Families and zones
Group your members by family and by geographic zone to follow up and visit them better.
A church isn't a plain list of names: it's families and neighbourhoods. Sanctumel lets you link members together (families) and attach them to a geographic zone, to organise visits and communication.
Group a family
Linking members of the same household makes invitations, pastoral follow-up and statistics easier.
- Open a member's record, or the Families section.
- Create a family and add the relevant members.
- Set, if you wish, each person's role in the household.
Tip: linking children to their parents later lets you quickly find a whole family and avoid duplicate addresses.
Create zones
Zones split your church by neighbourhood, town or sector. They're used to spread out visits, run small groups and target communication.
- Open the Zones section.
- Create a zone (for example a neighbourhood) and appoint a leader.
- Assign members to their zone.
Note: a member belongs to a single zone at a time, but can also be part of a family and a department. These groupings stack.
Use these groupings
Once families and zones are in place, you can:
- Filter the member list by zone or by family.
- Send a targeted message to a specific zone.
- Spread visits among zone leaders.
Going further
- Assign a role and a department to each member.
- Track birthdays by zone.
- Communicate with a zone by email or WhatsApp.