Last year we rolled out some big enhancements to chat in the Church Center mobile app, centralizing all your team and group chat conversations in a single, filterable interface. Today, this global chat experience is now available on the web too!<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/77; width: 83.57%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37902011699355" width="624" height="77">Church Center users can view all of their conversations by clicking the chat icon in the top-right corner. The list is sorted by most recent, and can be filtered to show only chats for teams, groups, or a specific team or group.You can also navigate to a particular team to view conversations for that team. <figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/443;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37906914084635" width="800" height="443"></figure>We’re excited to hear all the ways that real-time chat can help you organize your ministries and connect with your congregation. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!💙 The Chat Team

New: Services chat conversations on Church Center web

Last year we rolled out some big enhancements to chat in the Church Center mobile app, centralizing all your group and team chat conversations in a single, filterable interface. Today, this global chat experience is now available on the web too!<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/77; width: 89.14%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901934738587" width="624" height="77">Church Center users can view all of their conversations by clicking the chat icon in the top-right corner. The list is sorted by most recent, and can be filtered to show only chats for groups, teams, or a specific group or team.You can also navigate to a particular group to view conversations for that group. Clicking Chat inside the group navigation will open up the global chat sidebar and filter the view to display conversations for that group only.<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/384; width: 88.91%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901957722267" width="624" height="384">We’re excited to hear all the ways that real-time chat can help you organize your ministries and connect with your congregation. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!💙 The Chat Team

New: Global chat interface on Church Center web

Last year we rolled out some big enhancements to chat in the Church Center mobile app, centralizing all your group and team chat conversations in a single, filterable interface. Today, this global chat experience is now available on the web too!<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/77; width: 89.81%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcochurchcenter.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901872032667" width="624" height="77">Church Center users can view all of their conversations by clicking the chat icon in the top-right corner. The list is sorted by most recent, and can be filtered to show only chats for groups, teams, or a specific group or team.You can also navigate to a particular group to view conversations for that group. Clicking Chat inside the group navigation will open up the global chat sidebar and filter the view to display conversations for that group only.<img style="aspect-ratio: 624/384; width: 88.68%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcochurchcenter.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37901872034331" width="624" height="384">We’re excited to hear all the ways that real-time chat can help you organize your ministries and connect with your congregation. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!💙 The Chat Team

Registrations is already built to help you connect people to your events — but sometimes, you want to create something that’s your own.Today, we’re excited to open up a new way to do just that with the Registrations public API! Whether you’re a church looking to build a fully custom website or app, or a business building tools that integrate with Planning Center, you can now access live signup information like event names, descriptions, images, times, availability, and more.This API gives you the flexibility to create tailored experiences for your congregants or your customers, powered by the same data and reliability you expect from Planning Center.Our full technical documentation is available <a href="https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations">here</a>. Have questions while you’re building? You or your team can connect with us on <a href="https://github.com/planningcenter">Github</a>.We can’t wait to see what you’ll build.💚The Registration’s Team

New: Registrations public API

We’ve rolled out a series of updates to make it easier to filter by campus across your People tools.If your organization has more than one campus, you’ll now see Campus as a filter option in:<ul>
<li>Background checks</li>
<li>The People index</li>
</ul><img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37826829709211" width="2048" height="1283">Your selection is sticky like it is on Lists, Workflows, and Forms—even if you navigate away or remove the filter, we’ll remember your last choice so you don’t have to re-select it each time.Last, we’ve introduced a “No campus” option on lists, workflows, and forms to easily identify resources that aren’t assigned to a campus yet.<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37826829709723" width="2048" height="1264">These updates help ensure multi-campus organizations can quickly reach the right people and resources without unnecessary clicks. If you’ve got feedback or ideas for further multi-campus improvements, we’d love to hear from you!💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Improved: Filter by campus (or no campus) in more places

When you change conditions or rules on a list, People automatically pauses any active automations for that list to prevent them from running on incorrect results. However, there was no indication that editing conditions or rules would cause this to happen, and we heard from many of you wondering why automations were suddenly paused on lists you manage.We now  display an alert whenever you’re about to click “Save” on the rules page on a list with active automations:<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37826446536347" width="717" height="454">We hope this makes managing your lists feel more predictable and transparent. You’re always in control—and now you’ll know exactly when automations are affected.💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Improved: Warn about paused automations when editing lists rules or conditions

Last year, we brought chat to Services teams and to the web via the global toolbar. No matter which Planning Center product you’re using, you always have direct access to all your chat conversations. Many of you are in a significant number of conversations, which sometimes makes it difficult to find exactly what you’re looking for. To help you navigate the volume of conversations, we’ve introduced conversation filters for the web toolbar.<figure style="width: 49.91%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 598/820;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37832300787355" alt="Services_Chat_Web_Filters.png" width="598" height="820"></figure>The filter settings appear above the conversations list. You can choose to filter to conversations from:<ul>
<li>All of your groups</li>
<li>All of your teams and plans</li>
<li>A specific group</li>
<li>A specific team</li>
</ul>Once you choose a filter, the chat window will keep that view saved as you navigate around Planning Center. If you want to remove the filtered view, tap All to see all your conversations.We’ve got more great updates coming soon. If there’s anything that would improve your experience with Chat, let us know by reaching out to our wonderful <a href="mailto:support@planningcenter.com">Support Team</a>.💙 The Chat Team

Updated: Chat conversation filters on web toolbar

Last year, we brought chat to Services teams and to the web via the global toolbar. No matter which Planning Center product you’re using, you always have direct access to all your chat conversations. Many of you are in a significant number of conversations, which sometimes makes it difficult to find exactly what you’re looking for. To help you navigate the volume of conversations, we’ve introduced conversation filters for the web toolbar.<figure style="width: 48.07%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 420/550;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37831794036891" alt="Groups_Chat_Web_Filters.png" width="420" height="550"></figure>The filter settings appear above the conversations list. You can choose to filter to conversations from:<ul>
<li>All of your groups </li>
<li>All of your teams and plans</li>
<li>A specific group</li>
<li>A specific team</li>
</ul>Once you choose a filter, the chat window will keep that view saved as you navigate around Planning Center. If you want to remove the filtered view, tap All to see all your conversations.We’ve got more great updates coming soon. If there’s anything that would improve your experience with Chat, let us know by reaching out to our wonderful <a href="mailto:support@planningcenter.com">Support Team</a>.💙 The Chat Team

Cleaning out old files used to be tedious—especially if you needed to remove a large batch. Now, Admins can delete files in bulk with a new file selector and soft-delete safety net, making it easier to keep your file library tidy without losing peace of mind.<h2 id="h_01JX13BNT23TMPKE9RRBDHW53Y" data-start="566" data-end="587">What's new</h2><ul>
<li>Bulk select files</li>
<li>Bulk delete with confirmation view</li>
<li>Recently deleted page</li>
<li>Restore file option</li>
</ul><h2 id="h_01JX13BNT4K47GEXYQFA05N621" data-start="1163" data-end="1188">How it works</h2>You’ll now see a file selector on the Files page letting you choose and delete multiple files at once. <figure style="width: 89.82%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/462;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37734796794139" width="800" height="462"></figure><h4 id="h_01JX15ZYZZ218W4MSX071P365J">Recently deleted files</h4>Once deleted, files will be moved to a Recently Deleted area where they’ll stay for 30 days before being permanently removed. If you change your mind, you can restore files anytime during that window. The Recently Deleted modal includes:<ul data-start="1231" data-end="1375">
<li data-start="1231" data-end="1280">A list of all files deleted in the past 30 days</li>
<li data-start="1281" data-end="1316">A “Restore By” date for each file</li>
<li data-start="1317" data-end="1333">Who deleted the file</li>
<li data-start="1334" data-end="1375">A one-click restore button for any file</li>
</ul>This gives you time to clean up confidently while keeping a safety net in place.<figure style="width: 92.86%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/477;" src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37734780774811" width="800" height="477"></figure><h2 id="h_01JX13BNT6GFJFVSH6KRYFXKHC" data-start="1464" data-end="1495">Why this matters</h2>We know file clutter builds up fast—and deleting files one at a time just doesn’t cut it. That’s why we’ve added bulk delete tools to help you quickly clean things up and stay focused on what matters most: your ministry.- 💚 Team Services

New: Bulk file deleting in services (Finally!)

Managing a full calendar can be quite time consuming, so we’re always on the lookout for ways to simplify your workflows. That’s why we’ve just made it much faster to edit your Registrations feed events by allowing you to book rooms and resources for a group of dates at once, rather than having to book them individually. It’s as simple as this: head over to one of your multi-day Registrations feed events, then click edit -&gt; this and future dates (just like you would for a normal Calendar event). That’s it! <img style="aspect-ratio: 624/341; width: 100%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcocalendar.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37677683290907" width="624" height="341">If you’re not using Registrations feeds yet, you can get started by following the steps in this guide: <a href="https://pcocalendar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051070693-Use-Feeds-to-Manage-Events">Use Feeds to Manage Events</a>. Enabling this feature will automatically create a Calendar event each time you create a signup in Registrations, removing the need to manually create and update Calendar events for your signups.❤️ Team Calendar, Taylor, Nick, Jared, Caleb R, Joe, Paul, Matt, Caleb J, Zeek, Kevin, and Michael

Improved: Edit multiple dates for Registrations feed events

When editing a home phone or address for a profile, we dynamically show an "Update home X for all household members" checkbox. While convenient, we heard from many of you that this opt-out behavior sometimes caused accidental changes across households—especially when someone forgot to uncheck the box.We've changed this setting to be opt-in to give you more control and reduce unintended updates. You'll still see the option to update all household members, but now the checkbox will be unchecked by default. That way, you can choose when to apply changes across the household—no surprises.<img style="aspect-ratio: 1364/2012; width: 99.61%;" class="image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized" src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37657216810011" width="1364" height="2012">💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Changed: Household phone and address updates are now opt-in

Searching for a donor is something you do all the time, but it used to mean heading to the People tab first. That extra step might feel minor, but it adds up. Now, with universal search, you can find donors no matter where you are in Giving!This search experience is already a favorite in other Planning Center products, and we’re excited to bring it to Giving.You’ll see a search icon in the upper right corner. Click it, or simply press the “/” key on your keyboard to open the search bar and start typing a donor’s name.<figure style="width: 91.77%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 800/433;" src="https://pcogiving.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37656602403867" width="800" height="433"></figure> With this update, you might also notice more accurate search results for people throughout Giving. Name-based searches are now more flexible, and results are better sorted by relevance.This is just the beginning. Future updates will expand the type of information you can search for in Giving. In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you! If you have search suggestions, send them our way. 💛 Team Giving

New: Search for donors from anywhere in Giving

If you've embedded video across custom pages, livestream sermons, and on-demand sermons, you've probably noticed that each one needed a specific format of link or embed code. It was hard to keep track of what went where — or maybe you didn't try to keep track and just pasted in different formats until you found one that worked. 🙈Now you can paste any supported video URL or embed code into any video field, and we’ll automatically handle the rest. We'll also show an inline preview of your video so you can verify that it's the video you want.<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="max-width: 420px;" src="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37614786928923"></figure>Whether you’re using YouTube, Vimeo, Boxcast, or Resi, embedding is now more flexible and reliable across the board.Happy streaming!🩶 The Publishing Team

Improved: Simplified video embeds

Tags help organize your groups and make them easier to find. Have a lot of groups and tags to manage? No problem—bulk tag editing is here to save you time!<h3 id="h_01JWS2FYWT7TW1WZQM6FSFE0MF">How does it work?</h3>You can now display all the tags for your groups by clicking on the column display and toggling on the Tags column. You can use the filters on the left to pinpoint groups by type, tag, etc. Then choose the groups you want to edit, click the edit pencil, choose the tags you want to add or remove, click the Update button, and you are all set!<figure style="width: 100%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1200/972;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37609999174683" width="1200" height="972"></figure><h3 id="h_01JWS2GP3FP4JQ6VAX1ZFGWK8D">Why is this awesome?</h3>If you’ve ever had to update tags one group at a time, you know how tedious it can be. With bulk tag editing, admins can now update dozens (or hundreds!) of groups in just a few clicks. Whether you're cleaning up old tags, adding more organization, or prepping for a new season—what used to take hours can now take minutes. It’s a simple change that makes a huge difference in your workflow. Less clicking, more doing.Tag, you’re it — now faster than ever🧡 Team Groups

New: Bulk tag editing

Home dashboards just got a major upgrade with the addition of two new widgets that are powered by Planning Center <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/people" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">People</a>! These widgets are focused on giving you insight into engagement over time as well as an overview of the different kinds of people in your congregation.<h2 id="h_01JWRX1PQQQ4HKF0N0402NN8XW">List Results</h2>If you use Planning Center People you’ll know that the <a href="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204462530-Lists-overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lists</a> feature is an incredibly powerful tool that lets you perform all kinds of actions on people’s profiles and also generate reports that show how your congregation is engaging with your church. The new List Results widget lets you visualize list activity over time so you can see trends, compare results with the previous year, or even track the activity of multiple lists at the same time.<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 2442/1114;" src="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37605197507483" width="2442" height="1114"></figure> <h2 id="h_01JWRX1PQRF0G7HPGVA5JRFV79">Demographic Breakdown</h2>Knowing exactly who is a part of your congregation equips you to serve them better which is why we’ve created a widget where you can visualize all kinds of demographic information. To get started, add the new Demographic Breakdown widget to a dashboard, select a profile field like age, campus, or even a custom field, and you’re off to the races!<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="aspect-ratio: 2118/1140;" src="https://pcohome.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37605211919643" width="2118" height="1140"></figure>You can narrow the scope by limiting results to people on specific lists or to exclude people who don’t have a value assigned to the selected field.When using a bar chart, you can choose an additional field to segment each bar even further. An interesting example of this could be seeing the age breakdown for each campus. If you’re just looking for some quick percentages, use a donut chart to visualize membership status, campus size, or the distribution of any custom field.<h2 id="h_01JWRX1PQS8WAR1GMH6XX02RW9">Knowledge is Power</h2>The information you can unearth with these widgets is virtually limitless! It’s our job here at Planning Center to provide the tools you need to help the people of your church and we believe that understanding who you are serving and how they are engaging with your ministry does exactly that.Join in with thousands of other Planning Center users in one of our <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">communities</a> to let us know how you’re using Home to stay on top of things!💙 The Home Team

New: List results and demographics widgets

As churches grow and expand across multiple campuses, keeping groups organized can become a real challenge. To help, we’re thrilled to introduce campus organization, filters, and display—making it easier than ever to manage groups across your campuses and serve your people right where they are!
 
 
 These changes are out on the Groups admin side today, and the Church Center changes will be released on June 17th. (If you are already using tags for campus assignments, you will want <a href="#mapping">make these updates</a>)

 
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 How does it work?
 </h3><a href="https://pcoaccounts.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213979248-Add-campus-information">Church campuses from account settings</a> will automatically show up in Groups/Settings so they can be assigned to groups from the Campus section:<figure style="width: 99.93%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1200/976;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37596572076187" alt="Assigning.gif" width="1200" height="976"></figure>You can also use Bulk edit to easily assign multiple groups to a campus:<figure style="width: 99.8%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1200/1089;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37596572080923" width="1200" height="1089"></figure>Once a campus is assigned to a group, it will show up on the admin side in the filters for groups, reports and calendar. <figure style="width: 99.64%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 711/783;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37596572084763" width="711" height="783"></figure>This new campus filter will also display on Church Center (on June 17th), allowing your congregants to filter by groups on the campuses they choose.<figure style="width: 74%;" class="image wysiwyg-image image_resized wysiwyg-image-resized"><img style="aspect-ratio: 1080/1920;" src="https://pcogroups.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37596572089115" width="1080" height="1920"></figure><h3 id="mapping">
 Mapping existing campus tags to the new field using bulk edit
 </h3>If you have an existing tag group for campus, we recommend you:<ol>
<li>Update all of your groups to be assigned to this new campus field, using bulk edit.</li>
<li>Once the church center changes are released on June 17th, you can turn off your old campus tag in the tags section by turning off the Display on Church Center setting, and then Deleting the tag group once you are ready, this way congregants only see 1 Campus filter option. </li>
</ol>
 This new campus field is always displayed on Church Center, so you’ll want to make sure to assign as many groups as you can to a campus, ideally all of them.
 Here’s a video that shows how to do it:<figure class="media wysiwyg-media"><div data-oembed-url="https://planningcenter-6.wistia.com/medias/x7ocv4d7k8"><iframe style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;" src="//fast.wistia.com/embed/iframe/x7ocv4d7k8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></div></figure><h3 id="h_01JWHQVM5BB9CMPY1VRPRX2EK7">
 Unassigned campus groups will still display on Church Center 
 </h3>These groups will display when no filters are selected on Church Center, but ideally you want to assign every group to a campus to ensure maximum visibility to your congregants.<h3 id="h_01JWHQVTJJS12K0HZPBV93N51Y">Campus filters bring clarity to finding and creating community</h3>With this new built-in campus organization, filtering, and display, you can finally stop relying on workarounds like tag groups to manage multi-campus complexity. No more manual setup, confusing filters, or inconsistent group visibility. Now, Planning Center understands your church’s real structure and reflects it seamlessly across your admin tools and Church Center.This means:<ul>
 <li>
 Admins get clarity: Filter by campus across Groups, Reports, and Calendar with just a click—no extra tags, no hacks.
 </li>
 <li>
 Congregants get connection: Church Center now lets people easily find the groups that are actually relevant to them, based on where they attend.
 </li>
 <li>
 Your whole team gets alignment: A consistent, centralized way to manage and display campus-specific groups supports your multi-campus vision with less overhead and better results.
 </li>
 </ul>It’s a big step forward in helping you serve every part of your church with the same care and clarity—no matter how many campuses you have.
 We are really campus-sionate about your structure.
 🧡 Team Groups

New: Campus organization, filters, and display

In your weekly bulletin, email, or social post — or from your <a href="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260803542170-Create-your-home-page">custom Church Center homepage</a> — you might link to your most recent sermon episode to give your congregation quick access to that week's content. Instead of grabbing a new link every week, now you can use the latest episode link in your pages, posts, and emails!In your channel settings, you'll see the latest episode URL. If sermon notes are enabled for your channel, there will be a second link for latest notes as well!<figure class="image wysiwyg-image"><img style="max-width: 600px;" src="https://pcopublishing.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37480460380571"></figure>This link always points to the most recent episode in a channel — so whether you're jumping in on Sunday morning, catching up on the message the next day, or looking for a linked discussion guide a few days later, this link will get you to the right place.We hope this takes one thing off your weekly to-do list as you prepare for the weekend!🩶 The Publishing Team

New: Always-updated link to the latest episode in a sermon channel

Today, we’re introducing a highly requested feature: the ability to send emails in People with custom senders. With this change, admins can now choose a custom name and reply-to email address to send on behalf of individuals (like a pastor) or to represent a ministry (like Youth Ministry).<h2 id="h_01JW9HANXR8YMBDHPPZ1X3YMTH">How it works</h2>This new option is under the gear icon in People &gt; “Email settings”:<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37680957715867" width="2048" height="1221"><ul>
<li>
Add a sender: Provide a name and email. We’ll send a verification email to ensure the address is valid and has consent. All emails will come from <a href="mailto:mailer@churchcenteronline.com"><code>mailer@churchcenteronline.com</code></a>; these settings affect the name display and the reply-to address.</li>
<li>Manage access: Choose which admins can use each sender. Managers have access to all custom senders.</li>
</ul><img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37413408353563" width="434" height="517"><ul>
<li>Use custom senders: Verified senders are available when emailing from lists, profiles, and bulk operations.</li>
<li>Communication history: The Communication tab shows all emails sent with custom senders, showing which admin sent the email and the custom sender used.</li>
</ul><h2 id="h_01JW9HANXSHN95PEW9J84HP84F">Bonus: Improved church email handling</h2>We’re also integrating church emails into this infrastructure—you can now manage who can use the church email or change the email from what’s available in accounts. 💙 The People Team,Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

New: Custom email senders

Since releasing the ability for organization administrators to <a href="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/17627685109019-New-Rescue-Abandoned-Lists">rescue abandoned lists</a>, we’ve heard from many of you that deleting unassigned lists was a real pain—you needed to add yourself as a list manager and then delete them, list by list. Whether you had 10 or 1000 lists (true story, for at least one of you!), this was an unnecessarily tedious task.
Now, you can delete all unassigned lists or add yourself as manager to make changes with a click of a button:
<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37201265703835" width="698" height="297">
Here’s to a little less tedium in your life! 🥂
 
💙 The People Team,
Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Improved: Bulk delete unassigned lists

We’ve streamlined the way you create events by making sure your integrations, times, and locations are all set up correctly before your event begins—because nothing says “smooth Sunday” like knowing your system’s locked in before the first stroller rolls in.
<h3 id="h_01JVQR81ENCV0Y3RHRX0XC6ZPJ">How it works:</h3>
<h4 id="h_01JVQR81EN1RHCHQGCGVNVHY7J">Step 1: Overview</h4>
Let's start with the most important settings: Event name, frequency, date, and integrations—all on one screen.
<img src="https://pcocheck-ins.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37200513328411" width="694" height="552">
<h4 id="h_01JVQR81ENG84MR82XZH467RXP">Step 2: Times</h4>
In the next step, you can add your check-in times, including the times you want your people to start and stop checking in for your event.
<img src="https://pcocheck-ins.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37200554846747" width="689" height="441">
<h4 id="h_01JVQR81ENN14FJMKBN6Y4PHBP">Step 3: Locations</h4>
Finally, choose how you want to handle locations! We will give you 3 options to choose from, which allow you to build your locations or even copy them from another event.
<img src="https://pcocheck-ins.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37200554847771" width="692" height="368">
<h3 id="h_01JVQR81EN0WNQ8E4STKAWC94W">A Smoother Registrations Integration</h3>
You can now connect a Registrations Signup from this new flow in Check-Ins or directly from your Signup in Registrations. If you create it from Registrations we'll pre-fill key details based on your Signup settings. <img src="https://pcocheck-ins.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37200554848539" width="650" height="459">
If you are using <a href="https://pcoregistrations.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/216724228-Assignments">assignment types</a> with your event, you can choose to sync them from the location step. 
<img src="https://pcocheck-ins.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37200554849051" width="654" height="343">
This new process is now live in your account, so go check it out! As always, if you have any questions or thoughts hit the question mark at the top right corner of any page in Planning Center. We are here to help!
Happy Checking-in! The Check-Ins Team 💜

Improved: A guided way to create events in Check-Ins

Sometimes things get deleted by accident. We’ve all been there. That’s why we’re introducing a couple of updates to help you manage your files and Services structure with a little more confidence.
<h2 id="h_01JVN1JVQS489RC331B9V9C1R0">What’s new</h2>
We’ve added two new recovery tools to help you avoid accidental deletions and better manage your account:
<ul>
<li>A Recently Deleted modal to restore files up to 30 days after deletion</li>
<li>An extended 30-day recovery window for deleted Teams and Service Types 
</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37157702467867" alt="File Modal Recently Deleted.gif" width="682" height="384">
<h2 id="h_01JVN1JVQSGJ15Z0NXJAXK3DQ5">View &amp; restore deleted files</h2>
When you delete a file (like a song chart, curriculum file, patch sheet, ect..), it will now go to a new Recently Deleted section rather than being permanently removed right away.
From the Recently Deleted modal, you can:
<ul>
<li>See who deleted the file 
</li>
<li>See when it was deleted 
</li>
<li>Restore it within 30 days</li>
</ul>
Need to undo a deletion? Just click Restore, and the file will be returned to its original location. You can also sort by “Deleted By” or “Date Deleted” to quickly review what’s been removed and by whom.
<img src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37152043856411" width="459" height="468">
Deleted files remain in the Recently Deleted modal for 30 days before being permanently removed. This gives your team more time to catch mistakes and keep your file storage safe.
<h2 id="h_01JVN1JVQSFJNZG8TF1RMYBFMP">30-day recovery for teams and service types</h2>
Previously, deleted Teams and Service Types could only be recovered for 7 days. That window is now extended to 30 days, just like with files.
This update gives you more flexibility when cleaning up your account or reorganizing your service structure.
<h2 id="h_01JVN1JVQSN13T6Z7S32KZ0NQ1">Why it matters</h2>
We know how easy it is to accidentally delete the wrong thing—or realize a little too late that something important is missing. These changes are part of a broader effort to make file and account management safer, easier, and more forgiving.
💚 Team Services

New: A time machine for deleted files, teams, and service types

We’ve just released a major upgrade to the custom report editor in Planning Center Services! Whether you’re creating Plan, Matrix, or People reports, you now have more power, more clarity, and more consistency to craft exactly the reports you need. Here’s what’s new:
<h2 id="h_01JVNBKXKTJP5TZK6D4CKZ6VD2">Smarter code editor with sidebar improvements</h2>
Improved Naming: You can now consistently use up-to-date terms that match what you see in the Services UI.
<ul>
<li>Teams (formerly People Categories)</li>
<li>Service Types (formerly Ministries)</li>
<li>Tags &amp; Tag Groups (formerly Custom Properties &amp; Fields)</li>
</ul>
Reorganized Sidebar: The left-hand sidebar has been cleaned up and reorganized for better clarity. Variables have been split into the following two sections:
<ul>
<li>The “Variables Quick Reference” section uses all the new up-to-date terminology, like Teams, Service Types, and Tags.</li>
<li>A new “Variables (Legacy)” section that lists the older variable names that you probably won't go looking for, but that will all continue to work as they always have.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://pcoservices.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/37158052599323" width="670" height="400">
Helpful Tooltips: The helper text you get when hovering over a variable has been updated in many cases to make it clearer what kind of field it is, and what to expect of its values.
<h2 id="h_01JVNBKXKTF42A06TJHTDF9KEA">More data and logic in people reports</h2>
Previously, People Reports only allowed you to loop through people directly. Now, you have more flexibility with the ability to loop through:
<ul>
<li>teams</li>
<li>my_teams</li>
<li>teams_i_lead</li>
</ul>
Within each team, you can also loop through:
<ul>
<li>leaders</li>
<li>members</li>
<li>positions</li>
</ul>
Additional Enhancements:
<ul>
<li>Check if a person is a leader with person.leader?</li>
<li>Loop through people in each position</li>
<li>Use position.people, position.name, and more for greater detail</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="h_01JVNBKXKT9W3917J6HJ12J5RV">Plan reports: Better structure &amp; support for needed positions</h2>
Instead of piecing together plan participants manually, you can now loop through them exactly how the UI displays them:
<ul>
<li>Use plan.teams_with_times to loop through each team, split by time if needed</li>
<li>Then loop through positions, and then through each person in that position</li>
</ul>
New features in positions:
<ul>
<li>position.needed – Number of additional people needed for this position (✅ Highly requested!)</li>
<li>position.quantity – Number of people currently scheduled</li>
<li>position.temporary? – Is this a manually typed-in position not tied to a team?</li>
<li>position.none? – True if someone is scheduled without a specified position (position.name returns "No Position" in this case) 
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="h_01JVNBKXKT8S3TQAPTMQPVE3J7">IDs &amp; Advanced filters now supported</h2>
More variables now show their id values, clearly listed in the sidebar. Plus, new Liquid filters are available thanks to an upgrade from Liquid 5.4 to 5.8.4. You can now use:
<ul>
<li>find, find_index, has, reject</li>
<li>where_exp – a powerful way to filter arrays using Jekyll-style syntax.
<ul>
<li>
<pre>{% assign plan_teams_i_lead = plan.teams_with_times | where_exp: "team", "team.leaders contains current_user" %}</pre>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="h_01JVNBKXKTHB0ZQDTMGK1QRYTG">What’s next?</h2>
These improvements make custom reports more intuitive, performant, and in sync with the Services experience. Over the coming months, we’ll also be updating our sample reports to take advantage of these improvements. You may notice faster generation times as a result!
💚 Team Services

Improved: Custom reports with smarter variables and better filters

We want to make it easy for your congregation to engage with church life, which is why clear and simple access to event information and signups is so important. To support that, we’ve introduced a new setting that lets you choose which event page serves as the main landing page for your congregants. On your event’s settings page, you’ll see a new option when you have a connected Registrations signup:
<img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXenVBHs-Tj79KQI-Gz4uYsQ05ViGCwyXSJiery-PV3FP_UykfZ6IxWkY7ZvtEeYCP27iooog9due3sVGbiIQeU3lwKuhvkPGyNkfxSXoqKlKN11qUP4LpavXLFmPCt3lILJ73n6Jw?key=AQUCFb4_HegzqY66pNahD3um" width="1013" height="628">
With this feature, admins can now choose whether clicking an event in Church Center takes people to the Calendar event page or directly to the Registrations signup page—making the process clearer and smoother for your congregation. This setting is available on any event with a connected Registrations signup, giving you flexibility to tailor the experience on a case-by-case basis.
❤️ Team Calendar, Taylor, Nick, Jared, Caleb R, Joe, Paul, Caleb J, Zeek, Kevin, and Michael

New: Choose your event's landing page on Church Center

Workflow fields on forms allow you to automatically add folks to workflows based on their form selections, but there are certain situations when you may only want to route folks to workflows for some field selections, not all of them. 
We’ve added a new “No workflow” option for those cases:
<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/36965388549019" width="696" height="493">
If “No workflow” is selected when a user fills out the form, the user is added to—wait for it—no workflows. This should eliminate any catch-all workflows you had created to work around this limitation.
💙 The People Team,
Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

Improved: "No workflow" option for Workflow Form fields

We’ve updated our background check list conditions to support all available statuses from <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/integrations/background-check">third-party integrations</a>. You can now:
<ul>
<li>Filter by specific statuses (e.g., only “Complete (clear)”)</li>
<li>Exclude checks with specific statuses (e.g., don’t show profiles with “Canceled” checks)</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/36912492102811" width="693" height="296">
If you’re used to the older statuses and want to group results  like “In progress” or “Completed,” here’s how they map to the new ones:
<div>
<table style="width: 100%;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 333px;">
<col style="width: 333px;">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>New status</td>
<td>Old status</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Awaiting applicant</td>
<td>Pending</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Reporting processing</td>
<td>In process</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Needs review</td>
<td>In process</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expired invitation</td>
<td>Completed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Complete (clear)</td>
<td>Completed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Complete (not clear)</td>
<td>Completed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Canceled</td>
<td>Completed</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
We’ve also added a separate  “Background check expiration” condition to expired or soon-to-expire checks:
<img src="https://pcopeople.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/36912565501339" width="700" height="243">
These changes give you more precise control over tracking, managing, and following up on third-party background checks in lists. 
💙 The People Team,
Zane, Usborn, Shawn, Shane, Kody, Julia, Gabi, Fred, Dave, Beth, and Benson

What’s new

Protect My Ministry background checks: Now in Planning Center

Changelog

New Services chat conversations on Church Center web

New Global chat interface on Church Center web

New Global chat interface on Church Center web

New Registrations public API

Improved Filter by campus (or no campus) in more places

Improved Warn about paused automations when editing lists rules or conditions

Updated Chat conversation filters on web toolbar

Updated Chat conversation filters on web toolbar

New Bulk file deleting in services (Finally!)

Improved Edit multiple dates for Registrations feed events

Changed Household phone and address updates are now opt-in

New Search for donors from anywhere in Giving

Improved Simplified video embeds

New Bulk tag editing

New List results and demographics widgets

New Campus organization, filters, and display

New Always-updated link to the latest episode in a sermon channel

New Custom email senders

Improved Bulk delete unassigned lists

Improved A guided way to create events in Check-Ins

New A time machine for deleted files, teams, and service types

Improved Custom reports with smarter variables and better filters

New Choose your event's landing page on Church Center

Improved "No workflow" option for Workflow Form fields

Improved Background check list conditions