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New for You in Planning Center April 2025

New for You in Planning Center April 2025

Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this spring, and find ways to streamline your workflow!

  • Jon Aleixo
    Jon Aleixo
Apr 28, 20253 min read
Organize your children’s classrooms based on milestones

Organize your children’s classrooms based on milestones

Organize children into classrooms based on their unique needs and developmental milestones!

  • Jon Aleixo
    Jon Aleixo
Feb 06, 20252 min read
Church Center precheck for families: always safe, now faster

Church Center precheck for families: always safe, now faster

Skip the line and save time with Church Center precheck for families! Households can avoid the hustle and bustle of check-in by using precheck before they arrive and then scan their kids in when they get there.

  • Jon Aleixo
    Jon Aleixo
Oct 24, 20243 min read
Improved: checking people into Registrations events

Improved: checking people into Registrations events

Use the updated integration between Check-Ins and Registrations to quickly check people into your events this summer!

  • Jon Aleixo
    Jon Aleixo
Apr 26, 20244 min read
Behind the scenes: How Check-Ins got even faster

Behind the scenes: How Check-Ins got even faster

Experience up to 40% faster station speeds when you check people in during peak times!

  • Planning Center
    Planning Center
Feb 01, 20242 min read
Introducing newer and faster Check-In stations

Introducing newer and faster Check-In stations

See a completely revamped, reimagined station experience to help you create a welcoming and safe environment for families!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Sep 20, 20236 min read
New for You in Planning Center July 2023

New for You in Planning Center July 2023

Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this summer, and find ways to streamline your workflow!

  • Planning Center
    Planning Center
Jul 18, 20233 min read
The new event chart in Check-Ins

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, 20223 min read
Easier and Faster Station Set-up

Easier and Faster Station Set-up

We've made the process of creating check-in stations even easier and faster so you can keep up with demand—making check-in time more magical.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Jun 01, 20213 min read
Show Announcements in Check-Ins Stations

Show Announcements in Check-Ins Stations

You can share a message with every person who checks in with all station types—something they have to read before their check-in is complete.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Sep 15, 20202 min read
Track Event Attendance and Capacity with Headcounts Live

Track Event Attendance and Capacity with Headcounts Live

With the latest update to the Headcounts app, we released three new features, including capacity limits for events and live updates to the total count.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Jul 15, 20202 min read
Check Out with the Church Center App

Check Out with the Church Center App

Parents will now have access to their security code in the Church Center app! Hopefully, this makes keeping track of the code easier.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
May 08, 20202 min read
Emergency Text Notifications for Parents

Emergency Text Notifications for Parents

Texting will be ready to help you communicate with parents when their kids are in need on Sunday mornings.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Apr 24, 20202 min read
Self Check-In with the Church Center App

Self Check-In with the Church Center App

With the latest release of the Church Center app, congregants can now check their entire families into an event from home!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Apr 09, 20202 min read
Pro Tips for Easter Prep

Pro Tips for Easter Prep

Check out some of our best-practices and pro tips as you prepare for what might be one of your busiest and most important Sundays of the year.

  • Jeff Berg
    Jeff Berg
Mar 05, 20206 min read
Four New Custom Label Options

Four New Custom Label Options

Print birthday labels, make your own label sizes, and print information from Planning Center People and Registrations with our new integrations!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Mar 02, 20203 min read
Custom Labels for all Printers

Custom Labels for all Printers

With Universal Printing (formerly Direct Printing), you can create custom labels and print them from any supported printer.

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Dec 02, 20192 min read
Multiple Times, Multiple Locations

Multiple Times, Multiple Locations

Does your church have multiple service times? With the latest update parents can now check their children into both with the same check in!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Aug 28, 20193 min read
Building Relationships with Families in Children’s Ministry

Building Relationships with Families in Children’s Ministry

Here are some best practices for how to create opportunities for connection on Sundays, as well as how to build those relationships throughout the week.

  • Jeff Berg
    Jeff Berg
Apr 24, 20197 min read
Announcing Family Pre-Check

Announcing Family Pre-Check

There is a new way for you to speed up your lines, even more than you already are with Check-Ins: family pre-check through the Church Center app.  

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Mar 29, 20192 min read
Direct Printing for Check-Ins

Direct Printing for Check-Ins

To decrease our reliance on external printer software and increase the reliability of printing, we are working on a new feature called direct printing!

  • Scott Myers
    Scott Myers
Mar 12, 20192 min read
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