Basic Guide to Sharing your Calendar
The Share Calendar page gives you links you can copy and share so church members, staff, and visitors can view your church calendar online.
These links are view-only. People who open them can see your calendar events, but they cannot add, edit, or delete anything.
Use your assigned calendar link
Add the calendar link to your website
Share links to specific calendar views
Open the Share Calendar page
- Sign in to your My Church Events account.
- From your dashboard, select Share Calendar.
Use your assigned calendar link
At the top of the Share Calendar page, you’ll see Your assigned web address.
This is your church’s permanent calendar link. You can share this link with anyone who needs to view your calendar.
You can use this link in places like:
- Your church website
- Email newsletters
- Social media posts
- Printed materials or bulletins
- Text messages
- Internal church communications
To make sure the link opens correctly, select Preview.
Add the calendar link to your website
If you want visitors to access your calendar from your church website, copy your assigned web address and add it as a link on your website.
For example, your website button or menu item might say:
- View Church Calendar
- Upcoming Events
- Church Events Calendar
- Calendar
When someone selects that link, your public calendar will open in their browser.
Tip: This creates a link to your calendar. If you want events to appear directly on a page of your website, see the Event Viewer Plug-in section below.
Share links to specific calendar views
The Share Calendar page also includes links to specific calendar views.
You may see options for:
- Current Month List
- Current Week List
- Current Day
These links are helpful when you want to send someone directly to a more focused view of your calendar.
For example:
- Use Current Month List when sharing a full list of upcoming events for the month.
- Use Current Week List when sharing this week’s schedule.
- Use Current Day when sharing today’s events.
Select Preview next to any link to see what visitors will see.
About custom web addresses
Some accounts may also see a section called Your custom web address.
Custom web addresses are no longer available for new setup. However, if your account already has a custom web address, My Church Events will continue to support it.
If you see a custom web address on your Share Calendar page, you can continue using it.
Use the Event Viewer Plug-in
The Share Calendar page also includes an Event Viewer Plug-in code option.
Use this option if you want selected events from your calendar to appear directly on your church website instead of sending visitors to a separate calendar page.
Select Create your plug-in code snippet to get started.
Can people view the calendar on a phone?
Yes. My Church Events does not require a mobile app for visitors to view your calendar.
Your public calendar link can be opened in a mobile browser. Church members can also bookmark the calendar link or save it to their phone’s home screen for quick access.
For best results, share your church’s assigned calendar link from the Share Calendar page instead of sending people to the general My Church Events website.
Troubleshooting
The calendar link does not open
If a calendar link does not open, try these steps:
- Return to the Share Calendar page.
- Select Preview next to the link.
- If the preview opens correctly, copy the link again and update it wherever you shared it.
The calendar is not appearing on my church website
If you added one of the Share Calendar links to your website, the link should open your calendar when selected.
If you want events to display directly on the page instead, use the Event Viewer Plug-in code option.
Someone says they cannot edit the calendar
That is expected. The links on the Share Calendar page are for public viewing only.
To add or edit events, a user must sign in to My Church Events with an account that has permission to manage the calendar.
The calendar opens to an old month
If you are clicking on a link to get to the calendar and it opens to a month in the past, the URL you are clicking on has a date embedded in it. The date needs to be removed from the URL.
If you are in Edit Mode (For Admins and Editors), the link should look like this: https://www.mychurchevents.com/subscriber/calendar/edit/month
If you are in View only mode (for members), the link should end with .com like this: .view-events.com