Planning Center Services
The New My Schedule Tab & Household Scheduling
Volunteers can now view and manage the schedule of their households by responding to requests and adding shared blockout dates from the new My Schedule tab.
How to Create a Volunteer Pipeline
Check out this video to learn how to create a volunteer pipeline to help you find new volunteers for your team using our use our free application, People.
Service Type Wizard
Gives new users the context they need to learn and power-users the tools to create Service Types faster with the new three-step process.
Navigate Faster with Improved Universal Search
Navigate to almost any page in Services with the improved Universal Search. Use it to quickly find Songs, Media, Teams, Positions, and People!
Bundled Scheduling & Notification Emails
We are reducing the number of emails your team receives by bundling Scheduling Requests, Blockout Notifications, and Accepted Request Notifications.
Add Files from Services Mobile 3.5
Last week we released Services 3.5 for iOS and Android, which now includes the ability to attach files to Songs and Media from your mobile device.
Service Types and Reports
We consolidated multiple popups into a new Service Type page in Services, making each feature easier to find and use. We also added some new reports!
Planning Center API v1 Deprecation
Planning Center Services' internal apps and some of the web app's new pages have moved to v2 of our API, so we are beginning to depreciate API v1.
The New Team Pages
We consolidated pages and updated and added new features to create the new Team Pages for a more streamlined way to manage your teams in Services.
Adding Plans Supersized
The new Add Plans popup includes new options that make it easier to add normal plans and special event plans like Christmas and Easter.
New Household Scheduling Preferences
Set a preference for each family member for if they do or do not want to be scheduled when other family members are serving.
Very Merry Media Updates
For Christmas you're getting new media pages, a new media player with playlist support, and a surprise stocking stuffer your budget might be excited about.
Scheduling Options United at Last
Here are some changes to how to schedule people by putting them in the same place, making it much easier to access your scheduling options.
The New Song Pages
It's time to modernize the Song pages and make them more powerful for existing users while simplifying the layout to be cleaner and easier for new users.
Campuses & Time Zones
Are you a church with campuses in multiple time zones? You can now add time zones to Campuses in Accounts and then link the Campus to a Folder in Services.
New Profile Page & Improved Teams
We've completely redesigned the profile page, making it much more powerful and easy to navigate. The Team section received the most new features.
Services Evergreen
It's time to begin a huge app-wide update, with simplified design and new features, over the next year as we celebrate 10 years of Planning Center.
Blockouts Bonanza!
See the new blockout features including a great new editor, more repeating options, a blockout request email, and notifications for Team Leaders.
Team Leaders
We're excited to announce our newest feature, Team Leaders! Now multiple people can be notified when each person accepts or declines a scheduling request.
New Audio Player for Android & iOS
The new version of the audio player in our Services app is full screen but collapses to a mini toolbar to give you the best of both space and convenience.
Chordacopia! Full-Screen Chord Editor & Quick Transpose
Watch this video to learn how to transpose from anywhere, prefer number or numeral charts, or want a more powerful way to download songbooks for each plan.