Have you ever been to a service that wasn’t planned well. In fact, right before the service, the leaders are running around trying to find people to fill all the spots. The service is not organized from the beginning and ultimately the congregation becomes frustrated and even embarassed. Lack of planning for services tell visitors you don’t have your act together, and if you can’t take a few minutes during the week to care about the service, how are you going to take time to care for them? It’s a bad cycle. But, there’s good news…Planning Center.
This tool allows you to plan your services to the T. You add all of your ministry staff (musicians, audio/visual staff etc) then you create your service. You can define how many of each position you need and then select people from the list to fill those positions. Amazingly, you can email the schedule directly to them and assign a reminder that will tell them the day before that they are scheduled for that job. Music directors can schedule rehearsals and send it specifically to their group. The free account lets you create one ministry with ten people. I have one ministry called “Service Schedule” and then I add all my times for the week plan. It’s simply amazing and free. If you want to expand, you will have to pay a small montly fee.
