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Protect My Ministry background checks: Now in Planning Center
May 21, 2025

Protect My Ministry background checks: Now in Planning Center

Track the background checks and safety training of your staff and volunteers right from Planning Center with the new Protect My Ministry add-on.

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New for You in Planning Center April 2025
Apr 28, 2025

New for You in Planning Center April 2025

Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this spring, and find ways to streamline your workflow!

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Shared dashboards: A new way to collaborate in Planning Center
Apr 10, 2025

Shared dashboards: A new way to collaborate in Planning Center

Create additional dashboards to share with other team members and launch projects, events, and ministries, or highlight metrics!

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New in Services: Limit song access with new permissions
Mar 26, 2025

New in Services: Limit song access with new permissions

Customize access to songs, media, and files independently from schedule and plan permissions—safeguarding worship-only content while empowering other ministries.

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Text In Church messaging: Now in Planning Center
Mar 11, 2025

Text In Church messaging: Now in Planning Center

Send personalized texts right from within Planning Center using your Text In Church account.

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Expand your care through confidential member groups
Feb 28, 2025

Expand your care through confidential member groups

Support people who need privacy during their healing journey by keeping their personal information hidden from others.

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5 new features you may have missed in People
Feb 20, 2025

5 new features you may have missed in People

Learn how you can keep your data more secure, communications easy, and day-to-day ministry work flowing smoothly.

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Organize your children’s classrooms based on milestones
Feb 06, 2025

Organize your children’s classrooms based on milestones

Organize children into classrooms based on their unique needs and developmental milestones!

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Centralize your event details in Calendar
Jan 28, 2025

Centralize your event details in Calendar

See important event details across other Planning Center products in each Calendar event!

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Your year in Planning Center
Jan 24, 2025

Your year in Planning Center

Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this winter, and find ways to streamline your workflow!

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Tell a better ministry story with new statement cover letter formatting
Dec 19, 2024

Tell a better ministry story with new statement cover letter formatting

Use new formatting options for your statement cover letters to connect more meaningfully with your generous donors!

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Welcome more people, more easily: Introducing guest access in Church Center
Dec 12, 2024

Welcome more people, more easily: Introducing guest access in Church Center

Visitors and newcomers can easily browse what’s happening at your church without logging into Church Center!

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Beta launch: Announcing sermon notes in Planning Center
Dec 05, 2024

Beta launch: Announcing sermon notes in Planning Center

Create sermon note outlines for your congregation to easily follow along with!

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New in People: Less spam, cleaner profiles, better permissions and more
Nov 27, 2024

New in People: Less spam, cleaner profiles, better permissions and more

This week’s roundup of People updates is a lot like going out for tacos 🌮 : bite-sized meals, big on flavor.  The People team has been making some tacos made 10 small but significant improvements: because ultimately, an up-to-date database is not about keeping things clean but about making sure your people don't fall through the cracks. So let's see how these small updates can help you make a big impact. And hopefully we won’t ruin your Thanksgiving dinner with all these tacos.  Don’t lose

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Customize emails using your church name
Oct 31, 2024

Customize emails using your church name

Send emails directly from your church’s name and email address—no more confusion about who’s sending what!

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Church Center precheck for families: always safe, now faster
Oct 24, 2024

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.

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Start your day right with daily task reminders
Oct 03, 2024

Start your day right with daily task reminders

Cut through the noise and focus on the work that truly matters with daily task reminders!

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New for You in Planning Center September 2024
Sep 30, 2024

New for You in Planning Center September 2024

Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this fall, and find ways to streamline your workflow!

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Make task lists in Calendar to track event details
Sep 19, 2024

Make task lists in Calendar to track event details

Connect a task list to a Calendar event so you can easily keep track of your event tasks and ensure that no details are lost!

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Track nondeductible donations in Giving
Sep 12, 2024

Track nondeductible donations in Giving

You can now track two common types of nondeductible donations in Giving: qualified charitable distributions and donor-advised funds!

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