Hello

I have submitted an update to the Apple Store review process which has the changes for our updated reporting requirements.

Here is an updated look of the new user interface:

These changes will apply retroactively, so your previous placements will show as combined under “placements” once the new build is installed.

Because of this, I have requested the new build to be released on January 6th (if it passes Apple’s review process by then) which should allow you to report Decmeber correctly, then starting in January you can use the new fields.

Don’t worry about recording Magazines, Books, etc when you start the new year, once the new app is installed it will combine them.

Hope you continue to find My Ministry useful, and as always, reviews in the App Store are appreciated.

Hello,

I wanted to let you know that I am working on a release to keep in harmony with the latest direction.  I have completed the slightly new layout, with Placements and Video Showings and have updated the service year at a glance tab.

These changes will go retroactive to keep my ministry simple, and easy to follow.  Therefore my plan is to release the new build in the first week of January, so that December reports can be processed with Magazines, Books, Brochures & Tracts.

I am finalizing my testing to ensure everything works as expected with this large change to how we track and report of monthly service.

I am also planning future updates once this one is released around reminding those who have connected to Dropbox, to back up at a regular interval when the app is opened.

Hope you are continuing to find My Ministry useful.

Hello.

I have had several people confused with the correct way to enter minutes when using My Ministry. I would like to explain how to do it and why I chose this way.

In order to keep My Ministry simple and easy to use, I decided against tracking actual minutes and went with whole and partial hours. This makes tracking time simple and fast. The majority of the publishers I asked tracked at 1/4 hours or 15 minute intervals. Therefore that is how it adds the time. 3/4 of an hour is 45 mintes. So to enter 3/4 of an hour, you need to use that decimal representation of it which is .75.

15 minutes = 1/4 of an hour = .25

30 minutes = 1/2 of an hour = .50

45 minutes = 3/4 of an hour = .75

Therefore, if you have worked 3 hours and 15 minutes, you’d need to enter 3.25 which represents 3 & 1/4 HOURS

If you want to track at a more granular minute level, then you’d need to figure out what your minutes represents as a portion of an hour.  For example 40 minutes would be 2/3 of an hour or approximately .66.

I hope this helps explain how to correctly enter time in My Ministry.

Hello,

I recently noticed that my reminders weren’t popping up in iOS .  I needed to request permission to sent alerts, so that you can control these items.

When you install the update, you will see the following prompt:

By selecting allow My Ministry will be allowed to prompt you to turn in your time and to send reminders on service plans.  If you choose to not allow, and later change your mind, you can update these settings in Setting-Notifications-My Ministry.

I hope you continue to find My Ministry useful.

Reviews are reset with each update, therefore I would appreciate your continued support with a review if you find the app useful in tracking your Field Ministry.

Thanks!

Version 1.3.0 of My Ministry has gone live in the App Store

It is my hope that this new build provides you with better functionality and easier time tracking.

I appreciate all feedback, and welcome any reviews in the App Store.

Thanks!

One of the most requested items I have had for My Ministry is to roll over partial hours into the following month.

This will be coming in the 1.3.0 update – which is currently in beta testing.

Basically anytime the total hours is over 1 hour any partial hours will roll over into the following month’s report.  It will not change the number of hours recorded for the month when looking at the graphs.

For example:

Recorded time for September is 10.5 hours

Recorded time for October is 10.5 hours

The report mailed to the Group Overseer will be 10 hours for September, but 11 for October.

Hello,

I have had several questions on what happened to my last service year?

The design of My Ministry is to be extremely simple, so that you are able to focus on one thing, entering your time fast and easy. Therefore it shows a single service year at a time, but all your data is still there.

To switch service years click on the Service Year view and use the navigation buttons to go back…

When you open My Ministry and navigate to that tab – it may appear that all your data is gone.

Select the LEFT arrow button to navigate back, and all your information from the previous service year will be present.

That’s it!  Now you can see all your data form the previous year.  If you need to report August, simply scroll to the month of August and select a date in August and you will be able to report it.

If you click on the arrow and the service year hasn’t been created yet you will be prompted to create the shell to hold the data.  You can select yes or no – pressing yes will create it, no will keep you on the service year you are currently looking at.

Hope you found this post helpful.  Please note, when you close My Ministry and reopen it, it always selects todays date for quick data entry.

If you find My Ministry helpful, please leave a review in the app store.

Thanks.

The update with Dropbox backup and restore has gone live.

Hope you continue to find My Ministry useful.

Thanks.

Hello,

I have noticed that using My Ministry on a 3.5 inch screen caused some formatting issues, this will be corrected in this upcoming release.  

Additionally, I have added a backup/restore solution using Dropbox. I am currently performing final testing on this update and when it’s complete, I will submit it to the AppStore.

This change required a small change to the Settings tab to accommodate the new buttons.

When you click on the back up button, you will be presented with this screen:

If the link is successful you will now how the ability to backup and restore as needed.

When you initiate a backup or restore, the app needs to wait until it’s complete, so you will see a grey progress overlay:

My Ministry will confirm both actions when data is being overwritten:

This feature allows your data to be safely backed up in the event of a catastrophic iDevice failure, and to be able to restore it in the event of a backup from iCloud not being available, or not being usable for what ever reason.

You can only have one backup per Dropbox account, this way you will only have your latest data and there is no way to accidentally use a wrong one.

I hope you enjoy this update, and if you do, would really appreciate a review in the app store since each update clears the old reviews out.

****My Ministry is not affiliated with or otherwise sponsored by Dropbox, Inc.