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Summer Product Update 2019
We want to highlight some of the major updates we made in the summer months so you can incorporate them into your routine this upcoming season!
Multiple Times, Multiple Locations
Does your church have multiple service times? With the latest update parents can now check their children into both with the same check in!
Sync Metronomes Across Your Team
We built a new technology in to Music Stand called Ableton Link to give you the ability to sync your metronome with other team members’ devices.
Lower Processing Fees
Starting today, the credit and debit card processing rate for Giving and Registrations will be reduced to 2.15% + $0.30 for US customers.
The New Songs Page
Add new songs easily through the popular recordings search, find existing songs with new filtering features, and stay organized with bulk editing.
Planning Center University: LIVE Training Courses
We launched the newest version of Planning Center University—live, online training courses on each application, regularly scheduled once every 3-4 months.
Combined Payout Reports
Now it's easier for your bookkeeper to balance the books and your staff to understand the cost of processing fees over time.
Spring Product Update 2019
Watch our quick Spring Product Update to learn how to maximize the newest updates to Planning Center tools in your ministry!
Required Tag Groups
Keep your Resources account more organized by marking specific tag groups as being required whenever someone creates a new event.
Deposit Checks Remotely through Paperless Transactions
Paperless Transactions released an integration with Giving that allows you to scan and remotely deposit checks and import those donations into Giving.
The New Plans Tab
Today we announce the new and Plans page—this updated page vastly improves the experience of finding any plan.
Building Relationships with Families in Children’s Ministry
Here are some best practices for how to create opportunities for connection on Sundays, as well as how to build those relationships throughout the week.
Volunteer Care and Coordination for Children’s Ministry
Best practices for how you can use Planning Center People and Services to care for and coordinate your children's ministry volunteers.
Mobile Phone Login for Church Center
When a congregant points their browser to the Church Center side of Giving, Groups, or Registrations, they can log in with their mobile phone number.
Attach People Forms to Registrations Events
The Forms feature in the People app is a simple way to collect information, and now you can connect a People form to an event in Registrations!
Announcing Family Pre-Check
There is a new way for you to speed up your lines, even more than you already are with Check-Ins: family pre-check through the Church Center app.
Discontinuing Support for Internet Explorer
Five months from now Planning Center will discontinue support for the Internet Explorer browser across all of our applications.
New Admin Permissions in Forms
We’ve added two new ways for you to give people on your team access to Forms without giving them higher permissions in People than they need.
Direct Printing for Check-Ins
To decrease our reliance on external printer software and increase the reliability of printing, we are working on a new feature called direct printing!
Share Links as Resources
In addition to uploading pdfs or documents, Group Leaders can now share links to resources with their group members from the Resources tab in Groups.
Joint Donor Statements
You can now issue joint donor statements! Just identify which donors give together and issue statements as usual—we will take care of the rest.