Add or import the first active care list: shut-ins, visitors, grief or hospital follow-up, prayer review, and overdue care.
1A real week of pastoral care, shown plainly.
See how TendWell carries Sunday conversations into weekday follow-up, careful prayer review, shared assignments, reports, and a 40-day trial your church can judge by real usefulness.
One minute walkthrough
Watch TendWell carry a real week.
See how TendWell helps pastors spot who needs attention, keep context with people, capture care moments, and keep follow-up visible.
AttentionPeopleCaptureCare Queue
Shared care without confusion
A church can care together without losing the thread.
After Sunday, the work can move from conversation to assignment to review without depending on a group text or one tired memory.
Capture the moment while the details are fresh.
Assign the next hospitable action to the right person.
Prepare for the next meeting with the open loops already gathered.
Start with guided setup, not an empty dashboard.
TendWell guides new users through church setup, care focus, first-person setup, Capture Care training, and the privacy boundary before the dashboard opens. The first session is meant to produce a usable first-week flow, not just a completed form.
OnboardingChurch basics
Name, location, service rhythm, and time zone.
OnboardingCare focus
Choose the first people and rhythms to bring into view.
OnboardingCapture Care training
Learn how a captured moment becomes care, prayer, or follow-up.
OnboardingPrivacy safety
Review what may be shared and what should stay private.
How TendWell Works
A simple pastoral loop: gather the people in view, capture what happened, review what needs attention, and follow through with confidence.
Workflow preview
Add people and households
Start with the people already on your mind. TendWell keeps individuals and households connected so care has one reliable place to return to.
Household profile
Linked people
Care status
Next follow-up
Use the trial to prove a real week of care.
Forty days gives the rhythm time to pass through real Sundays, weekday follow-up, prayer review, shared ownership, and at least one leadership conversation before your church pays.
Import help during launchStarting from a spreadsheet, contact export, or simple directory file? TendWell can help shape it into a first active care list so the trial begins with real people, not a blank workspace.
Did TendWell help us remember someone we might have forgotten?
Did it make one follow-up clearer?
Did it help us handle prayer wording more carefully?
Did it make a care meeting easier to prepare?
Did shared care depend less on one person?
Use Capture Care after Sunday conversations, then turn at least one care moment into prayer, a visit, or a follow-up task.
2Invite another leader if care is shared, assign one next step, and confirm the right people can see the right context.
3Run Weekly Review and prepare an elder, deacon, staff, or care-team meeting from TendWell instead of rebuilding context.
4Choose Solo, Church, or Care Team only after the trial shows your actual user count, active care load, and report needs.
5Care review outputs
Reports that turn scattered care into a meeting-ready picture.
TendWell does more than store notes. It helps a pastor, admin, elder, deacon, or care team walk into review with the right people, open loops, prayer wording, and next actions already organized.
Sample care packetReview-ready, not cluttered
Needs attentionOverdue follow-ups, visitors, quiet households
Prayer reviewPublic-safe wording separated from private context
Leadership handoffOwners, due dates, and clear next actions
Review before Sunday
Weekly Review PDF
A week-level view of overdue work, visitors, prayer review, quiet households, and next actions.
Leadership-ready
Elder Meeting Prep
A leadership-ready care summary that keeps private note fields out of the meeting packet.
Nothing goes cold
Visitor Follow-Up Report
A focused list of visitor status, next hospitable action, owner, and contact timing.
Careful sharing
Public-Safe Prayer List
Prayer wording prepared for sharing without private pastoral context.
Clear next action
Overdue Follow-Up Summary
Open loops that need a call, visit, note, prayer update, or assigned owner.
Monthly care pulse
Monthly Care Summary
A broader record of care activity, completed follow-up, prayer review, and care patterns.
Use proof to decide whether the rhythm fits.
Start with real active care, run the trial checklist, and choose a plan only if TendWell makes care more visible.