Jethro replaces the chaotic web of spreadsheets, docs, and expensive project management tools with one seamless, real-time platform -- built specifically for church teams.
Teaching Calendar
Plan the year once — series, passages, speakers.
Deep diveService Planner
Every Sunday in one multi-campus matrix.
Deep diveVolunteer Scheduling
Role targets, live fill status, one-tap RSVP.
Deep diveTeam Hubs
Chat, docs, tasks, and rosters per ministry.
Deep diveMobile Run Sheet
Sunday in every volunteer's pocket — no app.
Deep divePlanning Center Sync
Sync songs and push plans to PCO — optional.
Jump to itThe Cascade
Enter it once; it flows to every team automatically.
Jump to itSmart Docs
Meeting notes that become tasks with one click.
Jump to itType a series into your Teaching Calendar. Jethro builds your Service Planner, generates a series container in your Library, and notifies every team -- automatically.
When a service is planned or a team schedules a meeting, it auto-populates on the church-wide calendar -- instantly. No copy-paste. No double-booking. No surprises.
Worship, Kids, Tech, Hospitality -- each ministry team gets their own hub with chat, meeting notes, project boards, and volunteer scheduling. Connected to Sunday.
Jethro is a full service planning and volunteer management system. Build your service order, assign roles, confirm volunteers, and track fill status -- all in one place, all connected to your teaching calendar.
Taking meeting notes shouldn't be the end of the process. Highlight a key decision in your team notebook and instantly convert it into an assigned task on your project board -- without leaving the page.
Reviewed setlist for Unshakable Wk 4. Audio team flagged that the stage mix sounded muddy last Sunday — too much low-end on the floor monitors.
Action: Order new in-ear mix cables for the band — Paul R. by Wed 5/21.
Confirmed key changes for Holy Spirit (Ab) and rehearsal time shift to 8am Sunday.
Jethro covers everything you need to run Sunday -- service planning, volunteers, song library, team hubs, and more. For most churches, it can replace PCO entirely. But we know some churches are deeply embedded in Planning Center -- so we built options to sync Jethro with your PCO plans instead of forcing a switch.
Personalized run-sheets and set-lists land on every volunteer's phone the night before — no app required. Song keys, call times, their specific role, and a tap-through to confirm.
From sermon manuscripts to team meeting notes, Jethro keeps your documents connected to your ministry — not buried in Google Drive.
Text: Philippians 4:6-9
Big idea: Anxiety is not the absence of faith — it's the invitation to prayer. Paul writes from prison, yet commands peace.
Illustration: The steady tree in a storm isn't unmoved — it's deeply rooted…
What changes when it all lives in one system.
| Capability | Jethro | The 7-tool stack |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching / preaching calendar | Built in — drives everything | A spreadsheet only the pastor has |
| Service planning | Auto-generated from the calendar | Rebuilt from scratch weekly |
| Volunteer scheduling & RSVP | Live fill status, one-tap confirm | Group texts + chasing |
| Team communication | Per-team chat included | Slack/GroupMe (another bill) |
| Docs & meeting notes | Smart docs linked to teams | Google Docs, disconnected |
| Volunteer experience | Personal run sheet via link, no app | PDF screenshot at 11pm Saturday |
| Planning Center compatibility | Two-way sync, optional | — |
| Pricing | Flat. Unlimited users. Free tier. | 5–7 subscriptions, per-user fees |
Notes become tasks. Tasks become calendar events. Volunteers become run-sheets. Series cascade into service plans. Every part of Sunday lives in the same system -- and stays in sync.
Join the growing number of churches using Jethro to streamline their Sunday operations.