Jerry Houston has been scheduling volunteers for ministries at First Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, for 10 years but only recently discovered Ministry Scheduler Pro. Before that, he and his fellow church staff went through other church management systems (CMS) before beginning a thorough search for a CMS and ministry scheduling software that would fit their needs well.
Web Admins can now make adjustments to the Teams pane from any web-enabled device via the Web Terminal!
Three years ago, when Robin Gansle was recruited to join the altar server leadership team at her church, she was tasked with assisting the ministry leader with scheduling and caught the attention of the man who coordinated all ministry scheduling for the parish.
Streamline how you process your volunteer changes by accessing Web Forms from any mobile or web-enabled device! Now you can approve Web forms without waiting to return to your desk, so you can quickly fill positions. You can even reply via email to the volunteer who submitted the form. Plus, by processing profile changes as they come in, you know you’re working with the most up-to-date volunteer contact info, service preferences, and away dates when scheduling!
Forming and empowering liturgical volunteers is key to successful volunteer management. You must recruit, train, and retain parish members who possess the necessary gifts for particular ministries and are willing to use them to enhance the worship experience of the entire faith community.
The Ministries pane is now accessible to Web Admins via the Web Terminal from any phone, tablet, or laptop! Now you can add, edit or delete ministries, subdivisions, and folders, and manage settings from the palm of your hand.
The Service Time pane is now accessible to Web Admins via the Web Terminal from any phone, tablet, or laptop! Now you can add, edit or delete any service, review ministry requirements, or make changes to the ministry requirements right from the palm of your hand.
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.