---
title: Send prompts on fixed dates for a live program
sidebarTitle: Prompts on fixed dates
description: >-
  Use a Scheduled path so everyone in a live program gets the same message on
  the same calendar day.
audience: luminary
feature: paths
type: guide
availability: live
last_verified: '2026-10-13'
keywords:
  - fixed dates
  - scheduled path
  - calendar dates
  - live program prompts
  - same day for everyone
url: >-
  https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/send-prompts-on-fixed-dates
---

# Send prompts on fixed dates for a live program

> Use a Scheduled path so everyone in a live program gets the same message on the same calendar day.

## When to use this

- You're running a live program, retreat, cohort or season with real dates, and every message belongs to a specific day.
- You want everyone to receive the same prompt together, for example the morning of each live call.
- You want to choose the channel per message: Text, Email or Text + Email.

## Build it

**Step 1: Create a Scheduled path**

Go to [Offerings → Paths](https://portal.bringsoul.life/paths), click Create Path (or Add Path),
and pick Scheduled Path. Add a Cover Image, Path Name and Description, then click Create path.

**Step 2: Add a dated message**

On the Schedule tab, click Add Schedule. The dialog is called Add Scheduled Prompt. Choose the
Type, then pick a Date and Time.

**Step 3: Choose the channel**

Under Channel, pick Text, Email or Text + Email. For Email, you get a rich-text Email body
editor. For Text and Text + Email, one plain message is sent to both.

**Step 4: Write and save**

Write the English message, add an optional Spanish (Optional) version or Attachment, and click
Add Schedule.

**Step 5: Fill in the rest of the program**

Add a message for each date, or upload them all with Import CSV. The schedule list groups
messages by month and shows each one as Scheduled, In progress or Sent.

**Step 6: Publish and invite**

Click Publish, then share the path with your program participants. See [Get members to join your
path](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/get-members-to-join).

## Good to know

- The start date is the day you created the path. Message dates must be on or after it, and today or later. You can schedule up to a year ahead.
- Late joiners don't get earlier messages. Someone who joins on day 5 receives day 5 onwards. Their subscriber panel shows earlier prompts as Missed. To catch them up, open them on the Subscribers tab and click Send Now on the prompts you want them to have.
- Times are local. A 7:00 AM message reaches each member at 7:00 AM where they are.
- The channel note under the picker matters. With Text, members who haven't turned on text messages get an email instead. With Text + Email, they get the email only. The dialog also tells you how many current subscribers have no phone number.

**Warning:** 
Once a scheduled message has been sent, you can't edit it, only delete it. Double-check the text
before its date arrives.

## What your members see

The path page shows _"Next message: <date and time>"_ so people know when to expect the next prompt. After the last date it reads _"No upcoming messages"_. Members join with Try This Path and can stop with Leave This Path.

## Related

- [Send a path by email](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/send-a-path-by-email)
- [Pair a path with a course or event](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/pair-a-path-with-a-course-or-event)
- [Manage who is on a path](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/manage-path-subscribers)