Planning Center People
Thank Your 2020 Volunteers
Make time to tell your volunteers how much you appreciate the role they played in making it through the last twelve months of ministry.
Directory: A New Way to Connect in Church Center
As of today, you can give your congregation access to a directory in the Church Center mobile app, and on the web.
Gather Household Information through Forms
With the new household field in Forms, you can collect all the necessary information you need to check in an entire family before they even get to church.
Invite Your Congregation to the Conversation
Connecting with your congregation as you begin to plan to meet in person.
Find People Quickly with New Filters
Sometimes you need a quick list of some subset of the people in your church. Enter our new and improved people tab, complete with near-instant filtering!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Create Specialized Forms with Conditional Fields
Forms now include conditional fields, which means you can make easy-to-follow, specialized forms to get all the details you need.
Make sure people are prayed for and cared for
Losing track of notes doesn't have to happen with your congregation's prayer requests—put the right systems in place with People.
Easy Profile Editing for Households
Simplify profile updating for families—household adults can now edit their own profile information and all other household members.
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.
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.
Automations in Forms
All of the actions you already use as Bulk Actions or List Automations are now available in Forms, including a new automation to send an email.
New Profile Avatar Editor
With the new avatar uploader and editor, you can crop any selfie, groupie, school portrait, or awkward family photo to look exactly how you want it.
Mass Emailing in Workflows
You can follow up with people more efficiently by sending emails to multiple people at once from within your workflows in Planning Center People.