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Planning Center People

Save Files to People Profiles

Save Files to People Profiles

Ever need to attach a picture or a PDF to a person's member profile? Now you can collect files through online forms and save them to profiles!

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
May 03, 20222 min read
Create Custom Dashboards to Share Metrics

Create Custom Dashboards to Share Metrics

The new custom dashboard feature in Planning Center People makes it easier to find and access the stats you most care about, all in one place!

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Sep 23, 20214 min read
Make Announcements with Church Center Push Notifications

Make Announcements with Church Center Push Notifications

You can now keep everyone in the loop about what is happening at the church by sending announcements to the Church Center mobile app and web from People!

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
May 05, 20212 min read
New Background Check Dashboard

New Background Check Dashboard

Our latest update is a refresh of the background check dashboard to surface the most important information.

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Mar 04, 20212 min read
Announcing Text Messaging from Planning Center People

Announcing Text Messaging from Planning Center People

Have you ever wanted to send very fast, very short letters to your congregation? Well, today is your lucky day—texting is here!

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Feb 16, 20213 min read
Thank Your 2020 Volunteers

Thank Your 2020 Volunteers

Make time to tell your volunteers how much you appreciate the role they played in making it through the last twelve months of ministry.

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
Dec 09, 20203 min read
Directory: A New Way to Connect in Church Center

Directory: A New Way to Connect in Church Center

As of today, you can give your congregation access to a directory in the Church Center mobile app, and on the web.

  • Planning Center
    Planning Center
Aug 04, 20203 min read
Gather Household Information through Forms

Gather Household Information through Forms

With the new household field in Forms, you can collect all the necessary information you need to check in an entire family before they even get to church.

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Jun 23, 20202 min read
Invite Your Congregation to the Conversation

Invite Your Congregation to the Conversation

Connecting with your congregation as you begin to plan to meet in person.

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
May 21, 20202 min read
Find People Quickly with New Filters

Find People Quickly with New Filters

Sometimes you need a quick list of some subset of the people in your church. Enter our new and improved people tab, complete with near-instant filtering!

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Coronavirus: Connecting with the needs of your congregation

Coronavirus: Connecting with the needs of your congregation

See this overview of how you can use the free People product to quickly find those people in your congregation who are in need and follow up with them.

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
Mar 25, 20204 min read
Expanded Permissions for Workflows

Expanded Permissions for Workflows

We've released two new permissions for Workflows: you can now allow people to create their own workflows, and give permissions within specific workflows.

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Mar 11, 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.

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
Mar 05, 20206 min read
New Integration with Zapier

New Integration with Zapier

With Zapier you can automatically send information from one app to another, and starting today you can use it in Planning Center People!

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Dec 16, 20192 min read
Email Lists of People within Planning Center

Email Lists of People within Planning Center

Now, when you click the little icon above your lists in People, you can email everyone on your list without connecting to Mailchimp.

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Nov 04, 20192 min read
Preview Custom Reports Live

Preview Custom Reports Live

Previously, you had to create a full report before you could view your recent changes, but now we have Live Report previews!

  • Geoffrey Lessel
    Geoffrey Lessel
Oct 29, 20192 min read
Share Lists and Collaborate

Share Lists and Collaborate

As of today, anyone who makes a list can add other people to their list-making team as managers, which allows them to edit list rules.

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Oct 21, 20192 min read
Create Specialized Forms with Conditional Fields

Create Specialized Forms with Conditional Fields

Forms now include conditional fields, which means you can make easy-to-follow, specialized forms to get all the details you need.

  • Daniel Murphy
    Daniel Murphy
Oct 10, 20192 min read
Make sure people are prayed for and cared for

Make sure people are prayed for and cared for

Losing track of notes doesn't have to happen with your congregation's prayer requests—put the right systems in place with People.

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
Oct 08, 20194 min read
Easy Profile Editing for Households

Easy Profile Editing for Households

Simplify profile updating for families—household adults can now edit their own profile information and all other household members.

  • Benson Lee
    Benson Lee
Sep 10, 20192 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.

  • Emily Jiles
    Emily Jiles
Apr 24, 20197 min read
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