Ever sent the Saturday-night "are you still good for tomorrow?" text to fifteen people? This one's for you. Micheal and Kari walk through B1's free service-planning tools — for worship teams AND children's ministry.

Schedule your team: set up each room or role as a position (two adults each in kids ministry), keep your consistent teachers with Copy from Previous, fill rotating roles like check-in with Auto Assign, and let the Validation panel confirm every spot is covered before Sunday — volunteers notified automatically. Build your run of show on the Service Order tab, and pull in songs from the built-in PraiseCharts library.

For kids ministry: connect Lessons.church and bulk-schedule your whole curriculum across Sundays in one step — it shows up on your teachers' phones to prep, and plays on the classroom TV through FreePlay. One schedule, both places.

Plus: why "we're too small for this" is exactly backwards, and how a clear schedule is a gift to your volunteers.

Try It This Week: Go to Serving → Plans and build one plan for this coming Sunday — add your teams and positions, then run Auto Assign.

Two-track guide (worship + kids), each with a video walkthrough:
- pages.churchapps.org/worship-planning-guide

More:
- support.churchapps.org
- github.com/ChurchApps

Most churches have software but an empty or messy database — and nobody wants to type everyone in by hand. So flip it: let your people register themselves. Micheal and Kari walk through "Database Day One" — building (or cleaning up) your whole church directory in a single Sunday.

Post one QR code in your building (Mobile → B1 CheckIn → Share Registration QR Code) and your congregation adds themselves and their households in about 30 seconds — no app download, accurate data straight from the source. There's also a copyable link you can text to anyone thinking about visiting.

Then a Workflow (Serving → Workflows) does the follow-up automatically: trigger on "Person Created" + "Membership Status is Visitor," flip on "only once per person," and add a Send Email action pointing to a reusable welcome Email Template. Every new visitor also lands as a card on the Workflow board your team works through — call, hello, connect. Set it up once; it runs every Sunday after that.

Plus: b1.church has a fresh new look — all six free tools in one place, with a live demo.

Try It This Week: Before you launch anything, learn Workflows — watch the 2-minute video in the Database Day One guide.

Links:
- Database Day One guide (full steps + free Canva slide templates): pages.churchapps.org/database-day-one-guide
- B1: b1.church
- support.churchapps.org
- github.com/ChurchApps

Every church on ChurchApps already has a fully branded, installable app — most just don't know it yet.

YOUR CHURCH APP IS ALREADY HERE — PWA

Every church on ChurchApps already has a Progressive Web App (PWA) — a fully branded, installable app that works like a native app on any phone.

What is a PWA?
- An app that lives on the web but installs on your phone like a regular app
- Full screen, no browser bar, push notifications — looks and feels completely native
- Fully branded: your church name, your colors, your logo — nothing that says "B1" or "ChurchApps"

Why PWA instead of a traditional app?
- Instant updates — no waiting for Apple or Google app store approval (live in minutes, not weeks)
- One codebase works on every device: iPhone, Android, desktop
- No app store fees or gatekeeping
- Shareable with just a link — no "go find us in the app store"

How to install — every church already has an install page:
- Go to your church's website URL + /mobile/install
Example: southsideonline.com/mobile/install
- Already have a custom domain set up? Just use that domain + /mobile/install
- Don't know your URL? Go to B1 Admin → Website → click the eye icon next to any published page. The URL that opens in your browser is your church's URL. Just replace the page path with /mobile/install
Example: if it shows https://churchapps.b1.church/donate → go to https://churchapps.b1.church/mobile/install
- Android: browser usually shows an automatic "Add to Home Screen" prompt — tap it
- iPhone: tap the Share icon in Safari → scroll down → "Add to Home Screen"
- Takes about 30 seconds

Still want the app store? That works too:
- Search "B1" in the App Store or Google Play
- Download the B1 app, search for your church, tap on it

PRINT DIRECTORY
- New print icon in the top-right of the People list in B1 Admin
- Opens a formatted directory in a new tab and triggers print automatically
- Grouped by household, includes photos, addresses, birthdays, anniversaries
- Active members only — Visitors and Inactive filtered out automatically
- One click

BEHIND THE SCENES
- People list pagination: large contact lists now load faster
- MCP server now available — if you know what that means, link is in the show notes

Try It This Week:
- Find your church URL: B1 Admin → Website → click the eye icon next to any published page
- Add /mobile/install to the end of that URL and open it on your phone
- Then send that link to your whole team

Resources:
- PWA install guide: support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-church/mobile/install
- Print directory walkthrough: support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/people
- MCP server (for developers): support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/integrations/claude
- support.churchapps.org
- github.com/ChurchApps