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Start a small group and add people

A new study starts next month and the sign-up sheet is sitting on your desk. Create the group once, tick everyone who's in it, and mark who leads — then attendance, the join link and your website all work from that same group.

About 5 minutes Part of Aligned ChurchUpdated September 29, 2026
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In **Manage**, open **Groups**

1/6 · In Manage, open Groups

Before you start: You need a role that can edit Manage. Anyone you add to a group has to be in your directory first.
Open Groups

Good to know

  • You can do it all from the chat: "start a Tuesday men's group at 7pm in the chapel, cap it at 12, open to new members", then "add Sarah to the men's group" or "make Lisa the leader of the moms group".
  • To take someone out, press the × next to their name on the group. They stay in your directory.
  • Deleting a group (the × in its top corner) deletes its attendance history too. Its people stay in your directory.

If it’s not working

Someone I ticked wasn't added

The group may have a requirement they don't meet yet, like a background check or a minimum age — the list doesn't say who was left out. Open Requirements on the group to see its rules, or ask the chat to add them: it tells you what's missing.

There's no + Add people… button

Everyone in your directory is already in the group, or your role can only view Manage. Add the new person to your directory first.

A group has a lock and says read-only

It comes from a connected app like Planning Center, so it's changed there — the change comes back here within about six hours. To own an editable copy, bring it in with Import.

"That didn't save — try again."

The change didn't go through that time. Press it again in a moment.

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