Duplicating a Week

Most weeks at most churches look pretty similar — same recurring announcements, same prayer chain format, similar scripture series. Duplicating a week saves you from retyping the same stuff every Monday.

How to duplicate

1. Go to History in the sidebar
2. Find the week you want to copy
3. Click Duplicate
4. A new draft opens, pre-filled with everything from the original (sermon, announcements, prayer requests, etc.) but with this Sunday's date

Edit anything that's changed — new sermon title, different prayer requests, swapped announcements — and save.

What gets copied

Everything from the weekly input form:

• Sermon title, speaker, scripture
• All announcements
• Prayer requests
• Volunteer needs
• Spotlight
• Special notes

What does NOT get copied

• The previous week's generated content (email, posts, bulletin) — those get freshly regenerated when you click Generate All Channels on the new week
• Publish status — the new week starts unpublished

When to use it

• Recurring sermon series where the format is the same week to week ("Week 3 of Romans")
• Holidays where you want last year's framing as a starting point
• Slow news weeks where 80% of the content is identical to last week

Tips

• Duplicate on Monday morning as your weekly ritual — it's the fastest path to "draft ready by Tuesday."
• Combine with Smart Fill — duplicate last week, then use Smart Fill to layer in this week's new notes.

Related: Creating a Week · History · Seasonal Templates