CHPC Google Workspace

Staff and Officers (committee chairs) of the church have access to numerous tools in Google's Workspace platform (free for the church through Google for Non-profits.  The primary ones of these we use (and why) are:

• Gmail
  • accounts for each role in the church,
  • allow continuity as role passes from one person to another,
  • church members can send email to a role rather than individual
  • team leaders can send email in the name of the church 
• Groups (email lists, and permission management)
  • easy communication to whole group
  • assigns permissions to shared files in Drive
• Calendar 
  • have separate calendars for teams
  • get electronic reminders for church events
  • calendar editing can be delegated / shared
  • can specify church resources to be reserved
• Drive (file sharing)
  • team members can work together on documents, presentations
  • documents stay with church for future
• Photos

Elders, Deacons and Trustees will have their personal email addresses added to the appropriate Google group, and thereby receive email from the chairs of those groups, and have access to the appropriate Google Drive folders.  Note that using Google Drive to access files is best done using a free Google account, and the Google Chrome browser.

To get started using these features as a staff member or committee chair, follow the links below to instructions or email comms @ collegehillpc.org for a training session:

1. CHPC Google Workspace Overview
2. Use the Google Chrome web browser, and create a user profile for your CHPC Google Workspace account.
3. Configure your CHPC Google Workspace account to forward mail to your personal email account.
4. Update the Members of your Team's Google Group