For congregations and volunteer groups
One place for your congregation or your volunteers, from the meal train to the job lead.
The person who could help doesn’t know you need it.
The job lead
2people he told, out of 180
Daniel lost his job last month. He told two people over coffee. In the same group, someone’s firm is hiring an accountant, and neither of them knows.
In the same group, someone’s firm is hiring an accountant. Neither of them knows.
HCHollow Creek Community180 members
He’s been looking for a month.
The new family
2visits, and nobody learned their names
The Okafors came twice and sat near the back. Everyone assumed someone else had said hello. By October they’d stopped coming. A volunteer who signed up in June is still waiting to hear back.
Everyone assumed someone else had said hello.
The Okafors
The meal train
0dinners for Thursday, and three for Monday
Linda runs the care team, and she has texted 14 people about dinners for the Alvarez family’s new baby. Three took Monday, two of them with lasagna, and nobody has Thursday.
Linda has texted 14 people, and nobody has Thursday.
HCMeals for the Alvarez familyNew baby · Two weeks of dinners
28%
of Americans volunteered through an organization in 2023. That’s over 75.7 million people.
37%
of congregations have no full-time staff. The work falls to a part-time secretary and the volunteers.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 · Hartford Institute, 2020
Each of those starts with one post.
accountant
Daniel, Everyone
Anyone hiring? I’m an accountant, looking since last month.
Maria My firm is. Send me your resume and I’ll walk it in.
3 more members replied
An @ask reaches everyone, stays up until someone answers, and the next person can search for it.
Today:Two people over coffee.
The Okafors
Hi everyone, we’re new. Our kids are 4 and 7.
Maria
Welcome! Ours are the same age. Sit with us Sunday.
They join by link and land in a room of people with names, and the directory shows who's who.
Today:A nod at the door.
Meals for the Alvarez family
Thursday is open
Ask for 1@signup lists the dinners by day, so the open night shows while there's still time to ask.
Today:Three lasagnas on Monday and nothing on Thursday.
The office
The member list in the office, and the admins you name.
Join us on OurHive
Everyone in one place, by team.
The office
The bulletin and the Thursday email, with the flyers from the launch kit.
Everyone180 peopleSaturday crew12 people
Setup crew16 peopleCare team22 peopleTeam leaders
The Saturday crew, setup, kitchen and the care team each get a room, and small groups get their own.
Which teams are you on?
Members
They land in the rooms for their teams and groups, plus one for everyone.
A pantry or a rescue uploads its volunteer list the same way.
Your congregation, its teams and its small groups in one private app. Every post lands in the room it belongs to, and answers for itself.
The fall food drive starts Saturday. Pick up your bag at the main hall.
Meals for the Alvarez family
Where do the food drive bags go?
Anyone hiring? I'm an accountant, looking since last month.
Open · 3 repliesThe food drive, posted once and shown in every room. Members without the app get it by email.
6 of 10 dinners claimed. Everyone can see which nights are still open.
Where do the bags go? The answer comes from the office’s post, with the post shown. It never guesses.
Daniel asks if anyone’s hiring. It stays up until someone answers, and members can search it.
The office uploads the member list, or a pantry or rescue its volunteer list, even if it's a spreadsheet. Free to start.
What stays yours
Only members on your list get in, and anyone else asks an admin.
Members choose what shows, and contact details never show in the directory.
When your coordinator or the board changes, every post and answer stays, and the next person runs the volunteer dinner and the holiday food drive again with last year's signups shown.
