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Self Check-In with the Church Center App
With the latest release of the Church Center app, congregants can now check their entire families into an event from home!

Stronger, Safer Passwords
In the coming months, we'll be releasing some security features to help you further protect your data. The first of these has to do with passwords.

Announcing Group Messaging: It’s in beta!
Group Messaging is in public beta, which means your small groups can make the Church Center app their official center for communication!

Coronavirus: Connecting with the needs of your congregation
See this overview of how you can use the free People product to quickly find those people in your congregation who are in need and follow up with them.

Coronavirus: Product Updates to Get You Through
Our product teams fast-tracked a few updates to help you and your church adjust your plans in this rapidly changing environment.

Simpler Avatars for Profiles
Today it’s time to say goodbye to our generic, demographic avatars. In their place, you’ll be seeing people’s initials.

Coronavirus: What has (and has not) changed at Planning Center
We want to assure you that the essentials of our company's DNA, and what we promise to provide to our churches, is not changing.

Coordinating Community during the Coronavirus
Here are some of the tools in your Planning Center tool belt that might help you and your church get through the Coronavirus.

Expanded Permissions for Workflows
We've released two new permissions for Workflows: you can now allow people to create their own workflows, and give permissions within specific workflows.

Pro Tips for Easter Prep
Check out some of our best-practices and pro tips as you prepare for what might be one of your busiest and most important Sundays of the year.

Four New Custom Label Options
Print birthday labels, make your own label sizes, and print information from Planning Center People and Registrations with our new integrations!

Locations for Event Signups
No matter where you're hosting your event, you can now specify a location in the event signup in Registrations!

Resources has a new name—Calendar!
We renamed Planning Center Resources to Calendar! It’s more than facilities management, it's also a central calendar for church-wide event scheduling.

The New Event Page
We are bringing simplicity to managing the details of events with the complete redesign of the new Events page—all of the details you need on one page.

New Integration with Zapier
With Zapier you can automatically send information from one app to another, and starting today you can use it in Planning Center People!

Custom Labels for all Printers
With Universal Printing (formerly Direct Printing), you can create custom labels and print them from any supported printer.

Fall Product Update 2019
Take a minute to watch this video and learn how to make the most of Planning Center during this hectic time of year!

Templates, Times, and Other Transformed Tools
We've improved the popups for tracking service and rehearsal times, importing templates, using auto-schedule, and sending out plan emails!

Email Lists of People within Planning Center
Now, when you click the little icon above your lists in People, you can email everyone on your list without connecting to Mailchimp.

Preview Custom Reports Live
Previously, you had to create a full report before you could view your recent changes, but now we have Live Report previews!

Share Lists and Collaborate
As of today, anyone who makes a list can add other people to their list-making team as managers, which allows them to edit list rules.