Shouldered AI / For pastors and church offices
You be the pastor. We shoulder the rest.
You were called to shepherd people, not to chase spreadsheets. Shouldered records the giving, schedules the volunteers, sends the newsletter and keeps the inbox moving, so your week goes back to your congregation.
"When do I get to actually pastor?"
HQ takes the church admin off your desk and starts it on its own. Your hours go to visits, prayer, and preaching.
"Sunday needs twelve volunteers and I have eight."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk builds the schedule, sends the reminders, and finds a sub when someone cancels, so you are not texting people on Saturday night.
"Is the giving being recorded right?"
Matthew at the Finance Desk records each gift, keeps the giving statements ready, and prepares the reports your treasurer and board review.
"My inbox is a mountain."
Your Hero sorts your mail, drafts replies in your voice, and keeps your calendar, so the notes that need a pastor reach you first.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for pastors.
Gives you one short summary each morning and answers for all seven desks when you ask a question.
Records giving, prepares year-end giving statements, and tracks bills so the treasurer sees clean books.
Schedules greeters, ushers, nursery, and worship teams, and sends the reminders each week.
Writes and sends the weekly newsletter, posts events, and keeps the website calendar current.
Answers visitor questions, follows up with first-time guests, and routes prayer requests to the right people.
Keeps staff and volunteer records, background-check renewals, and onboarding paperwork on track.
Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
Monday morning, Simon tells you the giving from Sunday is recorded and the statements are current. Two nursery volunteers dropped out, and Operations already has two new volunteers confirmed. The newsletter draft is waiting for your one paragraph, and four first-time guests have had a warm welcome note. You spend the afternoon at the hospital and with a couple preparing for marriage.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Your staff get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, your church gets a free HQ Small. Want a plan now? Churches pay half the standard price, with no onboarding fee: Small is $375 a month paid for the year.
Grow
As the church grows, move to Medium for up to 20 staff seats. Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.
Two prices, and 50 Founding places.
First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.
Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.
Founding 50: of 50 places left. When they are gone, this price closes.
For you
An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.
- A seat a month
- $25
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $20
- A seat a month. Cancel any time
- No onboarding fee
- It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Up to five people
5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $750
- Month to month
- $1,100
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $500
- Simon and all seven desks
- Starts the work itself
- About $25 a day, paid for the year
- The six-month guarantee
- Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Six to twenty people
20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $1,875
- Month to month
- $2,750
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $1,250
- Everything in Small
- Room to grow without changing plan
- The six-month guarantee
Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.
Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.
The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.
Do you keep our members' information safe?
Yes. Every church signs a data agreement with us. We never sell your data, share it, or train AI on it. We prepare and track the work; your leaders make the decisions.
Whose theology does it follow?
Yours. Your church sets its own statement of faith. When a question goes deeper, Simon points the person to a pastor.
How will we know it helps?
We track three numbers with you: staff hours saved, first time guests followed up within 24 hours, and guests connected to a group or a service.
What does this mean for our church secretary?
It gives your secretary help. It takes the repetitive admin so your staff can spend more time with people. Your next hire can be for ministry, not paperwork.
We are a small church. Is this too much?
The Small HQ is built for teams of up to 5. Many small churches start with free Hero seats for the staff and add HQ when a member's business joins, or at half price.
Who is behind Shouldered?
A Christian-run company with no outside funding. Simon, our headquarters AI, is named for Simon of Cyrene, who shouldered the cross for another. Everyone is welcome.
When can we start?
The Hero is available now. HQ launches in December 2026, and the founding list is open today.
A Christian-run company, and proud of it.
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.
Pull up a chair.
Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.
Founding list
One of the first 50 places. Keep the Founding price as long as you renew.
Hold my place →Your Hero
$25 a seat (Founding price $20). Available now.
Start with your Hero →Telegram
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