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Protect My Ministry background checks: Now in Planning Center
May 21, 2025

Protect My Ministry background checks: Now in Planning Center

Track the background checks and safety training of your staff and volunteers right from Planning Center with the new Protect My Ministry add-on.

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Jon Aleixo

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Marketing Copywriter

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New for You in Planning Center April 2025
Apr 28, 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!

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Text In Church messaging: Now in Planning Center
Mar 11, 2025

Text In Church messaging: Now in Planning Center

Send personalized texts right from within Planning Center using your Text In Church account.

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Marketing Copywriter

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5 new features you may have missed in People
Feb 20, 2025

5 new features you may have missed in People

Learn how you can keep your data more secure, communications easy, and day-to-day ministry work flowing smoothly.

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Marketing Copywriter

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New in People: Less spam, cleaner profiles, better permissions and more
Nov 27, 2024

New in People: Less spam, cleaner profiles, better permissions and more

This week’s roundup of People updates is a lot like going out for tacos 🌮 : bite-sized meals, big on flavor.  The People team has been making some tacos made 10 small but significant improvements: because ultimately, an up-to-date database is not about keeping things clean but about making sure your people don't fall through the cracks. So let's see how these small updates can help you make a big impact. And hopefully we won’t ruin your Thanksgiving dinner with all these tacos.  Don’t lose

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Customize emails using your church name
Oct 31, 2024

Customize emails using your church name

Send emails directly from your church’s name and email address—no more confusion about who’s sending what!

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Marketing Copywriter

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New for You in Planning Center September 2024
Sep 30, 2024

New for You in Planning Center September 2024

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

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Schedule Church Center announcements
Sep 26, 2024

Schedule Church Center announcements

Schedule your Church Center announcements to have even more control and flexibility in your communication strategy!

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Marketing Copywriter

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Give volunteers access to workflow cards
Aug 29, 2024

Give volunteers access to workflow cards

Get admin help by giving volunteers access to view and edit workflow cards assigned to them!

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Marketing Copywriter

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Reach the right people with selective messaging
Aug 21, 2024

Reach the right people with selective messaging

Select specific profiles on a list to send an email, text, or Church Center announcement!

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Marketing Copywriter

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New for You in Planning Center June 2024
Jun 04, 2024

New for You in Planning Center June 2024

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

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Schedule emails in People
May 29, 2024

Schedule emails in People

Schedule your list emails to go out automatically on a future date and time!

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Privacy mode: Protect your church directory from scammers
Mar 20, 2024

Privacy mode: Protect your church directory from scammers

Your online church directory is a gold mine for scammers.  One of the most common things we see our churches fall for is a scammer getting access to a directory, impersonating a pastor, and tricking members into giving them money.  The privacy mode option protects your congregation from scammers by not publicly listing emails and phone numbers. Instead, people can reach out to each other with a Contact Me button. Now, members can browse the directory, put faces with names, and contact each ot

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Daniel Murphy

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Product Manager

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New for You in Planning Center March 2024
Mar 04, 2024

New for You in Planning Center March 2024

Happy March! It might be cold outside, but hopefully these new features will be a spot of warmth and help you in the months ahead. ❄️ Build Your To-Do List with Automations Create new tasks automatically as soon as someone completes an action like accepting a serving request or filling out a form. Watch the video to learn how to automatically create tasks! 📺 Text People Through Clearstream in Planning Center Use a local Clearstream number to text your congregation right from the People d

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Admin relief: Let congregants manage their own household details
Jan 23, 2024

Admin relief: Let congregants manage their own household details

Empower congregants to manage their own households effortlessly by adding or removing members in Church Center!

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Benson Lee

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Product Manager

2 min read
New for You in Planning Center October 2023
Oct 11, 2023

New for You in Planning Center October 2023

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

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Planning Center

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Reach your people with updated text messaging
Sep 26, 2023

Reach your people with updated text messaging

Send mass texts to your church with your own 10-digit, toll-free phone number!

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Daniel Murphy

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Product Manager

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New automations: Organize event attendees in Registrations quickly
Aug 29, 2023

New automations: Organize event attendees in Registrations quickly

Use automations in Registrations to organize people into groups when they signup for events!

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Daniel Murphy

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Product Manager

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New automations: Follow-up with first-time givers
Aug 23, 2023

New automations: Follow-up with first-time givers

Use automations in Giving to automatically send a follow-up email to anyone who gives and express your gratitude!

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Daniel Murphy

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Product Manager

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Set up automations to keep groups organized and communicate with people
Jun 07, 2023

Set up automations to keep groups organized and communicate with people

It can be challenging to stay on top of your church-wide communications. There’s so much information you want to get regular attendees, or ways you want to welcome visitors. But sending the right message to the right people at the right time is a lot to keep track of! Automations are a great way to streamline communications to people in your church so that no one falls through the cracks—and now you can manage them from Groups! Whether you want to automate a welcome email when someone joins a

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Daniel Murphy

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Product Manager

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