The NW Publisher app has been designed to be used in a variety of congregations and settings. Therefore, it can be configured by the local elders to suit local circumstances.
To enable or disable App Features, click App > App Features
Congregation App Features
Assignments App Features
Enable or Disable App Features
- In New World Scheduler, click App > App Features
- Tick all the App Features you wish to Enable, and Un-Tick all the features you wish to Disable.
- Confirm each selection
- Click Send App Data and send the changes to the app
Allow Submit Reports
Allows publishers to use NW Publisher app to submit their monthly Field Service Report.
Publishers
From the 1st of each month, publishers can see the Submit Field Service Report button on the main Congregation screen.
- Note: There is no way to submit a report early.
Appointed Brothers
Submitted Field Service reports must be Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Receive Publisher Reports to learn how to receive submitted reports.
Show 'Allow Data Processing' Message
Adds a custom message and checkbox to the Submit Field Service Report screen, that the publisher must tick before sending their report.
Publishers
On the Submit Field Service Report screen, publishers must tick the checkbox before they can submit their reports.
Appointed Brothers
We recommend only using this feature if absolutely necessary and if required by law.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: If you Enable Show ‘Allow Data Processing’ Message you must also set a message. There is no default message.
Allow Submit Meeting Attendance
Allows either Appointed Brothers, Attendants or another Duty to submit the Meeting Attendance from NW Publisher app.
Options
Tick Appointed Brothers to allow any and all Appointed Brothers to submit the Meeting Attendance for any meeting.
Tick Attendants (or select another Duty) to allow persons with that duty on that meeting to submit Meeting Attendance. They will not be able to submit on any other meeting.
Publishers
Publishers do not use this feature.
Appointed Brothers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
- Under either Midweek Meeting or Weekend Meeting, tap a week
- If you have been approved to submit Meeting Attendance, the very bottom of the schedule will have a section to enter and submit meeting attendance.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: This feature requires a Congregation Premium license.
- Note: See Receive Meeting Attendance to learn how to receive submitted meeting attendance.
Show CLM Timing on Schedule
Shows the Life and Ministry Meeting Timing for all non-student parts.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
- Under Midweek Meeting, tap a week
- Timing is shown on the schedule
Appointed Brothers
The meeting Start Time is based on your Congregation Information > Midweek Meeting time. Other times are based on the Meeting Workbook and cannot be changed, except for the Living and CBS parts.
Ensure both This Year and Next Year’s meeting times are accurate to ensure the CLM Timing is accurate.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
Allow Hospitality Requests
Allows publishers to Request Hospitality for a particular Weekend Meeting.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
- Under Weekend Meeting, tap a week
- Under Weekend Assignments > Hospitality, tap Request
- Note: If someone has already been assigned Hospitality for this week, you cannot Request Hospitality.
- Note: Public Talks Local – Available for Hospitality must also be ticked for that week to show the Request Hospitality button on NW Publisher app.
Appointed Brothers
- If a Public Speaker is available and willing to accept hospitality, under Schedule – Public Talks Local, Tick Available for Hospitality
- Note: If Available for Hospitality is ticked, publishers can then Request Hospitality for that week using NW Publisher app
- Note: If Available for Hospitality is not ticked, a message will be shown on NW Publisher app saying Not Available.
- An assigned brother should Receive and Import any Hospitality Requests.
- Note: See Receive or Import App Data.
- After import, a new Custom Task will be automatically generated and assigned to the Public Talk Coordinator.
- Note: If no one has been assigned as Congregation Responsibilities > Public Talk Coordinator, no task will be generated.
- The Public Talk Coordinator should then review the requests, and manually assign Hospitality in the normal manner.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Receive Hospitality Requests to learn how to receive submitted hospitality requests.
Show Public Witnessing
Allows publishers to see the Public Witnessing schedule on NW Publisher app.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
- Under Public Witnessing, tap a week
Appointed Brothers
To allow publishers to make their own Reservations, please see Allow Reservations below.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: This feature requires a Congregation Premium license.
Allow Public Witnessing Reservations
Allows approved publishers to make Public Witnessing Reservations on the Public Witnessing schedule using NW Publisher app.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
- Under Public Witnessing, tap a week
- Tap a day
- Under their desired Location and Shift, tap Reserve.
- To remove a reservation, tap the X next to their name.
Appointed Brothers
Publishers can only make a reservation if they approved, i.e. are Active and have Assign > Public Witnessing ticked
Public Witnessing Reservations do not need to be Received or Imported unless you wish to make manual changes to the Public Witnessing schedule. In that case, please see Sync App Reservations.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: This feature requires a Congregation Premium license.
- Note: See Sync App Reservations to learn how to receive submitted Public Witnessing reservations.
Show Field Service Assignments
Shows the Field Service Conductor and Field Service Custom (e.g. Zoom Host) assignments on NW Publisher app.
Publishers
Field Service Assignments are shown on the Assignments screen of the NW Publisher app.
Appointed Brothers
Showing Field Service Assignments can be useful if brothers often forget to take the Field Service Group, but can be annoying if the same brothers regularly take the same group and don’t need reminders.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: If you disable this feature, existing Field Service Assignments will continue to show. Only new assignments will not show.
Show Contact Details on CLM Assignment Slips
Show the publishers contact details on any Life and Ministry Meeting Assignment Slips that include an assistant.
Publishers
Contact Details are shown on the Assignment Slips when they are opened.
Appointed Brothers
This can be useful for helping the publishers coordinate preparing and practising the assignment.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: After enabling this feature, contact details will only be applied to new Life and Ministry Meeting assignments.
Show My Contact Information
Allows publishers to see their Contact Details and Emergency Contacts. Publishers can also Send Updates or changes back to their congregation.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap My Contact Information
- After making changes, tap Send Updates.
- Note: After sending, updates are only shown after your local elders have processed them.
Appointed Brothers
Updated Contact Information must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Receive Contact and Emergency Contact Information to learn how to receive contact and emergency contact information.
- Note: Updated or changed information will overwrite existing publisher or emergency contact information.
Show Field Service History
Allows publishers to see their own Field Service History for the current Service Year, including totals and averages, and a summary of the previous Service Year.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap Field Service History
Appointed Brothers
If Allow Submit Reports is disabled, Field Service History is updated only after the Congregation Secretary clicks Congregation Field Service Report > Submitted to Branch, and then Sends App Data.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Congregation Field Service Report Help for more information.
Show Field Service Group
Allows Group Overseers, Group Assistants and/or Elders to see their own Field Service Group.
Field Service Group information can include Contact Information, Emergency Contact Information and/or View and Submit Publisher Reports.
Publishers
Publishers cannot use this feature.
Instead, to allow publishers to see a complete Field Service Group list for the whole congregation, first Save the Congregation Field Service Groups report as a PDF, then add the Document to the Congregation Information Board
Appointed Brothers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap Field Service Group
- Important: Publisher Reports not submitted by yourself will only display after they have been submitted by the publisher and then Received and Imported into NW Scheduler by the secretary or other designated brother.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: This feature requires a Congregation Premium license.
- Note: See Receive Publisher Reports to learn how to receive submitted publisher reports.
- Note: If you wish to provide a complete Contact List or Emergency Contact List to appointed brothers, please Save, Print or Email the Person Contact Information or Emergency Contact List reports.
Allow Submit Away Periods
Allows publishers to view, add, edit and remove Away Periods (holiday) on the NW Publisher app.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap Away Periods
Publishers will receive a warning if they create an Away Period when they already have an existing assignment or duty, but the Away Period will still be created and sent.
Appointed Brothers
New or updated Away Periods must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the normal manner.
If there is a conflict with an existing assignment or duty (e.g. the publisher submits an Away Period but already has an assignment), this will be shown on the Me view for the relevant overseer. See Away Periods (holiday) for more information.
- For example, Life and Ministry Meeting Student Assignment conflicts are shown for the Life and Ministry Meeting Overseer.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Receive Away Periods to learn how to receive away periods.
Show Territory Assignments
Allows publishers to view and Check In (return) any Territory Assignments.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap Territories
When Checking In or Returning a territory, Notes can be entered and will be sent to the Territory Servant.
Appointed Brothers
Returned Territories must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.
If any returned territory has Notes for the Territory Servant, this will display on the Me view of the Territory Servant.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Receive Territories (Returned or Checked In) to learn how to receive away periods.
Allow Territory Requests
Allows publishers to Request Territories from the NW Publisher app.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap Territories
- Tap Request Territory
- Optionally, enter any Notes for Territory Servant
- Press Send
Appointed Brothers
Territory Requests must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.
When a Territory Request is imported, a Custom Task will be automatically created for the Territory Servant, who can then make the Territory Assignment.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Receive Territory Requests to learn how to receive territory requests.
- Note: If no one has been set as the Territory Servant under Congregation Responsibilities, Territory Requests will not appear for anyone.
Allow Submit Literature Requests
Allows publishers to submit Literature Requests using NW Publisher app.
Publishers
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap Literature
Appointed Brothers
Literature Requests must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.
- Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
- Note: See Receive Literature Requests to learn how to receive literature requests.
- Note: The status of any current Literature Requests are not sent back to the publisher. They will simply see their request.
Common Questions or Problems
Please carefully re-read the sub-heading Enable and Disable App Features.
After enabling or disabling any App Features, you must click Send App Data and send the changes to the app.
To fix, simply Un-Tick then Re-Tick any App Features, and then send the changes to the app.
This problem also might occur if you have Congregation Sharing Problems. I.E. the App Feature might be enabled on your computer, but this didn’t share properly, so the feature is disabled on another elders computer. If you notice this, please see Congregation Sharing Data or Syncing Problems.
No, with the following exceptions:
- Allow Public Witnessing Reservations is only enabled for approved publishers.
- Show Field Service Group can be enabled for either Group Overseers, Group Assistants or Elders only.
- Submit Meeting Attendance can be enabled for either Appointed Brothers or a selected Duty.
- Ensure you are using NW Publisher app 2.7.1 or greater.
- Ensure you have access to submit Meeting Attendance for that meeting, for example:
- Appointed Brothers has been ticked and you are an appointed brother.
- Selected Duty has been ticked, and you have that Duty on that meeting.
Public Talks Local – Available for Hospitality must also be ticked for that week to show the Request Hospitality button on NW Publisher app.
No, not at this time.
Instead, we recommend training the publishers to request territory or hospitality well in advance. This is both a responsible and reasonable thing to do.
Brothers could also assign someone to regular check for and Receive or Import App Data. We recommend checking perhaps every 3-4 days.
No. NW Publisher app data does not connect with NW Scheduler. This is for security and privacy reasons.
Data must be manually imported into NW Scheduler.
No, the NW Publisher app is not designed for this purpose. If you enable the App Feature Show Field Service Group, you can see your Field Service group only.
If you wish to provide a complete Contact List or Emergency Contact List to all elders, please Save, Print or Email the Person Contact Information or Emergency Contact List reports.
Yes, first Save the Congregation Field Service Groups report as a PDF, then add to the Congregation Information Board as a Document.
If you want access to the latest features as soon as possible, please become a Beta Tester and receive Beta Version Updates.
Otherwise please patiently wait until the next version of New World Scheduler is released. New versions are generally released every few months, and only after thorough testing by our Beta Testers.
We do not provide specific information about when a future update will occur, or what will be included in an update. These details are only released with the update. There is no need to contact us asking about any future update.
Please see Updating New World Scheduler for more information.