How it Works - Implementation Options for Smaller Churches

Meet The Need can be operated with very little of your staff’s time and effort. In fact, it can save you a significant amount of time you spend now organizing outreach events, talking with local agencies and families who are looking for help, trying to track down someone in your church who can meet those needs, and making sure it gets done. Meet The Need does all of that work for you, saving you time and money while getting your church much more involved in serving your community!
All you have to do is:

Set up Meet The Need on Your Site (or just create a link) Expand

  • Make Meet The Need’s technology available through your church’s web site in just 15 minutes or just provide a link to www.meettheneed.org

Get Needs Posted by Referring Families and Ministries to Meet The Need Expand

  • Refer local families to Meet The Need’s Call Center rather than posting any needs on their behalf
  • Pass out flyers in a local lower-income street or apartment building, directing them to call Meet The Need’s Call Center
  • Encourage the compassion ministries you work with to register on www.meettheneed.org and post their own needs

Tell Your Members, Attendees or Teams to Search for Needs Expand

  • Simply include a note in your bulletin or make occasional announcements encouraging members to search the database

Meet Needs Expand

  • Have your members meet directly with the families they want to help by unchecking the “Deliver to Local Families” box during Registration or on your Dashboard
  • Members are instructed to connect directly with local ministries they want to help