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Keep your people connected. Without burning out another volunteer.
Schway is the permanent communications department your mission deserves: a real person who knows your community and checks in regularly.
For churches, non-profits, foundations, clubs, and anything else run by passionate humans!
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Why your community is drifting away.
When communication goes quiet, people don't leave angry. They drift. That's the cost of radio silence: an empty newsletter tab and a website still stuck on "Fall 2023" read as things stalling, even when they haven't. You don't have a talent problem. You have a bandwidth problem. And asking another volunteer to fix it just restarts the cycle.
Real people. Creating for real people.
Schway gives your organization something software never can: good judgment coming from someone who knows you. We learn your rhythms, your people, and the stories that matter, then check in regularly so those stories actually get told.
You don't have to remember. We ask.
Your designer reaches out regularly. They know your liturgical calendar, your seasons, and the updates your congregation actually wants.
Mission first. Mailchimp never.
Let volunteers focus on the work that called them. Schway handles the writing, design, and publishing.
Insider language, translated for everyone.
Your LWML meeting shouldn't read like a members-only memo. It should sound like an invitation.
Brittany's Saturday-night note
became Sunday's story.
A real submission from Epiphany Lutheran, word for word. Click through it.
Celebrating Our College-Bound Youth
Our Snowball group recently shared one last outing together before several of our young people head to college. Over the past two years, it has been a joy to watch them grow from quiet and unsure into young adults who are chatty, confident, and full of laughter.
Each student received a spoon inscribed with Psalm 34:8: “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Read the full post →Epiphany Lutheran runs it all on Schway.
Epiphany Lutheran Church & School in Houston doesn't just send a newsletter through Schway. Their entire website is Schway: every page, every post, every graphic. Thirteen stories a week move through the loop, and each week the best of them are gathered into “Top 5,” their weekly email digest, the five stories their community shouldn't miss.
Their website is our portfolio. Go see the work: live, current, and updated this week.
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Send. Shine. Live.
No logins. No dashboards. Nothing to learn.
Use our simple (and fun!) form anywhere. In the parking lot, during the meeting, during a walk. No logins. Fill out as much as you can and you are done!
Your designer corrects the details, redrafts it so it lands with newcomers and regulars alike, and tunes it twice: once for web, once for email.
Published to your site, sent to your list, and the link lands in your texts. In the loop, never in the weeds.
Three ways to keep your community informed.
Only one survives turnover.
The Volunteer + DIY Stack
free tools + another volunteer's nights
$30/mo
+ a volunteer's Sunday nights
- Restarts every time someone rotates out
- The newsletter goes quiet mid-year
- Institutional memory walks out the door
The Concierge Fit
- Monthly (after onboarding)
- $500/month
- To get started
- $1,500
3 months upfront - After that
- Month-to-month
30 days' notice to cancel
The Communications Hire
salary, benefits & management
$3,000+/mo
tens of thousands a year
- A full-time salary for a part-time need
- Hard to hire, harder to keep
- One resignation from starting over
What the first three months buy you: a website built from scratch. Your community, voice, and people, learned. Your email platform, set up. A regular rhythm established until it feels effortless. That foundation is the work, and it's included in what you pay to get started. After that, simple month-to-month billing.
