Receiving texts with Text intake

Text intake lets trusted phones send a quick text that lands straight in your Narthex Inbox — the same as typing it on screen. It is ideal for catching things on the move.

Set up who can text in

• 1. Go to Settings → Text intake (priest or admin only).
• 2. Add an entry: the phone number, the staff member it belongs to, and an optional label.
• 3. Save. That number's texts will now be classified and staged in Narthex like any other note.

How it behaves

• A registered phone texts the parish number; the message is classified, the person is identified, and it appears in the Inbox.
• The sender gets a short confirmation back ("Caught … — staged in the Narthex").
• Texts from unregistered numbers are ignored, so the Inbox stays clean.

Tips

• This is for incoming texts. Sending texts out (from Comms or Narthex) turns on separately once your parish completes texting registration.
• A parishioner replying STOP to any parish text is always honored — see What parishioners can do and your SMS opt-ins list in Settings.