Media Watch

The May 2025 Digital Strategy Gathering, hosted by Tim Lemons of Highlands Fellowship, is a monthly meeting within the RockRMS community to collaborate on digital ministry solutions. The session focuses on two key presentations:

1. AI-Powered Search Plugin: Scott Ballard from The Summit Church, with Jon from Spark, showcased a new RockRMS plugin developed with Triumph. This intent-based AI search tool enhances website and app search functionality by understanding user intent, not just keywords. It delivers relevant results for sermons, events, staff, and more, even when exact phrases aren’t used, and supports campus-specific filtering. The plugin requires technical setup (Lava and backend services) and is available now, with Triumph handling backend support.
2. AI Insights Tool: Frank Grand from NewSpring Church presented an AI tool, also developed with Triumph, that summarizes RockRMS data (e.g., attendance, prayers, notes) to aid ministry staff in pastoral care. It provides at-a-glance summaries and discussion starters for discipleship, showing strong early impact in testing with campus pastors. The tool uses Open AI, requiring careful prompt management to control costs.

The meeting emphasizes collaboration, sharing innovative digital solutions, and leveraging AI to enhance church engagement and ministry effectiveness. Attendees discussed implementation, security, and content tagging, with a call for future presenters and prayer for upcoming church initiatives.