People call the church office to schedule activities such as meetings, programs, baby showers, and weddings. A staff member checks the calendar to see if the time and date are available, then logs in the event. Pastors or organization leaders are allowed to modify the calendar when necessary. If your church makes a lot of changes in its schedule, consider using an erasable calendar. Once a month, Grace Church publishes the schedule of events in the church's newsletter and on the church's Web site.
Nothing signals a dead church quicker than an outdated calendar.
A monthly calendar is great, but Larry David McCormick, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in North Bergen, New Jersey, finds he also needs to view church activities on a weekly or daily basis. McCormick tried using personal organizers, such as a Day-Timer or Franklin Planner, but wasn't completely satisfied. And if you need to change an appointment, you have to scratch out the old one and write in the new. Church activities are recorded on the Palm III, which McCormick carries with him. He can make changes to the organizer, then transfer those changes to his desktop computer at the end of the day without having to re-key anything.