Why does it ask for an email address?

So you can send readers their passages. This template turns on “Ask everyone for an email address”, and only you and anybody helping you run the page see the addresses.

Can a reader take more than one Sunday?

Yes, unless you turn on “One sign-up each”.

Can I send different passages to each reader?

“Tell people something” goes to everyone who signed up, so put each Sunday's passages in the one message, by date.

Free template

Readers sign-up sheet

Who's reading, and when.

A readers schedule with each Sunday's service down one side and two readers for each, booked a couple of months ahead. Send the link once and people add their own names, and every reader gets their Sunday in their calendar.

Start oneIt opens with the shifts already laid out, dated from the next one. Check the dates, and change anything before you share it.

What's filled in for you

Title: Readers
Layout: Shifts with a start and an end
Shifts: One every Sunday for 8 weeks, from next Sunday, 10:00 am to 11:00 am, with room for two people each.
Email: Everyone is asked for one. Only you and anybody helping you run the page see it, and it's never shown on the page.
Description: Pick a Sunday to read at the service. Each Sunday has two readings. You'll get the passages by email the week before. Leave your email and you'll get the date in your calendar too.
For: Church or faith group

You add your name. The dates start from the next one after the day you make it, so check they're right. Anything here can be changed before you share it.

An example

Sun 8 Nov, 10:00 am – 11:00 am · taken by Sam and Priya
Sun 15 Nov, 10:00 am – 11:00 am · 1 left
Sun 22 Nov, 10:00 am – 11:00 am · 2 left

What people see

How to set it up

Set the SundaysIt starts with eight Sundays at 10:00 am, two readers each. Change the time to your service, and take off any Sunday with a different format.
Send the linkShare it with your readers. Nobody needs an account, and everyone is asked for an email so you can send the passages.
Send the readingsThe week before, use “Tell people something” on your private link to send everyone their passages.
Plan the next seasonWhen the eight weeks are up, start a new sheet from this template so the Sundays are dated from then.

What helps

Readers like a week to practise. Send the passages the Sunday before.
A short note on pronouncing difficult names, in the email, saves a nervous moment at the lectern.
If you have first and second readings, name them in the description, and ask readers to say in their note if they have a preference.
Pairing a confident reader with a new one on the same Sunday helps people try it.

Something to send with the link

Copy it into a text, an email or the group chat, change what you like, and paste your link at the end.

We're putting together the readers schedule for the next couple of months.

Pick a Sunday on the sheet below. There are two readings each week, and I'll send the passages the week before. You don't need an account.

Here's the sheet:

Questions people ask

Why does it ask for an email address?: So you can send readers their passages. This template turns on “Ask everyone for an email address”, and only you and anybody helping you run the page see the addresses.
Can a reader take more than one Sunday?: Yes, unless you turn on “One sign-up each”.
Can I send different passages to each reader?: “Tell people something” goes to everyone who signed up, so put each Sunday's passages in the one message, by date.

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