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Organized App User Guide

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https://guide.organized-app.com

A management tool for congregations to handle member records, field service reports, meeting attendance, and scheduling. The guide covers onboarding, creating congregation accounts, managing publisher records, tracking pioneer applications, and generating reports such as the S-1 and S-10.

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What's inside Organized

  1. Overview of the Organized app features and availability

    Organized is a free, open-source Progressive Web App (PWA) designed for Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. It provides a cross-platform solution (web, desktop, and mobile) for managing congregation activities. Key characteristics include:

    • Accessibility: Translated into over 30 languages; new translation requests can be made via their GitHub page.
    • Transparency: Open-source code allows for public review and collaborative development.
    • User Interface: Designed for all ages and technical abilities with a focus on intuitive navigation and logically grouped features on the home page.
    • Cross-Platform: As a PWA, it works on any modern device with an internet connection, facilitating easy handovers of responsibilities between users.

  2. Overview of the Organized app

    Organized is a free, open-source application developed by the Scheduling Workbox System team specifically for Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. It is designed to reduce stress for congregation members, save time for appointed brothers, and streamline digital processes. It is not an official application from the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses; users are encouraged to consult with congregation elders before implementation.

  3. Overview of Organized app features by user role

    Organized provides tailored tools for different congregation responsibilities to ensure efficiency and accessibility across mobile, tablet, and desktop devices:

    • Meeting Overseers and Secretaries: Can enter attendance records, generate secretary reports, and set up meeting schedules directly from mobile devices.
    • Publishers: Can access up-to-date meeting schedules and assignments via smartphone or tablet.
    • Pioneers and Full-time Servants: Access dedicated tools including a ministry timer and a "My Bible studies" feature to track service hours (including schools and approved theocratic assignments like LDC, HLC, or Bethel work) and manage Bible studies.

  4. Overview of the Organized app

    Organized is an open-source web application designed as a theocratic assistant for Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. It serves as a central hub to automate routine administrative tasks, reducing manual work for elders, ministerial servants, and publishers. Key capabilities include automating midweek meeting program retrieval from jw.org, tracking ministry time, and generating congregation reports for submission to the JW Hub.

  5. Understand Organized's local-first architecture and offline mode

    Organized is designed to work locally on the device rather than being purely cloud-based. Upon first registration and opening, the app caches necessary data locally. This allows most interactions (managing tasks and schedules) to be performed offline, ensuring data control and availability without a constant internet connection.

  6. Determine who can use the Organized app in a congregation

    The Organized app is designed for all members of a congregation, including elders, ministerial servants, pioneers, publishers, and midweek meeting students. While it is not mandatory for the entire congregation to use the app, increased adoption improves collaboration for creating and publishing schedules, assignments, and events.

  7. Understand the security of the open-source codebase

    The Organized app is open-source, meaning its codebase is public for transparency and collaborative security auditing. Crucially, the codebase is completely separate from the database containing congregation data. Public access to the code does not grant access to user data, which remains privately secured and encrypted.

  9. Benefits of using the Organized app in congregations

    The Organized app improves congregation management by:

    • Automating tasks for responsible brothers to save time.
    • Providing publishers with notifications for their assignments to reduce stress.
    • Ensuring updates are delivered quickly and accurately.
    • Reducing paper and ink consumption by digitizing workflows.
    • Improving collaboration between appointed brothers and across different congregations as the user base grows.

  10. Security features and access control overview

    The Organized app implements multiple layers of security to protect user and congregation data, including:

    • End-to-end encryption and encryption keys
    • App PIN codes
    • Two-factor authentication (2FA)
    • One-time invitation codes
    • Advanced access control

  11. Automate midweek meeting scheduling with Organized

    The Organized app is a multi-platform scheduling tool designed for Jehovah's Witnesses to streamline the creation of 'Our Christian Life and Ministry' meeting schedules. It reduces the manual effort of scheduling from several hours to approximately 10-15 minutes by automating data entry and assignment logic.

  12. Navigate the Midweek Meeting scheduling page

    To access the midweek meeting scheduling page, click the 'Midweek meeting' button on the home dashboard (requires appropriate user role and rights). The page layout consists of three main areas:

    • Top Action Bar: Contains the Publish, Autofill, and Export buttons.
    • Left Sidebar: A list of meeting weeks organized by month and year, including a progress bar showing the number of completed assignments for each week.
    • Main Scheduling Card: The central area where assignees are selected for specific meeting parts.