Events and sign-ups
Church event registration
Some events just need announcing. Some need a list. Some need real questions answered before the day. Psalmly does all three, chosen per event.
An event in Psalmly can be open to anyone, take a simple sign-up with an optional limit, or ask people to fill in a registration form the church writes.
A repeating event can take one sign-up for the whole run, or a separate sign-up for each week — each with its own limit and its own list.
Every event publishes to the church’s public website, the members’ app and a calendar feed people can subscribe to, from the one place it was entered.
How it works
Entered once, and it reaches everywhere people might look for it.
Step 1
Write the event once
Title, when, where, a description and a color. It can repeat — daily, weekly or monthly, at whatever interval you choose.
Step 2
Choose how people sign up
Three ways, picked per event: open to all, a sign-up with an optional limit, or a registration form you write.
Step 3
Publish
It appears on your website, in the members' app and in your calendar feed at the same time.
Step 4
See who signed up
The list lives with the event, with form answers attached, and downloads as a spreadsheet when you need it in hand.
Three ways people sign up
Chosen per event, because a potluck and a youth camp are not the same problem.
- Open — nothing to fill in
- The event is announced and people turn up. Most of a church's calendar is this, and it should not cost anybody a form.
- A sign-up, with a limit if you want one
- People say they are coming with one tap. Set a limit and Psalmly stops taking sign-ups when it is reached, so the bus or the hall is not oversold.
- A registration form you write
- Ask the questions that actually matter for this event — dietary needs, a child's age, which night they are coming, a yes or no you need on record. People answer when they sign up, and the answers arrive attached to their registration.
The parts you find out you needed
Usually about a week after the first event goes out.
- Repeating events, handled two ways
- One sign-up for the whole run, or a week-by-week sign-up with its own limit and list each time. A single week can be moved, renamed or cancelled without touching the rest.
- Public or internal
- A public event goes on your website for anyone to find. An internal one stays inside the app for your congregation. Same editor, one setting.
- A page of its own, built for sharing
- Every public event gets a real page a visitor can open and pass on — marked up in the format search engines read, so it can surface as a result in its own right.
- A calendar people subscribe to
- One link, pasted once into Apple or Google Calendar, and your services and events keep themselves up to date on their phone forever.
- Cancelling without confusion
- A cancelled event stays visible with the reason you gave, instead of disappearing and leaving people to wonder whether they had the wrong week.
- The list, and a copy for the clipboard
- Who signed up lives with the event, form answers attached, and downloads as a spreadsheet when you want it in hand.
At a glance
| What you can do | Publish one-off or repeating events, and choose per event whether it is open to all, takes a sign-up with an optional limit, or asks people to fill in a registration form you write. |
|---|---|
| Where it shows up | Your church's public website, the Psalmly app on iOS and Android, and a calendar feed people can subscribe to. |
| Who can see it | A public event is open to anyone. An internal one stays with your congregation. |
| What it costs | Included on every plan, Free included. |
Events and sign-ups are on every plan, including Free.
The core church app is free forever for churches up to 50 members, and the cap is soft — nobody who belongs to your church is ever kept out of it. AI is the one part of Psalmly a paid plan buys.
See what each plan includes →Questions churches ask
Can we ask our own questions when someone signs up?
Yes. An event can carry a registration form your church writes, and the answers arrive attached to the person's registration. Dietary needs, a child's age, which night they are coming — whatever this particular event needs to know.
How do we stop an event being oversold?
Put a limit on it. Psalmly stops taking sign-ups once the limit is reached, so the seats on the bus and the places at the table are the number you actually have.
What about something that repeats every week?
You choose which way it works: one sign-up that covers the whole run, or a separate sign-up for each week — each with its own limit and its own list. A weekly study is usually the first; a supper club where numbers change every week is the second.
Where does an event show up once we publish it?
On your church's public website with a page of its own, in the members' app on iOS and Android, and in the calendar feed people can subscribe to. You enter it once.
Can we keep an event to members only?
Yes. An event is either public or internal. A public one appears on your website for anyone to find; an internal one stays inside the app for your congregation.
What happens if we have to cancel?
Mark it cancelled and give the reason. The event stays visible with the reason showing, which is what people need — an event that simply vanishes leaves everyone wondering whether they misread the date.
Can people add an event to their own calendar?
Yes. Every event has its own page, and your church has a calendar feed people can subscribe to once — after that your services and events keep themselves up to date in Apple or Google Calendar.
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Put your next event up this afternoon and see it land on your website, in the app and in everyone's calendar.