Religious Organizations | Testimonials

My name is Sontina Curry and I am the Ministry Assistant at Jessamine Christian Church in Nicholasville, Kentucky. We have been using One Call Now for over almost two years now and it has saved not just be me, but other Ministry Team Leaders countless hours making individual calls. One example would be notifying members of cancelled services during inclement weather. We have utilized this several times and members say it was helpful and it saved them from calling us to find out if services had been cancelled. Another example would be when we have a special event such as a church-wide dinner, concert, or children's program and we set up the recorded message to go out 2-3 days beforehand reminding our members of the event. The benefit is a higher turn out to the event versus not using One Call Now and the people thankful for keeping them in the loop with the reminder call. One last example would be when we use One Call Now to send a message to a specific subgroup regarding meeting changes, something for them to bring to the meeting, or simply a reminder call. I know our Ministers enjoy using the One Call Now service and we have had several members tell us how much they enjoy receiving the messages.

- Sontina C.
Ministry Assistant
Jessamine Christian Church - Nicholasville, KY

"I had experience with expensive hardware and adding additional lines and was actually looking to buy a hardware device when I found your service on the web. I was impressed that there was no equipment to buy and maintain. One Call Now service far exceeded my expectations."

- Harold M.
South Trail Church of Christ

"I have used various systems to make announcements for synagogues where I have been the executive director. Basically at my current synagogue we call over 800 names to let them know when a member has died, where and when the funeral will take place. We also call to let them know of upcoming events, elections, meetings. By far, this system is THE BEST, FASTEST, USER FRIENDLY AND DEFINITELY TROUBLE FREE. I have been telling my colleagues about OneCall Now and they think it's impossible that so many calls can be made in such an incredibly short amount of time. The call reaches my office after recording the message before I have a chance to hang up the phone...it's that fast! Keep up the good work!"

- Dorri W.
Congregation B'nai Yeshurun

"Every year our middle school ministry hosts a summer kick-off LUAU at a local swim club. Our church started using One Call Now this year, so we decided to be creative and use the service for our event promotion. Instead of just giving the regular information we recorded the call using a fun surfer voice and lingo and threw a little "Surfin" music in the background. Our families loved it and the event was a huge success."

- Josh D.
Dayspring Baptist Church

With One Call Now we are able to reach all of our Prayers Partners with special prayer needs in a matter of minutes. Reaching the entire congregation is a simple and effective process to remind people of special events. Using One Call Now is easy, effective and economical. It is the best way to keep our members informed with special announcements during the week.

- Sam G.
Pastor
Gateway Baptist Church - Birmingham, AL

This system is one of the best things that could have ever been made! We have over 40 in our youth group and for a while we were texting everyone of them to let them know of our events. That caused a large cell phone bill. Then we started using One Call Now. This has saved us so much time and trouble. We have the calls going to their house, cell, and their parents cell with just one call! This has definately made life a whole lots easier. I would recommed this system to anyone!!

- Wendy H.

"One Call Now has improved communications for my youth ministry work tremendously. The customer service agents are so accommodating: I can hardly believe how easily it is to adjust the accounts to fit my needs. This technology has made my work better. God bless you!"

- Diane M.
St. Patrick Church Youth Ministry

I just wanted to tell you how much that your system has helped our church. I only have about 30 people on our list but I can't say enough about your system for our congregation. We used to have a prayer chain that took hours on hours to have a prayer sent through. That was if it ever made it through the whole group to begin with. With your system we have had prayer out, not to only the prayer chain, but the whole church within minutes of the need for the prayer. For example, one of the members had a grand-daughter that was in a motorcycle accident and lost her leg. The accident happened at about 4PM. We got the call to put her on the prayer chain about 1/2 hour after it happened. With your system we had the prayer out to all the members for prayer within seconds of making the call to One Call Now. Not only do we now have a working prayer chain but we now put all of our activities and information on One Call Now. We also now have the website banner on our website. We have been part of One Call Now for almost 6 months and we have saved over 40 hours of time that would have been spent on the phone. I now have told many other Pastors about One Call Now. Thank you for your help for a very busy Pastor. God Bless You.

- Roger Bolduk
Pastor
Chaplin Congregational Church - Chaplin, CT

At the Old Bridge Baptist Church in East Brunswick, New Jersey, we have a vibrant group of people who try to support each other on a daily basis in prayer, especially when sickness or accident strikes. When I became pastor of the church, however, I discovered quickly that, although people had the best of intentions, often the "prayer chain" suffered from broken links. Theoretically, a person in need would call me, I would call the church elders, they would each call a person or two assigned to them, and so on. In practice, however, calls were not completed, messages were garbled, and often half of the prayer chain never received the message to pray at all. I regularly received complaints from those who missed the message, but I could do little more than say, "I'm sorry, there's not much I can do about people not passing the word or garbling the message." We sincerely thank God for One Call Now--Since beginning to use One Call Now, everyone stays informed and complaints are nonexistent. In addition, my time is used making one call instead of tracking down multiple parties or leaving many messages. One Call Now has not only saved me countless hours on the phone for the prayer chain, it has also been useful to cancel events due to weather, and having access to sub-groups makes reminding the Board or the Choir about meetings quick and easy. Thanks, One Call Now!

- Rev. William N.
Pastor
The Old Bridge Baptist Church - East Brunswick, NJ

"Our bus broke down and we were stranded with 38 Youth, in the middle of nowhere, 2 hours from the church. With one call I was able to reach all 38 parents to let them know we would be late getting back to the church. We were even able to give the parents the option of having kids dropped off at the church or directly to their home….. all they had to do was to press 1 for home or 2 for church ."

- Janice C.
Pastor
Ansonia Church of God

Just last Sunday, I had a near 80-year-old pull me aside and tell me that he really appreciated the phone calls. "They let me know what's going on," he said. Within a few minutes, a newly married twenty-something young lady told me the exact same thing. Thanks for the service you provide for our church - and for keeping your rates reasonable. I continue to tell fellow pastors about you."

- Jeff B.
Senior Pastor
Bethany Church of God

"We use One Call Now to connect with our students who attend our church. We began to realize that they are not reading the mail, but rather checking email…text messaging…and cell phones. Why were we still sending out post cards when the majority of these announcements were not getting read? In a moment of necessity, we tried One Call Now in order to get a quick message out about a location change for an event. The result was our normal attendance doubled. We have used it ever since. Thanks One Call Now for helping us to connect with our students that attend Brentwood Baptist Church."

- Amy-Jo G.
Brentwood Baptist Church

"This is much more reliable - now I'm confident that every family gets the call or receives the message. We usually do the calls during the day specifically so that we get the answering machine. This way we don't inconvenience anyone with the call, but also, this way we know our message is heard -because everyone listens to their messages."

- Wendy H.
Tehillah Hebrew School

One Call Now is such a great benefit for our church. The calling system has enabled us to reach our entire congregation quickly and efficiently. We plan to never be without the One Call Now system and recommend it for EVERY church!

- Tracy N.
Pastor
Family Life & Worship Center

"Our prayer chain is now using this service. No more time-consuming too busy phones, answering machines that can’t pass on immediate messages, or changed messages. The message is delivered quickly to the person or answering machine – It is so easy to use."

- Alvin Y.
Bethel Mennonite Church

Anyone who has had small children or worked in schools knows that lice is a common problem. Yes, terribly annoying and a nuisance, but what happens when parents don’t understand that this is a common problem occurring in every school? Barnert Temple’s Preschool is well known for its sensitivity to the well-being of its approximately 70 children, and for its attentiveness to parents’ concerns and fears. This winter’s epidemic of lice was managed successfully due to our use of One Call Now’s automated call system. As the epidemic spread, we needed to reassure parents, as well as educate them about the problem. Questions needed to be answered. We soon discovered our E-mail messages to the Preschool parents weren’t doing it; they weren’t able to convey the personal attention that is a hallmark of our Preschool. Worried and sometimes angry parents needed to hear the voice of our highly regarded Preschool Director. They needed to be reassured that she was effectively managing the situation and monitoring progress toward resolution. They needed to hear it directly from her, in her own words; they needed to hear her voice. That was when we hit upon a plan. Our Preschool Director would use One Call Now to record messages describing how we were responding to the epidemic and what experts were consulted. Numerous messages were sent over a period of four weeks, until we were certain that parents were satisfied with our response and the epidemic had passed. Lice, though common, is not a serious health issue (as we made clear in our phone messages). The automated phone messages enabled us to calm parents’ fears, lessen their anxiety, and reassure them that the Preschool Director was indeed in control of the situation.

- Alice K.
Temple Administrator
Barnert Temple Preschool - Franklin Lakes, NJ

The One Call Now system brought us into the 21st century and communicating in a high tech society. Bethel AME Church is small and as the Pastor I live 116 miles away. This system serves us in several ways: It enhanced our communication in Ministry; serves as an emergency update, cancellation or just a reminder of changes in service, meetings as well as weather related problems; it has saved time and money in communicating to the members; the staff is always helpful and courteous and stand ready to share savings when available; our group did not used all time calls allotted to us therefore a staff member evaluated our usage to a great savings to us. We have members across the country that are included and are kept up to date on programs, meetings, deaths, marriages at the church including shut-ins. I am deeply grateful to the One Call Now service which has enhanced the growth of our church and stewardship.

- Penny P.
Bethel AME Church - Kansas