Organizing church events comes with its own set of logistical challenges. From handling registrations to coordinating volunteers, church leaders often stretch themselves thin. These demands can pull focus away from what truly matters: ministering to your community.
One Church Software is here to help. This award-winning church management system simplifies member engagement, volunteer coordination, event planning, and more, so you can focus on fostering spiritual growth. With streamlined tools, you’ll spend less time managing logistics and more time building meaningful connections with your members.
Let’s explore how One Church Software supports every step of building a thriving church community and enhancing worship experiences.
Creating and Managing Events
For volunteer-run or smaller size churches, organizing events with limited resources can feel overwhelming. One Church Software’s event management tools are designed to ease these challenges, helping you do more without overburdening your team.
With a user-friendly interface, this software empowers you to:
- Easily create and manage events for your congregation
- Customize one-time and recurring events to suit your needs
- Add approvers and facility managers as needed for smooth operations
One Church Software helps you navigate resource constraints so you can focus on what matters most—serving your community.
Customizable Event Calendars
Managing the church calendar can be a challenge. Planning and scheduling events are often complicated by double bookings, missing equipment, or rooms that aren’t properly set up. One Church Software simplifies this process by organizing events into multiple calendars, each with customizable colors for easy reference. Not only can you manage all calendars in one place, but you can also embed these event calendars on your church website.
Here’s how to embed a calendar:
- Go to the main event calendar by selecting “Events” in the left-hand menu.
- Click the “Embed” button at the top and open the calendar tab.
- Configure the embed settings (choose which calendar to display, adjust the height, select event colors).
- Copy the HTML code provided and paste it onto your web page.
You can also set access rights to public or private, ensuring your calendar is as accessible as possible.
Seamless Sign-Up and Registration Process
One Church Software makes event management even easier with customizable registration forms. These public-facing forms allow you to collect attendee information, registration fees, and more. Managing sign-ups is simple; you can edit or delete entries from the “Attendees” tab. Plus, the embed feature lets you add widgets to your website that automatically sync with data from your One Church account.
Custom sign-up forms make registration a breeze and give you valuable data to create guest lists. You can track the total number of guests, view attendee profiles, and label guest lists by responses such as “going,” “maybe,” or “not going.” With these tools, One Church Software helps ensure smooth, organized events for your community.
Attendance Tracking and Check-In System
One Church Software offers an automated check-in system that minimizes manual effort. Its cloud-based check-in feature lets members sign in securely using a private phone number search.
For added convenience, guests can pre-check in through the My One Church app, allowing quick access upon arrival. This system makes it easy for churches to track attendance during events, and on-site kiosks enable adding new guests or first-time visitors on the spot.
The flexibility of this system is a standout feature—any internet-enabled device can serve as a check-in station. Plus, One Church Software simplifies group check-ins by allowing entire families to check in at once, with each person directed to their designated class or group. This smart system helps streamline attendance tracking, ensuring a smooth and efficient check-in process for all attendees.
Promoting and Sharing Events
When you make an event public on our platform, it automatically generates a dedicated webpage with event details and registration options. Our promotional tools make it easy to share these events with your church community and beyond. With embed links, you can display events directly on your church website, which is also visible in the mobile app.
One Church Software integrates seamlessly with personal calendars like iCal and Google Calendar, giving members easy access to church events. To set this up, log into your account, go to the “Events” module, and select “External calendar integration” below the main screen. A window will open with link addresses for each church calendar—just copy the link you need and add it to your personal calendar for automatic updates.
Advanced Event Features
In addition to the unique features above, One Church Software’s event management solution offers several advanced tools to enhance your event planning:
- Bulk Event Actions: Streamline event management by moving events between calendars, deleting, or updating multiple events simultaneously.
- Custom Permissions: Easily set and manage permission roles for users. Permissions assigned to a specific role automatically apply to all users with that role, ensuring consistent access and control across your team.
These powerful tools help you save time, maintain security, and ensure smoother event organization.
Conclusion
One Church Software stands out for its user-friendly event creation and management, customizable calendars, seamless registration process, intuitive attendance tracking, and powerful promotional and advanced features. By simplifying event management and related tasks, the platform frees you to focus on what truly matters—engaging with your community and nurturing the spiritual growth of your members.
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