Reopening Your Church After COVID-19

As our individual States and Countries prepare to reopen across the world, you may be in a location requiring that you have attendance limitations for your services. We know you must be anxious to return to normal, and we are excited that this is one step closer to that! While we know that Limited Services are not ideal, we wanted to let you know that Breeze has tools to help you navigate these new limitations. 

We recommend that you create forms with entry limits, then set up events that only allow those entries to be checked in to them. 

The form you create can be simple, only asking for Name (if that is all you want to collect). It is important that each person/family member attending the service fill out the form to keep accurate numbers. 

You will have to create one form per event.  Therefore, if you have multiple services, you should create one form per service.  The good news is that we have quick and easy ways to duplicate the forms you create.  See this article for more information: Duplicating Forms

Creating Forms With Attendance Limits

  • From the Dashboard, Navigate to "Forms."
  • Click "Create a New form" or edit an existing form.
  • Click the "Go to Settings" link in the bottom left.
  • Click "Show More Options" under the Form Description.
  • Select the number for your attendance limit under "Max Entries."
  • Click Save Form

See the following article for more information: Editing Form Settings

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Creating Events That Only allow Check-In from Form Event Entries

For a new event:

  • Select the "Events" tab from the top menu.
  • Click "Add Event" on the right or click an empty space on the date you'd like the event added.
  • On the right side, change the dropdown for "Select who can check into this event" to Form Respondents and select the Event form.

For an existing event:

  • Select the "Events" tab from the top right.
  • Click the event you'd like to edit.
  • Click "Edit Event Settings" on the bottom left
  • On the right side, change the dropdown for "Select who can check into this event" to Form Respondents and select the Event form.

See the following article for more information: Event Check in Eligibility

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Also, don't forget to check out reopen.church if you are just needing to get a numerical count of those that will be attending due to limited space being available! This is not just limited to Breeze users! Again, for more detailed information, you might still want to use Breeze Forms, but reopen.church is a free resource and tool that you could even include (as a hyperlink) in any forms that you send out.