Product Updates

Introducing Simple Signups
Make it simple for people to sign up for your simplest events with simple signups. Know just how many people are coming!

Simplify Event Assignments
Better organize your virtual events with these updates to the assignments feature.

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.

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!

Spring Update 2020
We have a few exciting new things to share, but mainly we want to focus on features uniquely helpful for doing ministry during the pandemic.

Virtual Locations for Events
Some events can be reclaimed and enjoyed online rather than canceled. To help, we've added a virtual location option for Registrations events.

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: 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.

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.

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!