Social media post scheduling for church activities

Purpose

1.1. Automate the scheduling, publishing, and reposting of social media posts to promote evangelical church activities, events, sermon series, and outreach initiatives.
1.2. Enhance timely communication, maximize engagement with congregation and community, and ensure consistent promotion through automation across multiple platforms.
1.3. Automating post creation with templates, event reminders, bible verse shares, and testimonies to free up staff for outreach and spiritual care.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New event or activity added to the church calendar (Google Calendar, Outlook).
2.2. Upload of event photos or flyers in dedicated cloud folders (Google Drive, Dropbox).
2.3. Submission of sermon notes or scheduled devotional topics.
2.4. Pre-set recurring dates (e.g., every Sunday 8 AM, mid-week Wednesday 7 PM).
2.5. Manual triggers for urgent or ad hoc communications via a web dashboard.

Platform Variants

3.1. Facebook Pages (Meta API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate post creation, scheduling, insights API for engagement analytics.
• Sample configuration: Configure 'publish_to_groups' and 'schedule_post' permissions for automated post queue.

3.2. Instagram (Instagram Graph API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate image/video post scheduling with hashtags.
• Sample configuration: Link Instagram Business account, set endpoints for 'media_publish' and predefined posting times.

3.3. Twitter/X (Twitter API v2)
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled tweets, attach images, hashtags, monitor engagement via webhooks.
• Sample configuration: Use 'POST /tweets' endpoint with a scheduling tool.

3.4. LinkedIn (LinkedIn Marketing API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate event post scheduling on company or group pages.
• Sample configuration: Automate 'ugcPosts' endpoint with scheduled payloads.

3.5. YouTube (YouTube Data API v3)
• Feature/Setting: Automate community post scheduling, video release post timing.
• Sample configuration: Use 'videos.insert' for automating premieres and timed updates.

3.6. Telegram (Telegram Bot API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled messages to public or private channels.
• Sample configuration: Set up bot, automate 'sendMessage' with time settings.

3.7. WhatsApp Business (WhatsApp Cloud API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate broadcast messages and event reminders.
• Sample configuration: Configure 'messages' API with automated lists.

3.8. Pinterest (Pinterest API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate pin scheduling for event graphics.
• Sample configuration: Use 'pins/create' endpoint with scheduled images.

3.9. TikTok (Third-party integration via Zapier or official API when available)
• Feature/Setting: Automate video uploads and scheduled posts.
• Sample configuration: Connect account via automator for post queue.

3.10. Slack (Slack API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled notifications to church groups.
• Sample configuration: Use 'chat.scheduleMessage'.

3.11. Discord (Discord API / Bots)
• Feature/Setting: Automate posting announcements in channels.
• Sample configuration: Automate 'sendMessage' via bot, set scheduler.

3.12. Google My Business (GMB API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate event posts and activity updates.
• Sample configuration: Use 'accounts.locations.localPosts'.

3.13. Tumblr (Tumblr API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate post scheduling for blog-style announcements.
• Sample configuration: Use the 'post' endpoint with scheduled timestamp.

3.14. Buffer (Buffer API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-platform post scheduling through Buffer queues.
• Sample configuration: Set up scheduled updates across connected profiles.

3.15. Hootsuite (Hootsuite API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate bulk upload and scheduling via Hootsuite automator tools.
• Sample configuration: Utilize the 'messages' endpoint for automated queueing.

3.16. Reddit (Reddit API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate subreddit event posts.
• Sample configuration: Use 'submit' endpoint with scheduled payload.

3.17. Medium (Medium API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate automated blog/article publishing at set times.
• Sample configuration: Use 'POST /v1/users/{userId}/posts' with scheduled publication date.

3.18. Snapchat (Snapchat Marketing API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate story post scheduling for outreach events.
• Sample configuration: Preload story assets and schedule via campaign endpoints.

3.19. Mailchimp (Mailchimp API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate cross-posting event content to email and social feeds.
• Sample configuration: Use campaign scheduling endpoints with automated triggers.

3.20. Viber (Viber Public Accounts API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled broadcasts to followers.
• Sample configuration: Set 'send_message' commands with timing options.

4. Benefits

4.1. Automates the entire communication workflow for event and message promotion.
4.2. Ensures congregational and public outreach is automatedly consistent and timely.
4.3. Frees up human resources for ministry work by automating repetitive posting tasks.
4.4. Data-driven automation allows reviewing and optimizing outreach impact.
4.5. Scales outreach efficiently by enabling automatable multi-channel engagement.
4.6. Centralizes management for automated updates, reducing manual cross-posting efforts.
4.7. Improves accountability by tracking automated post performance analytics.