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A Comprehensive Setup Guide for Brother 820 Printers

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Understanding and Assigning Permissions in Planning Center People

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Using Wix Studio? Here’s how to embed a Planning Center Form

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Tracking Attendance for Churches

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Alicia Osgood Alicia Osgood

Who’s in charge here?

Learn the importance of defining roles in church management with Planning Center. Appointing a Planning Center Champion to maintain control and ensure data accuracy, while empowering team members with specific permissions, can prevent data chaos and streamline decision-making. Learn more about optimizing your church's database management at threefold.solutions.

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Michael Visser Michael Visser

One Lesson I Learned Working for a Mega-Church

Learn the power of playbooks from a mega-church perspective. Documenting processes not only avoids work disruption but empowers teams, ensuring seamless operations. Playbooks help standardize tasks, improve training, and enable scaling, critical for growing ministries.

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Michael Visser Michael Visser

Know this one thing before migrating to Planning Center.

Migrating your church management system to Planning Center can be seamless if you understand the importance of the Remote ID. This unique identifier ensures accurate and complete data imports, preventing duplicates and maintaining data integrity across multiple files. By leveraging the Remote ID, you streamline the migration process, allowing for a flexible and reliable transition to Planning Center.

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Alicia Osgood Alicia Osgood

Metrics: Beyond the Numbers

“Metrics: Beyond the Numbers" explores the challenge of measuring spiritual growth in ministry, contrasting tangible data with intangible spiritual progress. It discusses the importance of both measurable and immeasurable aspects of church life, highlighting Planning Center tools for tracking church metrics. The blog emphasizes the balance between quantifiable data and the qualitative growth of congregational engagement and spiritual depth.

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Michael Visser Michael Visser

Achieve More by Doing Less

Discover four key strategies for effective church leadership based on Cal Newport's 'Slow Productivity', which encourages doing less to achieve more: focusing on fewer tasks, embracing natural work rhythms, prioritizing quality, and fostering community connections. These principles help combat the perils of comparison and busywork. Embrace these strategies to enhance productivity and satisfaction in your ministry.

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Jason Silbernagel Jason Silbernagel

Streamline Your Church Check-In Process with a Planning Center Check-In Station

Transform your church's check-in process with Planning Center Check-In Stations. These stations offer flexible options, enhanced security, and simplified volunteer management, ensuring a smooth and welcoming experience for all. Integrate with the Church Center App for efficient operations and valuable attendance insights, enhancing both visitor satisfaction and church management.

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Alicia Osgood Alicia Osgood

Breaking the Burnout Cycle

Explore practical strategies to address volunteer burnout in churches. Learn how to use Planning Center Services to manage volunteer schedules effectively. Implement these tools to ensure a healthy, sustainable church volunteer community.

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Michael Visser Michael Visser

Five Stats Every Pastor Needs to Know in 2024

Explore key 2024 trends for pastors with insights on Millennial church participation, digital worship essentials, and leadership succession. Learn how adapting to digital platforms and understanding generational shifts can help your church thrive. Embrace a dynamic future with our strategic guidance.

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Jason Silbernagel Jason Silbernagel

The Bluetooth Solution: Brother Printers and Planning Center Check-ins

Seamless connectivity is crucial for a smooth check-in process at churches, especially when using Planning Center Check-ins with Brother Printers and tablets. While Wi-Fi is often recommended, it can be unreliable in busy environments, leading to connectivity issues. Switching to Bluetooth offers a stable and reliable alternative, ensuring efficient check-ins without the frustration of network dropouts. This blog provides a step-by-step guide to connecting Brother Printer QL820-NWB via Bluetooth for a more dependable check-in experience.

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Michael Visser Michael Visser

Why Church Center should not be your Church's Website

Discover why Church Center isn't the best choice for your church's website. This blog highlights the limitations in SEO and design that affect your church's online visibility and unique identity. Learn about a hybrid model that combines Planning Center's tools with customizable website platforms, ensuring a stronger digital presence and enhanced community engagement.

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Michael Visser Michael Visser

Unlocking Growth: Harnessing the Four Disciplines of Execution in Your Church

In the blog post "Unlocking Church Growth: Implementing the Four Disciplines of Execution," the author explores how church leaders can strategically apply these disciplines to enhance ministry effectiveness and achieve significant growth. This blog highlights the importance of setting focused, impactful goals, actively monitoring progress with visible scoreboards, and maintaining accountability through consistent team meetings. By starting with targeted applications in specific departments and expanding these practices church-wide, the author demonstrates how these principles can drive transformative results in church management and growth.

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Michael Visser Michael Visser

Embed a Planning Center form on your Squarespace website.

Struggle to embed a Planning Center form in Squarespace? This simple guide with visuals takes you through 7 steps, from login to saving your embedded form. Ideal for non-techies, this post simplifies complex documentation, ensuring you can integrate forms effortlessly on your church's website.

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