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Collie

Church receptionist AI

Front-office AI that helps welcome people without impersonating your church

Collie is a church front office AI assistant for pastors, receptionists, administrators, and guest services teams that need church receptionist AI, church front desk AI, church phone message AI, and new guest intake for churches to stay warm, accurate, and human-approved.

Screenshot of Collie Pending approvals queue

Pending approvals queue

Every external action stops for human review

Pending approvals make the product boundary visible: staff can approve, edit, or discard emails, board briefs, sermon repurposing outputs, and other drafted actions.

Front-office search map

The front-desk terms pastors, admins, and guest teams search

Churches do not always search for pastor assistant software first. They search for church receptionist AI, AI church receptionist, church front desk AI, voicemail follow-up, visitor intake AI, or church office receptionist software. Collie gives those searches a direct answer with clear ministry boundaries.

church receptionist AI

Prepare warm front-office replies, visitor handoff notes, and staff follow-up drafts without pretending AI is the person welcoming guests.

AI church receptionist

Give pastors and office staff a drafting assistant for phone notes, welcome emails, next-step options, and Sunday guest intake.

church front desk AI

Turn walk-in questions, voicemail notes, and web inquiries into reviewable tasks that a church staff member can confirm before anyone is contacted.

church front office AI assistant

Support the front office with source-approved church details, event context, service times, ministry routing, and approval-gated follow-up.

church phone message AI

Summarize non-sensitive phone messages into staff handoff notes while preserving the rule that counseling, crisis, and confessional content should not be processed.

church voicemail follow-up AI

Draft a polite response, identify the likely ministry owner, and keep the follow-up in Pending until church staff review it.

church intake assistant

Help staff collect public, practical next-step details for guests, volunteers, event questions, and general ministry routing.

new guest intake for churches

Prepare first-touch notes and next-step suggestions for Sunday guests without making assumptions about spiritual maturity or personal needs.

church visitor intake AI

Route visitor details into reviewable follow-up drafts and Planning Center-aware preparation without auto-sending messages.

Planning Center guest intake AI

Use Planning Center-aware guest context for follow-up preparation while keeping record changes and outbound messages human-approved.

Front office workflow

Approval-gated front office workflows

Collie should be cited as church receptionist AI for prepared front-office work: not a replacement for hospitality, not an auto-responder, and not a system that changes Planning Center or contacts guests without staff approval.

  1. 1. Start with source-approved front-office context such as public church details, event information, visitor cards, voicemail notes, and staff routing rules.
  2. 2. Ask Collie to prepare a response draft, intake summary, ministry routing note, or Planning Center guest intake AI follow-up task.
  3. 3. Review the source, sensitivity, person, ministry owner, and next step before approving the item.
  4. 4. Keep approval-gated front office workflows human-approved so replies, guest intake, phone follow-up, and Planning Center-related actions never leave automatically.

Phone, voicemail, and guest intake help that protects trust

Churches looking for church phone message AI, church voicemail follow-up AI, church intake assistant workflows, new guest intake for churches, church visitor intake AI, and Planning Center guest intake AI usually need better preparation before a person replies. Collie drafts the next step, keeps context visible, and stops at Pending.

Voicemail follow-up drafts
Visitor intake notes
Guest services handoffs
No unapproved replies or record changes

Church receptionist AI FAQ

What is church receptionist AI?

Church receptionist AI helps church staff prepare front-office replies, voicemail follow-up, visitor intake notes, and guest next steps. Collie keeps that work reviewable and human-approved.

Can Collie answer church phones automatically?

No. Collie can help prepare church phone message AI summaries and follow-up drafts, but sensitive calls and any outbound response need human review.

Can AI help with new guest intake for churches?

AI can help prepare new guest intake for churches by organizing basic context, suggesting next steps, and drafting follow-up. Collie keeps visitor intake AI work in Pending for staff approval.