See who has a birthday this month
Whose birthday is it this month? One of the Ask buttons on People answers that with a list from your directory, and you can keep the list and reuse it.
1/3 · On People, press Who has birthdays this month?
Good to know
- Members without an email, the next Ask suggestion, works the same way: it lists the people with no email on file, with Save as list “Missing email”.
- The Search… box on People only matches names and details. It can't answer a question.
If it’s not working
I typed my question into the search box and nothing came up
That box filters the rows in front of you by name, email and the like; it can't answer a question. Press the Ask button under your list instead.
Someone's missing from the birthday list
Usually they don't have a birthdate on file: add it in the Birthday column on People (or ask members to update their own info). A long reply also names only the first people and counts the rest (“…and 6 more”), and people who come from a connected app, marked read-only, are never on these lists. In a very large directory the reply counts only the first part of it, by last name, and a note under the list says so.
Next, you might want to
- Make a list you can email or textBuild a saved list, like this fall's new visitors, that keeps itself up to date and is ready whenever you email or text.
- Find someone in your directoryJump straight to anyone's profile from the find box, narrow your roster to visitors or members, or search the table.
- Ask members to update their own infoEmail someone a link to check their own contact details, or copy the link to their member page and send it yourself.
- Send birthday texts automaticallyTurn on the birthday recipe so everyone gets a happy-birthday text from your church on their day.