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This is my first time using something like this. I primarily want to use this for children's ministry check-in and database. And I was wondering, Do you have a list of everything needed to get started from scratch?

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    Have you consulted any of the documentation yet? If not, start here and just work your way through. You will want to look a the Planning, Hosting, Check-in, Person & Family and probably Administration guide at the least. There's not a comprehensive list of "buy this exact stuff" that I'm aware of -- there are just too many options and configurations -- but you should be able to read through the guides to get an idea of what you need.


    The biggest question out of the gate will be how and where you actually run Rock. This can be on a local server you run/maintain yourself, a cloud-hosted server you "rent" and maintain yourself, or a cloud hosted server you purchase as a service through a rock provider to give you a "turnkey" solution you just log into and start configuring. Do you have an idea which way you will be wanting to go?


    Finally, have you checked out the demo site to see how Rock (and check-in) works? Implementing Rock just for checking is certainly doable, but it's a lot of work just for one or two features, unless you plan on using it as a gateway to becoming the main church db.