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NW Scheduler (New World Scheduler) is a software program designed for Jehovah’s Witnesses. NW Scheduler can schedule and organise the Christian Life and Ministry meeting, Public Talks, Secretary Records, Field Service schedules, Public Witnessing Carts, Territories, Duties and Kingdom Hall Cleaning, Literature Requests, LDC Maintenance, and even more!

NW Scheduler 6.7

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New World Scheduler is available in 100+ languages
It is used by thousands of congregations in 170+ countries

JW Scheduler has recently been renamed New World Scheduler (NW Scheduler). We hope this avoids any confusion between our software and official jw.org software. Everything else remains the same.

Note: If you are a New World Scheduler Beta Tester, please see Beta Version Updates
Note: To download the NW Publisher app, please visit the NW Publisher app website.

New World Scheduler 6.7

Overview

Welcome to NW Scheduler 6.7!

We’ve added 3 of the most commonly requested features: submit Meeting Attendance from NW Publisher app, Group Overseers submit Group Publisher Reports from NW Publisher app, and Song Titles.

This release also contains over 100 other updates and improvements, including redesigned views: Field Service Group, Circuits, Locations, Emergency Contacts and App.

Please Note:

If you use Congregation Sharing, some new User Access will need to be setup (e.g. App).
To show Field Service History on the app, please disable then re-enable Show My Field Service History.
To show Weekend Meeting song titles on the app, please refresh any Weekend Meeting.
Publishers will need to update to NW Publisher 2.7 to submit reports, Public witnessing, etc.

Warm Christian Love, New World Scheduler Team

Release Notes

NEW FEATURES

Appointed Brothers or Attendants can now submit Meeting Attendance directly from the NW Publisher app! [CONGREGATION PREMIUM]
Field Service Group Overseers, Assistants or Elders can now view and submit publishers Field Service Reports directly from within NW Publisher app. [CONGREGATION PREMIUM]
Important: Please carefully read ‘Help > App Features‘ to understand how these new features work.

UPDATES

REGISTRATION

2-Year Congregation Premium registration price reduced by 5%
Limited Financial Means Registration price reduced.

USER INTERFACE

Menu items you have No Access to will now be grey.
Congregation View design improved and separated into 3 clear sections.
Field Service Groups view design improved, making it much easier to assign and adjust groups. Can now drag persons from one group to another, and see the size and statistics of many Field Service Groups on 1 screen.
Groups and Families view design improved.
Circuits and Locations removed. Circuits have been moved to Circuits, Congregations and Speakers, and Locations can now be edited directly from Scheduling screens.
Circuits, Congregations and Speakers design improved.
App View greatly improved, adding new Receive App Data, App Features, App Devices and App Logs menu items.
NW Scheduler will now warn and automatically Save and Close after 20 minutes of inactivity. Please always close NW Scheduler when you are not using it.
Title Bar includes Initial of the user, as well as basic information about the user.

CONGREGATION

Can now specify which Video Conferencing software your congregation uses, e.g. Zoom or KHConf. This will show on NW Publisher app.

CONGREGATION SHARING – USER ACCESS

Field Service Group and Other Group access now separated.
Families access is now controlled by Person Information.
Circuits, Congregations and Speakers access is now controlled by Schedule Public Talks.
App access now separated into App Administration, Send App Data and Receive App Data.

CIRCUITS, CONGREGATIONS and SPEAKERS

Circuit Name format can now be changed to allow for the different formats used worldwide, see Settings.
Public Talk Coordinator can now be assigned a shared Congregation email address.

TERRITORIES

Added a 2nd Territory Link field.

PERSONS

Added Suffix field to Person Information, e.g. Jr. Sr. III.
Can now Export Person Location Data. This data can then be easily added to Google My Maps to see a pin map of where all publishers live.
Emergency Contacts design improved. Now appears as menu item up the top.
Emergency Contacts add “Copy to Family” button which will copy all Emergency Contacts from a Family Head to their family members.
Emergency Contacts can be Imported and Exported.
Can now track and tick Printed Study Watchtower and Printed Meeting Workbook for each person. This will then automatically compile and display under Literature.

SCHEDULE – LIFE AND MINISTRY MEETING

When selecting students, can now filter by Brothers or Sisters.
CLM Scheduling now includes two new options: “Minimum weeks between School Parts” and “Minimum weeks between Non-School Parts”. This value is used both when selecting students and auto-assign. Adjust in Settings.
LMMO now schedules all midweek meeting parts.
When selecting a CLM Student, can now double-click.

SCHEDULE – PUBLIC TALKS LOCAL

Added “Available for Hospitality” checkbox. This will show on NW Publisher app.

SCHEDULE – PUBLIC TALKS AWAY

Can now select how many Away Speakers per page, then scroll left and right through your speakers.

SCHEDULE – PUBLIC WITNESSING

Public Witnessing Locations can now set ‘Available From’ and ‘Available To’ fields. This will enable that location only between those 2 dates, and could be used to limit locations during certain periods, or for once-off events.

SCHEDULE – MAINTENANCE

Can now add a Link to Maintenance Tasks, which will display on NW Publisher app.

NW PUBLISHER APP (*requires NW Publisher app 2.7.0 or greater*)

Appointed Brothers or Attendants can now submit Meeting Attendance directly from the NW Publisher app.
Field Service Group Overseers, Assistants or Elders can now view and submit publishers Field Service Reports directly from within NW Publisher app. Important: Please carefully read Help to understand how this feature works.
App Views design has been greatly improved, with several new Views: Send App Data, Receive App Data, App Persons, App Devices, App Features, and App Logs.
App Main View now shows App Summary, Summary of Data Waiting to Send and Data Waiting to Receive.
Data Waiting to Receive is now imported by data type, not by person. Different data types can be assigned to and imported by different brothers. (See User Access).
App Devices will now show a complete list of every device that is connected to your congregation. Old devices will automatically expire.
App Features moved to a separate view.
App Field Service Schedule – Territories, Maps and Links design improved.
Public Witnessing Reservations is now more reliable, especially for users with poor internet connections or older devices. Previous App versions can no longer corrupt the Public Witnessing schedule.
Weekend Meeting schedule includes Song Titles and “Available for Hospitality” or “Not Available”.
Publishers can no longer edit their Names under My Contact Information.
Midweek Meeting schedule removed “Main Hall” if usually only 1 hall.
Field Service Activity is no longer deleted if the user Disconnects and re-connects.
Opening Maps on the App now includes a Share button.
Improved Accessibility for blind publishers.
Warning for publishers to update NW Publisher app now includes a button to Update Now.
Bug Fixes: Add to calendar (iOS), Group Events, Group Overseer and Group Assistant, submit Field Service Reports, Reminders and Notification dates and times, Import Territory Check-in date, non-publishers submitting reports, etc.

PRINTING

Added a Territory Category.
Printing will now remember your last selected File Type and make this default for next time.
Secretary Category items re-ordered.

EMAIL

Can now send Email To as one email, rather than individual emails to each person. (Not available for some attachments or email tags, e.g. when sending personal attachments like Assignment Slips).
When sending as one combined email, can optionally Send To or Send BCC.
New Email To Filters: “All App Persons” and “Persons with Old App Version”.
New Email Tag: “[PERSONS_MISSING_INFORMATION]”.

NEW REPORTS & TEMPLATES

Secretary: Group Field Service Summary report, similar to the Congregation Field Service Summary but for Field Service Groups.
Public Talks: Public Talk History by Person
Field Service: Field Service Schedule – Whole Month
Duties: Duties Usage History showing how many times persons were used for Duties.
Territory: Available Territories, sorted by Last Completed with a blank column to record names. This could be printed and used at the Kingdom Hall.

UPDATED REPORTS & TEMPLATES

S-88 Meeting Attendance now includes option to combine all Language Group attendance with main congregation.
CLM Chairman Outline now includes Song Titles.
Person Away Periods now includes option to show Assignment and Duty conflicts.
Field Service Schedule now includes an option to Include Territories and Hide Group Arrangements.
Emergency Contact Lists now include an option to Add Coordinates.

ME – MY CONGREGATION RESPONSIBILITIES

Secretary “Missing Reports” link will now go to Congregation > Congregation Field Service Report > Publishers > Missing Reports.
Territory Servant will now receive a Warning if publishers have returned Territories with a Note for Territory Servant.
Me view Warnings will now ignore weeks with Congregation Events, e.g. Circuit Assemblies, etc.
Me view Alerts (see Settings): Can now disable “Missing Reports” warnings, “Missing Group Overseers or Assistants” warnings, “Missing Emergency Contact” warnings, set “Life and Ministry Meeting not scheduled” months, and disable CLM Reader warnings.

ME – QUICK STEPS

New: Send Missing Information or Emergency Contacts to Group Overseers
All Quick Steps with attachments can now select the File Type.
Field Service Assignment Reminder Quick Step now includes Time and Location of the Field Service Meeting.

NEW LANGUAGES

NW Scheduler: Bengali, British Sign Language, Cinyanja, Drehu, Laotian, Lithuanian, Vezo
NW Publisher app: Czech, Hawai’i Pidgin

BUG FIXES

Bug fixes are usually released in Build Updates. If you have a problem or bug, please click Me > Updates > Check for Updates

Previous Versions of New World Scheduler

New World Scheduler 6.5

Download Link: New World Scheduler 6.5

Overview

We’ve included lots of minor updates to many parts of the program, which we hope makes NW Scheduler even quicker and easier to use. Please also check out the many new and updated Templates and Reports, as well as the many improvements to the NW Publisher app.

Warm Christian Love, New World Scheduler Team

Important Information

JW Scheduler has been renamed New World Scheduler (NW Scheduler). We hope this avoids any confusion between our software and official jw.org software. Everything else remains the same.
Our new website addresses are NWScheduler.com and NWPublisher.com.
Please ensure all elders are familiar with the branch CONGREGATION RECORDS RETENTION Policy.

Release Notes

NEW NAME

JW Scheduler has been renamed New World Scheduler (NW Scheduler). We hope this avoids any confusion between our software and official jw.org software. Everything else remains the same.
Our new website addresses are NWScheduler.com and NWPublisher.com.

UPDATES

CONGREGATION RECORDS RETENTION Policy

NW Scheduler obediently follows all branch direction, including the CONGREGATION RECORDS RETENTION Policy. Please ensure all elders are familiar with this policy.
With regards to Publisher Records for an active publisher, the direction is clear: Only the current Service Year and previous Service Year data should be retained. The current Service Year starts on September 1, e.g. the 2023 Service Year starts on September 1, 2022. This means as of September 2022, only the 2023 Service Year (current) and 2022 Service Year (previous) publisher records should be kept. All other records must be destroyed or deleted.
In view of the above, NW Scheduler previously would remove all obsolete data on September 1. However, we have decided to delay the removal of obsolete data until January 1. This allows time for the previous Service Year to be finalised and processed. Going forward, all obsolete Publisher Record data will be removed on January 1.

USER INTERFACE

Added Navigation arrows to the top-right corner of the screen, that allow you to move Forward or Backwards through screens you have visited.

PUBLIC SPEAKERS and CONGREGATIONS

COBE and Public Talk Coordinators Name and Phone fields have been split into First Name, Last Name, Home Phone and Mobile Phone fields.
Added an Email button on the Public Speakers view, allowing you to quickly email any Public Talk Coordinator.
Non-Administrators can no longer accidentally “re-setup” Congregation Sharing.

PUBLIC SPEAKER SHARING

Can now join a maximum of 6 circuits.