Event Calendar Views

TimelyChurch provides multiple ways to view, filter, and navigate your events, including an interactive calendar, a list view, and filtering options. When you open the Events page you land on the calendar by default; you can switch to the list at any time.

Switching Between Calendar and List

At the top of the Events page is a Calendar / List toggle (a two-button segmented control). The calendar is the default view, and your choice is preserved in the page URL as you filter and navigate.

• Calendar -- An interactive month grid showing everything on your church's schedule.
• List -- A paginated, searchable list of your events.

Events List View

The list view displays your events in a paginated format, sorted by date.

Date Filters (the stat cards)

There is no separate date dropdown. Date filtering is done by clicking one of the four stat cards at the top of the page. Clicking a card filters the list (and the count it shows) and highlights the active card:

Tip: The card counts always reflect your whole schedule (Upcoming / This week / This month / Past) so they double as an at-a-glance overview. Clicking a card applies it as the active date filter; click another card to switch.

Search

Use the search bar to find events by:

• Title -- Search by event name.
• Description -- Search within event descriptions.
• Location -- Search by venue or address.

More Filters

Alongside search, the list view offers dropdown filters:

• Type -- Filter by event type (Worship Service, Class/Study, Meeting, Event).
• Ministry -- Filter to events hosted by a specific group/ministry.
• Status -- Show only Active or Cancelled events.

A Clear button appears whenever a filter is active so you can reset back to the default view in one click.

Stat Cards

At the top of the Events page, four stat cards provide a quick overview and act as the date filters described above:

• Upcoming -- Total number of future events.
• This Week -- Events happening this week.
• This Month -- Events happening this month.
• Past -- Total number of past events.

Calendar View

The calendar is the default Events view, powered by FullCalendar.

Calendar Navigation

• Use the Previous and Next arrows to move between months.
• Click Today to jump back to the current month.
• The current month name is shown in the toolbar between the arrows.
• Drag-and-drop reschedule -- Drag any of your church events to a new date to reschedule it. The change is saved immediately, and the move is reverted automatically if the new slot conflicts with a room booking. (Only your church events can be dragged; the other calendar layers below are read-only.)

Calendar Layers ("Show")

The calendar is a unified view of your whole schedule, not just events. A Show row of checkboxes lets you toggle which layers appear:

• Events -- Your church events.
• Rooms -- Room bookings.
• Volunteers -- Volunteer/serving assignments.
• Group meetings -- Scheduled group meetings.
• Birthdays -- Member birthdays.
• Anniversaries -- Member anniversaries.

A room filter dropdown lets you narrow the calendar to a single room, and an All / Public / Internal toggle previews how the schedule looks to the public versus internally.

Event Display on Calendar

Events appear on the calendar with color-coded dots based on their type:

Each item on the calendar shows:

• A colored dot indicating the type or source.
• The title.
• A red outline if a room conflict is detected, or a warning outline for a volunteer double-booking.

Clicking an Item

Click any item on the calendar to open a quick-look detail peek -- a side panel summarizing the item, with a button to open its full event page where you can manage everything.

Creating From the Calendar

Click an empty day on the calendar to open the Create Event drawer pre-filled with that date, so you can add a new event without leaving the calendar.

Today Highlight

The current date is highlighted on the calendar with a distinctive day-number indicator, making it easy to see today's events at a glance.

Event Detail Page (Event Hub)

Click an event (from the list, or from the detail peek on the calendar) to open its Event Hub. The Hub uses a tabbed layout that dynamically shows tabs based on the features enabled for that event. Stat tiles near the top jump you to the matching tab, and any tabs that don't fit on screen are collected under a More menu.

Tip: You can toggle features on or off from the Event Hub to show or hide specific tabs without recreating the event.

Public Calendar

Events marked as Public are visible on your church's public-facing calendar. This is the calendar that visitors and members see when they visit your church's website.

• Only events with both Is Public and Is Active enabled appear on the public calendar.
• Each public event has a shareable URL that can be used in newsletters, bulletins, or social media.

Exporting Events

From an event's detail page, you can export the event as a PDF. The PDF export lets you select which sections to include:

• Event information
• Service plan
• Serving roster
• Lesson plan
• Meeting agenda
• Prep tasks
• Check-in information

iCalendar Export and Import

TimelyChurch supports four iCalendar (.ics) operations:

These exports work with Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and any other calendar app that supports the iCalendar standard.

Tip: For ongoing live calendar subscriptions (where third-party apps stay synced as events change), see iCalendar and Subscriptions. The iCal exports above generate a one-time snapshot file.