Open Source Church/Groups

A group is a set of people who occupy roles within it. Groups can be used to represent organizational, educational, and social constructs within the church.

For example, a group could be "Friday Night Bible Study" or Mass Singers, Parish Choir, Elderly Group, Caritas - Help Center, Caritas - Food Bank, Church Reception, Musicians, Volunteers - Visiting the Sick, Scouts, etc. .. The 'roles within a group can be Leader, Assistant Leader, Member etc. If 16 people are assigned to a group, 13 can fill the role of member, 2 can fill the role of assistant leader and 1 can fill the role of leader. You can also create types of group (for example Bible Study, Manager, Team, Volunteer, Youth) by selecting from the top menu: Groups --> Admin --> Group Types.

Create a new group
1. From the top menu, click Groups -->List Groups --> Add New Group 2. Fill in the form by entering the group name, description, its roles and its type 3. Press _"Save"_. 4. When a new group is created, a "Member" role is automatically created and assigned as the default role for that group. (However, you can change the name of this role immediately.)

Add people to a group
1. To add many people at the same time to a group, they can be added to the cart by viewing the list of people from the menu on the left: People --> View people and clicking on the cart corresponding to the person to add. When the cart is full of the chosen people, it must be opened by clicking on the cart icon at the top and then pressing the "Empty cart in group" button, in this way it will be possible to select the name of the group where to empty the cart. 2. To add single people to a group, you can view the list of groups and click on the eye to open a group, at the bottom you can add single people by clicking the first 2 letters of the surname in Add group member. 3. People can be added to multiple groups at the same time.

Edit a group
1. From the left menu, select Groups-->"Group List". 2. Click the pencil to the left of the group name. 3. Make your changes and save

Change a person's role in the group
1. From the left menu, select Groups-->"Group List". 2. Click the eye to the left of the group name. 3. Find the desired Member and click on "Group Role". 4. Select the new role from the dropdown list. 5. Press "Ok".