Website updates with real-time event and service information

Purpose

1.1. Ensure Apostolic church website displays accurate, up-to-date event schedules, service times, cancellations, and urgent communications.
1.2. Streamline real-time updates for members and visitors across web, mobile, and other integrated systems.
1.3. Enable staff to post, edit, or cancel events/services with minimal manual work, leveraging automated data flows.
1.4. Synchronize updates from church office tools, calendars, and social media to the website instantly.
1.5. Enable notification banners, event listings, and calendars to reflect real-time changes, improving engagement and reducing misinformation.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New event/service entry in church calendar platform (e.g., Google Calendar, Outlook, Planning Center).
2.2. Update or cancellation of existing events/services in source calendar.
2.3. Manual override by church admin using web dashboard form or mobile app.
2.4. Reception of emergency notifications via SMS, email, or admin portal.
2.5. Scheduled time-based triggers for recurring events (e.g., every Sunday, every first Wednesday).

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Calendar API Webhooks – configure webhook to push event updates to website backend on changes.
• Sample: Link API endpoint to Events resource, set up watch on relevant calendar ID.

3.2. Microsoft Outlook Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Microsoft Graph API subscriptions for event changes.
• Sample: Register subscription for event resource; push delta updates to endpoint.

3.3. Planning Center
• Feature/Setting: API webhook for calendar changes.
• Sample: Enable webhook for Service and Event changes; set notification URL.

3.4. Eventbrite
• Feature/Setting: Webhook for new/updated events.
• Sample: Configure webhook with Event Notification endpoint for organization.

3.5. Facebook Pages
• Feature/Setting: Graph API webhooks for event creation/updates.
• Sample: Set webhook for /events edge changes; connect to website backend.

3.6. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Script triggers on sheet row updates as event source.
• Sample: Deploy Apps Script to trigger HTTP POST to backend on row edits.

3.7. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation webhooks on base changes.
• Sample: Set Automation to POST record changes for specific table (“Events”).

3.8. Tockify Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Use Public API event feed, auto-refreshing via polling or webhook.
• Sample: Connect API/ICS feed to backend fetch job.

3.9. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Event Subscriptions – channel post as event trigger.
• Sample: Listen to specific channel posts; forward details.

3.10. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Webhook for message triggers in channel.
• Sample: Assign webhook to listen for “#announcements” updates.

3.11. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Incoming SMS triggers via webhook.
• Sample: SMS sent to dedicated number triggers backend update.

3.12. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Campaign/Event API push for schedule notifications.
• Sample: Listen to sent-campaigns via webhook; extract event info.

3.13. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email Event Webhooks for notification parsing.
• Sample: Parse incoming event notification for date/time updates.

3.14. WordPress
• Feature/Setting: REST API endpoint for post/event updates.
• Sample: POST to /wp-json/wp/v2/event on trigger.

3.15. Wix
• Feature/Setting: HTTP Functions (Velo) – endpoint for event sync.
• Sample: POST JSON data to backend events update function.

3.16. Squarespace
• Feature/Setting: Data Collection Forms – automation on form submit.
• Sample: Connect submission webhook to process event changes.

3.17. Webflow
• Feature/Setting: Webflow CMS API for item update/create.
• Sample: PUT/POST new event item to /collections/events.

3.18. Firebase
• Feature/Setting: Realtime Database trigger on data change.
• Sample: On event path update; function triggers sync.

3.19. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Notion API page/database update webhook.
• Sample: Watch for event page updates; push to website.

3.20. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Multi-platform trigger/transform for event feeds.
• Sample: Define Zap for source change; output via Webhooks.

Benefits

4.1. Delivers always-current event/service info to congregation.
4.2. Reduces manual double-entry and possibility of stale data.
4.3. Enables emergency/last-minute notices to propagate instantly.
4.4. Increases attendance/participation by removing outdated info.
4.5. Integrates multiple admin/preferred platforms into one web presence.