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Getting started

Set up your church in five short videos.

Each one is about a minute and a half, on the real screens. Watch a step, then do it in your own workspace with the link underneath. All five together take a quiet afternoon.

Before you start

  • Your church's name, and a short ID for it, like grace-chapel.
  • An email inbox you can open in the next hour. The invitation expires after that.
  • A few members' names and phone numbers, to try the third video with.

7 minutes

of video, five steps

  1. Step 1 of 5 · 1 min 21 s

    Sign up your church

    Create your church's workspace in three short steps, accept the invitation from your email and choose a password.

    • Your church's name, and the Workspace ID Pastoral Office suggests from it
    • A brand colour, and yourself as the first admin
    • The invitation email, which works for one hour
    Start your sign-up

  2. Step 2 of 5 · 1 min 24 s

    Set up your public portal

    Turn on your church's public page, choose what it shows, and get the links and QR codes to share.

    • Publish this church's page, and the address that appears under it
    • Group finder, Events and Sermons, and the public switch beside each item
    • Your welcome message, and Links to share
    Open Public portal settings

  3. Step 3 of 5 · 1 min 30 s

    Add your members

    Let people join through your church's join link, or add them yourself. Each person has their own phone number.

    • The Join us form, the Ask to join link and its QR code
    • Requests in Newcomers, Add as a visitor, Add to membership
    • Membership drive, and Add member by hand
    Open Members

  4. Step 4 of 5 · 1 min 37 s

    Set up the member portal

    Give each member their own portal: open their account, hand over the one-time password, and see what they see.

    • The Members sign in link and its QR code
    • Open portal account, and the temporary password shown once
    • Giving, events with RSVP, and the member's own details and children
    Open a member's account

  5. Step 5 of 5 · 1 min 27 s

    Check-in, adults and children

    Check adults in by name or card, mark the register complete, and release a child only with the code from the parent's portal.

    • Services and children's classes in Settings, and who may collect each child
    • Check in by name or by card, then Mark register complete
    • The release code on the parent's portal, and Check out
    Open Check-In

Stuck on a step?

A real person will answer.

Write to us with the step number and what you saw. Support is included on every plan, free tiers too.

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