5 categories of registration features to help churches connect families to events

Just this morning I was talking with a friend who is incredibly busy with end of the school year activities for his kids.  It's a great time of the year to celebrate, but it's also a season for church staff and families to start planning for summer activities. 

We love helping families connect with opportunities for their kids to enjoy the summer season and grow in their faith.  Vacation bible school, youth camp, family camp, cookouts, 4th of July events, baseball games, and so much more.  Our event registration feature takes the administrative work out of making that connection. 

Here is a detailed Knowledge Base article about how to set up a registration for events like these.  The great thing about our system is that it protects the integrity of your data by capturing unique information for parents separately from unique information for kids and yet connects them relationally as a family unit.  That's a really helpful feature for keeping your data clean.  

Here is a list of 5 other categories of features within our registration system that you may or may not know about.  They have been added and upgraded through the years to match real needs different churches have.  

1. Registration methods
   • Text a keyword
   • Member App
   • Website
   • Social media
   • Email invitation
   • Text invitation.
2. Form distinctives
   • Capture any kind of information you need
   • Collect waivers
   • Auto-register for other events or groups based on drop down responses
   • Limit # of registrations for an event or an event option / activity.
3. Payment options
   • Promo codes
   • Discounts
   • Payment deposits
   • Ad-hoc payments (activities, sizes, groups, etc.)
   •  Payment tracking
   • Recurring payments
   • Send payment reminders
4. Communication options
   • Email or text students uniquely
   • Email or text parents
   • Workflows leading up to event
   • Workflows to follow-up event
   • Content pages before and after the event
5. Edit and reuse the registration for the same event next year

If you're a client and aren't sure about how some of these work, check out this list of Knowledge Base Articles, this Academy webinar, and email or call us.  If the list above  seems to be missing something, email me - boyd@churchteams.com.  Your ideas are how we get better at serving the Lord by serving His church.