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# Member Involvement

## Overview

Involvement offers a multi-tier way to organize and present the possibilities to your congregation of the ways they can participate and help serve the church.

These are organized into Categories, Areas and Subareas.

You are encouraged to put a significant amount of thought into all the possible opportunities that could be available for members to help with or participate in.

Be sure to read more about [volunteer management](/features/member-involvement/volunteers-management.md) and the [volunteer list](/features/member-involvement/volunteers-list.md).

### Admin View

<figure><img src="/files/qoAV67k1CaIbyK4NrFHP" alt=""><figcaption><p>Preview of creating and editing categories, areas and subareas for member involvement.</p></figcaption></figure>

### Member View

<div><figure><img src="/files/3Of4ZhbXYJCZkOZ4usDo" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Preview from the member standpoint of the Involvement categories.</p></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="/files/1hhpyesYRYeFEQUMRmFK" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Preview from a member standpoint of Involvement areas and subareas.</p></figcaption></figure></div>

## Restrictions

Each Category, Area and Subarea can have certain restrictions on them so that they only appear for certain people.

* For men only
* For women only
* For baptized members only
* For "approved to teach" members only
* For "completed a background check" members only
* Hidden (from all members)
* Automatically approve for assignments
* Automatically show in volunteers list