Many admins manage groups that follow a familiar structure—similar settings, meeting times, or locations—but with just enough differences to make starting from scratch time-consuming. With the new Duplicate groups feature, you can create a new group based on an existing one, choosing exactly what to copy and what to change. It’s a flexible, time-saving way to spin up new groups in minutes instead of hours, just in time for the fall group season!<h2 id="h_01JZQXWTRWCXH23C5CCMGSMW54">How does it work?</h2>You can choose to duplicate any group from the new Actions button in a group.<figure class="wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 712/291;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38788635042587" alt="Entry_polished.png" width="712" height="291"></figure>That shows a menu with all the items that can be duplicated, as well as options to change the name or group type.<figure class="wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1200/906;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38788635049243" alt="Duplicate.gif" width="1200" height="906"></figure><h3 id="h_01JZQYB3Y18RRYGV3FXKRAEQR5">Examples</h3>Seasonal: When small groups follow a seasonal rhythm—like launching each spring and fall—duplicating a previous group saves time and preserves consistency. Instead of rebuilding from scratch, admins can copy over meeting details, settings, and resources, then tweak what's needed for the new season. It’s a faster, more reliable way to launch the next round without missing a step.Demographic: If a ministry runs the same content for different demographics, like a men’s and women’s Bible study, duplication makes setup effortless. You can reuse the schedule, materials, and structure—just swap out the leader/members, group name/description—saving hours of manual re-entry and keeping things consistent across groups.Different meeting times: When offering the same group content at different times—like a morning and evening option—duplication is a huge time-saver. You can copy the group’s structure, then make quick edits to the meeting time or description. It’s perfect for churches offering flexible schedules while keeping the experience aligned.<h2 id="h_01JZQY7GWQ7X1686MNE72SNWNX">Why is this awesome?</h2>Because it turns hours of repetitive setup into just a few clicks. Whether you're launching a new season of small groups, duplicating discussion groups, or organizing group events with similar structures, this feature helps you move faster and with less friction. You stay in control—choosing exactly what gets copied—so every new group starts with a solid foundation. Don’t recreate—duplicate!🧡 Team Groups

New: Duplicate groups

Form descriptions got <a href="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/22386845581851-New-Rich-Text-Form-Descriptions">rich text formatting last year</a>, and now it’s available in all field descriptions! You get all the same tools—bold, italics, bullets, numbered lists, and links—so you can emPHAsize the right information or link to relevant resources.<img style="aspect-ratio: 1620/1222; width: 100%;" class="wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38533453875611" width="1620" height="1222"> 💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Improved: Rich text for all form field descriptions

Now that <a href="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19130753943195-Create-and-manage-dashboards#create-shareable-dashboards-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shared dashboards</a> are here, teams are using Home to collaborate more than ever before! We want to keep this train rolling by introducing a new widget for shared dashboards that lets your team have more insight into workflows. To get started all you've got to do is jump into a dashboard and select People's workflow overview widget. From here, you can choose specific workflows or any combination of campuses and categories to narrow it down to the pertinent workflows.<figure style="width: 71.46%;" class="wysiwyg-image wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1702/1648;" src="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38388087363355" width="1702" height="1648"></figure>This widget allows you to share vital information about workflows on a shared dashboard with folks who may not have access to People or to specific workflows. This increased visibility should also help to increase accountability. Make sure these tasks are getting addressed quickly so your team can stay on top of the things that matter most.💙 The Home Team

New: Workflow overview widget

Previously, the "Pending Approvals" widget was only accessible on your private "My Dashboard" but we've made some upgrades so it's also useful on <a href="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19130753943195-Create-and-manage-dashboards#create-shareable-dashboards-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shared dashboards</a>. To get started all you've got to do is hop into a dashboard, select Calendar's pending approvals widget, and choose the approval groups you'd like monitor.<figure style="width: 70.52%;" class="wysiwyg-image wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1702/1422;" src="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38387359866139" width="1702" height="1422"></figure>Before this widget there was no way to see what was on an approval group's plate without being added to that group. Anyone who is added to an approval group can also approve requests and will get notifications about them which is way too much if you're just trying to see what's going on.Add this widget to a shared dashboard for a campus or ministry, select the related approval groups, and help your team stay on top of things!💙 The Home Team

Update: View pending Calendar approvals on shared dashboards

You can now edit individual instances of recurring Groups feed events directly from Calendar—no more hopping over to Groups just to break up the event series! This update brings Groups feed events in line with native Calendar events, making it easy to adjust a single occurrence without disrupting the whole series. Now, when you open a Groups feed event in Calendar, you’ll notice additional edit options if the event is recurring. So, if you need to book a different room for one date of your recurring event, just click edit -&gt; this date (just like you would for a normal Calendar event). It’s as simple as that!<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/343; width: 100%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcocalendar.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38271108531995" width="624" height="343">Whether you’re moving just one youth group night to a new room or making sure that you have enough chairs for additional guests attending a specific date, you’ll save time and skip any tedious workarounds.If you’re not using the Groups feeds yet, you can get started by following the steps in this guide: <a href="https://pcocalendar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051070693-Use-Feeds-to-Manage-Events">Use Feeds to Manage Events</a>. Enabling this feature will automatically create a Calendar event each time you create an event in Groups, removing the need to manually create and update Calendar events.❤️ Team Calendar, Taylor, Nick, Jared, Caleb R, Joe, Paul, Caleb J, Zeek, Kevin, and Michael

Improved: Request rooms for individual Groups feed events

As a staff member, you invest a lot in creating meaningful connections within your congregation. You organize events, share information, and make it easy for people to volunteer and get involved. But you may still find yourself asking questions about why people aren't getting more involved or what content they are⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ engaging with.With analytics, you can find the insights you need to truly understand how your congregation is connecting with the content you publish on Church Center.In Publishing, you'll find a new tab for Analytics, where you can see the total number of visitors and page views over your selected timeframe. This includes both built-in pages (like groups and Registrations signups) as well as custom Publishing content (like custom pages and sermons)!<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38040227374363"></figure> Tap the 🔍 to zoom in on data for a specific page.<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/38040400411931"></figure> In Home, we've also added an updated widget for active Church Center app visitors. The prior widget only included logged-in users, but the new widget also includes activity from guest users!We hope these analytics tools help you understand how people are engaging so you can foster even better connections for your people.🩶 The Publishing Team

New: Church Center analytics

Last year we rolled out some big enhancements to chat in the Church Center mobile app, centralizing all your team and group chat conversations in a single, filterable interface. Today, this global chat experience is now available on the web too!<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/77; width: 83.57%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37902011699355" width="624" height="77">Church Center users can view all of their conversations by clicking the chat icon in the top-right corner. The list is sorted by most recent, and can be filtered to show only chats for teams, groups, or a specific team or group.You can also navigate to a particular team to view conversations for that team. <figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/443;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37906914084635" width="800" height="443"></figure>We’re excited to hear all the ways that real-time chat can help you organize your ministries and connect with your congregation. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!💙 The Chat Team

New: Services chat conversations on Church Center web

Last year we rolled out some big enhancements to chat in the Church Center mobile app, centralizing all your group and team chat conversations in a single, filterable interface. Today, this global chat experience is now available on the web too!<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/77; width: 89.14%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901934738587" width="624" height="77">Church Center users can view all of their conversations by clicking the chat icon in the top-right corner. The list is sorted by most recent, and can be filtered to show only chats for groups, teams, or a specific group or team.You can also navigate to a particular group to view conversations for that group. Clicking Chat inside the group navigation will open up the global chat sidebar and filter the view to display conversations for that group only.<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/384; width: 88.91%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901957722267" width="624" height="384">We’re excited to hear all the ways that real-time chat can help you organize your ministries and connect with your congregation. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!💙 The Chat Team

New: Global chat interface on Church Center web

Last year we rolled out some big enhancements to chat in the Church Center mobile app, centralizing all your group and team chat conversations in a single, filterable interface. Today, this global chat experience is now available on the web too!<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/77; width: 89.81%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcochurchcenter.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901872032667" width="624" height="77">Church Center users can view all of their conversations by clicking the chat icon in the top-right corner. The list is sorted by most recent, and can be filtered to show only chats for groups, teams, or a specific group or team.You can also navigate to a particular group to view conversations for that group. Clicking Chat inside the group navigation will open up the global chat sidebar and filter the view to display conversations for that group only.<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/384; width: 88.68%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcochurchcenter.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901872034331" width="624" height="384">We’re excited to hear all the ways that real-time chat can help you organize your ministries and connect with your congregation. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!💙 The Chat Team

Registrations is already built to help you connect people to your events — but sometimes, you want to create something that’s your own.Today, we’re excited to open up a new way to do just that with the Registrations public API! Whether you’re a church looking to build a fully custom website or app, or a business building tools that integrate with Planning Center, you can now access live signup information like event names, descriptions, images, times, availability, and more.This API gives you the flexibility to create tailored experiences for your congregants or your customers, powered by the same data and reliability you expect from Planning Center.Our full technical documentation is available <a href="https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations">here</a>. Have questions while you’re building? You or your team can connect with us on <a href="https://github.com/planningcenter">Github</a>.We can’t wait to see what you’ll build.💚The Registration’s Team

New: Registrations public API

We’ve rolled out a series of updates to make it easier to filter by campus across your People tools.If your organization has more than one campus, you’ll now see Campus as a filter option in:<ul>
<li>Background checks</li>
<li>The People index</li>
</ul><img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37826829709211" width="2048" height="1283">Your selection is sticky like it is on Lists, Workflows, and Forms—even if you navigate away or remove the filter, we’ll remember your last choice so you don’t have to re-select it each time.Last, we’ve introduced a “No campus” option on lists, workflows, and forms to easily identify resources that aren’t assigned to a campus yet.<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37826829709723" width="2048" height="1264">These updates help ensure multi-campus organizations can quickly reach the right people and resources without unnecessary clicks. If you’ve got feedback or ideas for further multi-campus improvements, we’d love to hear from you!💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Improved: Filter by campus (or no campus) in more places

When you change conditions or rules on a list, People automatically pauses any active automations for that list to prevent them from running on incorrect results. However, there was no indication that editing conditions or rules would cause this to happen, and we heard from many of you wondering why automations were suddenly paused on lists you manage.We now  display an alert whenever you’re about to click “Save” on the rules page on a list with active automations:<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37826446536347" width="717" height="454">We hope this makes managing your lists feel more predictable and transparent. You’re always in control—and now you’ll know exactly when automations are affected.💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Improved: Warn about paused automations when editing lists rules or conditions

Last year, we brought chat to Services teams and to the web via the global toolbar. No matter which Planning Center product you’re using, you always have direct access to all your chat conversations. Many of you are in a significant number of conversations, which sometimes makes it difficult to find exactly what you’re looking for. To help you navigate the volume of conversations, we’ve introduced conversation filters for the web toolbar.<figure style="width: 49.91%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 598/820;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37832300787355" alt="Services_Chat_Web_Filters.png" width="598" height="820"></figure>The filter settings appear above the conversations list. You can choose to filter to conversations from:<ul>
<li>All of your groups</li>
<li>All of your teams and plans</li>
<li>A specific group</li>
<li>A specific team</li>
</ul>Once you choose a filter, the chat window will keep that view saved as you navigate around Planning Center. If you want to remove the filtered view, tap All to see all your conversations.We’ve got more great updates coming soon. If there’s anything that would improve your experience with Chat, let us know by reaching out to our wonderful <a href="mailto:support@planningcenter.com">Support Team</a>.💙 The Chat Team

Updated: Chat conversation filters on web toolbar

Last year, we brought chat to Services teams and to the web via the global toolbar. No matter which Planning Center product you’re using, you always have direct access to all your chat conversations. Many of you are in a significant number of conversations, which sometimes makes it difficult to find exactly what you’re looking for. To help you navigate the volume of conversations, we’ve introduced conversation filters for the web toolbar.<figure style="width: 48.07%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 420/550;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37831794036891" alt="Groups_Chat_Web_Filters.png" width="420" height="550"></figure>The filter settings appear above the conversations list. You can choose to filter to conversations from:<ul>
<li>All of your groups </li>
<li>All of your teams and plans</li>
<li>A specific group</li>
<li>A specific team</li>
</ul>Once you choose a filter, the chat window will keep that view saved as you navigate around Planning Center. If you want to remove the filtered view, tap All to see all your conversations.We’ve got more great updates coming soon. If there’s anything that would improve your experience with Chat, let us know by reaching out to our wonderful <a href="mailto:support@planningcenter.com">Support Team</a>.💙 The Chat Team

Cleaning out old files used to be tedious—especially if you needed to remove a large batch. Now, Admins can delete files in bulk with a new file selector and soft-delete safety net, making it easier to keep your file library tidy without losing peace of mind.<h2 id="h_01JX13BNT23TMPKE9RRBDHW53Y" data-start="566" data-end="587">What's new</h2><ul>
<li>Bulk select files</li>
<li>Bulk delete with confirmation view</li>
<li>Recently deleted page</li>
<li>Restore file option</li>
</ul><h2 id="h_01JX13BNT4K47GEXYQFA05N621" data-start="1163" data-end="1188">How it works</h2>You’ll now see a file selector on the Files page letting you choose and delete multiple files at once. <figure style="width: 89.82%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/462;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37734796794139" width="800" height="462"></figure><h4 id="h_01JX15ZYZZ218W4MSX071P365J">Recently deleted files</h4>Once deleted, files will be moved to a Recently Deleted area where they’ll stay for 30 days before being permanently removed. If you change your mind, you can restore files anytime during that window. The Recently Deleted modal includes:<ul data-start="1231" data-end="1375">
<li data-start="1231" data-end="1280">A list of all files deleted in the past 30 days</li>
<li data-start="1281" data-end="1316">A “Restore By” date for each file</li>
<li data-start="1317" data-end="1333">Who deleted the file</li>
<li data-start="1334" data-end="1375">A one-click restore button for any file</li>
</ul>This gives you time to clean up confidently while keeping a safety net in place.<figure style="width: 92.86%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/477;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37734780774811" width="800" height="477"></figure><h2 id="h_01JX13BNT6GFJFVSH6KRYFXKHC" data-start="1464" data-end="1495">Why this matters</h2>We know file clutter builds up fast—and deleting files one at a time just doesn’t cut it. That’s why we’ve added bulk delete tools to help you quickly clean things up and stay focused on what matters most: your ministry.- 💚 Team Services

New: Bulk file deleting in services (Finally!)

Managing a full calendar can be quite time consuming, so we’re always on the lookout for ways to simplify your workflows. That’s why we’ve just made it much faster to edit your Registrations feed events by allowing you to book rooms and resources for a group of dates at once, rather than having to book them individually. It’s as simple as this: head over to one of your multi-day Registrations feed events, then click edit -&gt; this and future dates (just like you would for a normal Calendar event). That’s it! <img style="aspect-ratio: 624/341; width: 100%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcocalendar.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37677683290907" width="624" height="341">If you’re not using Registrations feeds yet, you can get started by following the steps in this guide: <a href="https://pcocalendar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051070693-Use-Feeds-to-Manage-Events">Use Feeds to Manage Events</a>. Enabling this feature will automatically create a Calendar event each time you create a signup in Registrations, removing the need to manually create and update Calendar events for your signups.❤️ Team Calendar, Taylor, Nick, Jared, Caleb R, Joe, Paul, Matt, Caleb J, Zeek, Kevin, and Michael

Improved: Edit multiple dates for Registrations feed events

When editing a home phone or address for a profile, we dynamically show an "Update home X for all household members" checkbox. While convenient, we heard from many of you that this opt-out behavior sometimes caused accidental changes across households—especially when someone forgot to uncheck the box.We've changed this setting to be opt-in to give you more control and reduce unintended updates. You'll still see the option to update all household members, but now the checkbox will be unchecked by default. That way, you can choose when to apply changes across the household—no surprises.<img style="aspect-ratio: 1364/2012; width: 99.61%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37657216810011" width="1364" height="2012">💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Changed: Household phone and address updates are now opt-in

Searching for a donor is something you do all the time, but it used to mean heading to the People tab first. That extra step might feel minor, but it adds up. Now, with universal search, you can find donors no matter where you are in Giving!This search experience is already a favorite in other Planning Center products, and we’re excited to bring it to Giving.You’ll see a search icon in the upper right corner. Click it, or simply press the “/” key on your keyboard to open the search bar and start typing a donor’s name.<figure style="width: 91.77%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/433;" src="https://pcogiving.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37656602403867" width="800" height="433"></figure> With this update, you might also notice more accurate search results for people throughout Giving. Name-based searches are now more flexible, and results are better sorted by relevance.This is just the beginning. Future updates will expand the type of information you can search for in Giving. In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you! If you have search suggestions, send them our way. 💛 Team Giving

New: Search for donors from anywhere in Giving

If you've embedded video across custom pages, livestream sermons, and on-demand sermons, you've probably noticed that each one needed a specific format of link or embed code. It was hard to keep track of what went where — or maybe you didn't try to keep track and just pasted in different formats until you found one that worked. 🙈Now you can paste any supported video URL or embed code into any video field, and we’ll automatically handle the rest. We'll also show an inline preview of your video so you can verify that it's the video you want.<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="max-width: 420px;" src="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37614786928923"></figure>Whether you’re using YouTube, Vimeo, Boxcast, or Resi, embedding is now more flexible and reliable across the board.Happy streaming!🩶 The Publishing Team

Improved: Simplified video embeds

Tags help organize your groups and make them easier to find. Have a lot of groups and tags to manage? No problem—bulk tag editing is here to save you time!<h3 id="h_01JWS2FYWT7TW1WZQM6FSFE0MF">How does it work?</h3>You can now display all the tags for your groups by clicking on the column display and toggling on the Tags column. You can use the filters on the left to pinpoint groups by type, tag, etc. Then choose the groups you want to edit, click the edit pencil, choose the tags you want to add or remove, click the Update button, and you are all set!<figure style="width: 100%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1200/972;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37609999174683" width="1200" height="972"></figure><h3 id="h_01JWS2GP3FP4JQ6VAX1ZFGWK8D">Why is this awesome?</h3>If you’ve ever had to update tags one group at a time, you know how tedious it can be. With bulk tag editing, admins can now update dozens (or hundreds!) of groups in just a few clicks. Whether you're cleaning up old tags, adding more organization, or prepping for a new season—what used to take hours can now take minutes. It’s a simple change that makes a huge difference in your workflow. Less clicking, more doing.Tag, you’re it — now faster than ever🧡 Team Groups

New: Bulk tag editing

Home dashboards just got a major upgrade with the addition of two new widgets that are powered by Planning Center <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/people" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">People</a>! These widgets are focused on giving you insight into engagement over time as well as an overview of the different kinds of people in your congregation.<h2 id="h_01JWRX1PQQQ4HKF0N0402NN8XW">List Results</h2>If you use Planning Center People you’ll know that the <a href="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204462530-Lists-overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lists</a> feature is an incredibly powerful tool that lets you perform all kinds of actions on people’s profiles and also generate reports that show how your congregation is engaging with your church. The new List Results widget lets you visualize list activity over time so you can see trends, compare results with the previous year, or even track the activity of multiple lists at the same time.<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 2442/1114;" src="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37605197507483" width="2442" height="1114"></figure> <h2 id="h_01JWRX1PQRF0G7HPGVA5JRFV79">Demographic Breakdown</h2>Knowing exactly who is a part of your congregation equips you to serve them better which is why we’ve created a widget where you can visualize all kinds of demographic information. To get started, add the new Demographic Breakdown widget to a dashboard, select a profile field like age, campus, or even a custom field, and you’re off to the races!<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 2118/1140;" src="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37605211919643" width="2118" height="1140"></figure>You can narrow the scope by limiting results to people on specific lists or to exclude people who don’t have a value assigned to the selected field.When using a bar chart, you can choose an additional field to segment each bar even further. An interesting example of this could be seeing the age breakdown for each campus. If you’re just looking for some quick percentages, use a donut chart to visualize membership status, campus size, or the distribution of any custom field.<h2 id="h_01JWRX1PQS8WAR1GMH6XX02RW9">Knowledge is Power</h2>The information you can unearth with these widgets is virtually limitless! It’s our job here at Planning Center to provide the tools you need to help the people of your church and we believe that understanding who you are serving and how they are engaging with your ministry does exactly that.Join in with thousands of other Planning Center users in one of our <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">communities</a> to let us know how you’re using Home to stay on top of things!💙 The Home Team

New: List results and demographics widgets

As churches grow and expand across multiple campuses, keeping groups organized can become a real challenge. To help, we’re thrilled to introduce campus organization, filters, and display—making it easier than ever to manage groups across your campuses and serve your people right where they are!


 (If you are already using tags for campus assignments, you will want <a href="#mapping">make these updates</a>)


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 How does it work?
</h3><a href="https://pcoaccounts.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213979248-Add-campus-information">Church campuses from account settings</a> will automatically show up in Groups/Settings so they can be assigned to groups from the Campus section:<figure style="width: 99.93%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1200/976;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37596572076187" alt="Assigning.gif" width="1200" height="976"></figure>You can also use Bulk edit to easily assign multiple groups to a campus:<figure style="width: 99.8%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1200/1089;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37596572080923" width="1200" height="1089"></figure>Once a campus is assigned to a group, it will show up on the admin side in the filters for groups, reports and calendar. <figure style="width: 99.64%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized">
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</figure>This new campus filter will also display on Church Center (on June 17th), allowing your congregants to filter by groups on the campuses they choose.<figure style="width: 74%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1080/1920;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37596572089115" width="1080" height="1920"></figure><h3 id="mapping">
 Mapping existing campus tags to the new field using bulk edit
 </h3>If you have an existing tag group for campus, we recommend you:<ol>
<li>Update all of your groups to be assigned to this new campus field, using bulk edit.</li>
<li>Once the church center changes are released on June 17th, you can turn off your old campus tag in the tags section by turning off the Display on Church Center setting, and then Deleting the tag group once you are ready, this way congregants only see 1 Campus filter option. </li>
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 This new campus field is always displayed on Church Center, so you’ll want to make sure to assign as many groups as you can to a campus, ideally all of them.
 Here’s a video that shows how to do it:<figure class="media wysiwyg-media"><div data-oembed-url="https://planningcenter-6.wistia.com/medias/x7ocv4d7k8"><iframe style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;" src="//fast.wistia.com/embed/iframe/x7ocv4d7k8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></div></figure><h3 id="h_01JWHQVM5BB9CMPY1VRPRX2EK7">
 Unassigned campus groups will still display on Church Center 
 </h3>These groups will display when no filters are selected on Church Center, but ideally you want to assign every group to a campus to ensure maximum visibility to your congregants.<h3 id="h_01JWHQVTJJS12K0HZPBV93N51Y">Campus filters bring clarity to finding and creating community</h3>With this new built-in campus organization, filtering, and display, you can finally stop relying on workarounds like tag groups to manage multi-campus complexity. No more manual setup, confusing filters, or inconsistent group visibility. Now, Planning Center understands your church’s real structure and reflects it seamlessly across your admin tools and Church Center.This means:<ul>
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 Admins get clarity: Filter by campus across Groups, Reports, and Calendar with just a click—no extra tags, no hacks.
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 Congregants get connection: Church Center now lets people easily find the groups that are actually relevant to them, based on where they attend.
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 Your whole team gets alignment: A consistent, centralized way to manage and display campus-specific groups supports your multi-campus vision with less overhead and better results.
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 </ul>It’s a big step forward in helping you serve every part of your church with the same care and clarity—no matter how many campuses you have.
 We are really campus-sionate about your structure.
 🧡 Team Groups

New: Campus organization, filters, and display

In your weekly bulletin, email, or social post — or from your <a href="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260803542170-Create-your-home-page">custom Church Center homepage</a> — you might link to your most recent sermon episode to give your congregation quick access to that week's content. Instead of grabbing a new link every week, now you can use the latest episode link in your pages, posts, and emails!In your channel settings, you'll see the latest episode URL. If sermon notes are enabled for your channel, there will be a second link for latest notes as well!<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="max-width: 600px;" src="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37480460380571"></figure>This link always points to the most recent episode in a channel — so whether you're jumping in on Sunday morning, catching up on the message the next day, or looking for a linked discussion guide a few days later, this link will get you to the right place.We hope this takes one thing off your weekly to-do list as you prepare for the weekend!🩶 The Publishing Team

New: Always-updated link to the latest episode in a sermon channel

Today, we’re introducing a highly requested feature: the ability to send emails in People with custom senders. With this change, admins can now choose a custom name and reply-to email address to send on behalf of individuals (like a pastor) or to represent a ministry (like Youth Ministry).<h2 id="h_01JW9HANXR8YMBDHPPZ1X3YMTH">How it works</h2>This new option is under the gear icon in People &gt; “Email settings”:<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37680957715867" width="2048" height="1221"><ul>
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Add a sender: Provide a name and email. We’ll send a verification email to ensure the address is valid and has consent. All emails will come from <a href="mailto:mailer@churchcenteronline.com"><code>mailer@churchcenteronline.com</code></a>; these settings affect the name display and the reply-to address.</li>
<li>Manage access: Choose which admins can use each sender. Managers have access to all custom senders.</li>
</ul><img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37413408353563" width="434" height="517"><ul>
<li>Use custom senders: Verified senders are available when emailing from lists, profiles, and bulk operations.</li>
<li>Communication history: The Communication tab shows all emails sent with custom senders, showing which admin sent the email and the custom sender used.</li>
</ul><h2 id="h_01JW9HANXSHN95PEW9J84HP84F">Bonus: Improved church email handling</h2>We’re also integrating church emails into this infrastructure—you can now manage who can use the church email or change the email from what’s available in accounts. 💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

New: Custom email senders

Since releasing the ability for organization administrators to <a href="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/17627685109019-New-Rescue-Abandoned-Lists">rescue abandoned lists</a>, we’ve heard from many of you that deleting unassigned lists was a real pain—you needed to add yourself as a list manager and then delete them, list by list. Whether you had 10 or 1000 lists (true story, for at least one of you!), this was an unnecessarily tedious task.
Now, you can delete all unassigned lists or add yourself as manager to make changes with a click of a button:
<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37201265703835" width="698" height="297">
Here’s to a little less tedium in your life! 🥂
 
💙 The People Team,
Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

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Changelog

New Duplicate groups

Improved Rich text for all form field descriptions

New Workflow overview widget

Update View pending Calendar approvals on shared dashboards

Improved Request rooms for individual Groups feed events

New Church Center analytics

New Services chat conversations on Church Center web

New Global chat interface on Church Center web

New Global chat interface on Church Center web

New Registrations public API

Improved Filter by campus (or no campus) in more places

Improved Warn about paused automations when editing lists rules or conditions

Updated Chat conversation filters on web toolbar

Updated Chat conversation filters on web toolbar

New Bulk file deleting in services (Finally!)

Improved Edit multiple dates for Registrations feed events

Changed Household phone and address updates are now opt-in

New Search for donors from anywhere in Giving

Improved Simplified video embeds

New Bulk tag editing

New List results and demographics widgets

New Campus organization, filters, and display

New Always-updated link to the latest episode in a sermon channel

New Custom email senders

Improved Bulk delete unassigned lists