Most churches have software but an empty or messy database — and nobody wants to type everyone in by hand. So flip it: let your people register themselves. Micheal and Kari walk through "Database Day One" — building (or cleaning up) your whole church directory in a single Sunday.

Post one QR code in your building (Mobile → B1 CheckIn → Share Registration QR Code) and your congregation adds themselves and their households in about 30 seconds — no app download, accurate data straight from the source. There's also a copyable link you can text to anyone thinking about visiting.

Then a Workflow (Serving → Workflows) does the follow-up automatically: trigger on "Person Created" + "Membership Status is Visitor," flip on "only once per person," and add a Send Email action pointing to a reusable welcome Email Template. Every new visitor also lands as a card on the Workflow board your team works through — call, hello, connect. Set it up once; it runs every Sunday after that.

Plus: b1.church has a fresh new look — all six free tools in one place, with a live demo.

Try It This Week: Before you launch anything, learn Workflows — watch the 2-minute video in the Database Day One guide.

Links:
- Database Day One guide (full steps + free Canva slide templates): pages.churchapps.org/database-day-one-guide
- B1: b1.church
- support.churchapps.org
- github.com/ChurchApps