Meet Unison: Your New Go-To Tool for Every Volunteer Event Beyond Mass

If you love how Ministry Scheduler Pro brings order, clarity, and ease to your liturgical scheduling, you're not alone. Tens of thousands of ministry leaders rely on MSP every week to keep Mass running smoothly. But as you know better than anyone, parish life doesn't stop on Sunday. Festivals, fish fries, holiday bazaars, school fundraisers, Knights of Columbus events, meal trains, community outreach, and countless parish gatherings all need volunteers, communication, and coordination too.

That's exactly why we created Unison: a modern, easy-to-use volunteer coordination platform designed for all the other events your parish needs to organize.

And the best part? Unison works beautifully alongside MSP, giving you a complete system for every type of volunteer engagement your parish runs.

Why Parishes Needed Something Beyond MSP

MSP is the gold standard for liturgical scheduling—accurate rotations, skills and qualifications, Mass preferences, reminders, swap requests, and all the complexity that comes with ministry roles.

But when it comes to parish-wide events, the needs are completely different:

• You're coordinating one-off or recurring events, not year-round rotations
• Volunteers sign up for open shifts rather than being assigned
• You need fast setup—something you can build in minutes
• You need tools that support community engagement and visibility
• You often involve volunteers outside of formal ministries: parents, students, Knights, school families, community partners

Parishes told us: "We love MSP. But we need something simple we can use for everything else."

Unison was built to be that missing piece.

What Unison Does

Unison is built for simplicity so you can create, share, and manage volunteer opportunities in just a few clicks.

Create events in minutes

Building a fundraiser, festival, or volunteer day is as simple as entering your event name, adding shifts, and hitting publish.

Easy sign-ups for volunteers

Volunteers can join from a link—no account creation required. They see open shifts, grab the ones they want, and get automatic reminders.

Perfect for community-wide events

Unison shines when you need to involve people outside your regular ministry teams—parents, students, community groups, school families, and more.

Clear visibility for parish leaders

See who has signed up, which shifts still need coverage, and send targeted reminders with one click.

No learning curve

If your team uses MSP, they'll understand Unison immediately. It's simple, visual, and intuitive.

Examples of Events MSP Users Already Run in Unison

Here are some real-world ways parish teams are using Unison today:

• Fish fries during Lent: Shifts for prep, cooking, plating, serving, cleanup.
• Holiday events: Christmas bazaars, nativity scenes, tree sales, gift drives, volunteer elves.
• Knights of Columbus events: Concession stands, Tootsie Roll drives, parish breakfasts, charity fundraisers.
• School & youth events: Fall festivals, book fairs, 8th-grade fundraiser nights, student service hours.
• Seasonal ministries: Giving Trees, Habitat for Humanity builds, food pantry weekends.
• Maintenance & campus projects: Parish clean-up days, gardening teams, décor volunteers.

If you've ever tried to handle any of these with email threads, paper sign-ups, or a juggling act of spreadsheets… you know how much time it eats up. MSP wasn't built for these—but Unison is perfect for them.

Unison + MSP = A Complete Parish Scheduling System

MSP is unmatched for liturgical scheduling. That won't change. Unison simply fills the gap for everything else.

Together, they give you:

• The structure of MSP for recurring Mass roles
• The flexibility of Unison for one-off and community events
• A unified way to engage volunteers across the entire parish
• More time back for ministry, preparation, and connection

It's the perfect pairing.

Try Unison And See How Much Time You Get Back

Start using Unison today for free. Set up an event, invite volunteers, and see how much smoother your next fundraiser, parish festival, or community service project can be.

Create your free Unison account here.
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