Automated notification of schedule changes or cancellations

Purpose

1.1. Automatically inform parishioners, staff, and volunteers of schedule changes or cancellations for services, events, or meetings in real-time.
1.2. Reduce manual communication tasks for church admin, ensuring all stakeholders receive immediate, accurate information through preferred channels (SMS, email, calls, push notifications, social, and messaging apps).
1.3. Minimize confusion or frustration from unnotified changes, supporting continuity and participant engagement within the Anglican church context.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Calendar event is edited, rescheduled, or deleted in church management system.
2.2. Administrator submits a change notification via a form or dashboard.
2.3. Integration detects change in online calendar (Google Calendar, Outlook, etc.) for tagged events.
2.4. API receives update from facilities or event management systems on cancellations.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Use Programmable Messaging API; configure to send templated alert to member phone numbers on event change trigger.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Use Send Email API; auto-generate HTML/text email for recipients' list upon calendar event update.
3.3. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Trigger campaign via API or webhook to a segmented list based on event type/location.
3.4. Outlook 365
• Feature/Setting: Use Microsoft Graph API to monitor shared calendars and send notification emails using the Mail.Send endpoint.
3.5. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Watch events with Google Calendar API; send notifications via email or push upon detected changes.
3.6. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Send message to channel/user using chat.postMessage API when event details change in connected systems.
3.7. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Use Graph API to post rich notifications in Teams channels or chat.
3.8. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Auto-send templated message to group or broadcast on change trigger.
3.9. Facebook Messenger Platform
• Feature/Setting: Deliver custom bot messages with event update details through Send API.
3.10. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Configure webhook to post notifications in relevant server channel on schedule adjustment.
3.11. Pushover
• Feature/Setting: Use REST API to send mobile push notifications to congregation app subscribers.
3.12. OneSignal
• Feature/Setting: Leverage Notifications API to broadcast changes as push to mobile/web app users.
3.13. ClickSend
• Feature/Setting: Send SMS or voice alerts using SMS API when event modification is logged.
3.14. Amazon SES
• Feature/Setting: Use SendEmail operation via SES API to notify parishioners of last-minute changes.
3.15. Telegram Bot API
• Feature/Setting: Bot sends alert messages to group/channel via sendMessage endpoint on update detection.
3.16. Zoom
• Feature/Setting: Use Meeting Updated Webhook to trigger automated email/SMS alert for digital events or services.
3.17. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Workflow rule or Flow triggers alert via Email/Chatter API to connected members records.
3.18. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Use workflow automation to send email or SMS as soon as church event record is changed.
3.19. ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: Trigger email/SMS campaign to lists via automations API for event cancellations.
3.20. Flock
• Feature/Setting: Send message to group via Flock Incoming Webhook on event updates from integrated calendar.
3.21. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket automatically created/updated for events, triggers outbound SMS/email with schedule change info.
3.22. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Workflow sends email/SMS on event rescheduling via integrated APIs/webhooks.
3.23. RingCentral
• Feature/Setting: Send SMS or voice call using Messages API when system alerts of change.
3.24. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Automated alerts/workflows send update messages to team/email list upon sheet calendar change.

Benefits

4.1. Guarantees timely and reliable communication of changes, reducing no-shows or confusion.
4.2. Supports multi-channel delivery according to parishioner preference (SMS, email, push, chat app, calls).
4.3. Frees admin time, decreases risk of missed alerts, and ensures message is consistent and complete to all recipients.