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Event Notes and Visitor Count for Groups
Take notes on your small group meeting and keep track of visitors from within the Church Center mobile app.
May 2022 Product Update
Watch this 4-minute video to get an overview of everything new to come to Planning Center in 2022 so far! You might even pick up a few pro-tips along the way!
Emoji Reactions in Group Messaging ❤️
Reactions are an unobtrusive way to acknowledge, send love, and respond without blowing up everyone’s phone!
Save Files to People Profiles through Forms
Ever need to attach a picture or a pdf to a person's member profile? With Planning Center, you can collect files through online forms and save them to profiles!
Introducing My Church Center: A New Home Base for Congregants
My Church Center is where congregants can see important updates and notifications about anything they’re involved in at your church all in the same place.
New Customizable Content and Style Options for Church Center
You can now bring more unique content and style to your custom Church Center mobile app and website with new editor blocks for events, locations, and more!
The New Event Chart in Check-Ins
We've completely upgraded the layout of the event chart to make it more customizable—so you can see the events and the event details you care about!
Tidying Up Phone Number Formatting
We officially standardized formatting for the phone number field in the Planning Center database! Now everything is a little tidier.
New Pencil Kit in Music Stand 4.4 on iOS
Whether you use an Apple Pencil to annotate your music sheets, or you draw everything by hand, you will now see a whole new set of drawing tools in Planning Center Music Stand!
A Shiny New Approval Groups Tab
We made it a little bit easier to answer the “who's in charge here?” question with the shiny new Approval Groups tab in Planning Center Calendar.
Introducing Planning Center Home
Planning Center now has a customizable dashboard that highlights important updates from your account and all the tasks you need to get done!
Newer and Faster Check-In Stations
Last week we released a completely revamped, reimagined station experience—an even more powerful tool to help you create a welcoming and safe environment for families.
November 2021 Product Update
Watch a quick video overview of all the amazing updates we released in the last few months and get some tips on how to use them in your ministry!
Quick Add Items to Your Service Order
We introduced a faster and more discoverable way to add items to your service plan—the quick add item row! It's perfect for when you know what you want to add and get them into the order ASAP.
New Customization Options for Pages in Church Center
Now you can give your Church Center presence a more customized website feel by creating your own page headings and stylizing your call to action buttons!
New Permissions in Groups: Group Type Managers
To give you more control over who has access to group information, we released a new permission level—Group Type Managers.
The New Plan Rehearse Tab
The new Rehearse tab makes songs and all their files easily accessible to musicians so you have everything you need to practice!
Create Custom Dashboards to Share Metrics
The new custom dashboard feature in Planning Center People makes it easier to find and access the stats you most care about, all in one place!
Add Group Members from Church Center
Now you can add members to your group right from the Church Center app!
Schedule When Signups are Visible and Open
You can now schedule your signups visibility ahead of time in Registrations—making it a little easier to pivot from planning registration to planning the event.
July 2021 Product Update
New features for all eight Planning Center products! Check out the video to learn what's changed and how to use the new features in your ministry!