Urban Giraffe Support

I would like to know if it is possible to use Filled In with forms that are not part of the post or page content, but are in one of the theme files. In particular, I want a contact form that is in the sidebar of my site (sidebar.php in my WP theme).

I have tried the following, with some success, but not full functionality:

<?php ob_start(); ?>
<form id="contact" method="post">
<some_form-related_elements />
</form>
<?php
$content = ob_get_clean();
$fi = new Filled_In();
echo $fi->pre_load('');
$content = $fi->the_content($content);
echo $content;
?>

I recognize the ugliness of doing it this way, but I thought I'd try it. I am able to receive submissions, but do not see the results of my filters and result processors.

Any ideas how to do this better? At all?

Thanks,
David Benton