I love my church center app. HOW WILL PC MEMBERS CONTACT/SENSITIVE INFORMATION BE PROTECTED WITHIN THE APP? It's frustrating. Check your inbox for a special welcome gift! We have had a few glitches reported from our congregants as well as the most recent, which is that the map (directions) does not open and we have yet to figure out why this stopped working. Fixed: Error when loading certain groups, Improved: Improve contrast for certain colors in light and dark modeImproved: Dark mode for Check-Ins screensFixed: Incorrect payment types displayed for certain types of donationsFixed: Crash when navigating from a custom page with a videoFixed: Show correct screen for congregants not yet invited to access Directory, New: Support for waitlists for simple signupsImproved: Navigate to the Registrations event detail screen instead of a webview when Registration signups are available on Calendar eventsImproved: Show actual channel name in titleImproved: Visual refinements throughout Calendar and DirectoryFixed: Copy and pasted GIFs in Groups Messaging didn't workFixed: Broken icon when no events are present on calendar, Improved: Directory sorts by first name by defaultFixed: Household view for Directory can now show more than 25 householdsFixed: Single-member households displaying incorrectlyFixed: Tab bar appearing during onboarding, New: Directory an invite-only place where your congregation can share their contact information and view other congregants' shared profiles.New: View your church's public calendar with CalendarNew: Support external links in the tab barNew: Support for sermons chatImproved: Directory sorts by first name by defaultFixed: Single-member households displaying incorrectly.Fixed: Tab bar appearing during onboarding, Improved: Voiceover accessibility throughoutImproved: Navigation infrastructure, Fixed: Sometimes logging in would stall out.Fixed: Group contact button would crash the app, New: Mute Group Messaging threads by swiping left on topicsImproved: Loading UI throughout the appImproved: Provide haptic feedback when a donation or pre-check is successfulFixed: Intermittent duplicate Group Messaging replies, Fixed: Restore v2.1.2 Check-In fixesFixed: Errors when saving household profile changes, Improved handling and tracking of log out errors, Improvement: Dont display check out security code view if pre-check is a complete check-in Fixed: Displayed the wrong name in check out modal Fixed: Start Over during pre-check brings you to event list even if there is only one event Fixed: Displayed Groups outside of specified filter on Group type index, Improvement: Indicate replies are disabled for announcement posts in Group MessagingIntroduced in 2.0 New: Messaging for Groups New: Check out page that displays your security code & barcode New: Virtual location support for Registration events, * New: Check out page that displays your security code & barcode* New: Image uploads and image pasting for Group Messaging replies* Improved: Default to displaying open groups on group type listing* Fixed: URL schemes, * Improved: Indicate if a groups location is virtual. The word Household after every family name is so much noise and when swiping through the list tends to make one think they are always in the Hs of last names. * Fixed: Recurring gifts could sometimes be listed twice in My Giving* Fixed: Crash that would happen if you opened up My Giving too quickly, * CCA now has support for Android intents. I have to restart my phone to open the app and get to notifications. Actually joining a group can be intimidating, but at least finding one is as easy as sorting by the characteristics that are most important. Create a free account to receive new The Church Center App by Planning Center is where you can explore, engage, and get involved with your church throughout the week. I have had nothing but trouble with this app. If you have questions regarding your contact information, please email at info@peopleschurch.com. Groups is here! Fixed: App crashing on certain devicesFixed: The directory will no longer display an error for profiles in a household where no other household members were in the directory. button no longer crashes the app. Again, harder for the brain to process as swiping quickly to find someone. Email info@peopleschurch.com and an employee of Peoples Church will contact you. Meets Sundays at Florida Ruffin Ridley School | 27 Stedman St., Brookline, MA, City on a Hill Church 2019 | All rights reserved. Church Center is free for any church with a Planning Center subscription. Have a great day! Although I absolutely love the way this app allows church organization and notifications for events the directory is not as efficient as it could be. The Peoples church logo should appear and then you can set it as your church. Better stronger faster.- Improved: App startup speed- Improved: New payment method icons- Fixed: Keyboard showing "search" on phone number entry during logon- Fixed: Failed donation are now indicated in donation history- Fixed: Groups with more than 25 members will now show all members. I liked the Wix app better. And it would also be nice for group emails to have reply all functionality. Hi Kathy, You can add multiple churches on your profile screen so you can more easily switch which church you are currently logged into.-- Improved --- Minor changes have been made to the My Church Center page.- The "looking to add a visitor" link has been removed on the group "add member" page. Sign up for events by clicking the signups tab. Improved: Caching issues have been resolved when starting the app.Fixed: Saving a payment method will no longer create a duplicate. Fixed: You no longer will see that infinite loading screen the first time you open the app for the day.Fixed: The recurring donations page now shows as expected.Fixed: Registration signups no longer send you on an endless loop of page loading.Improved: The My Giving section now matches the order on Church Center Web.Improved: Additional links now supported with App Links and Universal Links.Improved: We improved some tech stuff behind the scenes. Fixed: The app will now load even if your church has chosen to disable Church Center Web.Fixed: Wee fund sum typohs. In the future, I want to get into software and user experience design, its what I love doing and I have a natural talent for it. Our main suggestion is with an update with a push notifications option for the admin that could be utilized if needed to inform people of new changes to things going on with our church within the app. App continues to crash when any attempt to open or if it does it crashes when any action is attempted. Fixed: Upgrading to the latest version will no longer create a crash when opening the app.Fixed: Calendars will now sync for Group events.Fixed: Editing recurring donations will not cause continuous loading screen.Improved: The Add Member button in group attendance has been updated to appear more balanced with other elements on the screen. If you have other questions or you would like to add a frequently asked question about the Church Center app, please email the leadership team at info@peopleschurch.com. Even reinstalling it isn't solving the problem now! I would ask the developer to update the giving section. Something messes up. In talking with others, they have same issue. I have 3 different apple devices. But theres no way to change your church after youve added your church home. Putting smaller images to allow about eight names per screen swipe in one column would help find people faster. Notation Pad is our runner-up as you can easily write and share your original song creations, complete with lyrics and chords. The developer provided this information and may update it over time. Updating credit card information is awkward. Enter the six-digit code you receive back via text (or email if you chose that option). We would love to dig into this a bit more with you. We recommend using the mobile app because its so easy to use and gives you access on the go, but you can also go to the Church Center web app. Is. Samsung Tab S9. Every other time I get notifications and go to read them I have to sign up all over again even though it's giving me notifications for my account and groups but I can't read them. But since I have to Log Out and then search for the church and have another text or email confirmation and set up my bank information again. then I can give and then repeat the process for another church. Improved: Behind-the-scene things to prepare for upcoming features, - Improved: Groups attendance list is now sortable- Fixed: Image block was not correctly opening internal links- Fixed: HEIF images were not uploading in Groups Messaging- Fixed: Notification preferences was not showing in some cases. https://planningcenter.com/church-center/. Ideally it should be 2-3. So I would truly discourage anyone from using this app for their congregation. Although I absolutely love the way this app allows church organization and notifications for events the directory is not as efficient as it could be. I have been able to use this app until today. Clunky messaging interface, no ability to make threads or react to messages (very common, even standard these days). This is the second time this week I've had to do this. Uninstalled and installed again per instructions and it still won't sync. We won't bore you with the details! Please make this more convenient by having the option to switch churches while still Logged In and having your profile keep your saved Bank information. Thanks for the review. Load 100 or more people/families at a time rather the just the current few. "Don't sweat the small stuff", is what I say. Also no way to add multiple churches. If you have any questions about Church Center, please email us at info@peopleschurch.com. curated coupons, Create a free account for the full I give to multiple categories every month (tithe, missions, mortgage capital, etc). The brain doesnt process two columns of alphabetical data as fast as one column. To do anything, I have to uninstall and install every time. Peoples Church uses your phone number and email address help secure your login to Church Center. Parents can pre-select the family members they want to check in before they even arrive. -support for multiple campuses under one account I'm a retired I.T. Even reinstalling it isn't solving the problem now! Load 100 or more people/families at a time rather the just the current few. Non-family names put the first name at the beginning while the family names put the last name at the beginning. 4. However, almost every day Church Center wont load. Everything is zoomed in like 500% across the entire app. ***EDIT: you can disable Events by disabling the Registrations app in the Accounts panel**** Fixed: Kindergarten (K) now shows as a grade option on profile pagesFixed: Creating a new group event while in dark mode is now possibleFixed: Calendar event sharing now works as expectedImproved: Backend improvements to Group RSVPs, Improved: Removed character limit when emailing team leaders from My ScheduleFixed: Duplicate Registrations event information when opening via QR codeFixed: Various UI bugs. We have to turn the iPad into vertical orientation in order to see the choose this church button. GROUPSGroups is where you can find information about the different groups, classes and service opportunities at Peoples Church. The UI is pretty clean and the UX is pretty good, but theres a critical flaw in my opinion. This would allow getting to people faster who are down the list alphabetically without multiple swipe/pause/load/swipe again actions. I would rate this app with more stars if this functionality is added. I had to reinstall the app and it's fixed now. * Improvement: Register again for an event, even if you're already registered* Fixed: Brought back Group share button, * View donation specifics on the new donation detail screen* Configure your giving notification preferences* Improved: Loading animation for My Giving* Improved: Add payment method to giving history list, * Improved: Smarter log in handling to prevent infinite loading* Improved: Add sections to Edit Profile modal, * Fixed: Groups list not loading* New: Show Group leader names, Fixed* App wasn't loading the saved check-in* Login flow buttons weren't visible if you are using large system text* Directions to Group events were using the wrong location* Group events without a specific location were showing an error. I like this app. On my previous phone (Galaxy S7/Android 8) notifications didn't work. Last year the statement didn't download at all. If one of the 3 or 4 buttons of your app says Events and it says you have No Events, that looks really bad. Your church must already be using Planning Center Check-Ins, Giving, Groups, or Registrations in order to use this app. There are a few glitches, but, that is the way with so many things these days. Fixed: Clicking a Church Center Web URL will not send you in a Church Center App loop if you are currently logged out.Fixed: Indentation, alignment, and colors for custom pages are no long mismatched.Fixed: Editing recurring ACH donations will not create a loop state.Improved: Group event calendar subscriptions are more reliable.Improved: When taking Group attendance, the submit and add member buttons are more unified. Love this app, so convenient. It was working great for a while, but now it's like everything is zoomed in and the touch areas are off because of it. I would ask the developer to update the giving section. This is the one piece PCO was missing: an interface that connects individuals with their home church. Ready to explore them? Kudos to the developers. Something messes up. Thank you for one of the easiest apps in the world to use. Hopefully you can resolve this issue. But worse than that, when you delete the card, it also deletes some, but not all, of your donation schedule information and furthermore does not tell you about the partial donation schedule deletion, preventing the donations from restarting. How about integrating some notifications? coupons for your favorites apps every week. * Support for Registration event locations: get address and direction information directly from the event screen. This version contains a few minor bug fixes involving the new notes feature in Groups. Im sure you would have tons of complaints if this was happening to all your users. I have had issues with this church center for months, the churchs associate pastor has been on with tech support on my behalf but cant get it fixed. Fixed: When a donation takes longer than 10 seconds to process, we now show a "donation processing" message instead of a "try again" message. Other than that its great because the app have a great history of tithes or giving. -maybe check in integration. This is the second time this week I've had to do this. SIGNUPSIn the Signups section, you can sign up to attend events or volunteer for various PC events at Peoples Church. They can see all the fun events coming up on the calendar, and if there is a signup, they can fill it out and pay right then and there! Very frustrating when Im trying to access key information and I see the eternal circling around but never landing! Would you email us at support@planningcenter.com? At first I could not help my friend to install it as I could not go forward after finding the church. IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION SHARED PUBLICLY? Of course, there is a lot to develop. Keep up the EXCELLANT work, Google, with the app's and the other stuff!!!! Improved: Sermon player refinementsFixed: Can now delete incomplete signupsFixed: Minor bug fixes for group messaging, Fixed: Images getting cut off unexpectedly when they were the first block on the pageMinor fixes and improvements, New: Category and Campus filtering for the calendarImproved: Category now appears on calendar event pageImproved: "Selections" now displays for registration signups instead of "attendee types"Fixed: Services signup sheets now show in the correct date orderFixed: No more error when opening the app if My Church Center was disabled, New: Category and Campus filtering for the calendarImproved: Category now appears on calendar event pageImproved: "Selections" now displays for registration signups instead of "attendee types"Fixed: Services signup sheets now show in the correct date order. Putting smaller images to allow about eight names per screen swipe in one column would help find people faster. in the upper right-hand corner of any of our Products. If you'd like more info on Publishing or help troubleshooting any of the issues with Church Center, please send us an email at support@planningcenter.com or click the " ? " The following data may be collected and linked to your identity: Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. What's New* Larger tap target for the Profile icon* Hide the campus dropdown if the organization is only a single campus. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. Once you find a group that you would like to join, click the group and click the join tab.