Author archive for support@churchscheduling.com
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The Posture of a Servant’s heart
3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was […] -
All Volunteers are not the same
All Volunteers are not the same. I realize this is not a new concept or remotely profound insight, however, it warrants repeating just to help team admins to remember to not get disappointed when they do not receive/observe the same level of dedication from each volunteer. My wife and I have been incredibly blessed with three wonderful daughters. Our oldest […] -
Beyond etiquette: moving from guest to family
Often, my house serves as the place for family and friends to converge during the holidays. Knowing that family and friends look forward to breaking bread and enjoying each other’s company in my home is a privilege I do not take lightly. Before everyone arrives, we spend time cleaning, cooking, and generally preparing the house to make sure everyone is […] -
January 2017 updates
A few new features have been added to the churchscheduling.com application. Auto Decline Assignments – we have added the ability to automatically decline assignments if users do not respond in a specified time frame. The auto-decline option is available at the Workgroup level. Users who do not respond to assignments within a specified time frame will be automatically removed. Please use this feature with caution; it […] -
Volunteering passion
ChurchScheduling.com is passionate when it comes to volunteers. It truly takes special hearts to give time and effort for the sake of others. We are honored to have a small role in helping those people to manage their time. While many of our organizations make full use of the automation features, some are more comfortable with us generating the dates while they […] -
October Updates
A few new features have been added to the churchscheduling.com application. Swap assignments directly from E-mail – we have added the ability to swap assignments directly from email reminder messages. The ‘swap’ link will be next to the “confirm” and “decline” links in the reminder email messages. Users will have the ability to get a list of team members’ assignments that can be swapped for their […] -
August updates
Admins can now add interest skills for other users by going to their profile page and then clicking on the Interest skills panel. This feature will allow admins to keep track of the skills that users have expressed interest in. The instructions font on the registration page has been increased for better visibility. The skills dialog box on the registration […] -
system upgrades
Hi All, Over the last few months, churchscheduling.com has experienced a good problem; our user base has expanded immensely. For an organization with no budget to advertise and limited resources, this growth has been very significant for us. Unfortunately, as a result of the growth, our servers became overloaded and caused a few error page results and general slowness. Earlier […] -
June updates
A few new features have been added to the churchscheduling.com application. Advertise Sign-Up only Workgroups dates – we have added the ability to automatically advertise openings to users with the same skill as the Workgroup. Users will have the ability to control how often they receive the consolidated email of open assignments (via the profile notifications tab). Users will have the option to sign up […] -
January updates
iCal feed for Workgroups – we have added the ability to get scheduled users lists on external calendars. This option allows admins to synchronize any external calendars with churchscheduling.com to get the list of scheduled users for each activity date. We are hoping this will give admins more options on how to present/display schedules/rotas. Remove decline records from user assignment […]