If you are new to FellowshipOne, there are several things you can do to familiarize yourself with the product. Much of what you can see & can do in FellowshipOne depends upon your role at the church & the security authorizations that have been granted to you. This topic discusses the elements visible on the Home page of FellowshipOne & how you can begin learning about the different aspects of the product.
What are all these boxes on the Home page?
The Home page of FellowshipOne offers at-a-glance features that you can use to quickly see what is happening in your church.
- My Tasks: Train yourself to look at the My Tasks block first when you sign into FellowshipOne. Any contact or volunteer requests assigned to you appear here. Click on the item to move to an area where you can manage it (for example, work the contact or work the volunteer request).
- News & Announcements: Fully customized rich editor that is used by your church to display special announcements that pertain to your church.
- Today: Displays the activities scheduled for today at your church. You can see all activities that have been scheduled in the Ministry area of FellowshipOne.
- FellowshipOne Announcements: Used to advise you of important product information such as upcoming releases, product outages & maintenance, & any other important news from Ministry Brands.
- Staff Birthdays: Lists all staff who have a birthday within the next 14 days.
- New Staff: Displays any FellowshipOne user created in the past 30 days. Click Portal users to see all FellowshipOne users at your church complete with phone numbers & email addresses.
How do I learn about using FellowshipOne?
There are several ways to learn about FellowshipOne. One way is to continue reading this documentation. The following subjects are covered within this help system. You may also enroll in courses for free in the F1 Academy.
- People Management, learn how to add & maintain people records, add notes, contact items, add requirements to records, how to find people, how to create groups, & how to report on all of your people data.
- Activity Management, learn all about how to configure activities, take attendance, assign volunteers, record staffing needs, record Activity requirements, & create event registration forms.
- Contact Management, learn how to configure your paper communication forms in FellowshipOne, how to assign request/interest items to a specific ministry & user, how to work contacts, & how to monitor contact efficiency.
- Volunteer Management, learn how to create jobs, job schedules, how to assign volunteers to a job, how to report on who is doing what & when people are scheduled to work.
- Contributions Management, learn how to record giving, send contribution statements, & report on giving by service or date range.
How do I get training with a consultant?
FellowshipOne offers fee-based personalized training to accommodate your education needs. Explore the following types of training are available here.
- Remote Training—Attend personalized training specifically tailored for your church. An education specialist will work with you to develop topics & functionality to cover during the training session. All meetings & training sessions are conducted via desktop sharing technology (WebEx) allowing you to work from your location with no need to travel. Any number of staff members may attend.
- Onsite Training—An education specialist will work with you to develop training plans & sessions to cover with your staff onsite at your location. The instructor will work directly with team members to learn FellowshipOne functionality & apply it to daily activities.
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