Automated email digest of recent sermons and announcements

Purpose

1.1. Compile and send a periodic email containing summaries and links to recently delivered sermons and church announcements.
1.2. Automate extraction of sermon media (video/audio/text), announcements, event reminders, and community news from church digital channels.
1.3. Ensure all congregation members stay informed regardless of website or social platform activity.
1.4. Reduce manual effort for staff, maintain consistent information delivery, and improve engagement.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New sermon uploaded or published in media library (audio/video/text).
2.2. New announcement posted on church website or shared via internal communication tool.
2.3. Scheduled time for digest (daily/weekly).
2.4. Manual trigger via admin dashboard or specific command.

Platform Variants

3.1. Gmail API
• Feature/Setting: Send automated emails; sample configuration—OAuth 2.0 setup, 'send' endpoint, HTML body for digest.
3.2. Outlook 365 API
• Feature/Setting: Graph API 'SendMail' action using church service account, batch recipients.
3.3. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Dynamic templates, 'Mail Send API' configuration with sermon and announcement variables.
3.4. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Create automation workflow, use 'Campaigns' API to programmatically trigger email batch.
3.5. Amazon SES
• Feature/Setting: SMTP endpoint with templated emails; 'SendBulkTemplatedEmail' with JSON payloads.
3.6. Constant Contact
• Feature/Setting: Use 'Email Campaigns API', autoresponder logic from new RSS content.
3.7. Zoho Campaigns
• Feature/Setting: Create campaign via API, trigger on webhook with XML/JSON content.
3.8. MailerLite
• Feature/Setting: API 'Automations' trigger on new content event, edit subscriber group.
3.9. ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: Use 'Automations' API, pass merged sermon and announcement content.
3.10. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Post digest summary to channel via 'chat.postMessage' API and schedule routine post.
3.11. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Bot sends condensed digest message using 'webhook' endpoint.
3.12. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot sends message to group/channel using 'sendMessage' API; attach sermon links.
3.13. WordPress REST API
• Feature/Setting: Pull latest posts/sermons; create dedicated digest post via 'posts' endpoint.
3.14. Wix Automations
• Feature/Setting: Trigger email digest on new blog/upload using 'Contacts' API and scheduled workflows.
3.15. Facebook Page API
• Feature/Setting: Pull posts via Graph API, compile digest and send via Messenger Broadcast API.
3.16. YouTube Data API
• Feature/Setting: Query latest sermon uploads from channel, insert links in digest.
3.17. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: Monitor sermon media folder for new files, trigger digest on file changes.
3.18. Google Drive API
• Feature/Setting: Watch drive folders for new documents, extract content for digest body.
3.19. Notion API
• Feature/Setting: Retrieve recent pages/database items, merge sermon notes and announcements.
3.20. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Read new sermon and event records; automate trigger using 'Scripts' and email extension.
3.21. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Board/cards for sermons/announcements; trigger digest on new card in set list.
3.22. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Send summary to group/channel via 'ChatMessage' API.

Benefits

4.1. Ensures no member misses key sermons or church news.
4.2. Increases digital engagement and retention in offline/online communities.
4.3. Significantly reduces administrative workload.
4.4. Standardizes information sharing; prevents omission or delay.
4.5. Increased donor and volunteer activity via regular reminders and calls-to-action.
4.6. Easy adaptability for seasonal events and urgent notifications.