Planning Center Check-Ins
Church Center precheck for families: always safe, now faster
Skip the line and save time with Church Center precheck for families! Households can avoid the hustle and bustle of check-in by using precheck before they arrive and then scan their kids in when they get there.
Improved: checking people into Registrations events
Use the updated integration between Check-Ins and Registrations to quickly check people into your events this summer!
Behind the scenes: How Check-Ins got even faster
Experience up to 40% faster station speeds when you check people in during peak times!
Introducing newer and faster Check-In stations
See a completely revamped, reimagined station experience to help you create a welcoming and safe environment for families!
New for You in Planning Center July 2023
Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this summer, and find ways to streamline your workflow!
The new event chart in Check-Ins
We've completely upgraded the layout of the event chart to make it more customizable—so you can see the events and the event details you care about!
Easier and Faster Station Set-up
We've made the process of creating check-in stations even easier and faster so you can keep up with demand—making check-in time more magical.
Show Announcements in Check-Ins Stations
You can share a message with every person who checks in with all station types—something they have to read before their check-in is complete.
Track Event Attendance and Capacity with Headcounts Live
With the latest update to the Headcounts app, we released three new features, including capacity limits for events and live updates to the total count.
Check Out with the Church Center App
Parents will now have access to their security code in the Church Center app! Hopefully, this makes keeping track of the code easier.
Emergency Text Notifications for Parents
Texting will be ready to help you communicate with parents when their kids are in need on Sunday mornings.
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!
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!
Custom Labels for all Printers
With Universal Printing (formerly Direct Printing), you can create custom labels and print them from any supported printer.
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!
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.
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.
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!
Fresh Stations Page Design
See the new Stations page layout with more details about the information you need to run Check-Ins and decreasing noise from the things you don’t.
More Settings for Your Check-Ins Locations
Simplify your Sunday by deciding how you want Check-Ins to assign people to locations.