Adding and removing ministers is done in both PDS Church Office and PDS Ministry Scheduler.
Make Changes to Church Office
Adding a Minister
In PDS Church Office,
- access the minister you want to add.
- Click Ministries/Talents.
- In the Ministries table, click Insert to add a new line.
- Choose the ministry this person is joining (Extraordinary Minister, EM Captain, Lector, etc.).
- Set the Status to Actively Involved.
- Click Save.
- When all changes have been made to all ministers, submit a HelpDesk ticket to have Church Office and Ministry Scheduler.
Removing a Minister
In PDS Church Office,
- access the minister you want to add.
- Click Ministries/Talents.
- In the Ministries table, the line of the ministry in which you want to remove.
- Click Delete Line.
- Click Save.
- When all changes have been made to all ministers, submit a HelpDesk ticket to have Church Office and Ministry Scheduler.
Make Changes to Ministry Scheduler
NOTE: This is done by IT after a HelpDesk ticket is submitted to sync the two programs.
- In the drop-down menu, click Data Synchronization > PDS Office Data Syncronization.
- Check the box that says transfer from PDS Church Office and set the data path to \\clare\PDSChurch\Data\.
- Click NEXT. The synchronization process will begin.
- Ensure all ministries are listed and synchronized.
- Click Next.
- Address any ministers not associated with a PDS Office member.
- Click Next.
- Choose any additional options during the transfer.
- Click Next. The Ministry Scheduler will search for new ministers.
- Click Transfer.