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The most important thing you can do to protect your information is to enable two-step verification for your Planning Center login.

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Planning Center is SOC 2 Compliant: Affirmation of Our Commitment to Security

Planning Center is the only major church management system to comply with the SOC 2 audit of our systems, processes, and policies to keep your data secure.

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    Planning Center
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Introducing the Planning Center Notifications Inbox

See notifications for everything that needs your attention across Planning Center—pending calendar requests, scheduling notices, permissions updates, and more!

  • Allie Rice
    Allie Rice
Jun 13, 20222 min read

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.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Jun 08, 20222 min read

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!

  • Planning Center
    Planning Center
May 24, 20223 min read

Emoji Reactions in Group Messaging ❤️

Reactions are an unobtrusive way to acknowledge, send love, and respond without blowing up everyone’s phone!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
May 23, 20222 min read

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!

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
May 03, 20221 min read

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.

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
Apr 18, 20223 min read

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!

  • Benson Lee
    Benson Lee
Mar 03, 20222 min read

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!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Feb 15, 20222 min read

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.

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Feb 14, 20221 min read

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!

  • Matt Steingard
    Matt Steingard
Feb 03, 20221 min read

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.

  • Evan Lemmons
    Evan Lemmons
Jan 12, 20221 min read

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!

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Dec 10, 20215 min read

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.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Nov 22, 20214 min read

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!

  • Planning Center
    Planning Center
Nov 17, 20213 min read

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.

  • Aaron Stewart
    Aaron Stewart
Nov 09, 20212 min read

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!

  • Benson Lee
    Benson Lee
Nov 04, 20212 min read

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.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Oct 06, 20212 min read

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!

  • Aaron Stewart
    Aaron Stewart
Sep 29, 20212 min read

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!

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Sep 23, 20214 min read

Add Group Members from Church Center

Now you can add members to your group right from the Church Center app!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Aug 19, 20213 min read
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