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Jun 01, 2021

Easier and Faster Station Set-up

It’s Sunday morning and there’s a long line out the door for families to check in. In one way, this sounds great—the church is growing, families are being welcomed, and children are safe. But in real life, this experience isn’t ideal. When checking in isn’t fast, people miss out on worship and connecting with others, all because they’re stuck waiting for labels to print. With our recent update to Check-Ins, we’ve made the process of creating check-in stations even easier and faster so you can

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Sep 15, 2020

Show Announcements in Check-Ins Stations

Sometimes your church has information everyone should see, and with the new Announcements feature in Check-Ins, you can make that happen! Now, you can share an announcement with every person who checks in by showing them a message they must read before their check-in is complete. You can use announcements for quick reminders like, Don’t forget to check out our upcoming service opportunities in the Welcome Center. But if your church is just beginning to meet in-person again, you also might fin

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Aug 01, 2018

Fresh Stations Page Design

You should spend as little time as possible using Planning Center Check-Ins and as much time as possible doing ministry, which is why we are excited to share the new layout for the Stations page! We added more details about the information you need, and decreased the noise from the things you don’t. We thought it was time to give more screen space to the things you came to the Stations tab to use! On this page you will see all of the important details about your stations, including the St

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

May 23, 2018

Manned and Self Stations for Registration Events

Last year we released an integration between two of our applications, Check-Ins and Registrations. This integration allows you to check people into an event you created in Registrations using a Roster Station in Check-Ins. Today, the Check-Ins and Registrations teams announce a stronger integration with all station types in Check-Ins, which means you now have options. If you use a Roster Station in Check-Ins, you can call out roll “clipboard style” from a list of all your attendees, which

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Mar 21, 2018

Edit Stations with Station Keys

Maybe you have had the experience of arriving to church before check-in time to make sure everything is ready to go...only to discover that none of the Stations are set properly. Little hassles like this with your Stations can turn into big problems! You need a fast, easy, and secure way to change those Station settings on the fly. Introducing Station Keys: a new way to edit station settings! As of today all Check-In Stations have an icon at the bottom right of the screen, whic

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Oct 09, 2017

Check-Ins for Mac and Windows

We’re excited to announce a new way to use Check-Ins on your laptop or desktop: an installable app made for each platform! Whether you use a Mac, Windows, iOS, or Android device, you can now download and install Check-Ins, built specifically for that device. No. More. Browsers. One of the greatest pain points over the last few years has been when a browser, such as Google Chrome, has updated itself over the weekend. This sometimes has broken the needed ties between your pr

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Sep 30, 2016

Rosters are Now More Powerful

Our newest Station mode, Roster, just became a lot more powerful. Now you’re able to pull a list of people not only from a location, but also from a folder or an event. You can even switch between any location or folder that your Station has access to. In the above example, I’m pulling a Roster list from the “Youth Group” folder. Within that folder, there are a few other folders, for Jr. High and High School. I can freely move around throughout any folder or location within the Youth Group fo

Scott Myers

Product Manager

1 min read

Jun 07, 2016

Introducing the Roster Station

We’re excited to announce a new type of station, a Roster Station. A Roster Station assembles a list of anyone who has checked in to this location within the last three sessions. The initial idea is to replace the clipboard you might have used when taking roll. But with Check-Ins, it can do a lot more. If labels are attached, they will print immediately. If there’s an issue that needs to be resolved, you’ll see an error message so you can fix the problem before finishing the check-in. You can

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read