Announcing the Planning Center app: All your ministry work, now in your pocket

We all know that being in ministry doesn’t just happen at a desk.

You’re in a meeting when a scheduling request comes in. You’re greeting on a Sunday morning when you remember to follow up on a workflow. You’re finally on the couch for the evening enjoying your favorite show but need to mark some tasks complete.

In every instance and more, you’re doing the same mental gymnastics: Is this urgent enough to drop everything and find my computer? Or, I can’t forget this before I’m able to open my laptop again.

As a high-capacity staff member, it’s not realistic for you to be tied to your desk/table/wherever you can find a place to work. We see you.

That’s why we’re excited to introduce the Planning Center app! The software you already know, now in your hands—no matter where you are or where you’re going.

What’s inside the Planning Center app

If you’ve been using Planning Center for a while already, either as a staff member or high-capacity volunteer, don’t worry—we’re not asking you to learn a whole new set of features. Instead, you’re getting a better way to access everything you already know and rely on.

Here’s what you can expect from the new app:

All your admin notifications, all in one place.

It’s easy to get lost in email or stay heads-down in one part of Planning Center when you’re knocking out tasks. Maybe you’re finalizing the chair count in Calendar for the youth night when you get added to a last-minute “food prep” task list. But you missed the notification in Home… and now there’s no food.

Now, the Planning Center app has you covered! All of your notifications across your products are front and center. If it matters to your ministry, it shows up here: schedule requests, workflow updates, form submissions, and much more.

Your Home dashboard goes with you.

The first thing you’ll see when you open the Planning Center app is your Home dashboard—a quick, clear overview of everything that needs your attention. From there, you can use widgets to go right to different products. 

Browse any product.

Open Registrations, Calendar, Check-Ins, Giving, or any other product directly inside the app, so you can work in the products you need to, exactly when you need to.

Check on an event registration, submit a facilities request for tables, or edit a Sunday school classroom location—all from your phone. Expect the same powerful Planning Center experience, easily accessible from wherever you find yourself.    

Check off tasks.

Complete tasks and keep collaborating on tasks lists with your team, whether you’re meeting in a coffee shop, hustling on a Sunday morning, or driving to the store to restock on goldfish for the 5th time this month. (Just kidding, we recommend hands-free driving.)

Ready to take Planning Center with you?

We’ve never been as excited about introducing more ways for you to use Planning Center on the go.

Just visit your app store of choice to download the app now.

• iOS download

• Android download

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