Realm is a private online environment for our church where we can share a directory and stay in touch with groups and events throughout the week. Asbury users can log in with an email address and password, but only after an email invitation from our system administrators.

In Realm, you can manage your personal and contact information, donate, see your giving history, and connect easily with others in the congregation from your phone, tablet, or computer.

• Profiles: Your profile is your starting point. It contains your contact information, household members, email preferences, giving history, groups you belong to, and more.
• Giving: You can pledge, contribute, and see your giving history through your profile.
• Groups: Realm’s “Groups” feature simplifies interacting with others in the church, including small groups, ministries, and volunteer teams. (When you activate your profile, you are automatically part of a group church called Asbury United Methodist Church.)

If we already have your name and email address on file, you will fall into one of three categories:

1. You have a profile waiting to be activated. Open an email invitation from “Asbury United Methodist Church” and follow the steps to create an account and set your password. You will then be sent a verification email with a link to verify your account. Your profile is activated!
2. Your profile may have already been activated by staff because you’re a volunteer or because you registered for something recently. If that’s the case, you’ll get an email invitation to recover/reset your password instead. Humor us and follow the steps to set a “new” password then you’ll be IN!
3. Perhaps you’ve already used Realm in the course of working with staff; no need to change your password – just keep logging in as you have

Check your spam/junk folder to see if you received your email invitation and did not realize it. If the email invitation isn’t there, contact asbury@asburycolumbus.org and we will send you another invitation. We may be trying to use an old email address. If you did not receive an email invitation and we don’t have an email address on file for you, talk to Jennifer in the church office.

• Smart phone or tablet: download the Realm Connect app by ACS Technologies
• Computer: click “Log In to Realm” button at bottom of our website, asburycolumbus.org

Congratulations! The administrator has sent you an invitation to set up an account in Realm, Asbury’s communication tool. Check your spam or junk folder if you do not see the Realm invitation show up in your inbox. The emails are automated and are identified as spam by some programs. Also, email invitations expire after 72 hours. If you need a new email invitation then please email asbury@asburycolumbus.org to ask for another to be sent to you. Compatible browsers are: Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari.

Follow these three steps to set up your account in Realm:

1. First Time Set-Up

You will need to be on a computer or tablet the first time you log into Realm.

When you click on the “Create Realm Account” link in the email, you will be directed to a webpage to setup your account. In Realm the username is your email address. If you share an email address with someone, you will have to share a Realm account, or create a separate email address.

2. Create a Password

You will need to create a password. It must be at least eight characters and have a mix of upper and lower-case letters and numbers or symbols. If your password is acceptable, you’ll see a small green check to the right of what you typed. If not, you’ll see a red marker. When you have set your password, click on the blue “Create Realm Account”. This will put you into Realm and you will be directed to the “News” page. See NEWS below to learn more about navigating in Realm.

3. Next – Review Your Profile Information

After you set up your password and log into Realm, you will need to update your profile information.  To do this:

• Click on your NAME in the blue area located in the upper right hand corner of your screen. Select MY RPOFILE in the drop down menu.
• Click on EDIT and update your contact information. Make changes as needed and be sure to click on SAVE at the top of your screen.
• While in the EDIT mode, click on PERSONAL INFORMATION and update as needed and SAVE.
• Next select MANAGE PRIVACY and select who you want to see your contact information. Change your setting to “Everyone in the Church” so you will appear in our member directory.  Be sure to SAVE your changes.

To log in on your computer or tablet in the future, go to the web address https://onrealm.org.  We suggest saving this link to your favorites. To log in to Realm on your mobile device, you will need to install the Realm Connect app.

More about NEWS and GROUPS in Realm

When logging into Realm, it will always default to the NEWS page. On the left side you will see a menu of selections:

 “News” will display any recent news that has been posted by the church or any groups you are in.

“Communications” displays an inbox with messages that have been sent to you and you can send messages to people without having their email address. When a message is sent, the recipient will receive an email that they have a message and a notification in Realm.

“Events” section will show any calendar events posted for the congregation or for any of the groups you belong to. If you belong to multiple committees, having the Committee meetings as calendar events makes it easy to remember when they occur.

“Giving” shows your giving history, allows you to Give, make a pledge, and see or modify your scheduled giving (auto withdraw) in the future.

“Groups” will list Asbury’s committees and ministry teams you are a part of. Everyone should have “Asbury United Methodist Church” as a group; this is a church-wide group. After clicking on a group, you can do the following:

• Use the three circular icons to add a new post, add a photo or add an event (leaders only).
• News will provide posts and events with the most recent at the top. Select any of the posts or events to reply and add to the discussion. If you attach a file to your post then the file will show both within your post as well as the Files tab.
• Participants will show all the members of the group. If you are a Group Leader then you will have additional information for each participant as well as a “Manage participants” button to add or remove a participant.
• Files is one of the best features in Realm. It provides a central place to share files within your committee. This way, Committee information is always available for all current members. This an alternative to our Google Drive Workspace.
• Find Groups: this page lists the groups that are available for you to consider joining. Take time to look and see what the church members are doing.

“Serving” allows us to post serving opportunities.

“Directory” lists all active Asbury members. Clicking on a member’s name should pull up a page with contact and personal information that that person allows you to see.

If you need further assistance or have questions, feel free to contact the Church Office.

iPhone:

• Touch “more” … three dots, lower right, then Profile
  (iPad just choose Profile)
• Touch edit “pencil” for each item

Android:

• Touch “hamburger” menu, upper left
• Choose Profile
• Touch edit “pencil” upper right for all items

Computer:

• Click your name, upper right
• Choose Profile or Privacy to edit

Really Important First-Time Checklist:

1. Personal and contact info complete?
2. Include your complete birthdate! Your age and birth year will never be displayed 😊but it will help us find you for specific purposes
3. Upload profile photo!
4. Manage privacy for email, phone, and address
   We urge everyone over 18 to choose Anyone in the Church
   For children, please keep privacy setting Staff and Leaders Only

Realm is a private, password-protected system for members of our church community only.

To check your privacy settings, access your profile using one of the methods (Android/iPhone/Computer) described above under “Update Your Personal Info”

Over 18: We urge everyone over 18 to choose Anyone in the Church so other Realm users can see your email, address, phone number, birthday (month and day, not year), marital status, and the names of your household members. If you prefer to keep certain information private, you can choose one of the other options.

Children: Privacy settings for children and youth under 18 are set to Staff and Leaders Only. Parents, please do not change these settings for your children. Children are given the parents email address so that emails about children’s groups will go to a parent.