A GUIDE TO DISCORD
As our church community expands, so does our need for streamlined communication. To keep everyone connected and engaged, we’re adopting Discord as our central communication platform. This guide will help you download Discord, set up an account, join our server, and offer basic navigation tips.
FINDING DISCORD
STEP ONE
Download Discord on your phone and/or computer.
iPhone Users Click Here
Android/Google Users Click Here
Computer Users Click Here
STEP TWO
STEP THREE
Sign in or create a free account. Make sure to remember the email address or phone number you register with, along with your chosen username and password for easy future logins.
WALKTHROUGH
When you open the app you will be given the option to Register or Log In. If you’ve never used Discord go ahead and hit Register.
Then you will be given the option to sign up with your phone number or email. That’s up to you. Make sure to check your text messages or email inbox after this to confirm account.
Once you’ve put in either your phone number or email and clicked next you will be given the option to select your Display Name/User Name. It will tell you if a user name is already taken. Don’t worry though as we can change your name in the server if your name isn’t available. Go ahead and click next.
Now it’s time to create a password. Make sure you write this down somewhere as we can’t reset your password. Only Discord can. After choosing a password click next.
It will then ask you for your birthday. This is just to make sure you are over 13 years old. Only Discord will see this. Go ahead and click create an account once you’ve entered your birthday.
It will next ask if you’re a human. Go ahead and click confirm. It will then ask you to perform a test to ensure you are not a robot (crazy that they have to ask). Go ahead and read the instructions and complete the task.
This step is important:
Turn on the notifications by clicking on allow. This will ensure that your recieve messages from the church groups you are involved in. If you feel like you get to many messages later that can be turned off in the server but we want to make sure notifications are enabled.
The next couple of steps are optional. You can read through and make the choices as you go.
Once you get to the screen below go ahead and stop. Go back to your message/email where you got the invite to the server. You will then want to click the invite in the email on the same device you have discord on. Example: If Discord is on your phone, you will want to click that link on your phone.
JOINING OUR SERVER
STEP FOUR
Hopefully you have made it this far without any issues. You should see a screen to accept the invite. Click that. It will then ask you to enable notifications if you didn’t already. Go ahead and do that as well.
AWESOME! You are almost done. Now if you see Announcements at the top but at the bottom it says Resend Verification Email, you need to goto your email that you used and verify email. You would of gotten an email from discord asking you to verify your email.
If you don’t see that then you are all set. Once one of the admins in the server see you have joined you will be added to other groups until then, just know that you did everything correctly and you are ready to be apart of our church communication.
NAVIGATION TIPS
Great, you’ve made it to our server! Now let’s get you familiar with how to navigate Discord. In the top left corner of the app, you’ll see an arrow pointing to the left—go ahead and click it. This will display the “channels” or groups you’re a part of. If you’ve just joined, you’ll likely only see ‘announcements’ and ‘prayer-requests’. If an admin has added you to more groups, your sidebar will look a bit more populated.
Don’t forget to scroll down to see all the groups you’re part of. In this example, I’m added to ‘deacons,’ ‘youth and kids ministry,’ and ‘servings of love,’ so I can see those specific chats. To engage in conversations about a particular topic, simply click on the relevant channel. For instance, ‘deacon-announcements’ will contain updates specifically for deacons from care pastors. If you’d like to converse with both the deacons and care pastors, go to ‘all-care-team.’ For general questions or comments directed at the deacons, use the ‘deacons general’ channel. Once you’re done messaging, you can either exit the app or click the arrow in the top left corner again to navigate to other groups.
SENDING A MESSAGE
To send a message, first ensure you’re in the right group. Click the arrow in the top-left corner to view your list of groups and select the one you want to chat in. Once you’re in that group’s chat, locate the ‘message’ box at the bottom of the screen. Click there, type out your message, and hit send.
HAVING ISSUES?
Feel free to reach out to Justin by email or in person at church to get Discord figured out.