Send announcements, lesson links, and updates directly to parents who have registered with your ministry's parent portal.
The Email Parents feature sends messages to parents who have registered through your parent portal invite link. If no parents have signed up yet, set up parent access first and share the invite link.
Email Parents is best for general communication with your ministry's parent community — things like:
For lesson-specific emails to your teaching team, use Email Teachers instead.
All registered parents are shown as checkboxes with their name and email address. All are checked by default. Use Select All / Select None to adjust, or check individual parents for targeted messages.
[Screenshot: Parent recipient checkboxes with names and email addresses]
Enter a subject line and write your message in the rich-text editor. You can use bold, italics, bullet lists, and links. Each parent receives their own individual email.
If you want to point parents to a specific lesson's parent page, use the Include a Parent Page Link dropdown. Select the lesson from the list of your upcoming scheduled lessons. A button linking directly to that lesson's parent page will be added to the bottom of your email automatically.
Leave it set to No lesson link if you're sending a general announcement not tied to a specific lesson.
[Screenshot: Lesson dropdown showing upcoming scheduled lessons]
Every email sent through Email Parents automatically includes a Log in to Your Parent Portal button at the bottom of the message, linking parents back to their portal. You don't need to add this manually.
Emails are sent from support@teachusthebible.com with your name in the reply-to field, so replies come directly to you.