Territory Assignments

Territory Assignments allows you to Assign territories to either Publishers or Field Service Groups.

Territories can also optionally be assigned as Personal Territories or for a Campaign.

Territory Assignment Records are retained for the current service year and for the previous service year only (see sfla).

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Territory Assignments List

Territory Assignments

Quick Steps

NW Publisher app Territories

Campaign

Common Questions and Problems

Territory Assignments List

Past and current Territory Assignments are listed for the selected territory.

  • Note: Territory Assignment Records are retained for the current service year and for the previous service year only (see sfla).

The Territory Assignments List shows the following:

  • Date Assigned
  • Date Completed
  • Campaign icon
  • Assign to (person or Field Service Group)

Territory Assignments

Territories can be assigned in the following 3 ways:

  1. To a Person for Congregation use
  2. To a Person for Personal use
  3. To a Field Service Group for Field Service Group use

Territories assigned to a Person for Congregation use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Congregation Territories list. Everyone in the congregation can see the territory.

Territories assigned to a Person for Personal use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Personal Territories List. Only that person can see the territory.

Territories assigned to a Field Service Group for Field Service Group use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Field Service Group Territories list. Only persons in that Field Service Group can see the territory.

  • Note: Each person or Group can be assigned a maximum of 10 territories at one time. This is more than enough, and if you need to assign more, please ask the person or Group Overseer to first complete their existing territories before receiving more

Personal Territory

Assigning a territory to a Person does not mean it is a Personal Territory. By default, all assigned territories will show on the app in the Congregation Territories list.

This is because the majority of preaching is not done with Personal Territories, but together as a group.

    • For example, a brother conducting the Wednesday morning Meeting for Field Service would be assigned a territory. He will arrange and direct everyone who is witnessing on Wednesday morning to work this territory together. (See km 3/15 pp. 3-6 par 6, or od 65-67, or km 11/98 pp. 4 par 7)

Personal Territories should be considered a “supplement” to Group Witnessing, and should not replace group witnessing. (see km 12/06 p. 8 par 5)

New Territory Assignment

  1. Click Territories
  2. Select a territory
  3. Click Assignments
  4. Select either a Publisher or a Field Service Group
    • Note: All Active persons who have a Privilege of UBP, Publisher, MS or Elder can be assigned territories
    • Note: You can also select either Circuit Overseer or None
  5. If you selected Person: Choose either Congregation or Personal Territory
  6. Set the Date you wish to make the Assignment
  7. Click Assign
  8. Optionally, tick Campaign to indicate if this is being covered during a campaign.

Complete Territory

  1. Click Territories
  2. Select the territory
  3. Click Assignments
  4. Set the Date the territory was Completed
  5. Optionally, tick Campaign to indicate if this was covered during a campaign.
  6. Click Completed

Completing Territories via NW Publisher app

If you are using the NW Publisher app, a brother can Complete the territory via the app.

However, completed territories must still be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.

Edit Territory Assignment

After a territory has been assigned, you can edit either the Publisher or Field Service Group, and if the territory is a Personal Territory or not.

You cannot edit the date Assigned or Completed.

  1. Click Territories
  2. Select the territory
  3. Click Assignments
  4. Click the Unlock button
  5. Make the edits

Delete Territory Assignment

  1. Click Territories
  2. Select the territory
  3. Click Assignments
  4. Select the Territory Assignment
  5. Click Delete

Quick Steps

The Territory Servant can use the following Quick Steps from the Me view:

  • Send Assigned Territories to Group Overseers
  • Send Overdue Territories Reminder
  • Send Territory Coverage to all elders

NW Publisher app Territories

If you have enabled the NW Publisher app and the App Feature Show Territories, all territories assigned to a Person or Field Service Groups will be shown on the Territories view of the app.

  • Note: Territories assigned to None are not shown

The Territories List view is divided into three categories:

  • Congregation Territories. Can be seen by all in the congregation. Territories assigned to you will shown up the top.
  • Field Service Group Territories. Can only been seen by persons in that Field Service Group.
  • Personal Territories. Can only been seen by the assigned Publisher.

Campaign

When assigning or completing a Territory, you can optionally tick Campaign. This means the territory was completed or assigned during a campaign.

  • For example, Memorial Invitation Campaign, Converting Invitation Campaign, Good News Campaign, etc.

This is for your reference only. Territories can be Filtered based on whether they have been or have not been completed during a campaign.

Some congregations like to track which territories where completed during a campaign, so they can work different territories the next time there is a campaign.

Common Questions and Problems

Territory Assignments

Territories can be assigned in the following 3 ways:

  1. To a Person for Congregation use
  2. To a Person for Personal use
  3. To a Field Service Group for Field Service Group use

Territories assigned to a Person for Congregation use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Congregation Territories list. Everyone in the congregation can see the territory.

Territories assigned to a Person for Personal use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Personal Territories List. Only that person can see the territory.

Territories assigned to a Field Service Group for Field Service Group use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Field Service Group Territories list. Only persons in that Field Service Group can see the territory.

  • Note: Each person or Group can be assigned a maximum of 10 territories at one time. This is more than enough, and if you need to assign more, please ask the person or Group Overseer to first complete their existing territories before receiving more

Assigning a territory to a Person does not mean it is a Personal Territory. By default, all assigned territories will show on the app in the Congregation Territories list.

This is because the majority of preaching is not done with Personal Territories, but together as a group.

    • For example, a brother conducting the Wednesday morning Meeting for Field Service would be assigned a territory. He will arrange and direct everyone who is witnessing on Wednesday morning to work this territory together. (See km 3/15 pp. 3-6 par 6, or od 65-67, or km 11/98 pp. 4 par 7)

Personal Territories should be considered a “supplement” to Group Witnessing, and should not replace group witnessing. (see km 12/06 p. 8 par 5)

To assign a Personal Territory, first assign to a Person and then select Personal Territory. This means only that single person can work the territory and it will show on the app in the Personal Territories list.

Territories can be assigned in the following 3 ways:

  1. To a Person for Congregation use
  2. To a Person for Personal use
  3. To a Field Service Group for Field Service Group use

Territories assigned to a Person for Congregation use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Congregation Territories list. Everyone in the congregation can see the territory.

Territories assigned to a Person for Personal use will appear on the NW Publisher app in the Personal Territories List. Only that person can see the territory.

Territories assigned to a Field Service Group for Field Service Group use will appear on the NW Publisher appin the Field Service Group Territorieslist. Only persons in that Field Service Group can see the territory.

  • Note: Each person or Group can be assigned a maximum of 10 territories at one time. This is more than enough, and if you need to assign more, please ask the person or Group Overseer to first complete their existing territories before receiving more

Assigning a territory to a Person does not mean it is a Personal Territory. By default, all assigned territories will show on the app in the Congregation Territories list.

This is because the majority of preaching is not done with Personal Territories, but together as a group.

    • For example, a brother conducting the Wednesday morning Meeting for Field Service would be assigned a territory. He will arrange and direct everyone who is witnessing on Wednesday morning to work this territory together. (See km 3/15 pp. 3-6 par 6, or od 65-67, or km 11/98 pp. 4 par 7)

Personal Territories should be considered a “supplement” to Group Witnessing, and should not replace group witnessing. (see km 12/06 p. 8 par 5)

To assign a Personal Territory, first assign to a Person and then select Personal Territory. This means only that single person can work the territory and it will show on the app in the Personal Territories list.

Yes, each person or Group can be assigned a maximum of 10 territories at one time.

This is more than enough, and cannot be changed.

If you need to assign more to a person or group, please ask the person or Group Overseer to first complete their existing territories before receiving more.

Yes, simply create new Territory Assignments, and adjust the Date Assigned and Date Completed to a past date.

If a publisher who was previously assigned a territory is no longer in your congregation, simply set the Person to None.

New World Scheduler strictly follows the branch Congregation Records Retention Policy. We must remain obedient to direction given.

Territory Assignment Records are retained for the current service year and for the previous service year only. (see sfla).

Old data is automatically removed on January 1st each year.

For your reference, the current service year starts in September and ends in August of the next year.

For example:

  • On September 1st, 2022, the current service year is 2023 and runs from September 2022 – August 2023 and the previous service year is September 2021 – August 2022.
  • On August 30th, 2022, the current service year is 2022 and runs from September 2021 – August 2022 and the previous service year is September 2020 – August 2021.

The “None” person is designed to allow you to enter previous Territory Assignment history if the person who was originally assigned a territory is unknown, or is no longer in your congregation.

You should not use “None” to make current territory assignments.

NW Publisher app

Yes, please assign the territory to a Field Service Group.

Yes, publishers can see Assigned Territories on the NW Publisher app. Publishers cannot see a list of unassigned territories.

Please see Territory Assignments and App Features – Territories for more information.

Please see NW Publisher app Help > Receive or Import App Data

When a publisher sends a Completed territory back to the congregation, it is not automatically received by New World Scheduler. It must be manually imported by an elder into New World Scheduler.

Not at this time, but we are hoping to add this feature in the future.

At this time, all appointed brothers must use NW Scheduler to manage territories.

In NW Publisher app, publishers can see any Assigned Territories that have been marked for Congregation use. They can also see any Personal territories assigned to them.

Publishers cannot assign their own territories. The Territory Servant must assign all territories using NW Scheduler.

Printing

When printing the Territory Assignment Records (S-13), you must select the Period, which are the Service Years. Only Territory Assignments made during the selected Service Years will be shown.

For you reference, service years start in September of the previous calendar year, and run to August of this year.

  • E.G. The 2022 Service Year goes from September 2021 to August 2022.

Additionally, Territory Assignment Records are retained for the current service year and for the previous service year only. (see sfla).

The branch made many significant changes to the new S-13 compared to the previous S-13.

The previous S-13 displayed all of the history of a territory, whereas the new S-13 only displays history which takes place in the selected Service Year.

Additionally, please note the directions for the Last date completed column: “When beginning a new sheet, use this column to record the date on which each territory was last completed.”

This means the column is only used ONCE, when you first start using that sheet. It therefore only shows the date a territory was last completed BEFORE the selected Service Year.

If a territory is completed during the selected Service Year, the Last date completed is NOT updated.

If a territory was not completed before the selected Service Year, no date will be shown.

When printing the Territory Assignment Records (S-13), you must select the Period, which are the Service Years. Only Territory Assignments made during the selected Service Years will be shown.

For you reference, service years start in September of the previous calendar year, and run to August of this year.

E.G. The 2022 Service Year goes from September 2021 to August 2022.

Additionally, Territory Assignment Records are retained for the current service year and for the previous service year only. (see sfla).

The branch made many significant changes to the new S-13 compared to the previous S-13.

The previous S-13 displayed all of the history of a territory, whereas the new S-13 only displays history which takes place in the selected Service Year.

Additionally, please note the directions for the Last date completed column: “When beginning a new sheet, use this column to record the date on which each territory was last completed.”

This means the column is only used ONCE, when you first start using that sheet. It therefore only shows the date a territory was last completed BEFORE the selected Service Year.

If a territory is completed during the selected Service Year, the Last date completed is NOT updated.

If a territory was not completed before the selected Service Year, no date will be shown.

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