Features for churches who are using The Church Organiser or iKnow Church.
If you are using The Church Organiser, you can integrate your AChurchNearYou.com site seamlessly, reducing the need to enter information twice, saving you time and keeping you organised.
What is The Church Organiser?
The Church Organiser is online software to help you with your church administration.
The Church Organiser incorporates the Life Events Diary, which helps you manage Weddings, Baptisms, Funerals and Banns. The Church Organiser also offers Ticketing and Room Booking functions.
It is funded by the Church of England, making it completely free for Church of England churches to use. It is built by the team behind iKnow Church and the Life Events Diary.
To find out more, see The Church Organiser website.
How do The Church Organiser and AChurchNearYou.com work together?
There are two integrations between The Church Organiser and AChurchNearYou.com: the Life Events Diary integration and the Room Bookings integration.
- Life Events Diary integration: Your AChurchNearYou.com contact form on your Get in Touch page can automatically display the relevant Life Events Diary form when someone selects 'wedding', 'baptism' or 'funeral' as the subject of their enquiry. The form will collect everything you need from them and send their answers straight into your account on The Church Organiser.
- Room booking page: When you manage your room bookings through The Church Organiser, you can then add an additional page to your AChurchNearYou.com site that displays room availability and allows people to book and pay for room hire directly within your church’s AChurchNearYou.com site.
How to enable the Life Events Diary integration – on The Church Organiser
- Register and/or login to The Church Organiser (NOT AChurchNearYou.com).
- Within the Life Events Diary module select Enquiry Forms.
- Toggle on the option to 'Enable Enquiry Forms in A Church Near You'.
How to enable the Room Booking integration – on The Church Organiser
- Register and/or login to The Church Organiser (NOT AChurchNearYou.com).
- Follow The Church Organiser tutorials to set up your rooms.
- Go to Settings > Room Bookings within your Church Organiser account and click on the Embed tab. Toggle the option that says ‘Show Room Booking on ACNY’.
To check if you have the integrations successfully enabled
To check you have enabled the Life Events Diary or Room Booking page on your AChurchNearYou.com site:
- Login to AChurchNearYou.com.
- Open your church in editor view, so you can see the editor menu. Show me how.
- Click 'Marketplace' in the editor menu.
You should see the tiles for the Life Events Diary or Room Booking page now say they have been enabled. If not, click the orange buttons circled below for help setting up your integration with The Church Organiser.
FAQs
Can I add a Room Booking page to my church's site on AChurchNearYou.com without having a Church Organiser account?
Sorry, no. You will need to set up an account for your church with The Church Organiser. The Church Organiser is funded by the Church of England, making it completely free for Church of England churches to use. If you would like to start using The Church Organiser for your church, register here.
Need more help?
If you are having trouble logging into AChurchNearYou.com, or with any aspect of AChurchNearYou.com, you can contact us. If you have a question about your Life Events Diary or Room Booking page, get in touch with The Church Organiser by filling out their contact form. Or there are several support and tutorial resources available on their website.