Great for Christian Small Groups

Strengthen your small group with easy-to-use tools for
staying connected, doing Bible-study, and organizing activities.

Why Caleb's Cafe?

One hour isn't enough.
 • Can your group get to announcements, prayer requests, and solid Bible study all in a weekly hour-long meeting? Didn’t think so.

Supports face-to-face meetings.
• Our easy-to-use tools help your group stay in touch all week. So when your group meets, there’s more time to pray, study or plan.

Members are busy. Really busy.
• Ever miss several group gatherings? It’s easy to feel out of touch. Caleb’s Cafe helps your group stay in touch all week long.

Week-old news is old news.
• Today we hear of world news events within minutes. Help your groups share prayer requests, announcements (and even jokes!) immediately.

Strong groups are growing groups.
• Strong Christian groups do more ministry, and the individuals in them grow faster. Caleb’s Cafe helps busy groups connect, learn and grow.

It's So Easy!

Since not everyone is a “techie” we’ve made Caleb’s Cafe really simple. (Really!)

• all messages are auto-emailed to everyone in your group
• post new messages or comments just by sending an email to your group’s custom email address.
• posting photos, files and messages is really, really easy.
• use our “Easy Page” feature to create and post a “public” webpage. (Did we mention it’s easy?)

How Groups Use Caleb’s Cafe

Here are a few ways Christian small groups use Caleb's Cafe (but you'll think of more):

Share prayer requests

            • Your site is private, so share from the heart.
            • Only your group members see your posts.

Plan activities and events, share announcements

            • Planning gets easier.
            • I’ll bring the green beans, you bring dessert. Let’s meet at 7 pm.

Spice up Bible study

            • Make learning more like chatting at a Café than sitting in school.
            • Use our current-event-connected “Teachable Moment” articles.
            • Choose from multiple Bible study topics.

Share photos

            • Post photos (and edit the captions) from events and activities
            • (Who’s that in the funny hat?)

Involve new members

            • Using Caleb’s Cafe helps new members begin to belong in days rather than weeks.

Easily connect members

            • Use the group directory to find phone numbers, IM addresses, email and more.

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Questions & Answers

Is Caleb’s Cafe just a group blog?

Caleb’s Cafe shares with blogs the ability to post messages and comments, but it goes much further. Caleb’s Cafe is really a communication hub for your group. It allows anyone in your group to post new messages or comments, and will automatically email new messages to the group. Anyone in your group can post messages, photos, files, and can even post new messages or comments simply by sending an email to your group’s calebscafe.com address.

Our group uses another online tool to communicate. How is Caleb’s Cafe different?

Caleb’s Cafe allows your group to have a private group in a Christian environment. Plus, Caleb’s Cafe is very democratic by design. Anyone in your group (not just the leader) can post messages, photos, files. Caleb’s Cafe also offers regular articles, Bible study options, and other resources that are focused on helping grow Christian groups. Some services are designed to help individuals express themselves. Caleb’s Cafe helps groups connect, learn and grow.

What does the service cost?

Creating a user account is free. The free version of Caleb’s Cafe offers all the features that most groups need. For groups that want more storage space or additional Bible study options, we have upgraded subscriptions available.
See chart for more info.

How customizable will our group’s site be?

Every group has unique needs, and Caleb’s Cafe makes it easy to customize your space. You can customize the message categories, photo albums, and file collections. Your group leader can select the types of articles and Bible study that appear in your group’s site. It’s also easy to adjust email notification settings, change group leaders, and more.

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