You will need the Full Write Service Plans permission to change sign-up settings on a service plan.
A login is needed for your congregation to sign up for serving opportunities. Serving needs on a service plan can be published so others can browse and sign up to volunteer for them.
Publishing serving needs on a service plan
Open the service plan, then go to its Settings > Signing Up tab. Each team scheduled on the plan is listed, along with settings that control how its positions can be filled.
If a team doesn't appear in the list, it hasn't been scheduled on the plan yet. Each position can use one of the following sign-up settings:
Only admins can schedule volunteers - this is the default setting. Only group admins and users with the Full Write Service Plans permission can schedule volunteers to serve on this plan.
Only current volunteers on roster can sign up - this allows volunteers currently serving on the team to sign themselves up for an open spot on a service plan.
Anyone can sign up to serve - anyone in the system can view and sign themselves up to serve for this position on the plan.
If the second or third option is chosen for a position, that need appears under the Serving > Opportunities tab in the left-hand navigation. A login is required to view this page.
Where opportunities appear
People can reach this page from the Serving > Opportunities tab in the left-hand navigation. Another place someone can access this page is from the Upcoming Serving widget on the home dashboard, using the See more opportunities link.
Tip: The opportunities each person sees depend on who is signed in. Users — including group admins — won't see opportunities that are limited to current roster members unless they hold that position in the group, and a group admin won't see a position listed as available if they're already signed up for it themselves.
To volunteer, a user clicks Sign Up on an open position. They're then assigned to that position on the appropriate service plan, and their status changes to Accepted.
