Group texting guides

How to text the people in your church, team or club, one personal text each, without a group thread. Free ways first.

• Christmas texts for churches: 23 ready-to-copy messages for 2026Copy-and-paste Christmas Eve invites, service reminders, schedule changes and thank-you texts for pastors and ministry leaders, plus when to send each one.
• How to send a mass text without a group chat (iPhone and Mac)Three ways to text a lot of people at once so each person gets their own private text and replies come only to you. Free options first.
• How to text multiple people individually from your MacYour Mac can send texts from your own number through Messages. Here is how to send one message to a list of people as separate texts, free and paid.
• Youth group texting: how to text students and parents without a group chatA practical guide for youth pastors and leaders: how to text students and parents each week, personal texts from your own number, plus ready-to-copy reminder texts.
• How coaches can text the whole team (and the parents) without a group chatFor coaches and team parents: send practice changes, game reminders and snack schedules as personal texts to every family, from your own number.
• Small group reminder texts: 15 ready-to-copy examplesCopy-and-paste reminder texts for church small groups and Bible studies, plus how to send them as personal texts without a group thread.
• A Hit Em Up alternative for Mac: one payment, sends from your own numberLooking for a Hit Em Up alternative on Mac? An honest comparison of how each one sends, what it costs over three years, and when Hit Em Up is the better fit.
• Church texting without a monthly fee: your options in 2026Church texting services cost $25 to $119 a month. Here are the free and one-time options for pastors and ministry leaders who text people who already know them.