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three services, seven rooms

A schedule table for a season of services and rooms

A children's ministry weekend is three services, seven rooms at the busiest one, every room with its own age group, its own number of helpers, and its own arrival time — and a season of those weekends at once. Built as sections, that was dozens of headings in one long column, and nobody could see the schedule. Now it's a table.

The short version: Build a schedule on the Slots tab makes a whole season in one step: dates, then each service with its times and rooms. The page shows it as a schedule table — date, service, time, and spots in columns — that stacks by day on a phone. Every plan.

Build a season in one step

Pick the first date, every week or every two weeks, and the last date. Add each service: “9:30am Kids,” volunteers arrive at 9:00, done by 11:00. Then its rooms, one per line:

Room 101 | Infants | 4
Room 102 | 2-year-olds | 4
Room 201 | 3-year-olds | 3

The card tells you how many sections and spots that makes before you build. Christmas Eve or a Wednesday service is the same card with “Just this date.”

A schedule people can read

The page becomes a table: the date down the left, spanning that day's services; each service with its arrival-to-end time, shown once; and its rooms beside it with spots left, who's signed up, and a Sign up button. Regulars, staff, and the once-a-month volunteer all see the same schedule and pick as many spots as they like in one sign-up. On a phone, each day stacks: date, service and time, rooms.

It's a layout, not a new kind of sheet. Any sheet with sections can switch between cards and the table, and reminders already name both: “9:30am Kids — Room 101.” The steps are in Organize with sections.

Common questions

Where are these?
On a sheet's Slots tab: Build a schedule, next to the dated and timed slot generators, and Page layout at the top, which switches between Cards and Schedule table.
How do I type the rooms?
One per line: name | age group | how many people — for example Room 101 | Infants | 4. Leave off the number for one person, or write no limit.
Can I change it after building?
Yes. The builder makes ordinary sections and spots, so you can change a room's capacity, add a room to one service, or rearrange sections afterward.
Which plans include it?
Every plan, including Free.

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