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Schedule Grid — Visual Volunteer Scheduling

The Schedule Grid "Who's serving when" is a single screen that shows every volunteer down the side and the upcoming Sundays across the top, so you can see — and fill — your whole serving rota a...

Events & Calendar
How Often Calendar Subscriptions Update

When someone subscribes to your church calendar feed the live .ics link — see iCalendar and Subscriptions09-icalendar-and-subscriptions.md, they may not see new or changed events right away. This...

Events & Calendar
Volunteer Management Overview

TimelyChurch provides a comprehensive volunteer management system that helps you recruit, organize, schedule, and communicate with your church's volunteers. Whether you need to staff a Sunday morni...

Volunteer Management
Creating Serving Teams and Roles

Before you can schedule volunteers for events, you need to set up your serving teams and define the positions within each team. This article walks you through creating teams, adding positions, and ...

Volunteer Management
Scheduling Volunteers for Events

This article covers how to add serving needs to events and assign volunteers to those positions. TimelyChurch provides multiple ways to schedule volunteers -- from manual one-by-one assignment to f...

Volunteer Management
Volunteer Self Sign-Up

TimelyChurch allows volunteers to sign themselves up for open serving positions through the member portal. This reduces the administrative burden on church staff and empowers volunteers to choose w...

Volunteer Management
Managing Volunteer Availability

TimelyChurch provides two types of availability management: general availability preferences that describe when a volunteer can typically serve, and specific blackout dates for days they will be ab...

Volunteer Management
Substitute Requests

When a volunteer declines a serving assignment, it is critical to find a replacement quickly. TimelyChurch's substitute request system automates this process by creating a request, identifying elig...

Volunteer Management
Volunteer Notifications

TimelyChurch sends email notifications to keep volunteers informed about their assignments and to streamline the accept/decline workflow. This article covers all notification types, how they work, ...

Volunteer Management
Volunteer Reports and Tracking

TimelyChurch tracks detailed volunteer participation data that helps church leaders understand serving patterns, identify burnout risks, and ensure fair rotation. This article covers the statistics...

Volunteer Management

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