{"id":10,"date":"2007-09-30T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2007-09-30T14:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2007\/09\/how-you-can-use-beliefnet-comm.html"},"modified":"2007-09-30T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2007-09-30T14:14:33","slug":"how-you-can-use-beliefnet-comm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2007\/09\/how-you-can-use-beliefnet-comm.html","title":{"rendered":"How Your Small Group Can Use the Beliefnet Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the new Beliefnet community launches later this month, there will be dozens of ways you or your group can use the site. Here are a few ways Small Groups can take advantage of the new tools.<\/p>\n<p>Your existing group can have its own easy-to-use site to enrich your group experience &#8212; for free.<br \/>\nAfter you&#8217;ve created your own individual profile, select &#8220;Create a Group&#8221; at the end of the process or by navigating to our Groups page. Create a group profile, with your preferred design, web address, privacy settings, and more. Don&#8217;t forget to invite the members of your small group to join!<br \/>\nWith Beliefnet&#8217;s small groups tool, you can:<br \/>\n<strong>Make arrangements easier<\/strong><\/p>\n<li> Plan your gathering. Who\u2019s coming? Who\u2019s bringing dessert? Can we change the meeting to 7:30?\n<li> Use the calendar and invitation tool. Change the time and everyone group member notified automatically.<br \/>\n<strong>Post readings<\/strong><\/p>\n<li> Put this week\u2019s readings or discussion topics online in your group journal. Group members will be able to discuss the readings, ask questions, and share comments.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nReceive inspiring readings and discussion topics to challenge your group<\/strong><\/p>\n<li> Sign up for content feeds to stimulate discussion, including daily gospel readings, spiritual photos, and more.\n<li> Commentaries and prompts feed directly into your group\u2019s profile page and start page\n<li> Coming soon: Receive your feeds directly in the group journal &#8212; the perfect way to keep group discussion going.<br \/>\n<strong>Continue the discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nThe day after you met, did you think of something else you wanted to say? Do it here!<\/p>\n<li> Start your own group\u2019s private journal and forums.<br \/>\n<strong>Put faith into action<\/strong><\/p>\n<li> Add a donation engine and use the group to raise money to help the poor, collect funds for your house of worship, or fund-raise for other causes.<br \/>\n<strong>Maintain privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<li> Keep your group private, with its own web address.<br \/>\n<strong>Share<\/strong><\/p>\n<li> Favorite writings and more.\n<li> Photos, audio, video\n<li> Full set of social networking tools &#8212; for FREE<br \/>\nGroup tools include: About us, journal, forums, photo sharing, audio uploads, video, calendar, event invitations, donation tool, friend-finding, and more.<br \/>\nDo you  have questions about how to use Beliefnet&#8217;s community to meet the needs of your small group? <a href=\"mailto:community@beliefnetstaff.com\">Email us here<\/a>.<br \/>\nStay tuned to Beliefnet for more information about launching your Prayer Group on the site in the coming weeks. 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