What is Realm?
​Realm is an online ministry tool designed for real-time connection. It helps our church connect with you, and you connect with us.  If you consider yourself part of this church family, you'll love it.  Realm allows you to manage your personal information and who is allowed to see it, control your giving, and keep in touch with the groups that matter to you!

There is an App available for your smartphone and a web portal.

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Profiles and Directory
Everyone in our church gets a unique profile. Your profile contains everything you want people in our church to know about you. Your profile also enables you to join a small group, RSVP to events, track your giving, update your contact information, change family details, set notification preferences, or replace that outdated family photo.
 Realm Profiles Video

Groups
Groups and classes are an important part of our church, and now you can connect with the people in them throughout the week. You can keep track of upcoming meetings, who’s bringing what to that special potluck, and what’s going on in each other’s lives. Realm Groups Video
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Events
View upcoming church events and register for the ones you'd like to attend. If an event’s registration requires payment, you’ll see its cost, any required deposit amount, acceptable forms of payment, and its no-refund date, if applicable. You can also manage your active registrations and see any outstanding balances.​ Realm Events Video ​

Giving
Review your giving history or make new donations online or on your mobile phone. Simply sign in to look over your year-to-date giving, check pledge progress, print a contribution statement, or make a new one-time or recurring donation. It’s always available and kept secure in an easy-to-use online environment. Realm Giving Video

Serving Teams
Select Skills and Interests to share your spiritual gifts with us and help find new serving opportunities where you can best serve the church! View your Serving Teams and schedules, and set your preferences so team leaders can more easily make schedules and assignments.

Mobile App
Connect - Our Church Community app for iPhone and Android devices. Use it to communicate with your groups, RSVP to events, manage your giving, update profile information, and more. It makes it easier for us to connect throughout the week and know what’s happening. Realm Newsfeeds Video ​

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Update my Profile
Browser:

1. Click your name and photo icon in the top-right corner, then click “My Profile” in the dropdown. 
   
2. To update your contact and personal information, click the blue “Edit Profile” button under your photo and name, edit your info accordingly, then click the blue “Save” button at the top. 
   
3. To change who can see different parts of your profile, click the blue "Manage Privacy" button under your photo and name. 
   
4. You can set all of your contact and personal information to only be viewed by certain people, or you can customize the privacy settings for different parts of your profile. 
   
5. Click the blue "Save" button in the bottom right corner when you're done making changes. 
   

App:
Android: Tap the menu icon in the top-left corner, then scroll down the sidebar menu and tap “Profile.”


Apple: Tap your photo icon in the top-left corner. 
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1. Tap the pencil icon in the top right corner.
   
2. Each profile field will have a dropdown immediately under it where you can change the privacy settings for that respective field ("Visible by..."). Tap on those to change the privacy option accordingly. 
   
3. Tap "SAVE" in the top right corner when you're done making changes. 
   

Register for an Event
Browser:

1. Click “Events” in the left sidebar. 
   
2. Click the name of the event for which you wish to register.
   
   1. If you don’t see the event you want in the “Upcoming Events” list, check the “All Events” tab at the top! 
      
3. Click the “Register” button, which will also list the registration deadline. 
   
4. On the right-hand side check the box for each person in your household who will be attending the event, then click “Next.”
   
   1. If you’d like to register a friend who is not part of your household, click “+ Add another registrant” and enter their name. 
      
5. Fill out the form for each person attending, including any custom questions set up by the event organizer. Then click the blue “Next: Review” button on the right.
   
   1. Required questions will be marked with a red asterisk (*). 
      
6. You can review the registration details for each person on the final review screen.
   
   1. If you wish to change anything, click “Edit Details” to automatically go to that person’s registration form.
      
   2. If you are registering for a paid event, this will also be where you will enter your payment details.
      
      1. If you are already giving online, you will be able to select from any saved payment methods.
         
      2. If you do not have any saved payment methods, click “+ Add New Payment Method” and enter your payment details. 
         
7. Click the blue “Register” button on the right when you’re ready to complete your registration. 
   

App: 
Android: Tap the menu icon in the top-left corner, then tap “Events” in the sidebar menu.


Apple: Tap “Events” in the bottom menu bar. 
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1. Tap the event for which you wish to register.
   
   1. If you don’t see the event you want in the “Upcoming Events” list, check the “All Events” tab at the top! 
      
2. Tap the “Register” button, which will also list the registration deadline. 
   
3. Check the box for each person in your household who will be attending the event, then tap “Next.”
   
   1. If you’d like to register a friend who is not part of your household, tap “+ Add another registrant” and enter their name. 
      
4. Fill out the form for each person attending, including any custom questions set up by the event organizer. Then tap the blue “Next: Review” button.
   
   1. Required questions will be marked with a red asterisk (*). 
      
5. You can review the registration details for each person on the final review screen.
   
   1. If you wish to change anything, tap “Edit Details” to automatically go to that person’s registration form.
      
   2. If you are registering for a paid event, this will also be where you will enter your payment details.
      
      1. If you are already giving online, you will be able to select from any saved payment methods.
         
      2. If you do not have any saved payment methods, tap “+ Add New Payment Method” and enter your payment details. 
         
6. Tap the blue “Register” button on the right when you’re ready to complete your registration. 
   

Give to the Church
Browser:
We’ve made giving online from your computer simple and easy right here on vbumc.org! 

1. Go to our Give page and click the “Give Now” button to open the online giving form. 
   
2. Select from the three offered funds or designate a different fund in the memo field. You can also split your gift between different funds! 
   
3. Choose whether this gift should be one-time or recurring, enter your email, then click “Continue.” 
   
4. Enter your payment details and click the “Give” button to complete your online gift!
   
   1. You can click “Sign In” in the top-right corner of that form to access saved payment information. 
      

App:
Android: Tap the menu icon in the top-left corner, then tap “Giving” in the sidebar menu.


Apple: Tap “Giving” in the bottom menu bar. 

1. Select from the three offered funds or designate a different fund in the memo field. You can also split your gift between different funds! 
   
2. Choose whether this gift should be one-time or recurring, then tap “Continue.” 
   
3. Enter your payment details and tap the “Give” button to complete your online gift!