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Registration Events

Add a Registration Event

Create a registration event that people can sign up for online and manage event details, calendars, and check-in options.

  • Only available to administrators and users who have the Manage Events permission.

You can create church-wide registration events or registration events associated with ministry areas and groups. Depending on the setting you select when setting up or later editing your event, you can choose to register individuals, or allow people to register themselves, family, and guests. The event contact will receive a daily notification email of new registrants for this event.

Fields marked with a red asterisk are required.

  1. In the top-left corner, click your site name then Realm. Then click Registration Events > Upcoming.
  2. Click +Add Event.
  3. In the Basics section, complete each required field. You can save your event and return later to edit details. To understand your selections, see Registration Types Field Descriptions.
  4. To customize the email sent to registrants, click Customize Confirmation Email. Enter your custom text in the text boxes, then click Save. If you need to restore the default email wording, click Reset to default content.
  5. Click Save Event.
  6. If the event is public, you can choose whether to share the event on the newsfeed. You can share immediately, or set it to share on a future date.
    If you share to the newsfeed immediately, you have the option to turn off notifications. However, if you set the event to share at a later date, this will automatically send notifications.

Registration Event Field Descriptions

Descriptions of the key fields you use when setting up registration events, including overview details, locations, photos, status, reminders, and advanced options.

Overview Tab

Event name
This is a required field. The name is limited to 50 characters.
Description
Providing a description helps people understand teh vision or "why" behind your event. You'll find basic formatting available and, if you're so inclined, click the magic wand button to open the built-in AI Writing Assistant, which can help check your spelling and grammar and update your voice and tone for various occasions.
Event Contact
Begin typing a name to search profiles. Click the +Add profiles to enter someone new. To send daily notications to the event contact, select the check box just beneath the name.

Associated Ministry Area/Group
  • Events associated with a ministry area or group will display on the registration events list as well as the event list for that group or ministry area.

  • Events associated with a ministry area or group can't be removed from that ministry area or group unless you cancel the event.

  • Staff-only groups can't be associated with a registration event.
Add to Calendar(s)

If you have already ​created custom calendars​, you can add the event to an existing calendar. Click the ​Add to Calendar(s)​ drop-down menu and select each calendar.

  • If you associated the event with a ministry area or group that is a part of one or more calendars, the event will automatically be added to these calendars.
  • You will see the calendar names the event was automatically added to in an info box below the Add to Calendar(s) drop-down menu. If you select additional calendars from the list, they will also display in the info box.
  • You can't remove these associated calendars through the event add or edit, and the calendar names will be grayed out in the Add to Calendar(s) drop-down list.
  • You can remove the event from a calendar by going to the calendar and removing it there.
Start and End Times and Repeats
Enter the beginning and ending date and times. Events can span multiple days. By default, the event is set to "Once" in the Repeats list. To set repetitive events, such as committee meetings, Bible studies, and more, click the list to select the frequency. See Add a Multi-Day or Repeat Events

Location - In-Person and Virtual
Use this option to set a physical and/or an online meeting link for a virtual event or meeting. If your online meeting link requires a passcode, enter it in Meeting Passcode.

Event Photos
You can upload various size photos to cover banners as seen on the registration pages, the card view displayed in the Connect - My Events view, as well as the thumbnails shown in the staff or congregant list view.
Status - HIdden vs Public
The default setting for visibility is hidden, which means only users with event management permissions can see or register people for the event.
  • Hidden — Not listed in the Connect newsfeed. Staff registers attendees manually in Realm. App notifications are not sent, but reminders, if set up on the event, are sent. Set this option if your staff plans to register attendees.
  • Public — Listed in the Connect newsfeed. Attendees can find and register themselves. App notifications are sent, and reminders, if set up, are sent. Select this option to allow people to register themsevles and guests.


Mobile Check-in
Registrants can check in from stationary kiosks placed around your location or use their mobile devices for contactless check-in. Click Enable mobile check-in, then either customize kiosk instructions or select Contactless Check-in to bypass kiosks.

Reminders
Click Send reminders to registrants before the event, then select up to two intervals for those reminders to go out. See Send Reminders Before An Event. Reminders are not the same as Connect App notifications. These are additional communication remindering your registrants about the event.

Advanced Options
Customize Confirmation Email
Click to open and revise the confirmation email for this event.
Max Capacity
Entering a number in this fields limits registrants.
Allow Guests
These options do not prevent anyone from registering with the public link. We recommend you reference more detail at Allow Guests Option
Provide memo field when registering
Displays a memo field where registrants can enter additional notes.

Tags
Tags help organize events, allowing people ot quickly filter or search. For example, if you have a Missions tag, you can organize various local, regional, and global missions under this tag, filtering these events from meetings, study groups, or other.
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Last updated: June 23, 2026

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