More of your church hears you
Your announcements reach the people in the pew and the ones who could not make it, right on the phone in their pocket.
Know your message actually reached your church.
Gathad takes your Sabbath bulletin beyond the building, so your announcements reach everyone, all week, and you can finally see what landed.
You are doing everything right. The bulletin just cannot keep up.
This is the week we built Gathad for.
You announce it from the front. Then you announce it again the next week, and the week after, because you have no way of knowing who actually heard you.
Half your church may not even be in the room. And the ones who are will have forgotten most of it by Monday.
The bulletin does its job on Sabbath morning. It just cannot carry your message past the door.
What changes when your bulletin works all week.
The results pastors care about, not a list of features.
You know exactly what landed
See what was opened, read, and acted on, so you know what got through and who to follow up with.
More people take the next step
Announcements turn into RSVPs, gifts, and responses because people can act the moment they feel it.
Less time spent repeating yourself
Say it once, and it keeps working all week. The same event no longer eats three Sabbaths of pulpit time.
Your church stays involved, even when away
The committed people whom work, travel, or health keep away stay in the loop and keep taking part.
Lower cost, wider reach
Print a handful for those who love paper, then put the rest where people already are.
How it works
Simple enough that nothing changes for your team.
Step 1
Your team builds the bulletin
The same announcements, events, and details, gathered in one simple place.
Step 2
It goes to every phone
Share the link or QR code, plus a few printed copies for those who want them.
Step 3
People read and act on it
Your church can RSVP, give, respond, and stay connected all week.
The same bulletin, doing what paper never could.
The bulletin still does its job on Sabbath morning. Gathad does the part it never could: keep going after.
Printed bulletin
Gathad
A detail changes Friday night
You announce it again and hope
You update it once, and everyone sees it
You share an important need
It is heard by whoever is in the room
It reaches every phone, even those away
You want people to act
They have to remember to, later
They tap to RSVP, give, or respond, right then
You wonder if it landed
There is no way to know
You see what was opened and acted on
A member misses Sabbath
They miss everything
They stay in the loop all week
Every single week
Paper, ink, printing, a deadline
Print a few, reach the rest for less
What a week looks like after Gathad.
One message on a Tuesday, felt all the way to Sabbath.
It is Tuesday. A pipe bursts, and the church needs help fast. You send one message. By evening, most of the church has opened it, and the giving is already coming in.
Wednesday, a member is unwell. You ask for prayer. Dozens tap to say they are praying, and that member, miles away, feels the whole church around them.
By Sabbath, the announcements are not new to anyone. They already know. They already signed up. You get to preach, instead of repeating yourself.
That is a church that stays together all week, not just for an hour on Sabbath morning.
Questions pastors ask
Honest answers before you decide.
A few things pastors naturally want to know before Gathad arrives.
No. The bulletin stays. Keep printing for the members who love paper. Gathad simply carries it the rest of the week, so you can print far fewer.
No. If your team can fill in a document, they can use Gathad. Your bulletin coordinator handles most of it, the same role they already play.
Nothing is taken away from them. They keep the printed bulletin, exactly as they have it today.
They can open it from a simple link or QR code and act right there. No barrier between them and the announcement.
Yes. You can see what was opened and acted on, so you know what landed and who to follow up with.
It is free to start. Our goal is to save churches money, not add another bill.
We are building it now, with churches like yours in mind. Get early access and you will be among the first to bring it to your church.
The Living Church Bulletin
Gathad is being built for pastors like you.
No more missed announcements or forgotten events.
I ran the bulletin for years before building this. If you have ever wondered whether your message is really reaching your church, get early access and help shape what comes next.