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Create a Private Group

Lesson 4 of 21 · 0:58Updated Oct 2026

What you will learn

Some groups shouldn't be searchable: support groups, recovery groups, leadership circles. See how a Private group stays out of your public Group Finder and open only to the people you invite. TimelyChurch is church management software, learn more at timely.church.

Go deeper: Creating Groups in the Knowledge Base.

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Some groups should stay quiet. Here's how. On the Groups page, click Add Group. Private Group is already picked. It's the same kind of group underneath, but it's never listed publicly. Name it, and describe who it's for. Meeting details work exactly like a public group. You can add them later. Click Create. Leave the public link switched off, and nobody can find or open this group from outside. Here's the public Group Finder. Search for it, and nothing comes up. People get in when a leader adds them or sends an invitation, and both have their own videos.