How do I open adoration for a monthly schedule (like First Fridays)?

By default, your adoration schedule assumes open hours are open every week (e.g., "Every Friday at 9-10am").

However, if you need to adjust your schedule to open certain hours on a monthly basis, you can do that, too! Here's how.

Change a Single Hour

Edit the hour, change the general availability of this hour to Monthly, select a monthly option, and click Save.

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For example, if you choose Every 1st Friday at 9-10pm, this hour will be open on First Fridays and closed the remaining Fridays of the month.

Don't fret—you can easily override a specific date if you must close adoration due to circumstances.

Change Multiple Hours

Select the hours you want to edit and start bulk-editing them, choose All weeks, enable the Availability setting, select Open monthly, and select a frequency option. Preview which dates will be affected, and then click Save.

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These hours will be open monthly (e.g., every 1st Friday).

Monthly Commitments

Typically, when adorers make a new adoration commitment, their commitment frequency defaults to Weekly.

However, when an adorer clicks on a monthly hour on your schedule, their commitment frequency will default to Monthly, even if the "Monthly" commitment frequency is disabled.

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Considerations for Monthly + Overnight

Suppose you open adoration on First Fridays overflowing into the following Saturday. Be aware that not all First Fridays are followed by a First Saturday.

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We have a built-in solution for this. It requires two steps:

1. Edit your Friday hours with monthly availability configured to Every 1st week of the month, as described above.
2. Edit your Saturday hours with monthly availability configured to Every {day} following 1st {previous day}.

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Your schedule will display adoration as available on First Fridays and the following Saturdays!

And when an adorer creates a commitment on one of these Saturday hours, they will have a matching monthly option. Easy!

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