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!
Jon Aleixo
·Marketing Copywriter
3 min read
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New in Services: Limit song access with new permissions
Customize access to songs, media, and files independently from schedule and plan permissions—safeguarding worship-only content while empowering other ministries.
Jon Aleixo
·Marketing Copywriter
3 min read
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!
Planning Center
3 min read
Auto-reschedule declined volunteer requests in Services
Schedule new volunteers automatically when someone declines a volunteer request!
Jon Aleixo
·Marketing Copywriter
2 min read
Announcing chat in the Services mobile app
Message your worship teams and discuss service plans with chat in the Services mobile app!
Evan Lemmons
·Product Manager
3 min read
Share service details with new public plans
Automatically publish service plans to Church Center so your congregation can know what to expect!
Evan Lemmons
·Product Manager
2 min read
Services mobile app: redesigned plan view for smoother navigation
Experience the new plans page on the Service mobile app, designed to help you switch seamlessly between tabs and boost productivity!
Evan Lemmons
·Product Manager
2 min read
Revamped and ready: Your guide to the enhanced add file popup
Use the new Add File popup to easily add the files you need to share with your team, like song links, text docs, or files from integrations!
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
3 min read
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!
Planning Center
3 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 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
The Matrix reloaded: new features to help plan church services weeks ahead
Plan church services weeks in advance and view multiple services side by side!
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
4 min read
Quick add items to your service order
Last week we introduced a faster and more discoverable way to add items to your plan—the quick add item row! If you have Editor or Administrator permissions, you will see an empty row at the bottom of a plan where you can type an item title, hit enter, and see it added to your plan. Quick add is perfect for when you already know what items, songs, and media you want to do and get them into the order as soon as possible. But there's way more power built in to that little bar. * Set the
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
2 min read
The New Plan Rehearse Tab
If you’re on a volunteer team that needs to access song files to rehearse (called a Rehearsal Team), we’ve designed an entire new view in Services just for you! The new Rehearse tab makes songs and all their files easily accessible to musicians so you have everything you need to practice. Songs from the plan are on the left, and when you select a song, you’ll see all of the details, notes, and files in the panel on the right. If you want, you can choose to include media or regular items with
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
2 min read
Link Services Plans with Sermons in Publishing
If a worship service were a coin, Services and Publishing are the two sides of it. While Services helps you handle all the planning and coordination, Publishing is a way to host a live streaming experience on the day of, and provide congregants with the option to watch the service later. Last week we released an integration between these two products—so you can connect the planning side to the experience side. Import Sermon Details from Services to Publishing In January, Publishing release
Benson Lee
·Product Manager
2 min read
Services Mobile Widgets: Song List, Team Status, & Next Up
When you need to prepare for church, you launch the Services mobile app and everything is right there. But you might want to keep tabs on some key tasks without needing to launch the app. With our new mobile widgets, schedulers can make sure everyone is confirmed, musicians can view songs in the setlist, and all team members can check their call times and make sure they’ve responded — right from their home screen. Rehearse The Rehearse widget also nudges team members to accept or decline, bu
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
3 min read
The New Stage Layout Editor
You know who's going to be on stage, what they’ll be doing, and when they’re supposed to show up, and with this update, you’ll have a better way to keep track of where everything is supposed to be! If your stage changes from week to week, or even during a single service, the updated stage layout editor will let you keep track of where your people, instruments, and gear should be. What’s New? You read that right; now there’s a library of instruments and gear! Additionally, the whole thing is
Aaron Stewart
·Co-Founder / Product Manager
3 min read
Take Attendance in Services and Registrations
They confirmed their request to usher from Services—but did they show up? They signed up for morning worship through Registrations—but did they attend? Check-Ins is the Planning Center go-to for keeping track of people as they arrive, but sometimes you don’t need everything a Check-Ins station provides, like labels and alerts. Oftentimes, you just need to take basic attendance, and it would be nice if you could do it in the product where you got everyone organized—now you can! Leaders can no
Allie Rice
·Product Manager
2 min read