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Apr 06, 2020

Announcing Group Messaging: It’s in beta!

Group Messaging is in public beta, which means your small groups can make the Church Center app their official center for communication. No more cycling between Facebook Messenger, the dreaded group text, and infinite email strings! Read in browser We know many of you have temporarily suspended weekend services due to COVID-19, and some of you are also under state-mandated shelter-in-place orders, making even small gatherings impossible. We

Jessica Fleming

Product Manager

3 min read

Sep 10, 2019

Easy Profile Editing for Households

Even the most organized People account can get messy because of incorrect profile information. An incomplete medical note during a check-in rush, a typo on an event form—these are the kinds of things that linger in your database. That is, until you're forced to update it after accidentally calling an outdated home phone (do these exist anymore?!) Editing People profiles is easy for admins, but you don't always know when someone needs to update their information, which is why your congregation c

Benson Lee

Product Manager

2 min read

Apr 04, 2019

Mobile Phone Login for Church Center

On the new Church Center app, your congregation can quickly log in with their phone number— and we’re excited to bring this easier login experience to Church Center in the browser! Until now, when a congregant wanted to log in to Church Center, we sent them an email with a login button. This system was less than ideal. Sometimes emails were slow to arrive, other times they arrived in the wrong place because they got caught in email client filters. Now, when a congregant points their browser to

Allie Rice

Product Manager

2 min read

Mar 29, 2019

Announcing Family Pre-Check

Sunday mornings can be stressful. We all know how hard it is to get the family out the door for church! But once families make it out their door and through yours, you can help reset the tone of their morning by welcoming them with a stress-free check-in environment. Now there is a new way for you to speed up your lines, even more than you already are with Check-Ins: the Church Center app. Anytime before an event, people can pre-select all the household members they want to check in. When

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Dec 11, 2018

Announcing the Church Center App

The core purpose of all Planning Center apps is to serve the needs of church staff and volunteers with ministry tools. We are now expanding our attention to provide you with tools to support your congregation with our new mobile app Church Center, a dedicated space for people to connect with the life of your church. Instead of directing people to a specific URL or your website to find more information or get involved, you can tell them to download an app on their smartphone a

Benson Lee

Product Manager

3 min read