For pastoral leadership
Who preaches and who leads at every service, decided in advance
Preacher, service leader, reading and prayer scheduled for the month, respecting each person's outside invitations and trips, with the sermon already set in the order of service.
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Nobody finds out on Saturday that they're preaching on Sunday.
- The pulpit roles
- Preacher, service leader, Scripture reading, prayer: the positions your church uses, with how many each service needs.
- Blocked dates
- An invitation at another church, a trip, vacation: everyone blocks the dates they can't serve and isn't scheduled on them.
- Rotation among preachers
- On paid plans, automatic rotation spreads out the services, prioritizing whoever has preached the least that month and respecting each person's limit.
- The sermon in the order of service
- The Sermon segment of the service plan carries who's responsible and how long it runs, and whoever leads follows the time of each segment in Service Mode.
- Confirmed in advance
- The preacher confirms in the app with one tap and gets reminders 3 days, 1 day and 1 hour before.
- Everything on the phone
- Everyone sees their own dates in the app and adds the service to their phone's calendar with one tap.
Questions
How to build a preaching schedule
In IDE Escalas, the preaching schedule uses the positions your church defines — preacher, service leader, Scripture reading, prayer — at each service. Each person blocks the dates they can't serve, confirms in the app and gets reminders 3 days, 1 day and 1 hour before; the Sermon segment of the order of service carries who's responsible and the duration. On paid plans, rotation is automatic.
List who preaches and who leads, ask for the dates when each one has an outside invitation or a trip and spread out the month's services. In IDE Escalas, create the preacher and service leader positions, let each person block their own dates and fill in the month on a grid; when you publish, each one is notified on their phone.
Yes. The service plan has a Sermon segment with a person responsible and a duration, alongside opening, worship, prayer, announcements and offering. In Service Mode, whoever leads sees the time for each segment.
Yes, free and with no sign-up: in the IDE Escalas church schedule template, choose Service (leader and preaching), the month and the service days, fill it in and download it in Excel or PDF.
For up to 10 volunteers and 2 ministries, it's free forever: manual scheduling, setlists and the volunteer app. Every sign-up starts with 14 days with everything unlocked, no credit card; after that, the church stays on the free plan or picks a paid plan by team size, with no lock-in.
See also
- Service scheduleBuild the service schedule with worship, greeters, media and ushers on one grid, a timed order of service and each volunteer's confirmation.
- Prayer and intercessionPrayer and intercessor schedule per service, with phone reminders and one-tap confirmation. Full Management line: a prayer request wall with screening.
- Church management softwareEvangelical church software: schedules for every ministry, kids check-in, small groups, Sunday school and members in one place. Start free, no card.