If you’ve been part of the XP3 world for any length of time, chances are you’ve heard of the Lead Small App. Available on iOS and Android, the Lead Small App helps leaders like you make the most of technology in their student ministry. The app gives leaders the ability to share ministry-related resources with SGL’s like small group questions, leader devos, ministry news, and more. The app even allows you to send push notifications to SGL’s phones for quick reminders or urgent news.
And the app has just become even better! Version 2.0 of the app was released just a few weeks ago and comes with fresh new videos and SGL resources. But that’s not all – one feature that’s been requested over and over is the ability to schedule your content to publish any day of the week. That means if your ministry uses XP3 on a Wednesday night or Saturday night or Tuesday morning (that would be weird), you can have your content refresh and publish when it’s most relevant for your small group leaders.
If your service is on Wednesday, a great plan would be to schedule your content to refresh on Thursday every week, so that your SGL’s have a whole week to prepare for the following week. If you’re a GoWeekly.com subscriber, you can find the schedule feature by logging into your account and then clicking on the “Settings” tab. Then on left hand side of your browser click on the “Schedule” button. Will you use the new Scheduling feature? Let us know in the comments!
New to the Lead Small App? Check out quick video to see what it’s all about…
Where do we access push notifications? I knew that was supposed to be in there from the beginning, but I’ve never seen it even in version 2.
Hey Steve – Sorry for the super delayed response! After your comment I logged into my personal GoWeekly account and the Push Notifications feature was no longer available to me. So, I was working on getting clarification on this from the GoWeekly team. It turns out the function is still in its testing stage, and I had access to it in my personal account my mistake. Sorry for the confusion, but the GoWeekly team says that the functionality will be rolled out for all users soon!
I saw a pop up for a free 5 week e-course for Orange leaders. When I tried to enter my email it would not confirm. Please help 🙂
Hey Matt – sorry the popup didn’t confirm your email address. I just forwarded your email address (the one you used to post this comment) on to our email campaign manager to manually add your name to the ecourse. You should receive your confirmation shortly!
Good morning, Thank you so much for creating an app that helps keep us connected not only to our ministry leadership, curriculum but also to those in our small group and their parents. I have two questions.
1) Is there a way to set up birthday reminders for the youth in my small group?
2) Can I share my small group list with my co-leaders instead of having each one of create our own? Can we add to it and have it update on our individual shared lists?
Hey Laura! Thanks for the kind words about the app. Here are the answers to your questions:
1) There is currently not a way to set up birthday reminders, but this WILL be a feature in the next Lead Small app update (in early 2017). Not only will you be able to set up birthday reminders, you’ll also be able to set up reminders when your students have something coming up, such as a big test or big game.
2) Currently you cannot share your group list outside of the app. For the safety of the kids and students, all of their personal information is stored locally on your device, which prevents it from being shared across devices. However, this has been a frequently requested feature, and we’re working on a solution, which will also be released in 2017. The solution involves improving the app’s security along with getting your church’s permission to share the students’ info across devices. Stay tuned!
Can content saved by one small group leader be shared with one or more other group leaders (e.g., My Few contacts)?
Sorry Carol, you cannot. For the safety and security of the kids’ information stored in the app, contact info can’t be shared or sent through the app to another person at this time.
Are the lessons that are used in the “Guide” section of This Week, the Orange curriculum??
Hey Celia! Yes, the Small Group Leader Guide in the “Guide” tab are the questions from that week’s series, as long as the ministry is following our recommended series teaching dates.
FYI: If a ministry is not using Orange’s recommended series teaching dates, they have the option to customize what questions show up there for Small Group Leaders. This also works great if a ministry wants to add or tweak questions from week to week for their leaders. Hope this helps!