About the Teams app
Culminate Teams is the app for the people who serve. When a leader schedules someone in Teams, that person answers the request, sees the plan, practices the songs, checks in on the day, and chats with the people they serve with, all in one place.
It’s a separate app from the Culminate Life app. Your church members use the Culminate Life app. Your volunteers use both: Culminate Life for church life, and Culminate Teams for serving.
Who uses it
- Volunteers answer requests, keep their schedule and blackout dates up to date, and get what they need for each date they serve.
- Team leaders and team admins also get a Leading tab. They see what needs attention, check people in, find someone for an open spot, and message everyone serving. They don’t need dashboard access for any of it.
Same login as your church’s app
Volunteers sign in with their Culminate Life account, the same email and password they use in your church’s app. There’s no new account to make. If someone serves at more than one church, they switch between them in the app. See Sign in and switch church.
Where to get it
Culminate Teams runs on iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets.
Requests also go out by email, and by text where your church texts, so volunteers without the app can still answer with one tap.
The tabs
| Tab | What volunteers do there |
|---|---|
| Home | Answer new requests, cover swaps, see when they’re serving next, and get cleared to serve. See Home and requests. |
| Schedule | See every date they’re serving, add blackout dates, and add their dates to their calendar. See Schedule and blackout dates. |
| Teams | See their teams and positions, open each team’s library, set how often they’d like to serve, and see teams they could join. See Your teams. |
| Chats | Team chats, plan chats, groups, and direct messages with the people they serve with. See Chats and messages. |
| Leading | Only for team leaders and team admins. See Leading a team. |
Tapping their photo at the top right opens Profile. See Profile and settings.
On an iPad held sideways, the tabs move to a sidebar, and lists open side by side with what’s picked in them. Android tablets get a navigation rail with the same side-by-side layout.
Links open in the app
Links in Teams emails, texts, and notifications point to teams.culminate.life. When the app is installed, plan, chat, schedule, and swap links open straight in the app, in the right church. Without the app, they open on the Teams website.