Setting up your church: a checklist

You don't need to do everything at once, but this order saves time because later steps use earlier ones.

1. 1Church profile and branding: name, address, logo and colours (Settings, Church profile and Branding).
2. 2Departments: Choir, Ushering, Youth and so on (Settings, Departments).
3. 3Zones & fellowships (optional): any other ways you group members (Settings, Zones & fellowships).
4. 4Your team: invite the people who will help run WorshipHQ and choose their roles (Settings, Users & roles).
5. 5Join link and forms: choose what new members fill in (Settings, Links & forms).
6. 6Members: import your existing list from Excel, add them one by one, or share your join link.
7. 7SMS: request your church's SMS name (sender ID) and buy SMS credits (Settings, SMS Settings).
8. 8Online giving (optional): connect where giving is paid (Settings, Online Payments).
9. 9Service times (optional): if you have more than one service a day (Settings, Service times).
10. 10Reminders: switch on birthday messages and other automatic messages (Reminders).