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Recording Attendance

Attendance is recorded against a service — a Sunday morning assembly, a Wednesday class, a small group meeting.

Taking attendance​

  1. Open the Attendance module.
  2. Select a service from the list.
  3. Mark the people who are present. Members are grouped by family, so you can work down a household rather than hunting for individuals.
  4. Tap Submit Attendance.

You must mark at least one person — otherwise you'll see Select at least one family member.

Members, guests, and children​

Attendees can be tagged as:

  • Guest — someone visiting. This is the important one: marking a guest here is what creates their record in Guest Management and starts the follow-up process. There's no separate step.
  • Child — distinguishes children from adults in the counts.
Tag guests properly, every time

A guest who isn't tagged as a guest is just an attendance tick. Nobody is assigned to follow up, and they won't appear in the guest list. This one tap is the difference between a visitor being contacted that week and being forgotten.

Prayer requests at the same time​

If your church has turned it on, prayer requests can be recorded while you're taking attendance — so the cards handed down the pew end up in the same place as requests submitted in the app.

See Managing Requests for the setting.

Who can record attendance​

Recording and managing attendance needs App Admin, or Attendance module admin. See Module Permissions.