Parent Portal

The parent portal gives parents their own login to see what their child is learning — without needing a teacher account. They see the upcoming lesson schedule and can access each week's parent page with take-home resources.

It's the second of three ways to support parents. The take-home sheet asks nothing of them at all; the portal suits families who want to look ahead and follow along themselves; and Email Parents lets you reach the ones who sign up here. Most ministries use more than one.

What Is the Parent Portal?

When parents log in to the parent portal, they see:

• Last week's lesson (with a "Last week" label)
• The next 8 weeks of upcoming lessons
• A Parent Page button for each lesson — a family-friendly summary of the story with discussion questions, which parents can also download as a printable sheet
• A Full Lesson link if they want to see the complete lesson content

If your ministry runs multiple services, parents select their child's service at the top and the schedule updates accordingly. All services start collapsed so they choose the right one.

Setting Up Parent Access

Go to Parent Access in the Tools menu. The page has three sections: your invite link, your registered parents list, and shareable parent page links.

Managing Registered Parents

The Registered Parents section on the Parent Access page shows everyone who has signed up. You can see their name, email, and registration date.

To remove a parent's access, click the Remove button next to their name. They will no longer be able to log in. Existing parent accounts are not affected by regenerating the invite link.

The Printable Take-Home Sheet

Every parent page has a Download Printable PDF button, which gives the parent the same content as a one-sheet PDF. No login is needed for it, so it works from a shared link just as well as from inside the portal.

You can print the same sheet yourself and hand it out in class — useful for the families who never get around to registering. See Take-Home Sheet for the full details.

Emailing Parents

You can send a message to all registered parents at once from the Email Parents page (accessible via the button at the top of the Parent Access page). See the Email Parents help article for full details.

Regenerating the Invite Link

If you want to prevent new parents from joining using the old link (for example, after a ministry season ends), click Regenerate Link. The old link immediately stops working for new signups. Parents who have already registered are not affected — their accounts remain active.

Share the new link when you're ready to open registration again.

Shareable Parent Page Links

Don't want parents to create an account? No problem. Each lesson has a direct parent page link you can copy from the Parent Access page and paste into a bulletin or email. Anyone with the link can view that lesson's parent page — no login required.

This is a good option for one-off sharing (e.g. "Here's the parent page for this Sunday's lesson") while the invite link is better for ongoing parent engagement.