Service types, times, and rooms

For leadersUpdated September 29, 2026

Set each kind of service's usual times, rooms, and spots, and change the times on one service.

A service type, like Sunday Morning, holds the usual times, rooms, and spots for that kind of service, so each new service starts with them. Owners and admins set types up in Settings, under Service types. Leaders can change the times on any one service from its Times tab.

Change the times on one service

Open the service and choose the Times tab.
Press Add a time, or the pencil next to a time to change it.
Choose the Kind: Service or Rehearsal. Then fill in its Name, Date, and Starts, and if you like Ends (optional) and Location (optional), like Room 204.
Press Add time or Save.

Times are on your church's clock, and people see the location with the time. Moving a service to another date moves its times with it. A service always keeps at least one service time, because its run sheet counts from it.

For admins

Set up a service type

Open Settings, then Service types.
Press Add a service type, or Edit next to one.
Give it a Name.
Under Times, set each time: Service or Rehearsal, its name, the day, the time, and a location if you like. Days count from the service date, so a Thursday rehearsal for a Sunday service is 3 days before. Add a time adds another.
Under Spots it needs, choose how many of each position it needs.
Press Add service type or Save.

Changes apply to services created from then on. Services already planned keep their own times and spots.

Services that repeat

Under Repeats, choose how often it happens, like Every week, and the day. Then choose how far ahead to Keep planned. PraisePad adds a service on each of those days, that many weeks out, and again each morning. Delete one and that day stays out; it's listed under the type with Plan it again.

Archive takes a type out of New service, and services already planned keep it. Restore brings it back. You always keep at least one type.

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