About Sets By Sunday
Scheduling software that thinks like a worship leader.
Sets By Sunday exists for the hours nobody claps for — the ones spent rebuilding a roster at a kitchen table on a Tuesday night.
Where this started
Leading worship was never the hard part. The hard part was everything wrapped around it: a spreadsheet rebuilt from scratch every month, blockout dates arriving by text at 11pm, three separate group chats, and a nagging feeling that the same four reliable people were carrying most of the weeks while newer volunteers quietly waited for an invitation that never came.
Every week meant the same mental math. Has the drummer played four Sundays in a row? Is this set too heavy on beginners? Did we ever get that new BGV into the rotation? The answers lived in memory and instinct, and memory and instinct get tired.
We tried generic staffing and shift tools. They could fill slots, but they had no concept of skill balance, anchor players, strong pairings, or the pastoral reasons a leader might hold someone back for a season. So we built the thing we actually wanted: a planner that starts by learning how you build a team, then does that work in seconds instead of hours.
What we believe
Ministry runs on trust, and trust is built slowly. Any tool that touches your team should stay firmly under your hand — helpful, quiet, and easy to overrule.
Automation serves judgment
The app never overrides a leader's call. It carries out the rules you set, and it shows its work when something doesn't fit.
Only the admin learns new software
Your team keeps living in Planning Center and their group texts. One person configures Sets By Sunday, and everyone else just gets a schedule.
People behind every slot
A roster is a pastoral document. Rest, growth, fairness and friendship all matter more than a tidy grid.
Where we're headed
We're building alongside worship directors who use this every week. Deeper Planning Center integration, auditions and onboarding pipelines, and better insight into team health are all on the way — always in the same direction: less admin, more ministry.