faq

• What is Shared Reminders?

  
  Shared Reminders is an application that allows you to send information directly to the phones or computers of your friends, family, colleagues and church body. Getting up and running is simple. Just install the app, create an account, and you're ready to communicate.

• How can I use Shared Reminders?

  
  Shared Reminders has a variety of different applications, but was written specifically with churches in mind. According to Daniel Henderson (or see here), "Only 5% of churches have an effective and organized prayer ministry." Shared Reminders was created to help provide a solution to this problem.
  
  Shared Reminders helps churches to:

  • Enhance prayer ministry by posting prayer requests and praise items
  • Stay connected: post church announcements
  • Post Scripture verses
  
  
  Shared Reminders also has a variety of other useful applications, such as:
  • Improving communication within a small business
  • Staying organized and keeping on top of appointments, homework assignments, etc.
  • Sharing touching, inspirational messages with friends and family

• How do I subscribe to a list that someone else has set up?

  
  When creating a list, the owner has the option of making that list either "public" or "private." If you wish to subscribe to a public list, you will need to create an account first. Once you have created an account, login to access your account. Public lists will be displayed in the "available to me" selection in the "lists" drop down menu. Choose the list that you wish to subscribe to and click on "subscribe" to access that list. Some list owners choose to restrict list access. In this case, they would need to confirm individual users as they subscribe. When you click on "subscribe," an email notification will be sent to the owner of that list. The owner can grant access to this list by clicking on the confirmation link included in the email. You will not be able to subscribe individually to a list that is private. With a private list, the list owner specifies which users have access to that list within the Shared Reminders account settings.

• Can I use the gadget on my web page?

  
  Eventually. It's not quite ready, but this feature will be available in the future.

• What about security? How safe is my personal information?

  
  Shared Reminders values your privacy. Your personal information will be kept in the strictest of confidence. Our developer says "You have my personal word that I will make absolutely every effort to keep all information secure, and that no information entered into this web site will ever be shared or sold.
  
  Here are some security features of Shared Reminders:

  • It uses an industry standard technology called OpenID Connect (or OIDC) for authentication and authorization. This means Shared Reminders actually keeps very little of your personal information. Your name and email address (and, of course, whatever you put into reminders) are actually the only personal information Shared Remiders has.
  • All data passes over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), a protocol which provides secure communications on the Internet.

• How much does Shared Reminders cost?

  
  This is something we're still working out. It's free for now. :) Stay tuned.

• Why do you charge for this when I can use Facebook for free?

  
  While Facebook is free, Shared Reminders offers a few distinct and unique benefits that Facebook can't provide. We have high security and no advertising. In addition, you don't have to login to check Shared Reminders as it's constantly visible on your desktop.