user guide 2015

mylifeonline

Here’s how to use LBF’s new myLIFEonline.

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Welcome to myLIFEonline. This simple guide will help you get started. We won’t cover all of the features, bells & whistles of myLIFEonline, but we’ll show you the most important basics.

mylifeonlineuser guide 2015

What is myLIFEonline? ........................................................... 4

Accessing myLIFEonline .......................................................... 5

Your Personal Home Page ...................................................... 6

Your myLIFEonline Profile ....................................................... 7

Viewing Other Profiles .......................................................... 10

Your Groups ....................................................................... 12

Help ................................................................................... 13

taBLE oF contEnts

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myLIFEonline is an online community and central location for all things at LBF. myLIFEonline connects people, organizes ministry teams, creates calendars, and improves communication and collaboration. myLIFEonline will help you stay connected with our church family, keep up-to-date with upcoming events, find ministry groups, and more.

With myLIFEonline you can:

what is mylifeonline?

Contact Info: Update your family’s contact information to keep connected!

Secure Kid’s Check-in: Securely and swiftly check in your kids (birth through sixth grade) to our LIFEkids Ministry on Sundays.

Groups:

• Findgroupsyou’re enrolled in.

• Findcontactinformationforpeople in your groups.

• Collaboratewithyourgroupthrough group messages.

• Acceptvolunteerservingpositions and schedules.

• Checkyourvolunteerservingvolunteer schedules.

• Sharefileswithothersin your groups.

• RSVPtoevent/meetinginvites.

Calendars:

• Viewchurchactivitiescalendar.

• Viewyourgroup’s specific calendars.

• Syncyourpersonalizedchurch calendar with youriCalendarand Google calendars.

Giving:

• Setupandmanageyour online giving to LBF, including reoccurring gifts.

• Checkyourgivinghistory.

• Printoutyourgiving statement for tax time.

Event Registration:Register and pay for events, classes, and activities.

And much more!

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Visit www.lbfchurch.com, then click on the page “myLIFEonline” (http://lbfchurch.com/#/home/mylifeonline)Click“ConnecttomyLIFEonline.”

If you already have a login and password, you enter it here. If not, click “Sign Up” and provide the information requested. If your current email is already in our database, a temporary username and password will be emailed to you immediately. Follow the instructions in the email to log in.

If we don’t have your current email address on file, your account will be activated when our church office has processed your request. Once we’ve processed your request, you’ll receive an activation email. Follow the instructions in the activation email.

Scan now!accEssIng mylifeonline

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your pErsonaL HomE pagEOnce you’ve logged into myLIFEonline, you will see your home page.

1) Your name, picture (if you’ve uploaded one), and link to your profile information.

2) A list of groups you are currently enrolled in.

3) Your personal church calendar – upcoming all-church events and group events.

4) Recentactivityfromgroupsyouareenrolledin.

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Your profile contains your contact information, your family’s contact information, birthdates, anniversary, and more! Your security is important to us. You are in control with how much of your contact information you want toshare.Clickonthetabsandlookaround.

your mylifeonline proFILE

1) Your contact information is listed here.

2) Under your contact information are six different tabs.Clickoneachtabtolearn more.

3) You can edit a number of items in your profile settings, or your profile itself.

If you need to update information for your entire family (for example an address change), you can edit “family profile” and it will update everyone in your family.

Clickherefora video walkthrough on accessing and updating your profile:

http://support.church communitybuilder.com/ customer/portal/ articles/475728

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EdItIng your proFILEClick“EditProfile”underthe actions section on the right side of page (see example on previous page).

You’ll see your profile information is organized into six different tabs. Take a look around and make sure the information we have for you is correct. Add any additional information.

1) Upload a picture to add to your profile! It easy to do and helps create community.

2) Your birthdate is used to help us organize ministry here at LBF. Your actual birthday (including the year) is never publicized. Just your birthday.

3) Your email address and the “contact phone” is your preferred phone number. This phone number is published to your friends in myLIFEonline and to others you are in a group with. It is not published to the entire myLIFEonline community.

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PrivacyandcommunicationsareimportantissuesforLifeBibleFellowshipChurchandmyLIFEonlinegivesyoufull control of what information you make available to the myLIFEonline community.

1) Howmuchcommunicationwouldyouliketoreceive?Click“SetCommunicationPreferences”tomanagewhich communication you want to receive from each of your specific groups.

2) Whatprofileinformationwouldyouliketosharewithothers?Click“UpdatePrivacy”tochoosewhichinformation you want to publish to which groups of people.

Clickhereforamoredetailedwalkthroughonsettingcommunicationpreferences:

http://support.churchcommunitybuilder.com/customer/portal/articles/361766

Clickhereforamoredetailedwalkthroughonupdatingprivacy:

http://support.churchcommunitybuilder.com/customer/portal/articles/393412

updatIng prIvacy & communIcatIon prEFErEncEs

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Other people in the myLIFEonline community can be searched for by clicking on “People” from your homepage.Begintypingtheirnameinthesearchbox.Youwillseetheresults.Clickontheperson. You will only be able to see as much information as they have made available to the community.

vIEwIng otHEr proFILEs

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One of the best ways to be connected and build the myLIFEonline community is by adding your friends. Once you have searched in “people” and found a profile of a friend, click on “Add to my friends list.”

Adding someone as a friend allows them to see your profile information – they need to add you as a friend before you can see their information.

addIng otHErs to your FrIEnds LIst

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Your Groups is one of the most useful features of myLIFEonline. In groups you can send messages, share files, view group calendar events, create needs, and more. You can also get contact information for people who are in your group, which is very helpful when coordinating group activities!

1) From your homepage, click the “Groups” tab to access the list of groups you are in.

2) Clickoneachspecificgroupto open up the group’s home page.

your groups

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1) Click“Participants”toseetheprofilesofothersinyourgroup.Thisiswhereyoucanaccesstheir contact information.

2) Explore the tabs within the group that help coordinate group activity and communication.

• Events shows you any upcoming meeting times that are scheduled. • Messages shows you messages (which are also emailed to you) and any comments others have posted. • Needs is an area where group leaders can create specific needs that they desire the group to take on. • Positions are volunteer positions created by the group leader. • Files: Any files that are emailed out to the group are kept here. • Schedules: If you’ve volunteered for any schedules, they will be listed here.

IntEractIng wItH your groups

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Doyouhavequestions?AreyouhavingtroublewithmyLIFEonline?Letushelp!PleasecontacttheChurch Office at (909) 981-4848 for questions or troubleshooting. Or email us at lbfchurch@lbfchurch.com.

Or you can click the “Help” link in the top right of your myLIFEonline page.

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