Trinity Free Lutheran Church
Grand Forks, ND“Our members can find service times, watch sermons, and even give online — all from their phones. We used to get calls every week from people just trying to find basic information. Now our website handles that, and we can update everything ourselves without calling a developer. It's exactly what our congregation needed.”
— Trinity Free Lutheran Church, Grand Forks, ND
What We Automated
- Automated content pipeline — staff publishes without developer intervention
- Self-service content management with zero technical training required
- Intelligent sermon archive — 300+ sermons auto-indexed by topic, speaker, and scripture
- Automated event system — staff updates in minutes, members see instantly
- 24/7 online giving pipeline — Tithe.ly integration with no manual processing
- Responsive design optimized for every device
- Zero-maintenance infrastructure — no hosting costs, no server management, no recurring fees
Results
- Complete staff independence — eliminated all developer dependency for content operations
- 300+ sermons auto-archived and searchable — no manual management
- Eliminated routine information calls — members self-serve 24/7
- Automated giving — contributions happen on members' schedules without staff involvement
- Zero ongoing costs — every dollar stays in the ministry budget
- Professional digital presence — new visitors see a polished, current organization
Trinity Free Lutheran Church in Grand Forks, ND is an active AFLC congregation with a lot going on — weekly worship services, youth programs, Bible studies, women’s ministry, community outreach, and more. They needed automated systems that could keep up with their congregation and actually make life easier for their staff.
They didn’t need a digital brochure. They needed operational tools their team could run without technical help.
The Problem
Trinity had the same operational bottleneck a lot of organizations face: information scattered across too many places, and every update required a developer in the loop.
Service times in one Facebook post, event details in another, sermon recordings buried in a YouTube playlist somewhere. Members called the church office for basic information that should have been easy to find. And every time something changed — a new sermon, a schedule update, a special event — someone had to track down a developer to push the update through. Every piece of content had a manual workflow attached to it.
The core problem wasn’t the technology. It was the operational dependency: too many human bottlenecks in processes that should have been fully automated and self-service.
What We Automated
We built Trinity a set of automated content pipelines and self-service systems that put their staff in complete control. No waiting on a developer. No technical training required. They type it in, hit publish, and it’s live.
Here’s what makes this system work:
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Automated sermon pipeline. Over 300 sermons auto-indexed by date, speaker, topic, and scripture reference. Staff add a new sermon in minutes — the system handles formatting, indexing, and search automatically. Members find last Sunday’s message or search back through years of teaching without anyone manually managing the archive.
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Self-service event system. Weekly services, Lenten midweek worship, Bible studies, youth group, conferences — staff update the calendar themselves in minutes and changes go live instantly. Members check the site instead of calling the office. The information bottleneck is eliminated.
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Automated publishing pipeline. Pastor Dan Antal and other church leaders publish articles on faith, scripture, and congregational life directly through the CMS. No developer middleman. It extends the ministry beyond Sunday morning and keeps the site current — all without a single manual handoff.
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Automated giving pipeline. Secure giving through Tithe.ly runs 24/7 — members contribute anytime, from anywhere. No manual processing, no staff involvement, no barriers to generosity.
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Zero-maintenance infrastructure. The church pays nothing for hosting or software subscriptions. The platform is fast, secure, and handles traffic automatically. There are no servers to manage, no updates to install, no recurring costs.
The Result
Trinity’s platform isn’t a placeholder — it’s a working part of how the church operates day-to-day. The staff manages all content operations independently. Members find what they need without picking up the phone. New visitors see a polished, current organization.
The sermon archive alone has become one of the most-used features, with members going back to revisit messages and share them with friends and family who couldn’t make it to Sunday service.
Most importantly, the project gave the church office complete operational independence. No more answering routine questions. No more waiting on developer turnaround. The manual steps are gone, and the staff focuses on what actually matters — ministry.