Church offices and committees
Keep the list of who serves in each office and committee up to date, one church year at a time.
Who does thisOffice staff
The Church offices page shows members who serves in each office and committee this church year, with their roles and when their terms end. Members can search it by name or office. Anyone linked to an office sees it under You serve as at the top.
A church year runs from September to August.
Before you start
Only the secretary or webmaster (or whatever your church calls those roles) can edit offices. Go to Administration → Church offices. Changes save as you make them.
Add an office or group
- Check that the right year is chosen under Church year.
- Under Add an office or group, type the name (for example, Deacons or Missions Committee) and choose Add group.
- The new group starts with one line called “To be named”. Open it and type the person’s name.
Add or change a person
- Open the group and choose Add a person to that group.
- Fill in Name as listed, a Role if there is one (like Chairman), and Term ends if you like. Write the term end as a year (2028) or a month and year (5/2028).
- Choose Save.
- To link the person to the directory, choose Link to directory, type their name, and choose Link next to them. It’s saved right away. You can link up to four people to one line, such as a couple listed together; each linked person has an Unlink button. Linked people see “You serve as” on the Church offices page.
Use the arrows to change the order of people, and Move up or Move down to change the order of groups. Rename changes a group’s name.
Start a new church year
- Choose Start next church year.
- The new year starts as a copy of the latest year. Change only what’s different.
You can start the new year early. Members keep seeing the current year until September.
Good to know
Who is listed as a superintendent in a “Sunday School” group here can help plan Sunday school teaching and see the check-in list. See /help/sunday-school.
If something goes wrong
- “Write the term end as a year (2028) or month/year (5/2028).” Use only those two forms.
- “That group is already listed.” A group with that name already exists in this year.
- Members still see last year’s list. A year you start early shows from September.
- A line shows “not linked”. Choose Link to directory, type the name, and choose Link.
- Removing the last person also removes the group. The button asks “Remove (and the group)” first, so you can stop.