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Apr 03, 2018

Sunday Mornings at Planning Center

Behind all the church services happening across the world each Sunday are thousands of people quietly working to make sure the day goes smoothly. Their unglamorous work tends to go unnoticed, but without them your chairs wouldn’t be set up, the hallway would be dirty, and the pastor’s mic wouldn’t be turned on. Typically on our blog we like to talk about the new, exciting features and major updates to our applications. But today we're going to share with you some of the less glamorous work ou

Planning Center

3 min read

Feb 08, 2018

The End of Planning Center Projector

In 2012 Planning Center released Projector, an iPad app to help churches present lyrics & slides wirelessly during services. As an app that was only available on iPad, it was always intended to fill a narrow gap in the church presentation software market while providing a tight integration with Planning Center. Five years later, we’ve expanded into a full Church Management System, with seven powerful web applications. To develop Projector, our mobile team has to stop work on Services and Musi

Planning Center

3 min read

Dec 22, 2017

2017 at Planning Center

2017 marked Planning Center’s 11th year! As we reflect on the last twelve months, and look forward to the New Year, there are a few highlights, blessings, and special moments we would like to share with you. This year 3,738 new churches subscribed to our applications, and the number of churches using our free People app more than doubled from 2,400 in December 2016 to 4,950 this month. To keep up with the continually growing number of churches using our software, our team had to grow too!

Jeff Berg

5 min read

Dec 06, 2017

Retreat Week 2017

Every time I meet a friend for coffee, I feel like I have another unbelievable story to tell about this place. Because when we say that we love our churches, our team, and our products, it isn’t just some feel-good slogan; it’s our culture and identity. The love around here is outrageous. Retreat Week is just one example of how that love is lived out in the life of our company. Four times a year, our many remote team members come to the office for the week to collaborate and connect in per

Allie Rice

Product Manager

5 min read

Nov 22, 2017

Fall Product Update 2017

You are entering one of the craziest times of the year for your church, and we want to make sure you know about all the tools you have at your fingertips as you serve and love the many people coming through your doors this holiday season. To catch up on all of the biggest and newest features from the last few months, check out our Fall Product Update video below! * People: Notes * Giving: Embeddable Giving Form for your Website * Check-Ins: Desktop App + Ignoring Age and Gra

Planning Center

1 min read

Aug 29, 2017

Our Commitment to Reliability

Over the past couple weeks, Planning Center’s performance on Sunday mornings has been unacceptable for your standards and ours. As a parent who has stood in long check-in lines and as a former church staff member who has experienced the pain of a slow check-in process first hand, I feel your pain. We let you down, and we’re not taking it lightly. Our entire organization is focused on fixing this problem and regaining your trust. I want to be as open and transparent as pos

Planning Center

11 min read

Aug 21, 2017

Family Fun Week 2017

My name is Emily, and while you may see my name in the byline of a few of our blog posts, I am primarily a behind-the-scenes player on the Planning Center team. I don't develop, design, or support the products you use; my job is to support the people who do, and I want to share with you exactly how incredibly special the team I support is. Every three months, Planning Center's remote employees fly in from all over the country to spend a week with the in-office employees. Every Remote Week is

Jeff Berg

8 min read

Apr 24, 2017

Easter Weekend at Planning Center

At Planning Center we want to make sure Easter weekend goes as smoothly as possible. We intentionally don’t push any new code for the weeks leading up to Easter, our Operations team is up and ready to react to anything out of the ordinary, and we over-prepare our servers to handle any potential unexpected loads. Here’s a recap of some fun facts that happened over Easter Weekend. There were 878,598 people scheduled for Easter through Planning Center Services. That’s a little over 11% more t

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read