Planning Center Change Log

New: Search and Recently Visited on Mobile

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:10:30 GMT

The next time you're using the Planning Center mobile app, tap on the icon to check out the new search feature! Start typing to immediately see results and then swap between products to change the scope of where you're searching.

You'll also be able to see all of your recently visited pages in this same space to make it quick and easy to jump back into the work you were just doing. This spans all products so you'll see profiles intermingled with groups, events, and anything else you have access to.

It's worth noting that Recently Visited currently only tracks the pages you view in the Planning Center mobile app and not on the web. That said, keep your eye out for more new ways to get around Planning Center in the future!

The Planning Center App Team

Improved: Campus field in attendance export

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:50:04 GMT

Event attendance exports now include campus, making it easier for multi-campus churches to organize and analyze attendance by location.

Use the new field to sort or filter attendance by location, compare participation across campuses, and share campus-specific data—without manually matching groups to campuses.

More location context, built right into your attendance export.

Team Groups

Improved: Services admins can now direct message all volunteers

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:30:32 GMT

We recently released direct messages in Planning Center Chat. If you’ve enabled it for your church, volunteers in Services can start direct messages with their teammates. Now, we’ve added the ability for Services Administrators, Editors, and Schedulers to start direct messages with anyone they can see. You can have up to 10 people in the conversation, and this update is available across both web and mobile. To get started, open up chat and tap the Create conversation icon > Direct message and begin searching for the people you want to message. The search results will now display any person visible to you inside Services.

We hope this makes it just a little easier to coordinate all those last-minute details with your volunteers.

The Chat Team

New: Support for Brother 1201 labels

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:15:31 GMT

Have you ever put a name label on a baby in the nursery and found it was almost the size of their whole shirt? Babies are small, and now your name tags can be too! You can now print smaller check-in labels using Brother DK-1201 labels.

Once purchased, set up a custom label with these dimensions:

Width: 3.55 in
Height: 1.14 in

From there attach that label to your event to start printing adorably small name tags.

This option is immediately available for desktop stations. For iOS/Android stations, make sure you update to version 4.0.7 or later.

As always, if you have questions, hit the question mark (?) in the top right corner of any page in Planning Center. We love hearing your feedback!

Happy Checking In!
Team Check-Ins

New: Groups resources widget

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:32:18 GMT

Groups resources are now available in Home dashboard widgets giving admins and leaders using Planning Center faster access to the files and links they need to run their ministry.

Churches often use Groups for internal coordination like pastoral staff, elder boards, and other ministry leadership. The new resources widget brings files and links into Home dashboards, making Groups a more useful workspace for collaboration—not just a list of people.

How it works

Add the new resources widget to a Home dashboard, then choose what it should display.

Some things you can do:

Resources from one group: Give an elder board quick access to its meeting notes, governance documents, and policies.
Resources from multiple groups: Bring commonly used files from staff, leadership, and ministry teams into one dashboard.
Leader resources only: Keep training guides, care procedures, and other leader-specific links easy to find.

Find resources on the go

Your Home dashboards—and the new resources widget—are also available in the Planning Center app. Staff and leaders can quickly open the files and links they need from their phone, whether they’re in a meeting, moving between campuses, or coordinating care away from the office.

Built for admin and staff workflows

A staff dashboard can now keep the church handbook and recurring meeting agenda within reach. An elder board dashboard can surface governance documents and meeting notes.

This is another step toward making Groups the clear home for internal groups that need shared context, resources, meetings, tasks, and communication.

Your group’s resources have found a new Home.

Team Groups

New: Liquid Glass design in Services

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:23:10 GMT

With iOS 26, Apple introduced a new design language called Liquid Glass. Version 6.11.0 of the Services iOS app leans into it fully, and this update is about a lot more than a fresh coat of paint.

By adopting Apple's native components more deeply, Services mobile is better positioned to support whatever comes next. New devices, new OS features, new form factors. The more we build with the platform, the better the app feels everywhere it runs, including on hardware that doesn't exist yet.

You'll notice a refreshed look across the app including:

Navigation bar

Buttons
Gradient and transparent background

Tab bar

Mini media player
Updated icons

Throughout the app

Updated submenus across the app

This is just the beginning. Android support is coming soon, and more updates are on the way as we continue to bring Services mobile in line with the latest platform standards.

Try it out

Update to version 6.11.0 in the App Store to see the new look.

Team Services

New: Preview donor experience in Church Center

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:56:22 GMT

Giving admins and bookkeepers can now preview the donation form and submit test donations to see exactly what their donors would experience in Church Center, before setting up Planning Center Payments.

How it works

If you haven't set up Planning Center Payments yet, your donation form will automatically enter "Preview Mode". You'll see a banner with a link to submit test donations in Manage → Donation Form. You can configure funds, fee coverage and the memo line, and preview these settings on the donation form. In Church Center, Giving admins and bookkeepers can pick a test bank account or credit card and submit a test donation. Donors and other users won't see the donation form.

Test donations will show up everywhere a real one would, including the confirmation screen, email receipts, statements, recurring donations, My Giving and pledges, all clearly marked as test. You can also see test donations on your reports and donor profiles on the admin screens in Planning Center.

When you connect Planning Center Payments, your test donations are cleared out automatically, and your fund and form settings carry over. You can turn off preview mode anytime by reaching out to support.

Where to find it

The donation form in preview mode turns on automatically if you haven't set up Planning Center Payments. Go to Manage → Donation Form and click "Submit a test gift" to try it. See this help article to learn more.

The Giving Team

New: Week view

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:22:03 GMT

We’ve added a new week view to Calendar, making it easier to get a more detailed picture of each week. It’s available on desktop and in the Planning Center app.

Your week, at a glance

In Calendar, open the "View settings" menu and select "Week". You’ll see the current week as a vertical timeline, with all-day events pinned across the top. Click any hour to create a new event at that time, or click a date to add an all-day event. Your other view settings work here too! You can color-code events by approval status or calendar color, show tag dots, and more.

On mobile, turn your phone sideways for a full-screen Week view. It works best in the Planning Center app, and it’s especially helpful when you need to check the week’s lineup while walking the building.

We hope you enjoy this new way to experience Calendar!

Team Calendar

Improved: Podcast block provider support

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:49:18 GMT

Some podcast hosts were blocking their feeds from loading directly inside Church Center, which meant the podcast block would fail to display for those providers.

With expanded support behind the scenes, the podcast block on custom pages now works with a much wider range of podcast providers.

Whether you host your podcast through SoundCloud, SermonAudio, or a variety of other platforms, you should now be able to embed it in Church Center.

🩶 The Publishing Team

Improved: Unique group filter in Home widgets

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:53:51 GMT

Filtering by the Unique Groups group type was acting, well, unique: the selected filter didn’t remain visible in Home widget settings. It now persists as expected.

Previously, the filter was saved and the widget displayed the correct data, but the settings appeared as though no group type had been saved.

For those using the API: Requests using where[id]=unique now return Unique Groups as expected. If you implemented a workaround for this behavior, you may no longer need it. We recommend reviewing your integration to determine whether the corrected results affect it.

The Groups Team