Using Age Categories
Though Groups are great for organizing your members into groups or classes, there are many situations in which you simply want to group your members by age. For that, we use Age Categories.
Check Your Categories
You can view your Age Category preferences by selecting any individual in your church database to edit, then selecting the "Edit List" button next to the Age Categories field.
Edit Age Categories
In the slide-out menu, you can add an Age Category by selecting "Add List Option". You can also rename or edit an Age Category by selecting it, or delete it altogether by selecting the ( ). If you need to rearrange the order of the Age Categories, select the arrows to the right of each category.
The age range for an Age Category is found between the parenthesis. Here you can change the number range to correspond to the age range of your ministries. Do not overlap the age ranges, like (25-35) then (35-45); it should be (25-34) and (35-44). All Age Categories must be in the same parenthesis format to be properly sorted.
Auto Assign Age Categories
Though you may already be selecting an individual's Age Category when they're added, they will eventually move to another as they grow older.
Select the "Auto-Assign Age Categories Based on Current Age" button to sort everyone in your church database to their proper category. This is done manually and does not automatically move a person on their birthday during the year.
Pro Tips
We recommend auto-assigning age categories at least once a year. Most churches do it at the beginning of the school year so they can organize their classes accordingly.