Case Study: The Avenue Church achieves faster scheduling and error-free payroll with Deputy

Deputy takes the stress out of scheduling for the team at The Avenue Church

The Avenue Church in Dallas, Texas, needed a better way to manage its Care Team — a 20–30 person group who provide paid childcare during growing numbers of services and events across two campuses. Bi‑weekly schedules were being built and updated manually in Word, emailed back and forth, and only viewable on desktops, a process that took hours each month, complicated last‑minute shift changes, and had to integrate with new Xero payroll software.

By deploying Deputy, Traci can create and copy bi‑weekly schedules, send push/SMS notifications, and let team members pick, offer, or swap shifts from their smartphones; employees clock in on an on‑site iPad and timesheets flow into Xero. The change cut schedule creation from hours to minutes (about six hours saved per month), improved communication and task management, sped up last‑minute coverage, and delivered accurate, error‑free payroll reporting.

The Avenue Church

Traci Alverson

Preschool Minister and Care Team Coordinator