Reservations App – Blackpulp Designs

Allow your church members to reserve a seat for your important events.

It’s a Unique Season

Most churches have had to suspend on-campus worship services for the last several weeks in response to COVID-19; we all look forward to the opportunity when our congregations can gather together again. While local social distancing guidelines and regulations vary, there is a general need for churches to be able to manage the number of people attending services while also providing church members reassurance that services will be safe and there will be a seat saved just for them.

The Blackpulp Reservations App is designed to help you accomplish these goals. You can use Blackpulp’s link to your church’s events, or you can embed the Reservations App on your site with just a few lines of code where it takes on the look and feel of your website brand. Users will see a list of upcoming Events configured in MinistryPlatform for Reservations. Additional options exist for setting up links to prefilter by Campus / Congregation.

Each Event displays important information from MinistryPlatform, including the number of reservations available. Users can select the time and venue they prefer, then quickly and easily reserve seats for their entire household. Best of all, the data flows to and from MinistryPlatform seamlessly.

Reservation Confirmation

When your users submit their information, the Reservations App will send a confirmation email letting them see the date, time, venue and other information about their reservation. In addition, the email will include a QR Code that can be used on the day of the event. The email is customizable, allowing you to modify the messaging, branding and instructions that are included in this important communication.

Usher / Greeter App

All data related to reserved seats is recorded back to MinistryPlatform as an Event Participant record. The power of MinistryPlatform means that Views, Charts, and View Notifications can all be used to get real time information about the capacity and expected attendance at upcoming events.

When Sunday morning comes, you can also put the power of MinistryPlatform in the hands of your Guest Services team. Your Ushers and Greeters can use the included Guest Services App to facilitate crowd flow at the event. The Guest Services App is a progressive web app that allows an authenticated user to scan QR Codes and check them against Reservations in the database.

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Mark Attendees as Present

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use the Reservation App on my church website / portal website / other website?

Yes! You can use the Reservation App on any website you need. You can also use your church specific URL for a standalone Reservation App.

Can the Reservation App look like my website?

Yes! The Reservation App is designed to work automatically with your website’s styles, so from the very start things should look very close to your website. Further refinements can be made to make sure every element of the Reservation App looks native to your website.

Why is this better than standard Event Registration?

You can definitely use Event Registration to manage the number of attendees for your events. The Reservation App has three distinct and significant advantages:

The reservation process is only 5 clicks and takes a user less than 30 seconds to complete, regardless of the number of people attending. Standard event registration requires more time for your users and will deter users from providing you information you need.
The Guest Services App gives you a unique way to get real-time head counts for each venue. If it’s 5 minutes after service time, and you have 25 people in the lobby without reservations, the Guest Services App lets you instantly know if you have the capacity to seat those 25 people.
The setup process in MinistryPlatform is simpler than setting up Products / Product Options and can be repeated over multiple events in a single operation.

How much does it cost?

We believe that gathering as the body of Christ is important to the life of the congregation. Now, more than ever, we want to leverage technology to help churches gather again. We’ve reduced our costs for this tool in order to make it available to as many MinistryPlatform churches as possible. Setup is $450, and the cost is $25/mo.

Does the Reservation App handle Payments?

No payment processing is not included in the Reservation App. If you’re interested in selling tickets for events, then check out the Blackpulp Ticketing App.

Can I create a Seating Chart for my Event?

No this level of advanced functionality is not included in the Reservation App. If you’re interested in selling reserved seating for events, then check out the Blackpulp Ticketing App.

Reservations App
$400 Setup + $25 per mo.

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