OCLM Meeting Scheduler — Save Hours Every Month on Your Congregation's Theocratic Schedules
The web-based JW meeting scheduler trusted by congregations worldwide. Automate Christian Life & Ministry midweek meetings, Weekend Public Talks, Kingdom Hall duties, and any custom Theocratic schedule — all from any device with a browser.
- ✅ Save hours every month — auto-assign in seconds.
- ✅ Any device, any OS — iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebook. No installs, no file-syncing, always in sync with OCLM.
- ✅ Sign in with Google or Microsoft — MFA supported, no extra password to remember.
- ✅ Up to 350 brothers on one subscription, no extra cost.
- ✅ Multilingual — English & Spanish interfaces and printouts.
- ✅ Free 30-day trial — no credit card required.
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OCLM Meeting Scheduler was built for brothers carrying the responsibility of keeping congregation meetings organized and running smoothly — without losing evenings and weekends fighting spreadsheets, Word documents, and last-minute corrections.
Instead of spending hours, OCLM helps you schedule faster with confidence from day one:
- No missed conflicts
- No duplicated assignments
- No confusing spreadsheets or patched-together templates
- Professional schedules and assignment slips instantly generated
What once took hours can now be done in minutes — giving time back to family, shepherding, preparation, and rest.
Simple to use. Effective by design. Examples shown: Main Menu, Students, Custom Schedules Menu, Publisher Portal, and User Management.
Any Device — A JW Scheduler That Works on iPad, Mac, Android & Chromebook
Works on iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, and Chromebook. No downloads, no installs, no version mismatches between desktop and mobile
Multi-User Congregation Scheduling — Up to 350 Brothers
Up to 350 brothers on a single subscription with role-based read/write per feature. No data file emailing back and forth between PCs. No "sync" button to accept incoming changes. Your congregation data is always in sync with OCLM on every device
Google & Microsoft SSO With MFA
Use the Google or Microsoft account you already trust, with multi-factor authentication (MFA) supported — no separate password to remember, no extra account to manage
Cloud-Based Congregation Scheduler — No File Sync, No Backups to Manage
No more worrying about lost files or device failures. No data is tied to one device. It's protected with encryption, SSL, secure sign-in, automatic encrypted backups, and enterprise-grade infrastructure, so it's always safe and accessible. Ownership transfers cleanly when assignments change
OCLM Software is a web-based JW meeting scheduler built for Jehovah's Witness congregations to automate the Our Christian Life and Ministry (CLM) midweek meeting, the Weekend Public Talk and Watchtower study, Kingdom Hall cleaning, attendant duties, sound and audio/video (A/V) assignments, microphone and platform duties, public witnessing carts, service group rotations, Circuit Assembly and Regional Convention coordination, and any other custom Theocratic schedule. It runs in any modern browser — Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge — on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android, and Chromebook. There is nothing to download or install.
OCLM is a web-based JW meeting scheduler for Christian Life & Ministry midweek meetings, Weekend Public Talks, and any custom congregation duty roster — built for Jehovah's Witness congregations and runs in any modern browser with no install or downloads.
It auto-assigns parts to students and brothers based on profiles, history, and gap detection, generates Word DOCX and PDF printouts (assignment slips, Chairman's worksheets and outlines, and information board schedules), and delivers reminders by email, SMS, or WhatsApp.
OCLM is fully web-based, so every brother always sees the same up-to-date schedule with no installs, no file-syncing, and no version mismatches between desktop and mobile.
Desktop schedulers require installs, manual updates, and emailing encrypted exchange files between elders to keep data in sync. With OCLM, your congregation data lives in one secure cloud database — always in sync, on every device, every login. There is no “accept incoming changes” button to remember to press.
OCLM Software costs $19 USD per year for an entire congregation with up to 350 invited brothers, or $9 USD per year for those with limited financial means.
A free 30-day trial with full feature access is available with no credit card required.
Yes — OCLM works on any device with a modern web browser, including Apple Mac, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Android phones and tablets, and Chromebook.
Unlike Windows-only desktop schedulers, OCLM does not lock out brothers based on what device they own. The same login works from a laptop in the morning, a phone at the Kingdom Hall, and a tablet at home.
Yes — OCLM supports up to 350 invited users on a single subscription with role-based permissions: Owner, Administrator, and Member, with granular read or read/write access per feature.
The Life and Ministry Meeting Overseer, Public Talk Coordinator, Coordinator of the Body of Elders (COBE), attendants, sound and A/V servants, cleaning coordinator, and ministerial servants can all collaborate in real time without emailing files back and forth.
Yes — brothers can sign in with their existing Google or Microsoft account, with multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforced through that account itself.
There is no separate password to remember and no extra account to manage.
Yes — OCLM is a modern, web-based alternative to NW Scheduler (also called New World Scheduler; formerly JW Scheduler), Majestic Software KHS, TMSware CLM Explorer, Deckhand, and Hourglass.
You can import existing data from CSV files generated by those programs, and you gain a tool that works on every device, never needs installing.
OCLM is built for the Life and Ministry Meeting Overseer, the Public Talk Coordinator, the Coordinator of the Body of Elders (COBE), attendants, sound and A/V servants, the cleaning coordinator, ministerial servants, and Circuit Assembly or Regional Convention coordinators.
All publishers also receive read-only access to their talks and assignments through the Publisher Portal — visible from any device, with their parts and assignments highlighted by gold-star indicators.
OCLM has provided the web-based JW congregation scheduler for over 9 years. Prior to that, the team developed and supported the TMS Desktop Scheduler (Theocratic Ministry School Scheduler) for more than 10 years, totaling 19+ years of experience serving JW congregations.
This long track record of specialized scheduling expertise ensures OCLM is built by and for congregation scheduling professionals who understand the unique needs of Jehovah's Witness congregations.
Most scheduling software was designed years ago around one brother sitting at one Windows computer — passing encrypted files by email, waiting on replies, hoping the data isn’t lost when that brother’s laptop fails or his assignment changes.
OCLM was built differently. It was designed from the start for a body of elders collaborating together online — from whatever device they have, wherever they are — with no “send me the file”, no encrypted exchange files, and no sync button to click every time a change is made.
OCLM is intentionally focused. It does not try to become an all-in-one congregation management system loaded with rarely used complexity. It does one thing exceptionally well: scheduling.
- Faster to learn and faster to use
- Easier to maintain and hand over between brothers
- Congregation data stays safe when responsibilities change — it is never tied to one brother’s device
Theocratic direction confirms that online and web-based software are acceptable for congregation use. OCLM Software stores only the bare minimum of information genuinely needed to schedule meetings and organize publishers.
The direction also makes it clear that sensitive or confidential congregation information should not be stored online. The data the platform stores about a publisher is:
- First and last name — required to identify who is assigned to each part.
- Email address — used to send the initial invitation, and (optionally) assignment notifications if the publisher chooses to receive them.
- Mobile / WhatsApp number — fully optional. Used only for SMS or WhatsApp reminders if the publisher opts in.
- Assignment and availability — parts and assignments a publisher can handle and dates they are unavailable.
- Optional short scheduling notes — intentionally limited in length and are accompanied by clear warnings not to enter confidential information.
No sensitive or confidential information is stored. Specifically, OCLM does not collect, store, or transmit any of the following — fields that other schedulers routinely synchronize to the cloud just to keep desktop installations in sync:
- No home address, latitude, or longitude
- No removed, reinstated, or incarcerated dates
- No family relationships or family-head information
- No financial, donation, or banking details
- No medical, health, or welfare information
- No shepherding or committee records about individuals
The result is a platform that keeps congregation data intentionally minimal — limited to what is reasonably necessary to schedule meetings effectively, organize publishers and communicate assignments securely.
OCLM Software follows Theocratic direction by ensuring that congregation records can be removed at any time, on short notice, without contacting support. The account owner controls deletion in three ways:
- Delete the entire congregation — every schedule, publisher record, history entry, and setting can be erased in a few clicks from the account-owner dashboard.
- Delete an individual record — any brother or publisher can be removed from the system instantly, along with their assignment history and contact details.
- Permanent removal — once deleted, data is gone from the live database immediately. Any encrypted system backups roll off automatically within the standard 30-day retention window.
This means an account owner can comply with deletion direction immediately — no support ticket, no waiting period, no third-party processor in between.
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