Planning Center Check-Ins

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.

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.

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.

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

One day you will again need parents’ help with diaper changes and hurt elbows on Sunday mornings, and texting will be ready to help you communicate that need.

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

This blog is a collection of 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.  

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

We gave the Stations page a new layout by adding more details about the information you need to run Check-Ins and decreasing noise from the things you don’t.

Getting everyone to the right place after they check in is chaotic, but you can simplify it by deciding how you want Check-Ins to assign people to locations.

We want to make sure you have the right information at your fingertips in case of an emergency, which is why we added the Emergency Contact field in Registrations!

We updated the integration between Check-Ins and Registrations so you can check people into events using Manned and Self Stations.

The new Station Keys keys feature allows you to edit your Station settings quickly, easily, and securely. even in the middle of the check-in process!

Within the last week we released two highly requested features to Check-Ins: an option to ignore age and grade filters and the ability to create notes on each of your events.

We’re excited to announce a new way to use Check-Ins on your laptop or desktop: an installable app made for each platform!

Summer is officially here, and with school ending, VBS in full-swing and preparation for the fall beginning, your church might be ready to promote grades!