Reach your people with updated text messaging
Send mass texts to your church with your own 10-digit, toll-free phone number!
Daniel Murphy
·Product Manager
3 min read
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Introducing newer and faster Check-In stations
The first interaction a family has with your church may very likely be at a Check-Ins station. Stations are also one of the things your volunteers use the most. The experience needs to be great, so we completely revamped and reimagined the stations experience! It’s now an even more powerful tool to help you create a welcoming and safe environment for families. Here’s what we did. Changes to Manned and Self Stations First, we made some major updates to both Manned and Self stations! Custom
Scott Myers
·Product Manager
6 min read
Auto-report your songs to CCLI in Services
Submit your song reports to CCLI automatically in Services!
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
2 min read
New automations: Organize event attendees in Registrations quickly
Use automations in Registrations to organize people into groups when they signup for events!
Daniel Murphy
·Product Manager
2 min read
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!
Daniel Murphy
·Product Manager
2 min read
Create multiple events for multiple groups all at once
Create the same event for multiple groups at the same time!
Scott Myers
·Product Manager
3 min read
Bring all your event details together with new Calendar connections
Events have so many moving pieces—from facilities setup to coordinating volunteers, checking people in, and hosting small groups. Now you can use Planning Center Calendar as your jumping off point for all the pieces of your event planning—across Services, Check-Ins, Registrations, and Groups! By connecting all the pieces of your events to a central point in Planning Center Calendar, you can make sure nothing (and no one!) falls through the cracks. So how can you manage events easier with this
Evan Lemmons
·Product Manager
5 min read
Announcing tasks: Create to-do lists and collaborate with teams
How do you keep track of your to-do list? Brightly colored sticky notes stuck all over your desk? An assortment of note-taking apps? Maybe a backlog of emails and text messages? All of the above? What if you could bring your scattered web of notes into a single place where you’re already doing your ministry work? Now you can create detailed tasks, organize to-do lists, and collaborate with other people on those tasks—all in Planning Center! And that’s not all. You can create tasks abs
Allie Rice
·Product Manager
6 min read
Make your sermons available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Sometimes people miss a Sunday service and want to go back and listen to the sermon. Or maybe they were in the service, and they want to relisten to something profound or insightful they heard. But with all of the apps out there and content reaching for their attention, it can be tough for people to get to the content they’re looking for. Now you can make it easier for people to listen to your sermons by publishing them where they’re already listening to content—Apple Podcasts and Spotify! H
Benson Lee
·Product Manager
2 min read
New for You in Planning Center July 2023
Happy July! Tis the sea-sun for popsicles, pools, and product updates! We’ve got some new features and improvements to help you in the months ahead. ☀️ RehearsalPack: All Your Materials in One Place Gather lyrics, chord charts, audio files, and licenses all in one place through our exclusive integration with MultiTracks.com! Watch the video to see how to set up the integration! 📺 Invite People to Church Center With a Custom Link Share a custom setup link with your church so people can ea
Planning Center
3 min read
Announcing RehearsalPack: audio, lyrics, and chords in one subscription
As a worship leader, you coordinate so many things. And few things are as complicated as planning the set list—gathering all of the songs with the right parts, in the right keys, all for your worship team to be ready for the service. But planning your set list is much easier with RehearsalPack—a new, one-stop integration for the lyrics, a chord chart, an audio file, and the license to use them at your church from thousands of recordings by popular worship artists. It’s all available in
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
2 min read
Introducing the “Now Playing” view in the mobile media player
When band members want to rehearse music to prepare for worship services, they often open the Services mobile app and run through a playlist of songs in the media player. Because musicians often use the media player on the go—walking, getting ready for the day, or even while driving—we wanted to optimize the mobile experience so you can learn your music more smoothly. Introducing the new Now Playing view! Easy to Use Screen for On-the-Go We made the button controls to play, pause, and jump
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
2 min read
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
Daniel Murphy
·Product Manager
3 min read
A new way to connect people to your church app
Share a custom setup link with your congregation so they can find your church on Church Center app!
Benson Lee
·Product Manager
2 min read
Create custom forms for event requests in Calendar
Add custom fields and event templates to event requests! Now you can collect more information up front and minimize lost details or miscommunications.
Evan Lemmons
·Product Manager
2 min read
New for You in Planning Center April 2023
See everything new to Planning Center in 2023 so far and find ways to use them in your ministry!
Planning Center
3 min read
Respond to potential data breaches with the new account Security History page
Use account security logs to view activity across your entire Planning Center account and respond to potentially data threats!
Jeremy Ricketts
·Product Manager
2 min read
Create Registrations signups from Calendar
Create Registrations signups from within a Calendar event, and use the connections feature to seamlessly switch back and forth between the two!
Evan Lemmons
·Product Manager
2 min read
Simplify group management by allowing members to take attendance
Allow group members to take attendance so group leaders can focus on the broader picture!
Scott Myers
·Product Manager
2 min read
Embed your event calendar anywhere
Embed a month's view of events onto your website and share it for your entire church to see!
Evan Lemmons
·Product Manager
2 min read