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Reminder: Prayer Request Text opportunity
Have a prayer request? Text "PRAY" (all caps) to 217-212-2173 or use the QR code. We would love to pray with you and follow up, if you wish, or you can remain anonymous.
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Making the Visitor and Bulletin Accessible
Do you know someone who has visual impairment who might enjoy the Visitor or our bulletin? We may be able to help! We can send out an email with plain text of the Visitor and bulletin to them. Have them contact the office at 217-428-4336 or email .
Nursery Workers and Volunteers Needed!
We currently have openings for two nursery staff members and for two volunteers to help out in the nursery area. If you love working with young children and feel you have a calling to help impact these little one’s for Christ, please reach out to Pastor Vicky! She’d love to speak with you about the program and how you might best help the team!
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How to use Central's text number to give or sign up for events
How to “Text to Give” vs. Texting for Forms/Registrations/Event Sign Ups/Etc.
Hi everyone!
I’ve had some questions about using our text number service, so I thought I’d do a quick “how to” for some clarification.
-Kathleen :)
Our Text Number for
Giving and Forms:
217-212-2173
“Text to Give”
The First Time– Text GIVE to the number above– only GIVE (all caps)! You will then receive a link where you can set up your online giving account (or sign in with your text number, if you’ve already set up an online account). You can then tell it what you want to give and when.
Every time after that– You can text GIVE XX (where XX is the amount of money you wish to give). No need to set up the account again.
Receiving a Form via Text/Event
Sign-Ups/Prayer Requests/Visitor Forms/Etc.
Look for the word promoted for the event or form. For example, our prayer request form’s word is PRAY. The Visitor form’s word is VISITOR. (These words are case-sensitive, and we try to choose words with all caps.) Text only the word we promote for the event or form (nothing else!) to our text number above. When you send this word to the text number, it sends you a link to the form for the event/ prayer request/ registration/etc., where you can fill in the information needed. If you text any additional words, the system gets confused and it will send you the Giving form instead.
Hope this helps! Have a great week!
-Kathleen :)