Parish · Service · Rota
The app for parishes and congregations
Plan services, volunteer rotas and parish events, see RSVPs in real time and track attendance automatically. For parish staff, volunteers and church leadership, without the group chat chaos.
- iOS, Android & web
- No feature upgrades needed
- No credit card needed
In short
Gumb is an app for parishes and congregations. Services sit in the calendar as recurring events, and roles such as reading, communion ministry, sacristy or church coffee become tasks right on the service. Volunteers sign up themselves, orders of service sit as files on the event, and admins answer on behalf of people without a smartphone. Parish council, circles and groups plan in their own group schedulers.
From a paper rota to a fully staffed service
What costs parish teams time before every service, and how Gumb fixes it.
Without Gumb: The rota for readers and communion ministers sits in the parish newsletter and is soon out of date.
With Gumb: Every role is a task on the service. Volunteers sign up themselves, admins assign.
Without Gumb: Whoever drops out at short notice tells the office, and nobody else finds out.
With Gumb: You see cancellations live on the event and hand the role out again right away.
Without Gumb: Older volunteers without a smartphone fall out of the planning.
With Gumb: Admins answer on their behalf, so the rota stays complete.
Without Gumb: Parish council, choir and visiting team each plan with their own list.
With Gumb: Every circle plans in its own group scheduler, and the parish team sees everything.
Services, roles and parish events under control
Rota, order of service and responses per service, in the app and in the browser.
Roles on the service
Reading, communion ministry, sacristy and church coffee as tasks.
Services as a series
Create Sunday services once, repeated every week.
Answer on their behalf
Admins enter responses for volunteers without the app.
Everything your parish needs
For parish teams, volunteers and church leadership. From the Sunday service to the parish fete.
Services and events
Services as a series, plus parish fete, meetings and visits in one calendar.
Volunteer responses
Volunteers say yes or no, and admins can also answer on their behalf.
Rota on the service
Hand out reading, communion ministry, sacristy or church coffee as tasks.
A reminder before Sunday
Up to two reminders before the service, by push notification and email.
Parish team talk
Questions about the order of service right on the event, plus chat rooms for circles.
Orders of service and song sheets
Store the order of service and song sheets on the service, up to 50 MB per file.
Analyze the rota
Who served how often, as an Excel file by period and group.
Circles and committees
Parish council, choir, visiting team or women's group with their own group scheduler.
Rights in the parish team
Admins manage the parish, circle leads schedule as group leaders.
How your parish gets started
From the first circle to a complete rota.
- 1
Create circles
Create parish council, readers or visiting team as groups and invite volunteers.
- 2
Enter services
Sunday services as a series, roles as tasks on the event.
- 3
Fill the roles
Volunteers sign up, and you see open roles right away.
For everyone in the parish
Parish teams
- A rota without a phone round
- See dropouts right away
- Answer for volunteers without the app
Volunteers
- Take on roles yourself
- Order of service on the event
- Roles in your own calendar if you like
Church leadership
- Every circle on one platform
- Role count per person in Excel
- Members never pay
What congregations and clubs say about Gumb
4.7/54.7 out of 5 stars271 ratings across both platforms25K+ users
Gumb
Great app!
Great app, works even for very large clubs. Highly recommended.
The very best app for planning our club, congratulations
Reviews translated from German.
Church and community organizations that use Gumb
Stifts-Chor Hofkirche
Spirit of Hope
Ministranten Rotkreuz
Jungwacht Blauring Klingnau
Jungwacht Buchrain
Jubla Bazenheid
JUBLA Muolen
Blauring Goldau
Jugendzentrum Backstube Meiringen
FAQ: the app for parishes
How do I create a rota for services?
Create the services as recurring events and every role as a task, for example reading, communion ministry or church coffee. Volunteers sign up themselves, or admins assign the roles.
What about volunteers without a smartphone?
Admins can answer on behalf of members. That way you enter responses for people who do not use Gumb themselves, and the rota stays complete.
Where do I store the order of service and song sheets?
Right on the service or permanently under “General documents”. Files can be up to 50 MB each. Owners, admins and group leaders upload them.
Can parish council, choir and visiting team plan separately?
Yes. Every circle gets its own group scheduler, and group events are only visible to its members. Parish events for everyone sit in the shared calendar.
How do I see how often each volunteer served?
Under Statistics you export participation as an Excel file, filtered by period, event type and group. That way you share the roles fairly across the year.
How do I inform volunteers without a Gumb account?
Write to them by email straight from the web app. Admins and group leaders can attach files and add up to 100 external addresses, and recipients do not see each other.
Which app suits planning in a parish?
Gumb suits parishes that plan services, rehearsals and events as events. You hand out duties as tasks, volunteers say yes or no with one click, and the parish council, choir and visiting service plan separately.
What does Gumb cost for a parish?
You try Gumb free for 2 months, with every feature, no credit card and no automatic renewal. After that the Pro plan costs 149 Swiss francs a year for up to 100 members. Members never pay.
Ready for the next rota?
Try Gumb with your parish free for 2 months, with every feature, no credit card and no automatic renewal.