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Group and Ministry Area Events

Put Your Group Into Recess

Put the group into recess to cancel primary group meetings during a specified date range and notify members and guardians by email.

Only primary meetings will be canceled when you put your group into recess. If you have other events scheduled, it will not automatically cancel them. You will also be able to schedule additional, non-primary events during the recess.

  1. In the left nav, click Groups > All Groups. To open the group you want to recess, click the group's name.
  2. Click Edit Info.
  3. In the left menu, click Recess Periods, then click Add recess period.
  4. Enter a date range for the recess. (It will not retroactively recess a meeting where attendance was taken.)

    an image showing a group's recess period between December 20 and January 3rd.
  5. Click Save.
  • Five days before the recess begins, members of the group will be emailed the recess dates and told that meetings are canceled during that period.
  • Five days before the end of the recess, members will be sent a reminder email that includes the date, time, and location of the next regular meeting. If no meeting is scheduled, this email will not be sent.
  • Guardians of children receive the begin recess email.
  • You can customize these emails in Settings > System Emails, under Groups. See System Emails.
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Last updated: August 19, 2026