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ORUUC uses a church data management system called Realm. This system organizes contact information for our congregants and groups, simplifies communication between them, and allows congregants to keep track of and manage their monetary gifts to the church. Start here: https://onrealm.org/oruuc/Account/Start. When you click “Sign In” you will enter your email address and then your password (if you’ve forgotten it, click on the “Forgot your password?” button and Realm will send you an email to re-set your password). If you’re a Member or Friend and don’t have a Realm log in, email Jeannie in the church office at office@oruuc.org so that she can send you an invitation.

The Mobile App

To download the mobile app, click on the following link. You will have the choice of getting either the Apple or Android version. https://www.acstechnologies.com/products/realm/features/connect-mobile-app

NEXT STEPS

Once you have gotten into Realm, you will see a screen that looks much like the one below. The left-hand side has a menu with the following items:

News: Shows any news that has been posted to groups that you belong to. It also gives you the chance to post news items and photos, or schedule an event.

Communications: Contains links for the various ways in which you can communicate with other people and groups in the church. You can find instructions for communicating with members and groups in he Resources section.

Events: Shows all of the events that have been scheduled by other people or groups, as long as they have made them public.

Giving: Allows you to see all of the gifts that you have made to the church, make new gifts, scheduling recurring payments, such as automatically through a bank account, update your pledge information, and generate a tax statement.

Groups: Shows all of the groups to which you belong and gives you the opportunity to join other groups.

Serving: Share the days and times you’re available to volunteer, along with your skills and interests.

Directory: Shows everyone in the church who has agreed to have their information listed in the directory.

Editing your profile

In order to allow others to reach you, it is important that you keep your information up to date. In Realm, this information is called your profile. To edit your profile, click on your name in the top of the window and choose My Profile. On the screen that then appears, click on Edit Profile. You will be able to edit all of your contact information, like address and phone number, as well as personal information, like birthday.

Finding people and groups

It is very easy to find both people and groups in Realm! Just go to the search box at the top of every screen and start typing in the name of the person, either first or last, or the name of the group. As you type, the names that match will be displayed. In the example shown below, two people are listed because of a match to their name, and one group is listed because one of the leaders of that group was a name match.

Benefits

The heart of this church is the many groups that have been formed to embody our values and mission. Joining a group is easy: You just send a request, within Realm, to join a group. The group leaders get the request and either approve or deny it. If approved, any further messages will automatically come to you as a new member. You can quickly send messages to your whole group, without needing to keep an email list for each group you belong to.

If you change your email, communications from other people or groups will come to you automatically.

When you access the Realm system through your computer at https://onrealm.org/oruuc, or through your mobile device, you can post messages and photos to the groups to which you belong, and you will receive notification, on either your computer or your mobile device.

When you create an event in Realm for your group, that event can be seen by anyone who uses Realm. Think of it as a little more advertising.

Each group’s profile includes a description of its purpose, it’s meeting times and location. As new people join the church, they can check out this information to get ideas about how to get involved.

Group members can post messages and photos to the group’s news feed.

Every group has a knowledge base that should be passed on to subsequent leaders. This rarely occurs, and when it does it is often a document that no one knows where to save. The Resources tab for each group is the perfect place.