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  • "Half-Hour Mode" Is Now "Staggered-Start Mode"

    No earth-shattering change here, but it will avoid confusion. 😕 The super-helpful feature once known as "Half-Hour Mode" is now called Staggered-Start Mode! (Learn more about this feature in the blog announcement and Help Center article.) This feature behaves as before: Each time slot on your...
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  • Check-In to Adoration With a Phone!

    Attendance tracking is easy with We Adore Him. There are several options: Adoration Check-In Kiosk - recommended Static and dynamically-generated Paper Check-In Sheets And now, a Mobile Check-In QR Code! What is a QR code? It's a square-ish label containing encoded information that mobile phone…
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  • Viewing Only Substitutes on the Directory Page

    The Directory page was designed for parishes wanting to share contact information with all adorers. Learn more. Now, there's a filter on that page to display only substitutes. This is especially useful for those adorers who don't use a computer or smart phone. An administrator or captain can…
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  • Replying to Text Messages From Adorers

    It's now possible to send a text message reply to adorers within the conversation history at Admin » Text Messages. However, we discourage sending personalized text messages through We Adore Him because it encourages adorers to reply with personalized responses. These trigger the "Sorry, we did…
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  • Connect Adorers With Their Hourly Captain

    Administrators and captains can now share their contact information with adorers! Edit your admin/captain account, and enable the Share contact information with adorers setting. Your name and phone number will appear on adorer dashboards above commitments for hours you manage. This information…
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  • QR Code for Printed Flyers

    Have you ever scanned a QR code with your phone's camera? It's pretty neat—your phone will prompt you to open a webpage with your browser when it detects a QR code with an encoded website URL. Today, we added a Signup QR code at Admin » Settings » Onboarding. Download and print this QR code on a…
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  • Highlighting Hours That Need Adorers

    When populating an adoration schedule with committed weekly adorers, you need a handy way to find the gaps. Wouldn't it be nice to see the following? Hours with no commitments Hours with only 1 commitment Hours with at least 1 commitment Hours with exactly 2 commitments Hours with at least 2...
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  • Previewing Email Templates on the Settings Page

    When communicating with your adorers, one of the best tools at your disposal is the ability to preview an email, text message, or phone call before sending a bulk message. Now, you can preview email templates on the Admin » Settings page! This should save you lots of clicks. To preview the…
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  • Requesting Substitutes From the Schedule Page

    There are many ways to request substitutes within We Adore Him, and we just added one more. Now, on the Schedule page, if there are committed adorers signed up for a particular hour, you can request a substitute on their behalf in the hour popover. Simply hover over the hour, click the Request…
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  • Bypassing Required Adorer Fields

    Administrators can configure the following adorer fields to be optional or required at Admin » Settings » Onboarding: Email address Phone number Mailing address Parish Gender When adorers sign up or edit their account settings, they must complete all required fields. Why is this helpful? Because…
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