Mobile and web-based scheduling is now possible thanks to the recent addition of Web Admins. This is a game-changer for how you can use Ministry Scheduler Pro to schedule, connect and grow your ministry!
Preassignments are a way to schedule individual volunteers according to any repeating pattern, such as every Sunday or the third week of every other month. Web Admins can now easily manage repeating assignments from the Admin view of the Web Terminal. In addition, the ability to sort Preassignments by volunteer, ministry, or assignment pattern online helps schedulers identify gaps and better plan services.
When most people think of the holiday season, they envision presents, snowy nights, and maybe a song or two. But for ministry schedulers, the holiday season can bring up thoughts of the most complex and frantic time period you’ll have to overcome when it comes to building a ministry schedule. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! Let’s take a look at some common scheduling mistakes, and how you can avoid them.
Our value of "Life is Today" is baked into our organizational culture, and shows up in the way we plan our product releases, structure company retreats, communicate, and implement formal policies. Recognizing and supporting employees in leading rich, textured lives at work and beyond allows them to contribute more fully, remain creative in the face of challenges, and grow organically in their roles and contributions to our products and clients. Here are a few ways we ensure our agile, fully remote team maintains balance and thrives.
This release gives Leaders and Web Admins access to the same helpful interface available in the desktop app app. It’s part of a larger effort to move more functionality to the web.
It’s not easy to train a new scheduler. Ministry scheduling is a fast-paced, complex task, and every church has a unique approach to the process. So how can you get a new scheduler up-to-speed with as little irritation, confusion, and disruption to volunteers as possible? Here are some tips to make the transition smooth.
Ministry Schedulers are an important part of every church, but by the nature of their work, the better they do their job, the less noticeable it is! From keeping the volunteer pool full to managing last minute substitutions, as service needs and volunteer preferences continue to change, Ministry Schedulers deserve a lot of recognition for keeping ministries up and running.
Helping organizations mobilize volunteers toward positive social change drives our small but mighty team day in and day out. We develop simple software solutions for the complex challenges volunteer schedulers face, and focus all of our efforts on building strong relationships with each and every client we have the privilege of serving.
Over the years, Ministry Scheduler Pro has paved the way for helping churches schedule, connect, and grow their ministries. MSP 8.1 is the first in a series of updates that will culminate in the most requested and complex enhancement in MSP's long history - MSP is coming to the web!
The key to keeping any ministry volunteer program thriving is a steady group of volunteers. But chances are COVID and the inevitable year-over-year turnover have put a dent in your volunteer roster. So how can you secure your existing volunteers and recruit new volunteers?