Manage your household's schedule

In this section:

If you're part of a household in People, you can manage other household members' schedules in Services! Respond to scheduling requests, use signup sheets, and block out dates for your entire household.

Important

You must be part of a household in Planning Center People to use the household scheduling features in Services and Church Center.

Want to watch a video before you get started? No problem! This four-minute video covers the My Schedule page and household scheduling.

Tip

You can also manage your household's schedule in Church Center!

Set up your household

If you're not already part of a household, ask your leader to set up a household for you in Planning Center People. You can contact your team leader by selecting the Email My Leader button on the My Schedule page.

Once your household is set up, you'll see your household members' profile icons in the top right of the My Schedule page.

Tip

You can set up household scheduling preferences on your profile page after being added to a household!

View household members' schedules

View your household members' schedules so you know when everyone needs to be at church!

Manage household scheduling permissions

On the web version of Services, you can choose which household adults can manage your schedule. If you manage a teenager's schedule, you can also choose to receive copies of all their Services emails.

Select the My Schedule page in the top navigation.
Select the house icon in the top right, next to your household members' profile icons.
Edit each household member's permission settings, depending on whether they're a child or an adult:
- Adults: Use the dropdowns to choose which household adults should have permission to manage your schedule.
- Children: Check the Copy me on [child's] emails box to receive copies of all Services emails that are sent to your child's profile.
  Important
  This option only appears if the child has a primary email address listed on their profile that is not the same as yours.
(Optional) Select Edit Households to join another household.
Select Submit to apply your changes.

Respond to your household's scheduling requests

You can respond to scheduling requests for any household member whose schedule is included on your My Schedule page.

Select the My Schedule page from the top navigation in Services.
Select a household member's profile icon in the top right to view their scheduling requests in the Pending section. Their profile icon appears next to each requested position.
Important
You must request permission from other household adults before you can manage their scheduling requests.
If you select a household adult for whom you still need to request permissions, select Send Request in the Request Permission popup to send them an email asking for permission.
Respond to each selected household member's pending scheduling requests individually or all at once:
- Accept all requests: Select Accept All in the top right of the Pending section to accept all visible requests for each selected household member.
- Respond to a specific position: To respond to a specific position request on behalf a household member, hover over that position and select the ❌ red X or the check mark that appears.
  If the volunteer replacement setting is enabled for the household member's team, you can select a replacement when declining a request.
- Respond for everyone requested on a plan: Select Decline all or Accept pending in the bottom right of a plan card to send the same response for all visible household members requested for that plan.

Select the Schedule page from the bottom navigation in Services Mobile.
Tap your name in the top left to open the Household Members page.
Choose which household members' schedules you'd like to manage.
Important
You must request permission from other household adults before you can manage their scheduling requests.
If you select a household adult for whom you still need to request permissions, tap Request Permission to send them an email asking for permission.
Tap Done in the top right to go back to the My Schedule page.
Scroll down to the plan request you'd like to respond to. The selected household members' profile icons appear next to each of their requests.
Use the buttons at the bottom of a plan request to choose your response:
- Tap Decline... or Accept in the bottom right to decline or accept all requested positions for every household member on this plan.
- For multiple requests on one plan: Tap Split in the bottom left to show separate Decline... and Accept buttons for each individual request.
- If a household member is requested for multiple times on a split team: Tap the position and select the Accept or Decline button that appears. Choose separate responses for each service time on the next page, then tap Submit in the top right.
  Tip
  If volunteer replacements are enabled for your team, you can select a replacement when declining a request.

Important

If you don't personally have access to a plan, you can still respond to it for someone in your household, but the plan itself will be grayed out.

Block out dates for your household

If your household will be unavailable at the same time, you can block out dates for the entire household!

Select the My Schedule page from the top navigation in Services.
Select Block Out Dates at the top of the page.
Select the profile icons of any household members for whom you'd like to block out dates. Any profile icons that are highlighted will be included in the blockout.
Select a starting date from the calendar.
Edit your blockout details using the fields that appear on the right of the calendar:
- Select the All Day toggle if this blockout applies to the whole day.
- Adjust the Start Date and End Date fields if you need to block out a date range.
- Select a pattern from the Repeat dropdown if this is a recurring blockout.
- Type a reason into the Reason field.
- Select 🗑️ Delete to remove this blockout.
Select Save x Blockout for x People. Verify that the number of people included in the blockout is accurate.

Select the Schedule page from the bottom navigation in Services Mobile.
Tap Add Blockout at the top of the page.
Tap the profile icons at the top of the page to choose which household members you'd like to include in the blockout.
Enter your blockout details:
- Use the All day toggle to block out an entire day or specific times only.
- Adjust your start and end dates. A different end date is only necessary if the blockout spans consecutive dates.
- If the blockout repeats, tap Frequency to add a recurrence pattern. After adding a recurrence, you can edit the Frequency, Period, Interval, and Duration.
- Enter a reason for your blockout so your team leader can see it.
Tap the check mark in the top right to save the blockout for the selected household members.

Use signup sheets for your household

You can sign up your household members for open positions if their team uses signup sheets.

Select the My Schedule page in the top navigation.
Select a household member's profile icon from the top right. Any available signup sheets for their assigned positions will appear, and their profile icon will be displayed in the signup sheet card.
Select Sign up at the bottom right of your household member's signup sheet card. The Signup Sheet popup will appear, and your household member's name will be displayed at the top along with their available dates and positions.
Select the checkbox next to the position(s) for which you'd like to sign up your household member. You can view more details about each commitment by selecting Times or Teams next to the position. If there are scheduling conflicts, you can review and resolve them by selecting the View Conflicts button when present.
Select Sign up at the bottom right to submit the signup sheet.

Select the Schedule page from the bottom navigation in Services Mobile.
Tap your name in the top left to open the Household Members page.
Choose which household members' schedules you'd like to manage.
Important
You must request permission from other household adults before you can manage their scheduling requests.
If you select a household adult for whom you still need to request permissions, tap Request Permission to send them an email asking for permission.
Tap Done in the top right to go back to the My Schedule page.
Go to the Signup Sheets section of the My Schedule page. The selected household members' profile icons appear next to their signup sheets.
If your household members' signup sheets are hidden, tap Show [number] More.
Tap Sign Up in the bottom right of a household member's signup sheet.
Choose the dates and positions for which you'd like to sign up this household member.
Tap Sign Up in the top right to submit the signup sheet.