 O Listen Van Profile Settings Amin 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them Be fruitful and multiply and SS IT EE TR Groups D B mitecath a The kat cf you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the ie _ Things To Do and upon every bird of the heavens upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the p m Growth fish of the sea Into your hand they are delivered 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you And as I gave you the green
66. nly the first post in a new thread Everything sends an email for every new post except events they can get a bit busy Events O A You can customize your email settings for each group e e i l you re in making it easy for you to stay engaged in the life of your groups in the way that s best for you 4 17 Groups leon lray continued 4 18 Groups Group Information Click the KJ icon to view a summary of the group s information This includes a description of the group the group s physical address if applicable names of the group s leader s and attribute tags Additional information may show in this area depending on the group type and any settings customization If the group type is community group the leader of the group has an additional field for assessing the HEALTH of the group Click ASSESS NOW to select the group s health status Green Good Health Yellow Marginal Health Red Poor Health in each of the categories provided by your church Downtown Community Group We worship Jesus support and care for each other in imitation Leader s of Him and serve the people around us wherever possible And it all happens in the center of everything Downtown Started 08 19 2009 Belongs to Address 2710 W Dravus St Seattle WA Health File Quota of 100 mb used Tags Evening Married Young Singles Career Tuesday con lray continued Group Participa
67. no suitable answers appears you re still in good hands Just click ASK to ask one of your church s Support Admin users Your question is auto assigned to a Support Admin who is notified of your question Support Admin users have several options to help you If they know the answer to your question they can just resoond to you with the correct answer They might also resoond to your question asking for additional details or clarification If they don t know the answer and can t find it for you they can escalate your question to a City support expert who will continue the helo process until your question is answered Anytime an answer is offered you ll be able to report back whether the answer satisfied your request If so the question is closed and everyone goes on their merry way If not your question remains in the assigned Support Admin s queue until your question can be resolved So go ahead there s no time like the present Get in The City and start using It You re going to love it 8 02 Help Center Help Center continued Welcome Deacon Emma Chocolate con Churros may be the best New Year s Tradition evert View Profile Settings Admin If you have a question we re here to help you find the answer Ask a question e No action items right now al Find us on meCityPlaza Theolog The New Question Bl City Ask a question News Ask your quest
68. nt click CREATE Note f the group has more than 50 participants please read Targeting Large Group Emails on p 4 19 Introducing Emergency Email Grace Fellowship Midtown Community Group A Eventa Gotto pray fora lady on the bus today Guess we ll see tomorrow what N ews God does with that v Start Something Search in this group search View Profile Settings Connections TP PE TU EU PPP ay opic Event Prayer Need Album ii Groups What would you like to start No action items right now Grace Fellowship Church 2 sibs 3 Midtown munity Shere See what s new on i dumm With friends i i Group mor Womreram gl A MeCityPlaza LJ Pu North End Neighborhood 3 6 To The City Plaza West Campus PALLE m Group Search _ Women only Group Ideas 7 _ Limit email Growth m di Search for Users or Groups 4 Add a File Marketplace Cancel stories Once you ve posted your prayer request you can e l update it anytime by replying to the prayer and p selecting the option to UPDATE THE ORIGINAL REQUEST Groups 4 09 Creating a Post continued Creating a Need 1 After expanding the START SOMETHING toggle click NEED 2 Type a Need title 5 Type a Need description And remember that you can use the formatting icons to format the display of your text 4 Click CHANGE THE NEED ADDRESS to expand the section and assign an address to the Need other than the default address
69. nt Everything The majority of these people have demonstrated an interest in the group s content by choosing to receive email when new content is created You re on the right track Topics y Albums E 84d Ll di AA Ll d dl dl MEA dl da dl DLE de MN DAA Sd dd dd dl dd dl e AM IL A AL de dd de dl de NAL de dd dd dd dl Groups 4 19 Group Roles 4 20 Groups When on the MANAGE PARTICIPANTS page group LEADERS and MANAGERS have a special ability that s worth noting They can change the roles and administrative access of the group s participants Here are the options PARTICIPANT This is your general user in a group This person has no administrative authority and no special role within the context of this City group even though everyone has a special role in the real world LEADER A user with this role is listed as being responsible for the group and has full administrative privileges MANAGER This user has most of the editing power of the Leader without the fancy title The job of the Manager is to take on the day to day administrative responsibilities of the group to lighten the leader s load For more information on the differences between Leaders and Managers visit Appendix B VOLUNTEER The Volunteer is sort of a middle ground between the Manager and the Participant Having this role permits a person to view and interact with Leader Only posts but does not allow any of the group editing privileges of the Manager I
70. nts Clicking dA the icon will show you a list of the group s participants Click MANAGE PARTICIPANTS to see a full list of group participants and manage their roles within the group If you need to leave the group you can do that here by clicking LEAVE GROUP Inviting Others to Join a Group You can invite someone to join the group by clicking INVITE SOMEONE NEW If the person you re inviting already has an account IN THE CITY type their name in the USERS BY NAME field and select the right person from the search results separating multiple names with commas If your invitee is NOT IN THE CITY enter and confirm their email address You can choose to WRITE A MESSAGE to the person s you are inviting then click INVITE THEM If you re not the group s leader the invitation will have to be approved by the group leader before it is sent to your invitees for their acceptance If you invite someone to your group who isn t already in The City accepting your invite will also enable them to join The City Group engagement by email settings A special feature for group leaders and admins this graph gives you an instant overview of the email settings your participants have selected for this group This record of engagement lets vou know how well people are responding to your group communications so that you can more effectively create posts and points of interaction that your users want to engage in Downtown Community Group New Conte
71. ons for Creating Your Post 4 12 Group Roles A Closer Look 9 06 Sharing Your Content with Volunteers vs Participant 9 07 Other Groups or Your Friends 4 13 Targeting Large Group Emails 4 14 View Printable Version of This 4 15 Assign Roles Items 4 15 Editing a Post 4 15 Edit 4 16 Delete 4 16 Your Email Settings 4 17 Icon Tray 4 17 Group Information 4 18 Group Participants 4 19 2010 Zondervan All rights reserved Rev 7 14 INTRO J ee ee ee eee eee ee sce ee ee ee ee ee i Se cuan aem amem ci m mum eM d_2 cem VI SMI um S uum linee eli Welcome to The City If youre new to The City you may be wondering what it s all about Well you ve come to the right place This manual will give you an overview of all the great things you can do in The City We hope you ll use it as a guide as you discover The City for yourself As hard as we work to make The City awesome what makes it full of awesome is people like you using it to make connections with other people build community in groups and fuel spiritual growth So enough with the introduction Let s dig in and discover The City Grace Fellowship 7 Keep me logged in Forgot your password or Your login Prefer the mobile site o e L S The City is a secure private network so every user has their own unigue LOGIN and PASSWORD 2 If you ever forget your login or password no worr
72. ons seen a 30 year atheist brought to faith in Christ by the words and actions of a preschooler Groups t was hanging out with my brother in law James and my nephews at Seaside Park when it just so happened ran into an old coworker Marty who was just meandering P Invitation 1 around the park by himself Honestly he didn t look so good so walked aside with Process 2 Growth 4 him and we sat down at a bench a short distance from the sandbox while James and Sharing 2 Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Help the boys kept playing He seemed somewhat relieved to find me there and have someone to talk to but ho was still clearly weighted by something and wasn t too cager to actually talk It was strange to sit so silently with him for what seemed like days Over the years spent at that job the two of us had had at least a handful of serious conversations about faith the existence of God and scientific evidence against it all Generally thoy ended with Marty looking at mo rather condescendingly and gaining the respect of our coworkers for his logical argumentation and conclusions He was a nice enough guy and we got along excep when Jesus was presented as a challenge to his smug faith in his own deity That was definitely a difficult and refining time for me so this new experience of him came as something of a shock to my system and I began to pray silently asking the Holy Spirit
73. ood and good conversation to be had by alll We need soup and bread masters to determine our manu and more e Deacon Emma Eames responded 3 05 pm ic Organizer always attends Helping Zoe with a photo shoot sac srasli Jennings 2 44 pr Reply Geoff Motoy created a new need al 2 42 pm Lawnmower in Downtown Community Group Mine broke down yesterday Was planning on helping my elderly neighbor do some yard work Any chance could borrow one from someone B You bring all your history I ll bring the Bread and Wine said Rachael Wiggins 1 55 pm Reply I cry out to God Mast High to God who fulfills his purpose for ME sad Jenny Payne 1 53 pm Reply At Cafe Bonita enjoying a French press and Schaeffer s The God Who is There 3 Deacon Christopher Guthrie 1 49 prr Reply REY Deacon Emma Eames replied 2 40 pm Delete a That s such a great book It was instrumental in me becoming a Christian Planning out my finances so I can give sacrificially said Hector Martinez Jan 07 3 01 pm Reply Zanzibar is the coolest city name Are the people called Zanzibarbarians sac Geot McCoy Jan 07 11 48 am Reply Deacon Christopher Guthrie replied Jan 07 11 57 am Don t you have work to do Geoff the Giraffe Grandpa is out of surgery and doing well Thanks for praying said Israel Jennings Jan 06 9 31 pm Reply Christopher Guthrie repliad Jan 07 11 58 am Yeah buddy Ke Keep us posted Surprise trip to vi
74. or couples in the community who would like to get a weekly date night away from the kids more 18 your first order of business a Israel Jennings respondec Jan 19 12 32 pm 3 Billy Palmer responded Jen 15 11 12 am israel Jennings created o new prayer at 11 41 am 4 02 Groups Group Overview Each group has its own home page that is similar to your aggregated home page At the top of your group s home page is a header block that contains the name of the group filter tabs for the group stream below and an icon tray for group controls Below the group header block is the START SOMETHING toggle we ll cover that really soon the SEARCH utility that allows you to search the title and original body of all content in the group and the group stream that shows you all the group s content with the freshest content at the top The Group Stream While all of the content from all of your groups is aggregated into the News Feed on your home page each group also has its own content stream that shows only the activity within that group Like your home page News Feed the default view for your group stream is to show ALL content types but you can click any of the filter tabs to sort your stream to show only TOPICS EVENTS PRAYERS NEEDS or ALBUMS The group s leader can control which types of content can be created in the group Cand who can create them so the content types available may vary by group Interaction with
75. ose groups are to your location Then click one of them on the map to see more information link to their visible group page and maybe start a conversation with the leader Grace Fellowship News Connections Groups Bill s Leaders Community Groups Downtown Community Group FAQ Facilities Financial Team General Connect Group Grace Fellowship Church GraceKids Midtown Community Group North End Neighborhood Primary 1 Uptown Community Group West Campus West Junction Neighborhood Group Search Group Ideas Growth Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Help ET Small Group Service Group Network m Israel Neighborhood Other Teaching others to be p leaders it s great View Profile Settings Admin Things To Do Friend 1 Help Center 4 Link Requests 1 Process 3 Booking Request 2 Below is a map of places around you as set by the address in your profile Use the checkboxes below to help narrow your search Clicking an icon on the map will reveal more information and the option to get in contact with the group leader SOCk Drive Feb 10 10a 12p sot o Show on the map Campus Tags Days amp Times Grace Fellowship Church locations Descriptions of the group Meeting times Y west Campus LJ Married Young 1 LL Tuesday 2 East Campus LJ Meal 1 WI Evening 2 LU Singles Career 1 LZ Singles College 1 Need mo
76. our flesh and refreshment to your bones ESV Giving Mide verse Make an Attempt Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Trust in with all heart and do not lean own Help understanding all your ways acknowledge him and LORD and turn away from evi It will wil make straight your paths Be not wise in your own eyes fear healing to Sesh and refreshment to your bones To test your memory click the HIDE VERSE link and try to fill in the blanks then click ATTEMPT After several attempts chances are you ll have committed the verse to memory Growth 5 05 G rowth continued 5 06 Growth Service Opportunities Serving others is of course a mark and exercise of spiritual growth We ve made it easy for you to find opportunities to serve others Just select SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES from the GROWTH menu This page shows you a list of recently posted service opportunities Click the MORE link to see the full description of an opportunity If you d like to help click I CAN HELP This will launch a new conversation between yourself and the leader of the group that posted the service opportunity Start rolling up your sleeves Grace West Campus Service Opportunities F ell ows up Making dinner for Below is a list of some of the serving needs in your area updated within the last two weeks Take a minute to our new neighbors review the description of
77. ourself on your computer and select it Once you ve done that click CREATE 3 3 Now adjust your picture to your liking click SAVE IMAGE and you re done Add Your Picture it s important that you pick a picture that s actually you If you try to upload a massive picture it might time out so try again with a smaller one Upload a Picture Browse Create Scale and position your image however you like What s outside the box will be removed Zoom Out en 2 op 2 Zoom In Cancel Reset Save Image By uploading a recognizable photo of yourself you ll make it e Ups easier for other people to recognize you both inside The City and in real life 2 06 Personal Controls Panel Settings continued Family If you have a spouse and or children you can add them here Click ADD A FAMILY MEMBER and choose between IN THE CITY and NOT IN THE CITY If the person you re adding is already a City user you can add them just by typing in their name choosing them from the drop down list of participants selecting SPOUSE or CHILD and clicking SAVE FAMILY They will be notified that you have listed them as a family member and will have to verify the relationship If the family member you re adding is under 13 years of age or otherwise not a City user choose NOT IN THE CITY type their name give them a birthday and gender select their relationship to you and click SAVE FAMILY
78. plants give you everything 4 But you shall not eat z 7 Journal flesh with its life that is its blood 5 And for your lifeblood 1 will require a reckoning from See what s new on List every beast 1 will require it and from man From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for aye the life of man Haad the Bible 6 Whoever sheds the blood of man Scripture Memory by man shall his blood be shed Service Opportunities for God made man in his own image Giving 7 And you be fruitful and multiply teem on the earth and multiply in it 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sans with him 9 Behold I establish my covenant Search for Users or oups with you and your offspring after you 10 and with every living creature that is with you the birds the livestock and every beast of the earth with you as many as came out of the ark it is Marketplace for every beast of the earth 11 1 establish my covenant with you that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the food and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the H earth 12 And God said This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you ep and every living creature that is with you for all future generations 13 1 have set my bow in the cloud and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth 14 When 1 bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds 15 will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature
79. play until you manually deactivate it 6 You can also LIMIT WHO SEES THIS PROMOTION This helps you refine the focus of your promotion to only show to those users for whom the message is relevant Only those users who meet all of the selected criteria will be shown the promotion Finally be sure to check the box that indicates THIS PROMOTION IS ACTIVE Then click CREATE Group Settings continued 2 Y Grace Downtown Community Group Fel lowsh Ip Teaching others to be Promotions p leaders it s great News View Profile Settings Admin Connections Pair ge Things To Do D EEE rn ZERKI P Friend 1 Groups 04 29 2010 04 29 2011 0 clicks P Help Center 4 Bill s Leaders Link Requests 1 k Process 3 Community Groups Booking Request 2 n 04 28 2011 0 clicks owntown Community Group See what s new on Be TeCityPlaza Facilities Financial Team General Connect Group inii ooa Al GraceKids Midtown Community Start Something Saar in this grouo Group Promotion Mew promotions will take 15 minutes to become active Choose an image to upload 180px width is best OFF who sees this promotion Choose File No file chosen by Where do you want it to link to a nip iut gender Expiration Date jag today at 4 30 Men and Women Jan 01 0 VOB 5j ELE 5 Everyone z i involvement in groups All Group Types ak what groups
80. proval of the other group s lead ire automatically approved lor your grouj Search for groups to link with 2 When you receive a link request it will appear toward the bottom of the panel for your approval This also appears in your Things To Do list Groups 4 25 Group Settings continued 5 f you already have some links established you ll see a list of your current LINKED GROUPS at the bottom of the panel 4 Beside each group you ve already linked to you have the option to AUTO APPROVE the posts that they share with you Share with Friends Linked Groups Associations P Auto ap prove Loyal Heights Community Group n The ability to Y North End Neighborhood automatically share topics events prayers needs and albums without the need for approval Search for an unlinked group Hack Share Groups 4 26 G IOUD oettings continued Linked Groups vs Auto Approved Linked Groups Linking to a group adds it to a list of groups that your group regularly shares with and provides an easy to use checkbox for adding that group to any shared items you create Regardless of whether or not a group is linked to yours though the leader or manager of your group and theirs still have to approve whatever posts are shared between you before they will appear in the receiving group Auto approval is the next step up from a simple linked group Choosing to auto approve a linked group will automatically accept
81. r dare to believe that there could ba a God capable of forgiving him either That made it all to easy to refuse the existence of any God at all Ironically it was that very God who could not exist that knew Marty s story well enough to know tne way to reach him was to put the sweetness of the Gospel in the words and affection of a child The very thing that gave the enemy a foothold to enslave this man was freedom to him in the hands of Christ Amazina Post a status update to share this story with your friends A link to this story will automatically be included God s prase really does show up in the mouths cf babes See what s new on meCityPlaza 2010 The City Mobile Site 7 06 Story Center HeLP CENTER i 7 A ee nul Nili Help Center By now you know so much about The City that you re just glowing with awesome But there s still a chance that you might have an occasional question or possibly experience something unexpected while using The City That s why we built a Help Center Anytime you re not sure how to do something or when The City does something you don t quite understand just head over to the Nav Panel and select HELP then click ASK A QUESTION When you start typing your question The City will offer possible answers from the Helo Center database If you find the answer you re looking for just select it get educated and you re good to go But if
82. r public profile Gender Female Visit the Help Center if this is incorrect Date of Birth June 19 1984 Year is not shown on your profile Login eeames New Password Confirm Password Current Email demo emma example com New Email Confirm Email 2 04 Personal Controls Panel Settings continued Profile The PROFILE tab contains your basic PROFILE INFORMATION This information includes your NAME PHONE number MARITAL STATUS CAMPUS Cif applicable and ABOUT ME summary If you are known by a name other than your given FIRST NAME enter that name in the PREFERRED NAME field This will be the name shown in your public profile Of course all official reports like your giving statement will display your legal FIRST NAME Click SAVE PROFILE to complete your changes This is also where you can upload a profile PICTURE Let s do that now 1 Right below the shadowy place holder image click ADD PICTURE Account Settings Profile Information Other people can see this information about you First Name Zeus Nickname optional Middle Name Last Name Bjorling Primary Phone Home 1 555 260 1988 Secondary Home 2 Phone f Show my phone numbers to Members LI Show my phone numbers to friends Marital Status Never Married Campus East Campus About Me Personal Controls Panel 2 05 Settings continued 2 Click BROWSE then find a picture of y
83. re personal help finding a community 2010 The City Terms of Use Mobile Site Group Ideas What if you re looking for a particular type of group but can t find in using the GROUP SEARCH tool You guessed it we ve thought of that too 2 Select GROUP IDEAS from the GROUPS menu This tool allows people to SUGGEST A GROUP and allows other people to indicate their interest in the idea Church leadership can then decide to create the group 2 To make a group suggestion of your own click SUGGEST A GROUP select the PARENT GROUP GROUP TYPE type a NAME and DESCRIPTION OF THE GROUP IDEA then click CREATE Grace Fellowship MEUS I can ride a bike with na EZRA EVENTO CAZZI FCR handlebars With no News scan Mere att Mi b J handlebars Shame pour ideas For groups you Wau Ue fa start or jon and when enough people respond TO a leader wili get nabi iad wa Connections email and have the option to tum the idea into a real group View Profile Settings Admin Suggest a Grou Seeroh Kir group idena hings To Do Groups 99 P irch for group id searc DI Sharing 1 Children s Ministry search Results Downtown Community hicylin u 1x Ar See what s new on Group A i TheCj like getting aut with friends and cycling It s a great way to get to know people ity Plaza Good Shofar d got some exercise at the same time Grace Fellowship Ghurch Christocentric Gearheads Gracekids We love God we love cars and we love talking
84. reminder of the spiritual nature of our giving This tool makes it easy for you to give to your church financially and view your giving history Make an Online Donation When you click GIVING you ll land on the GIVE ONLINE tab where you can START AN ONLINE DONATION First SELECT YOUR CAMPUS and SELECT A FUND if applicable Then enter the AMOUNT of your donation add a COMMENT if you like then click the GOOGLE CHECKOUT button This will take you to a Google Checkout page to complete your donation View Your Giving History Click the MY GIVING tab to CREATE A GIVING REPORT Select a GIVING YEAR and select or deselect INCLUDE MY SPOUSE then click RUN REPORT to view the report on this page or click EXPORT TO PDF Because your church can use The City to track all your donations you ll always have an up to date record of your giving You can also UPDATE YOUR MONTHLY PLEDGE for giving to your church Note These tools may or may not be avallable to you depending on which ones your church administrators decide to activate Growth 5 07 G rowth continued Tha Gity 2 0 Coming Soon aut ar oi um Cad ea elf P B a aat Grace Anyone actually kmou E e A ihe words to Anta Lang Syner Please use the form below lo make your donation to Grace Fellowship View Profile Settings Admin News Start an Online Donation Connections Select Your Campus Grace Fellowship Chur 5 dic Groups Selecta Fund GFG General
85. roups Show People by Skills Find us on theCityPlaza Growth eh for Users or Upea Coffee amp Marketplace Theology Help i eius Click SEE RESULTS AS A LIST if you d rather just see names instead of pictures T1 Add people as friends in The City so you can stay more e tp closely connected in everyday life 3 06 Connections Friends The FRIENDS tool helps you stay connected to people you want to keep in touch with regardless of which groups you or they are in Once you ve added a friend they ll see your status updates in their News Feed and you ll see theirs You can also allow your friends to see information about you that others can t see It s also easy to share content you create in your groups with your friends To add a friend start typing their name in the SEARCH FOR FRIENDS TO ADD field then select your friend from the search results and click REQUEST Once your request is approved your friend s picture name and about me information will be listed in the YOUR FRIENDS section of this page Until then you ll see their name listed under the heading YOU ARE WAITING FOR OTHERS TO APPROVE THESE REQUESTS Click SHOW HIDE to see this list You can remove a friend from your list simply by clicking the trash can icon next to their information in YOUR FRIENDS list MY Grace Fellowship End Friends ute New lam walking on the ews side sicher Hiaking friendships in The City vell enable you to share t
86. sh between them as well and they exist primarily for the sake of Children s Ministry and other service teams There is only one difference and here it is Volunteer can view and interact with leadership content has no editing authority over the group Participant has no editing privileges in the group and can t view leadership posts The primary purpose behind this differentiation is that the Volunteer position allows you to have both your volunteer team and the people you serve in the same group while retaining the ability to communicate exclusively with your volunteers This saves you the time and trouble of having to create a conversation just for those people you need to address on a regular basis People Invite someone new Deacon Emma Eames joined 9 months ago Member Active 1230 W Dravus St 2 Seattle WA Leader Manager Deacon Christopher Guthrie iia joined 9 months ago Inactive ber Active 2340 W Dravus St y WA Betty Houston joined 9 months ago Member Active 9488 26th Ave NW a 5 Seattle WA Israel Jennings TS Acti joined 9 months ago ember ctive 206 555 9456 Home amp 2 posse 2920 W Dravus St Seattle WA Hector Martinez joined 9 months ago Member Active 2910 W Dravus St Seattle WA Ej E Appendix B 9 07
87. sit Jane in Denver She s the best sister ever maid Deacon Emma Eames Jan 04 4 47 pm Reply show mare 2010 The City Mobile Site Than arg 4 people anima d Welcome Solveigh Heading to the mountains urta bunch of crazy l Osterburg s Hooray Jor snowy New Year s celebrations View Profila Settings Things To Do Invitation 1 H Friend 3 Seo what s new on meGityboza Sock Drive ol socks for Uy SHE ra JA Horas 5helti Feb 10 10a 12p Tip Home News Stream Did you sen the News Stream It s like a stock tober of all tho naw or updated content in your groupe it s a greet way to stay on top al evoryehing going on PERSONAL CONTROLS PANEL Personal Controls Panel This iswhere you can update your status message by answering the question WHAT ARE YOU DOING You can also click VIEW PROFILE to see what information others can see about you and manage your personal SETTINGS for The City If you have Administrative privileges you ll also see a link here that allows you to access the ADMIN panel Also in this panel is your THINGS TO DO list which alerts you to important actions you need to take This list includes reminders for any processes you are in alerts of unapproved friend requests group invitations and notifications to reach out to friends who haven t interacted on The City in a while Public Profile Click VIEW PROFILE to view your public profile page
88. stead of a CREATE button you ll have a NEXT STEP button When you click NEXT STEP you ll see a graph summarizing the email settings of the group s participants This should indicate how healthy the communication in this group is By default the EMAIL SETTING s set to NEW AND EVERYTHING and all the other setting choices are toggled to the largest populations possible to give your post the widest impact it can have To keep from spamming people who don t need the content of your post however you can refine your total number of recipients by choosing different settings As you select options for narrowing your focus the red block below will show you how many participants will now receive email notifications Remember that the choices you make here only affect the very first email alert sent for this post and narrowing the focus of those emails doesn t stop other group participants from viewing the post or responding to it online Only settings you choose in the OPTIONS list at the point of creation can affect that This means for example that TARGETING IMMEDIATE EMAILS to only men will not send an initial email to women but they will still be able to view the post on The City unless you also checked MEN ONLY in the OPTIONS panel when you created the post Initial email and accessibility are different introducing Emergency Email Grace Weekly Update 5 28 10 Israel Fellowship R s hard to give wp candybar but guess m
89. tent that you want to give special attention to Any Topic that you feature will remain in this topmost space until you click this icon again to un feature it The Greatness of Not Living for Us You posted 2 months ago Stats 8 Delete Possibly the most straightforward of these tools the trashcan opens a panel allowing you to completely delete your post In the case of an Event this tool gives you the option to either cancel or destroy Canceling an Event sends an email message to those who have RSVP d to let them know that it won t be happening Destroying the Event just wipes it away entirely Cancel this event Destroy this event This will lat everybody know the event has bean WARNING Destroying this event will completely cancelled You can tell them why it s been erase the event with no notifications to users who cancelled using the text form below have responded Please consider Canceling the event instead to generate the necessary WARNING This action can not be undone notifications cancel this occurrence only Delete this occurrence only O cancel this and all future occurrences O Delete this and all future occurrences Reason optional Destroy this event Cancel this event Street Cleanup You posted 3 months ago Stats da YCA This event is publicly available at http bit ly crHMwm2 June 13 Address Sunday 3rd Ave amp Cherry St Seattle WA map 2 00 5 00pm monthly Note ASSIG
90. that this posting is public and people outside The City can interact with it O CityPlaza 1 Jenny Payne A G Grace Fellowship Dr ia Events Pravers EN Simipis Group Ros Logout Show All Grace Fellowship Church Pray for the Macaulay s Groce Fellowship la a community of paopla commisd to sharing lina in obedenco da Oy You 6 Dewnigen Community Group 4 mont age 117 views Lik rip liar Jesus Wa peek to lava auch ether ond fergie sach other We welcome anyone 10 join us and decori fis love and lorgirenasa of l m sure most of you know and love Ronnie and Arwa Macaulay and have been praying for them Jesus You can check us out at our website and the church plant in Telkezerstan Don t know if you all caught the news earlier in the weok bu there have been riots in the capito city and got a note from Arwa that their church had had some Gamp pretty significant damage in addition to several members of their church being targeted and rio threatened by people in their community She asked that we would pray first and foremost that the Gospel would be preached and shine all the more brightly in the midst of the anger of their country Secondly as tha violence increases that their church would be filled evan more with the peace of Christ and that they would grow in courage knowing that they don t need to fear those who kill the Retum to Grace Fellowship body and can trust that God is still in control Church cn T
91. they are NOT in All Group Types 7 This promotion is active le e By limiting who sees a promotion you ll deliver e L important messages to the right people and build The City into a trusted source of relevant information Groups 4 29 Group Settings continued Managing Promotions Once you ve created promotions in your group you ll be able to see lists of your ACTIVE PROMOTIONS and INACTIVE PROMOTIONS For each promotion you ll see the PICTURE the DATE CREATED EXPIRATION DATE and number of CLICKS generated by the promotion Click on the picture of the promotion to edit any of its settings When you re ready to remove the promotion completely click the trash can icon If a promotion is re usable though it might be a good idea to deactivate it rather than delete it then reactivate it when you want to show the promotion again Grace Fellowship Downtown Community Group Teaching others to be Promotions leaders it s great News view Profile Settings Admin Connections Groups AA 04 29 2010 i ep Bill s Leaders maus 1 Community Groups H Booking Request 2 Downtoad Community 04 28 2010 04 29 2011 Group See what s new on FAQ TeCityPlaza Facilities Financial Team General Connect Group Grace Fellowship Church Cra ey rey ra LE GraceKids Midtown Community Start Something Search in this group search Group Keep track of the number of clicks a promot
92. title and then write your journal entry You can even format the text if you like using the formating icons When you re done with your entry click CREATE NEW JOURNAL ENTRY My Journal New Entry Write A New Journal Entry Type a title B Z U ax Fontsize i Private M Cancel Create New Journal Entry By default your journal entry is PRIVATE but you can deselect that setting if you d like an entry to show on your public profile page and in your friends News Feeds Creating public journal entries recording God s work in your life can be powerful for your growth and just might encourage someone else too G rowth continued Prayer List Your PRAYER LIST makes it easier for you to quickly review all the prayer requests you re watching by compiling them into a single list When you respond or choose to watch a prayer request it will automatically be added to your PRAYER LIST Prayers are displayed in a stream just like content in your NEWS FEED or group stream so you can see the full original post as well as the 2 most recent responses To view all responses or to resoond yourself just click on the prayer You can easily remove prayers from the list by deselecting the G icon and you can add any orayer from any group to your list simply by resoonding or choosing to watch the prayer by selecting the corresponding watch icon Clicking the printer icon generates a printer friendly version of the l
93. topher Guthria caki 2 20 pm Repay Chocolate con Churros may be the best New Year s Tradition ever said Deacon Emma Eames sald 2211 pm Reply Was really inspired by Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah on Sunday Busting out my paints in response sed Jenny Payne said 1022 am Pepy Deacon Emma Games replied 2 13 gm Delete A I really enjoyed that hymn too Never heard of it until then Looking forward to seeing what comes of your inspiration Hoping to make serious progress on this project today solo rel Jennings said 7 12 om Reply Churros may be the best Now Year s Tradition ener Q m 6 w No action items right now Find us on Cid you see the Hews Stream It s An a vinci Soke of gll tha new oF Y ycur groups a a EREDE Corbera great way to iy on top of earthing gog on News Feed As the name suggests your News Feed is filled with all the latest news from all of your friends and all the groups you belong to on The City It also alerts you to important opportunities to complete processes created for you by your church Along the top of your News Feed is a series of tabs that allow you to filter your feed by specific content types By default your News Feed shows ALL your news You can also choose to view only one specific content type by clicking one of the tabs to show only TOPICS EVENTS PRAYERS NEEDS or CONNECTIONS this includes all of your friends recent status updates and any recent convers
94. ty MY STORIES is that tab where you can quickly find and edit all the stories you ve already submitted either for your own record or to share with other members of the church Aside from the particular stories disolayed under each tab each page provides essentially the same list of features The WRITE A STORY link gives you the opportunity to write out your own story of God s work in your life 2 Clicking the SHOW NEW STORIES IN MY NEWS FEED link will set your News Feed to alert you when a new story is added to the list in this tab Conversely you can also choose STOP SHOWING NEW STORIES IN MY NEWS FEED 3 Choosing a campus will shorten the list of offered stories to only include those from that group 4 Just like any kind of content on The City clicking on one of those story listings will show it to you in its entirety 7 02 Story Center The Story Center continued Grace Fellowship Announcing the Story Center Stories ty City Community Church News Connections Groups Growth Search for Users or Groups Marketplace Stories Help Published Stories Global Church Pending Stories My Stories Sharing the stories of God s work in our lives is an opportunity to worship God and encourage each other Church leaders may approve some stories to be published here though not all stories will be published ud i Write a Story ini Stop showing new stories in my news feed
95. u ve added or edited an address be sure to click UPDATE Options When you select OPTIONS you ll have the ability to select which content types will be available to the group You can also choose to allow anyone in the group to create any of the content types If you d prefer you can also choose to AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE REQUESTS TO JOIN THIS GROUP If this option is selected people who ask to join the group will become group participants without a group leader or admin having to approve their request Downtown Community Group Address Where does this group meet ei Pubic Street 2710 W Dravus St City Seattle State Province WA ZipPostcode 98199 Update mod Downtown Community Group Options GROUP CONTENT B this group doesn t use Topics VET anyone in the group create topics ms group doesn t use Prayers amp Let anyone in the group create prayers this group doesn t use Needs amp Let anyone in the group create needs B this group doesn t use Events Y Let anyone in the group create events this group doesn t use Albums VET anyone in the group create albums Automatically approve requests to join this group Update mol Note vour group will only show up on the community map if you set the address as PUBLIC Anything else will not appear Ti Select which content types are available and who can e tp create them to focus the direction of your group Groups 4 23 Group Settings
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97. ur SETTINGS are complete let s look at making CONNECTIONS with other people We ll start by expanding the CONNECTIONS menu CONVERSATIONS in The City work much like email and even allow you to respond via email but they don t require you to know the email address of the person you want to have a conversation with When you select CONVERSATIONS from the CONNECTIONS menu you ll access your INBOX which shows all conversations in which another participant was the last to post Unread messages are flagged with a NEW badge and set in bold type to alert you that you have not read them yet The filter tabs allow you to sort which conversations you want to show ALL INBOX SENT or ARCHIVED Conversations you have sent or have been the last to post in will show up under the SENT tab When another participant replies to a conversation that conversation will move back to your INBOX Managing Your Conversations To view the full content of the latest post in a conversation just click on the MORE link If you d like to see all the posts in a conversation or make a reply click on the conversation You can also SEARCH the contents of all the conversations within a tab Within any of the tabs you can select conversations individually or select ALL then choose to ARCHIVE UNARCHIVE MARK AS READ MARK AS UNREAD or DELETE the selected conversation s T1 Use the CONVERSATIONS tool to have conversations with e tp people outside the group context
98. ve breakfast for dinner and help us send aid to those in need in Haiti Thanks to an extremely donation by Spring Organic Farms we ll have lots of pasture fed om Musical Worship Leads amp organic more on AN Bity Palmer responded 6 49 am X O LG K Recovery 101 Organizer always attends Serving Single Moms Drive Staff Info JANUARY 29 West Campus Thankful my brother made it home safely from Haiti y tho Springfield suid Deacon Emma Eames Jan 20 3 10 pm Reply star ace ainina Group Search Feb 10 10a 12p Chatting about how to help people of Haiti i id G MB eaid Israel Jennings Jan 20 1 40 pm Reply ro Search for Users or Groups Pray for the People of Haiti in Grace Fellowship Church Hi GFC family As you ve no doubt heard there has been a major earthquake in Haiti and hundrecs of thousands are feared deac As a church we need to put our heads together more Marketplace Praying for the people of Haiti sad Howe Mouser Jan 20 1735 am Reply Tp W mnm Providing the latest happenings from Steven Payne created the event Dec 03 2009 at 2 27 pr Friday Night Childcare in Downtown Community Group Friday January 22 7 00 pm 11 00 pm 2 people are coming all vour groups in one convenient ocation your News Stream gives you A quick overview of everything ou Care about on The Cty Browse it For the next 2 months we re scheduled as a group to run a free Friday niglit childcare A e f
99. very iter than appena ua Pia gnoup Mew Content Alora partir how ennir Topics Prepare Wanda and Etta ara echafediin pau ta Pe Are cea Gul you PA semine PO A vei meos n Dall Digest AI fa topics ond nies mind do ha gras pa sad n one erudi per duy MNeenng Tha ow ema nuum Lo ba esuli sn Bret acerra any Creating a Post So you re in your group page and you d really like to create some new content Well that s simple enough just click START SOMETHING and you ll see a list of options to create a TOPIC EVENT PRAYER NEED or ALBUM Remember that the group s leader can configure the group s settings to control which content types are available as well as determine who can create certain content types so the available options here may vary by group Creating a Topic After expanding the Start Something toggle click TOPIC 2 Type a Topic title 5 Type the body of your Topic Use the text formatting icons at the top to make your message look just like you want it to 4 If you d like to add a file to the Topic go ahead and click ADD A FILE From there you ll click CHOOSE FILE then browse and select the file on your computer You can add multiple files by repeating this process 5 Check the SHARE box if you d like to share this post with other groups or your City friends hidden groups do not have this option or the Plaza posting capability 6 If your church has enabled the Plaza you can check th
100. y little sister is worth it News 4 A Love my sis Since there are 65 other people in this group It s important to avoid spamming by focusing your communication to the right people Connections Target Immediate Emails Sent By M Groups Emai Seng Friera t x Help Center 4 ia qeu CONT OQ Genas MenandWomen P dienen di Marta Stats dst AD Community gt Booking Request 1 Based on these settings you will send FAQ The majority of these people have demonstrated an We interest in the group s content by choosing to receive 49 immediate emails ay igor Facilities email when new content is created You re on the right 16 daily digests TeCityPlaza Financial Team wack General Connect Group Grace Fellowship Church Adda Fie GraceKids Back Midtown Community Group North End Neighborhood By carefully choosing how often to send email e l notifications related to posts you ll maintain the trust p of others in your group and encourage them to stay engaged in group communication Editing a Post Being able to make a new post a crucial part of life on The City but there s sure to be a time that that initial post isn t quite what you wanted so there are some editing tools at your disposal to help you correct mistakes View a Printable Version of This The little printer icon is available exclusively on Events Because it can be handy to print out the address date and time of an ev

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