Sunday School

Sunday School classes in ChurchCRM are managed as Groups with a special "Sunday School Class" type. This provides a dedicated dashboard with class-specific features.

Creating a Sunday School Class

1. Navigate to Groups → Add a New Group
2. Enter the class name (e.g., "Children's Class - Ages 5-7")
3. Set Type of Group to Sunday School Class
4. Click Save Changes

Setting Up Roles

By default, groups have a "Member" role. For Sunday School, you'll want:

1. Rename the default "Member" role to "Teacher"
2. Add a new role called "Student" (this will be the default role)
3. Optionally add "Assistant Teacher" or "Substitute" roles

Adding Students and Teachers

1. Open the Sunday School class group
2. Click View Members
3. Use the search to find and add people
4. Assign the appropriate role (Teacher or Student)

Tip: Use the Cart feature to add multiple students at once by selecting them and choosing "Empty Cart to Group."

Tracking Attendance

Sunday School attendance is tracked through Events:

1. Create an Event Type for your Sunday School (e.g., "Sunday School - Children")
2. Create individual events for each class session
3. Check in students as they arrive
4. Generate attendance reports over time

See the Events documentation for detailed instructions.

Sunday School Dashboard

Each Sunday School class has a dedicated dashboard showing:

• Class roster with student and teacher lists
• Attendance statistics
• Quick actions for common tasks

Communicating with Parents

To contact parents of students in a class:

1. Navigate to the Sunday School Dashboard for your class
2. Click the Compose Message button
3. Select whether to message students, parents, or both
4. Compose and send your message